10 May 2013 – CFNC Talk on Invasive Species
Posted on 6 May, 2013 by Connecting Country
The May Castlemaine Field Naturalist Club guest speaker will be Matt Sheehan who will talk on “Reflections on the importance of invasive species research, policy development and action for the protection of native ecosystems”.
Matt currently runs a business in Castlemaine called ‘Wild Matters’. He is the former National Chilean Needle Grass Facilitator, and still regularly works on a variety of invasive species issues for all levels of government.
Matt will talk about his interest in botany, starting from Castlemaine Secondary College (including field classes with Ern Perkins), and his journey from there through his degree, honours, PhD and the then his professional experiences at Catchment Management Authorities, state agencies and now as a consultant. His talk will focus on invasive species and draw on examples from his research, policy and community work to show the importance of this work in protecting native vegetation and supporting the work of community groups like the field naturalist clubs.
The talk will be held on Friday 13 July at the Uniting Church Hall in Lyttleton St, Castlemaine (building behind the church), and will commence from 7.30pm. Everyone is welcome.
Hi Christine,
The talk is being held at the hall behind the Uniting Church in Lyttleton St, Castlemaine. It is in the section between Kennedy St and Barker St, and occurs next door to the museum/art gallery.
Look forward to seeing you there.
Chris
I’m interested in attending the talk on you 10th may i would like to know the location of this talk.
From Christine barker
chrisbar27@hotmail.com