Aquatic Invasive Species in New York Are Topic of UB Environmental Forum

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A forum on the impact of aquatic invasive species on the New York State ecosystem will be held by the University at Buffalo's Evolution, Ecology and Behavior Program and Great Lakes Program, in cooperation with the New York State Attorney General's Office.

A panel discussion and question-and-answer period will address the biology of some of these invasive species and the policy issues involved in managing and preventing their spread. The forum will take place Sept. 25 from 1:30-5 p.m. in the Center for the Arts Screening Room on the UB North (Amherst) Campus. The biological session begins at 1:30 p.m.; the policy session begins at 3 p.m.

Featured presenters include Kit Kennedy, New York State special deputy attorney general for environmental protection; Alexander Karatayov of Buffalo State College's Great Lakes Center; Christopher Pennuto of Buffalo State College; and Charles O'Neill, coordinator of the Cornell Invasive Species program. The program was organized by Howard Lasker, UB professor of geology and head of the Evolution, Ecology and Behavior Program, and Helen Domske, associate director of UB's Great Lakes Program.

The forum is free and open to the public. For more information or to request a parking pass, contact the New York Sea Grant, Great Lakes Program, at UB at (716) 645-3610, or sgbuffalo@cornell.edu.