Jill Silver, Executive Director of the 10,000 Years Institute (10KYI), will present the next Rosmond Evening Talk at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 20, at the Olympic Natural Resources Center (ONRC) in Forks and online via Zoom.

Silver’s presentation, “Protecting Watershed Resiliency and Forest Health: Preventing the Spread of Invasives on the Olympic Coast,” will address the growing threat of invasive plant species and the importance of coordinated watershed protection. The talk will highlight four key invasive species—Scotch broom, reed canarygrass, spotted jewelweed and perennial peavine—and their impacts on forests, rivers, salmon habitat, and native plant communities. Silver will also outline field methods and prevention strategies, including manual, chemical and biological controls, along with 10KYI’s ongoing applied research and efforts to support local restoration jobs.

Silver is a watershed ecologist who has led 10KYI since 2001. Prior to that, she spent nine years as habitat biologist for the Hoh Tribe, developing research and restoration programs supporting natural resource conservation and local resource-based economies. Her work helped establish Pulling Together: Coastal Jobs in Restoration, now in its sixth biennium and working toward becoming a permanent coastal Community Conservation Corps.

The public is invited to attend in person at the ONRC’s Hemlock Forest Room, 1455 S. Forks Ave., or online at https://washington.zoom.us/j/3834334539

A recording will be available afterward on the ONRC website.

The Rosmond Evening Talks are funded through the Rosmond Family Education Fund, honoring Fred Rosmond and his family’s contributions to forestry and the Forks community.

The Fall series concludes Wednesday, Dec. 10, with Miles Micheletti of the Washington Department of Natural Resources presenting, “Mapping the Canopy: How Drones Help Us See the Forest and the Trees.”