Join the Colorado Dept of Agriculture, and Colorado State Forest Service for this workshop for secondary educators.
Date: May 28, 2015
Time: 8:30-5:30
One half credit from Colorado School of Mines available
Grand Junction, Colorado
Participants receive Project Learning Tree’s Exploring Environmental Issues: Focus on Forests Activity Guidebook.
While the tiny, pretty Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) is not yet as well-known a threat here as it has been in 18 other states to the east of us, it has the potential to devastate our urban shade canopies in the next dozen years, and is a good example of the threat posed by invasive species of all kinds to critical biodiversity. Learn about the impact of invasive species such as EAB, Asian Longhorn Beetle, Zebra Mussel, Gypsy Moth and many others and the ways that we attempt to monitor and control them once they arrive. This workshop included a tour of the USDA Insectary where parasitic wasps and other insects are raised to be releases ad biocontrol agents when and where appropriate. Last fall, three species of wasps, each preying up on a different phase in the lifecycle of EAB were released in Boulder.
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