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PRESS RELEASE
March 3, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Donna Ellis
860-486-6448
Beetle Farmer Workshops
for Purple Loosestrife Biological Control
Three Beetle Farmer Workshops are being offered by the University of Connecticut in March and April. The public is invited to attend a workshop to learn how to raise beneficial beetles to control the invasive wetland plant purple loosestrife. Raising beetles for biological control of purple loosestrife is an exciting opportunity for individual, family, and community involvement. To learn more about becoming a Beetle Farmer, please attend one of the Beetle Farmer Workshops:
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
6:30 - 8:30 PM
University of Connecticut
W.B. Young Building, Room 207
1376 Storrs Road, Storrs, CT 06269
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
7:00 - 9:00 PM
Sherman School Cafeteria, 2 Route 37 E
Sherman CT 06784
Monday, April 7, 2008
7:00 - 9:00 PM
Hartford County Extension Center (University of Connecticut Greater Hartford Campus), Library Building, Room 404, 1800 Asylum Avenue, West Hartford, CT 06117
No experience is necessary to become a Beetle Farmer. Step-by-step instructions to rear and release the beetles will be provided. The workshops are free and open to the public, but registration is required. To sign up for a workshop, please contact Donna Ellis at the University of Connecticut: phone: (860) 486-6448; email: donna.ellis@uconn.edu; website: www.hort.uconn.edu/ipm/ipmbio.htm Refreshments will be served
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