Join us for 7th Annual Mid-Atlantic Exotic Pest Plant Council Conference on August 11-12 at the University of Pittsburgh Johnstown Campus in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.

This year's conference, Complicating Factors in Invasive Plant Management: Circumstances Beyond Our Control, will feature over 25 speakers and focus on the spread of invasive species, control strategies, deer impact on ecosystems, impacts of climate change on invasive plants, and current research.

On the evening of the 11th attendees are invited to a buffet dinner and tour of the Johnstown Discovery Center. Accommodations are available through kragley@pitt.edu or 1-800-875-5958.

You can register online at www.morrisarboretum.org or by downloading the Conference Brochure and sending the registration form with payment to Morris Arboretum by mail: Morris Arboretum - Education Department, 100 Northwestern Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19118, or by fax: 215-247-7862.

For more details about the conference visit www.ma-eppc.org, or contact Jan McFarlan at: 215-247-5777 x 125 or 156, jlm@exchange.upenn.edu.