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Douglas W. Tallamy, Randy Westbrooks & Carolynn Sears, Ph.D.

Teaches at New York Botanical Garden

Douglas W. Tallamy Douglas W. Tallamy Doug Tallamy is a professor in the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware where he has authored 80 research articles and has taught Insect Taxonomy, Behavioral Ecology, Humans and Nature, Insect ecology and other courses for 32 years. Chief among his research goals is to better understand the many ways insects interact with plants and how such interactions determine the diversity of animal communities. His book "Bringing Nature Home; How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens" was published by Timber Press in 2007 and was awarded the 2008 silver medal by the Garden Writer's Association. Doug was awarded the Garden Club of America Margaret Douglas Medal for Conservation and the Tom Dodd Jr. Award of Excellence in 2013. Randy Westbrooks Randy Westbrooks Randy Westbrooks, a native of Gaffney, South Carolina, USA, received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in biology from the University of South Carolina in 1976 and 1978. He earned a Ph.D. in botany and weed science from North Carolina State University in 1989. From 1979-2012, Dr. Westbrooks served as a Federal Invasive Species Prevention Specialist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (APHIS PPQ - 1979-2000), and more recently the Department of the Interior (U.S. Geological Survey - 2000-2012). From 2012-2014 he worked as Associate with Invasive Plant Control, Inc. (IPC), a Nashville, TN, based company that is working to manage invasive species worldwide. From 2008-2016, he developed and offered a series of online IVS Management Training Courses at Southeastern Community College in Whiteville, NC. From 1979-1986, Dr. Westbrooks served as a Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) Officer for USDA APHIS in the Port of Charleston, S.C. From 1986-1995, as a Federal Weed Regulatory Specialist with the APHIS Plant Methods Center in Whiteville, N.C., he provided science and technical support for single agency-led federal/state weed eradication programs and projects across the U.S. (EDRR 1.0). From 1996-2012, as a Federal Invasive Species Prevention Specialist, Dr. Westbrooks collaborated with interagency groups to develop new capacity for early detection and rapid response (EDRR) for new invasive plants in states and provinces across the U.S. and Canada (EDRR 2.0). In his current capacity as a private consultant, his efforts are now focused on development of EDRR capacity on all kinds of land units - at all levels of the landscape - from local to national. The Landscape Approach to EDRR involves development of EDRR capacity for public land units (parks, forests, refuges, lakes, highway corridors, etc.), private land units (farms and ranches, etc.), geographic land units (watersheds, eco-regions and cooperative weed management areas), and political land units (municipalities, counties, states, and nations) (EDRR 3.0). As a private consultant, Dr. Westbrooks provides Technical Support for development of EDRR Systems, conducts Rapid Assessments of New Exotic Plants, and develops Strategies for Rapid Response to Confirmed Invaders (through landowner / manager weed eradication projects, single agency-led programs, cooperative weed management areas, or interagency task forces). The overall goal is to promote EDRR as a common sense and cost effective strategy for preventing the establishment and spread of new invasive plants on land that a person, agency, or group owns or manages. The Delaware Invasive Species Council, which he helped to establish in 1998, and the Beach Vitex Task Force, which he was instrumental in establishing in 2003, are good examples of this new trend in interagency partnering to address new and emerging invasive plants. In an effort to pass on what he has learned in his career to the next generation, over the past decade, Dr. Westbrooks and his wife Rebecca developed and offered a series of original online invasive species management courses at Southeastern Community College in Whiteville, N.C., for field professionals across the U.S. and Canada. The courses were offered as part of Rebecca's Environmental Science Technology Program until her retirement from SCC in 2015. The North American Online IVS Management Training Program, which was first launched at SCC in the spring of 2008, includes six online courses covering all aspects of IVS management, including prevention, exclusion, detection, containment, eradication, and control. Dr. Westbrooks is now working with longtime associates to offer these online courses through the North American Invasive Species Management Association - starting on February 6, 2017. Carolynn Sears, Ph.D. Carolynn Sears, Ph.D. Carolynn Sears is a Master Gardener and member of the Pound Ridge Conservation Board. In 2012, Carrie co-founded the Invasives Project (TIP), which she continues to co-direct.

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