University of Tennessee Professor Scott Schlarbaum will present a program on “Invasive Insects’ Effect on our Forests” at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 5, at the UT Arboretum. It has been reported that this presentation will “scare the pants off you.”
Our area is currently beset by hemlock woolly adelgids, emerald ash borers, and other invasive insects, a press release said.
Schlarbaum has served as a faculty member of UT’s Department of Forestry, Wildlife, and Fisheries since 1984, and has served in a variety of professional positions and committees regarding forest health and genetics.
Co-sponsored by the Tennessee Citizens for Wilderness Planning and the University of Tennessee Arboretum Society, the presentation is free and open to the public. It will be held at the new Auditorium at the UT Arboretum, 901 S. Illinois Avenue in Oak Ridge.
For more information, call or write Sandra K. Goss at (865) 805-1470 or sandra@sandrakgoss.com.
This press release was submitted by Sandra K. Goss of Tennessee Citizens for Wilderness Planning.
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