2015 Invasive Species Symposium

The 2015 Illinois Invasive Species Symposium was held on May 28th, 2015, at the Champaign County University of Illinois Extension Auditorium. Over 100 people attended the symposium in person and over 50 signed onto watch the live webcast. Attendees came from across the state (see attendance map HERE).

The 2015 Illinois Invasive Species Symposium was a joint effort of the Illinois Wildlife Action Plan's Invasive Species Campaign, the University of Illinois Extension, the Northeast Illinois Invasive Plant Partnership, and the Illinois Natural History Survey. Funding for the live webcast and archived recordings of the presentations was provided by the University of Illinois Extension and the Illinois Natural History Survey.

This event was a one-day, all-taxa symposium that featured a great line up of speakers presenting on invasive plants, diseases, insects, and animals. The symposium also included a ceremony for this year's Invasive Species Awareness Month Awards.

To see a full list of the day's presentations, please see the agenda HERE.

Recordings of the presentations are available HERE.

For more information on the symposium, email Chris Evans at chris.evans@illinois.gov.

Symposium planning committee - Chris Evans, IDNR; Kelly Estes, Illinois CAPS; Cathy McGlynn, Northeast Illinois Invasive Plant Partnership; Sandy Mason, University of Illinois Extension; and Diane Wilhite, University of Illinois Extension.

Website hosted by the Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health at the University of Georgia