Below you will find the handouts and video links to access the presentations for each talk.
Monday March 1st - Woodland
Prescribed goat grazing as a tool to manage invasive plants and restore woodlands
Matt Davies Assistant Professor in Soil and Plant Community Restoration, CFAES, SENR
Silvicultural Aspects of American chestnut and Implications for Species Restoration
Sara Fern Fitzsimmons, Director of Restoration, The American Chestnut Foundation and Penn State
Spotting the Spot in Ohio – Spotted Lanternfly Update
Amy Stone, Lucas County Extension Educator, OSU Extension, CFAES
Presentation Handout SLF Lifecycle Look alikes
Herbicide Do’s and Don’ts
Mimi Rose, Ohio State University Pesticide Education Program
Presentation Handout Pesticide Label Glossary
Tuesday March 2nd - Water
Wetlands and Water Quality: the ODNR H2Ohio Program
Eric Saas, H2Ohio Program Manager, Christina Kuchle, Northwest Region Scenic Rivers Manager
Presentation Recording (We were only able to recorded the last few minutes of this presentation - our apologies!!)
Ohio’s Wetland Regulations
Mick Micacchion, Wetland Ecologist and Professional Wetland Scientist, Midwest Biodiversity Institute
The USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database: actionable tools and data for aquatic invasive species (AIS) management
Matthew Neilson, U.S. Geological Survey
The Great Lakes Phragmites Collaborative: Regional Coordination, Adaptive Management, and New Treatments
Kurt Kowalski, U.S. Geological Survey
Wednesday March 3rd - Wildlife
Ohio’s Owls
Joseph Lautenbach, Wildlife Biologist, ODNR Division of Wildlife
Trees and Shrubs for Wildlife – The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Marne Titchenell, Extension Wildlife Program Specialist, SENR, CAFES
Amy Stone, Lucas County Extension Educator, OSU Extension, CFAES
Got worms? That might be a problem! Investigating Impacts of Non-Native Earthworms in Hardwood Forests.
Tara Bal, Assistant Professor, Forest Health, College of Forest Resources and Environmental Science
Michigan Technological University
An Updated Report on Ticks and Tick-borne Disease in Ohio
Risa Pesapane, Assistant Professor, Ecosystem and Wildlife Health, CFAES and CVM, The Ohio State University
Presentation Handout Asian Longhorned Tick Factsheet
Tick Video (watch this before the presentation recording)
USDA - APHIS Information
Search for The Asian Longhorned Beetle Poster
Factsheets on importing live plants and CITES material