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Featured Speakers
Sessions
FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 2012
Registration and Continental Breakfast
7:45am - 8:30am
Lisa Brush & Kim A. Wilcox
Welcome
8:30am - 8:50am
Plenary Session 1
Moderator: Todd Hogrefe, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Sustain our Great Lakes
Doug Landis
Ecosystem Services: A Framework for Novel Partnerships in Natural Areas Stewardship
1/20/2011
8:50am - 9:30am
Becky Humphries
Connecting People with the Landscape
1/20/2011
9:30am - 10:10am
Break
10:10am - 10:30am
Plenary Session 2
Moderator: Charles Goebel, The Ohio State University
Todd Parker
Cleaning the Air and Soil through Urban Tree Farms
1/20/2011
10:30am - 11:10am
Valerie Strassberg
A Synergentic Team - Investigating Water's Role in Ecosystems Service
1/20/2011
11:10am - 11:50am
Lunch
11:50am - 1:20pm
Keynote Presentation
Lisa Schulte Moore
Title: Tweak, Adapt, or Transform: How to Build a Resilient Future for Agriculture in the U.S. Corn Belt
1:30pm - 2:30pm
Introduction: Craig Czarnecki, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Landscape Conservation Cooperatives
Concurrent Session Block 1
2:30pm - 3:15pm
Peter Curtis
Restoring Old-Growth Forests for Climate Change Mitigation
Dan Kashian
Evidence for Persistence of Ash in the Presence of Emerald Ash Borer in Southeastern Michigan
Tatiana Koveshnikova
Valuation of Ecosystem Benefits in the Credit River Watershed, Ontario
Sarah Richardson
Investigating the Effectiveness of Arbuscular Mycorrihizal Fungi in Reclamation and Restoration
Mike Wotton
Fuel and Fire Behaviour Characteristics in Southern Ontario's Tallgrass Prairie
Jennifer Joyce Baldy
The Cerulean Warbler (Setophaga cerulea) and the Role of Fire on the Breeding Grounds
Break
3:15pm - 3:30pm
Concurrent Session Block 2
3:30pm - 4:15pm
Katherine J. Kahl
Adapting Management Strategies to Climate Change Threats: Examples from the Field
Matt Herbert
Locating Agricultural Conservation Practices to Maximize Ecosystem Benefits
Cybil Cavalieri
Great Lakes Biodiversity Conservation Strategies: Do they result in enhanced ecosystem services?
Warren E. Heilman
Getting a Handle on Local Smoke Transport During Prescribed Fires
Brian J. Palik
Applying Principles of Ecological Forestry to the Management of mixed Pine-Oak Forests in the Lake States
Break
4:15pm - 4:30pm
Concurrent Session Block 3
4:30pm - 5:15pm
Tom Borgman
Efficient Control of Honeysuckle, Wintercreeper, Callery Pear & Lesser Celandine in Southwest Ohio
Lisa Smith
Web-Based Tools for Invasive Species Management
Marija R. Andrijonas
Effects of Autumn Olive (Aleagnus umbellata Thunb.) Density on the Growth of Mature White Oak (Quercus Alba L.) Trees
Brett R. Blaauw
The Effect of Native Wildflower Planting Size on Beneficial Insects and Their Ecosystem Services
R. Gregory Corace
Research-Management Partnerships and Fire-Dependent Ecosystem Restoration: Case Studies from Seney National Wildlife Refuge Upper Michigan
Dr. Nicholas J. Reo
(Re) Establishing Tribal Involvement in Fire Management in the Eastern Upper Peninsula of Michigan
Poster Reception & Award of Best Student Poster
5:15pm - 7:15pm
Networking Pizza Party
7:15pm - 8:00pm
*Must register for this event
Nature Knowledge Trivia Night
8:00pm - 9:30pm
SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 2012
Registration and Meet Your Neighbors Breakfast
7:45am - 8:30am
Lisa Brush
Welcome
8:30am - 8:40am
Keynote Presentation
Doug Ladd
Are We There Yet? Heading Towards Stewardship Success
8:40am - 9:40am
Introduction by Gerould Wilhelm, Conservation Design Forum
Concurrent Workshops Block 1
9:50am - 10:45am
Randy McKenzie, Gary Lindsay, Steve Cross, Benjamin Eby, & Jack McGowan-Stinski
Ignition Planning and Adjustments in the Field (2 Hour Session)
Daniel Heckman
Using Smartphones on the Fireline
Nate Fuller; Randy Counterman
Stop the Rush to Restoration: Making time for monitoring
Carol Rice
A Natural Garden for Your Yard: A Mentoring Program That Assists and Encourages Homeowners in Transforming their Traditional Lawn and Garden Space to Native Plant Gardens
Jason Tallant
GPS and GIS as a Tool for Natural Areas Management: A beginner's guide
Rob Myllyoja
Restoring the Ecosystem Services of Natural Streams
Rebecca Dill
Creating Messages that Motivate
Robert Allison
Securing Local Genotype Seed & Plant Materials: everything you ever wanted to know
Break
10:45am - 11:00am
Concurrent Workshops Block 2
11:00am - 11:55am
Randy McKenzie, Gary Lindsay, Steve Cross, Benjamin Eby, & Jack McGowan-Stinski
Ignition Planning and Adjustments in the Field Continued (2 Hour Session)
David Mindell&Glen King
Can I Really Burn My Own Prairie and Woods?: How to have successful private land-owner burns
Larry Works
Digital Photography: Tips & Tricks for Compact Cameras
Jenee Rowe
Prioritizing Management Across Large Landscapes with Our Neighbors: Strategic Stewardship Planning
Steve Woods
Budgeting for Natural Areas Management
Lisha Ramsdell
Working with Local Road Commissions to Restore and Reconnect Aquatic Ecosystems
Kim A. Chapman
Funding Restoration by Advancing Ecosystem Services
Bill Schneider, Dr. Doug Schmeke and Dr. David Karowe
Ecological Implications of the Propagation and Reintroduction of Protected Plant Species
Time allowance to get to the third round of sessions
11:55am - 12:05pm
Concurrent Workshops Block 3
12:05pm - 1:00pm
Robert Ziel
Accessing Fire Weather Information in the Lake States
David Mifsud
Fire and Herpetofauna
Jason Tallant
Is the Data You Want the Data You Need?: Collecting, maintaining and analyzing data used in natural areas management
Brendon Panke
Great Lakes Early Detection Network (GLEDN): Collaboration for invasive species control at a regional scale
Eric Ellis
Early Successional Forest Restoration and Why I Love Clearcutting
Anna Kornoelje & Ryan Koziatek
The Evolution of Management at Prairie Reconstructions in Southwest Michigan
Martha Holzheuer
Beginning Botany: Winter Shrub Identification
Jason Carlson & Roger LaBine
Integrating Tradition and Technology in Wild Rice Restoration, Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Lunch and Return of the Cluster Cup
1:00pm - 2:00pm
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