Urban Woodlands Conservation and Restoration
Urban Woodland Conservation and Management Workshop, March 11, 2015 at NCTC
Goal
Identify and create opportunities for greater collaboration among urban woodland managers and researchers to connect and to share data and information.
Objectives
1. Ascertain the environmental and ecological effects of urban land use on urban woodlands and identify gaps in our understanding
2. Establish conservation and restoration goals for urban, suburban, and exurban woodlands under climate change
3. Identify long-term data and tools needed to restore and manage urban woodland ecosystems
8:00-8:20 Welcome and Introductions
- Overview of the facilities, safety message, logistics, Peggy Sandrezsky, NPS Liaison
- Introduction of Participants, Megan Nortrup (NPS), Facilitator
- Overview of Goals and Objectives of the Workshop, Wayne Zipperer, Forest Service
Session I: Research and Management
8:20-8:40 Environmental and ecological effects of urban land use on urban woodlands
Lea Johnson, University of Maryland, College Park
8:45-9:05 Conservation and management of urban woodlands
Helen Forgione and Kristen King, Natural Area Conservancy
9:05-9:35 Discussion. Identify break-out group questions
9:35-9:50 Break
Session II: Data Sharing and Network Building
9:50-10:10 Long-term data and management tools needed for managing and restoring urban woodlands
Patrick Campbell and John Paul Schmit National Park Service
10:15-10:35 Obtaining, managing and sharing ecological data
Myla Aronson, Rutgers University
10:35-11:05 Discussion. Identify and Prioritize break-out group questions
11:05-11:30 Summary and Assignment to Break Out Groups
11:30-12:15 LUNCH in Commons (Bring your own, pay by the item, or buy a ticket at the store in Commons: one entre ticket $9 or all you can eat $12)
Round Tables I
12:15-1:00 Break-out Groups: 111 IE, 103 IE, 104E, and 107 IE
1:05-1:55 All Reassemble in 111 IE; Report Back and Refine Questions and Priorities
Round Tables II
2:00-2:25 Break-out Groups: 111 IE, 103 IE, 104E, and 107 IE
2:30-2:45 Break
2:45-3:30 All Reassemble. Break-out Groups Report Out
3:30-4:00 Summary & Next Steps
Richard Pouyat, Forest Service
Agenda - March 11, 2015 Workshop
Publication Date: 2015
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Participant List - Urban Woodland Workshop, March 11, 2015
Publication Date: 2015
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