{"id":70516,"date":"2016-07-02T11:24:36","date_gmt":"2016-07-02T15:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=70516"},"modified":"2016-07-02T10:31:01","modified_gmt":"2016-07-02T14:31:01","slug":"exotic-species-in-new-york-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=70516","title":{"rendered":"Exotic Species in New York: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Paul Wrege, Animal & Plant Health Inspection Specialist with the USDA-APHIS, uses a specially\u00a0designed trap to check for invasive species. Friends of Rogers will host \u201cExotic Species in New York: The Good,
The Bad & The Ugly\u201d on July 12. Photo courtesy Friends of Rogers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Friends of Rogers will host Paul Wrege, Animal &amp; Plant Health Inspection Specialist with the USDA-APHIS, at 6 p.m. July\u00a012 for \u201cExotic Species in New York: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Learn about the good that plants, trees, and insects do for the environment. Dive further into the bad that these\u00a0invasive species commit. Finish with what can be called the \u2018ugly truth\u2019 about invasive species here in New York.<\/p>\n

Wrege will focus on invasive species commonly found in local backyards, and discuss strategic efforts to combat pest\u00a0introductions, including work overseas, inspection of imported high-risk cargo, and environmental monitoring.<\/p>\n

\u201cIncreased international trade over the past two decades has made it difficult to monitor the influx of foreign products\u00a0pouring into New York from across the globe, resulting in an alarming increase of hitchhiking pests associated with imported\u00a0cargo,\u201d said Simon Solomon, Friends of Rogers Executive Director. \u201cThis interactive workshop will help participants\u00a0understand what\u2019s being done to protect native species from these unwanted visitors.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cExotic Species in New York: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly\u201d will be held in the Visitor Center on state Route 80 in\u00a0Sherburne; those needing to may use the adjacent parking lot, and the center is handicap accessible. Pre-registration is\u00a0strongly recommended at $2 for members and $3 for not-yet- members.<\/p>\n

Rogers Center is operated by Friends of Rogers\u00a0Environmental\u00a0Education Center, Inc., a nonprofit organization that\u00a0offers educational programs for all ages. Summer hours are from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and\u00a0from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday. For more information, call (607) 674-4733 or visit www.friendsofrogers.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Friends of Rogers will host Paul Wrege, Animal &amp; Plant Health Inspection Specialist with the USDA-APHIS, at 6 p.m. July\u00a012 for \u201cExotic Species in New York: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly.\u201d Learn about the good that plants, trees, and insects do for the environment. Dive further into the bad that these\u00a0invasive species commit. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":70518,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23813,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-top-story"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-ilm","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/7-1-Exotic-Species-7-12-1.jpg?fit=2322%2C4128&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=70516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70516\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/70518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=70516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=70516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=70516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}