8:30 am Registration
9 am Opening Session - Welcome & Opening remarks
Jim Nitzschke, John Deere
Morning Keynote:
Buffers and Beyond: What We’ve Learned From 20 Years of Research on Bear Creek
Dr. Richard Schultz, Professor, Natural Resources Ecology & Management Department, Iowa State University
10:15 am Concurrent Workshops
Your Buffer: Can it Withstand the Test of Time?
Dr. Richard Schultz
Building Support for Your Community Forest: From Politics to Planting
Patty Petersen, Trees Forever Field Coordinator
Jim Tresouthick, Village Forester, Homewood , IL
11:30-1:30 pm Luncheon and Awards
Shannon Ramsay to introduce Les Warner
Keynote: From Grey to Green: Trees Pay Big Benefits
Les Werner, Assoc. Professor, Urban Forestry, University of Wisconsin- Stevens Point
1:45 pm Workshops
Ag Panel: How Do We Get—and Keep—More Buffers on the Ground?
Moderator: Barb Grabner-Kerns, Trees Forever Working Watersheds Program Manager
Leon Sigwarth, Producer, Dubuque County, Iowa
Debbie Fluegel, Trees Forever Field Coordinator
Leigh Adcock, Executive Director, Women, Food and Agriculture Network
Ron Russell, Illinois Organic Producer
Chandra Shaw, USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service
Community Panel: Emerging Threats to Our Trees
Moderator: Pat Graves, Trees Forever Board of Directors
Scott Schirmer, EAB Program Manager, Illinois Dept. of Agriculture
Les Werner, Assoc. Professor, Urban Forestry, University of Wisconsin- Stevens Point
Jim Tresouthick, Village Forester, Homewood , IL
Kelsay Shaw, Possibility Place Nursery, Monee, IL
Meredith Borchardt, Community Program Manager for Trees Forever
3 pm Adjourn
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