Louisiana Master Naturalists of Greater New Orleans

Registration: To register for this Zoom program, send an email message with “Apple Snails” as the subject line to: OrleansAudubon@aol.com and include your full name in the body of the email. You will then receive email in-
structions. If participating by phone, also include your phone number. Please register as soon as possible and at least two hours prior to the start of the meeting

Apple snails are invading aquatic environments in Louisiana and spreading
rapidly from New Orleans as far west as Calcasieu, but scientists aren’t re-
ally sure yet about their effects on the ecosystem. Casey Greufe is a Master’s student in the Biology Depart- ment at Nicholls State University, studying apple snail population genetics under Drs. Justine Whitaker and Allyse Ferrara. Casey will talk about her research at Nicholls State and how apple snail genetics might contain important information on how to slow (and potentially even reverse) their spread. See Casey’s article in this issue for more information.