RI Wild Plant Society General Meeting

NOVEMBER GENERAL MEETING
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Program & General Meeting

• Guest Speaker: Scott Ruhren, Ph.D.
  Senior Director of Conservation at the Audubon Society of Rhode Island.
• Time:  1:00 – 3:30 pm
• Location:  Beechwood Center, 10 Beach St., North Kingstown, RI

Knowing Your Land: Effective Monitoring for Land Conservation
Ecologist and conservationist Scott Ruhren, Ph.D., a Wakefield resident, has been the Senior Director of Conservation at the Audubon Society of Rhode Island since 2005.

His responsibilities and interests include management of Audubon's 9,000+ acres of protected land, conservation and restoration of native communities and habitat assessments as well as acquisition of properties and conservation easements. A life-long botanist, Scott has conducted ecological research and managed habitat restoration and invasive plant projects in places such as Maryland, Virginia, Fresh Kills landfill in Staten Island New York and suburban forests in New Jersey. He holds a Ph.D. in Ecology and is a per course biology instructor at the University of Rhode Island.

1:00 – 1:30 pm Business Meeting
1:30 – 2:00 pm Refreshments & Fellowship
2:00 - 3:30 pm Program

Free and open to the public

Bring a friend!

* Members – If your last name begins with the letters N-Z, please bring refreshments to share.

For more information, contact the Rhode Island Wild Plant Society office at (401) 789-7497 (voicemail) or office@riwps.org