<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large"><span style="color:rgb(39,78,19);font-family:"times new roman",serif">The CEES Seminar Series presents:</span></div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:17.12px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Mitchell O’Neill, </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:17.12px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">New York Natural Heritage Program, Invasive Species Biologist</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:17.12px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:17.12px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><i>L</i></span><b style="font-size:11pt"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:17.12px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">everaging invasive species data to inform natural resource management</span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt">The New York Natural Heritage Program (NYNHP, a program of SUNY-ESF) manages datasets on New York’s biodiversity on behalf of the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation. This includes mapping rare, threatened, and endangered plants and animals as well as administering the statewide invasive species database, iMapInvasives. NYNHP also develops analyses and tools to derive insights from these datasets to inform natural resource management across the state. This talk will focus on work analyzing and visualizing invasive species data alongside other datasets to inform invasive species management strategies and priorities. For example, we are currently analyzing intersections of invasive species with rare, threatened, and endangered species to assess invasive species impacts on biodiversity and empower partners to direct their invasive species management efforts to projects most beneficial to native species and ecosystems.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:17.12px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Friday Feb 27</b><b style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">  3:30</b><b style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">pm. </b></p><div><div><div><div><div><b>Hudson 106</b></div></div><div><b>Reception prior to the talk at 3:00</b></div></div><div><br></div><div>You can add the full seminar schedule to your <a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0?cid=Y18xMDhkNjVlMjY1ZGVmNjI5MTU3NDJhNzU0ZmQyMTE4ZjBhNmRhYmJjNDg2MDE0MGU3NmUwMTU0YzNiOGFmZTQwQGdyb3VwLmNhbGVuZGFyLmdvb2dsZS5jb20" target="_blank">Google Calendar</a><br></div></div><div><div><div>You can also get weekly updates by following our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SUNYPlattsburghCEES" target="_blank">Facebook</a> or <a href="https://www.instagram.com/cees_sunyplattsburgh/" target="_blank">Instagram</a> pages<br></div><div><br></div><div>Please advertise broadly and distribute to anyone you think might be interested.<br></div></div></div></div></div></div><div></div></div><div><img src="cid:ii_mltlgiav0" alt="Slide1.JPG" width="536" height="402" style="outline:0px"><br></div></div>
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