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Upcoming Webcasts
RADical ecosystem change: Applying the RAD (Resist-Accept-Direct) framework
Most natural resource conservation and management approaches look to the past for precedent. But, what happens when the past doesn’t reflect the future? With climate change and other stressors, ecosystems are transforming, […]
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Abigail J. LynchIdentifying Recoverable, Fire-Dependent Systems in The Huron Manistee National Forest
Growing up, many local kids are told that Michigan is just an extensive forest and that a squirrel could run from Lake Michigan to Lake Huron without touching the ground. Historically, […]
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Jesse LincolnNot So Different: using bugs to fight apathy and inspire empathy
Join The Bug Chicks as they talk about their work using arthropods to engage people in nature. Creating a pathway from fear to fascination, these entomologists help organizations, schools and individuals […]
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The Bug ChicksReturning the Wild to the Wilderness: Loss, Legacy, and New Opportunity
Gone for 120 years, the American marten was a common native species to Pennsylvania. This presentation will take a look at what happened to the marten and other species that were […]
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Thomas KellerPast Webcasts
The Great Lakes Piping Plover: Road to Recovery
The Great Lakes Piping Plover was federally listed in 1986, when the population was only at 17 pairs. Since listing, the population has slowly continued to increase as a result […]
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Jillian FarkasCreating a Network of Old-Growth Forests in Michigan
The Old-Growth Forest Network will explore the status of old-growth in Michigan, discuss the importance of ancient forests for human health, biodiversity and combating climate change, and actions needed to […]
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Nick Sanchez, Sarah AdlooNovel detection technology for hemlock woolly adelgid
Hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA) is an invasive insect threatening hemlock forests throughout eastern North America. Early detection of this pest remains a key focus for management groups to ensure rapid […]
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Meg SandersBeyond the First Horizon: Exploring Tomorrow’s Stewardship Opportunities
We live in a dynamic world that is accelerating in many ways. We have more tools, knowledge, and collective ability than ever before. AI is bound to transform the ways […]
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Shawn JohnsonGrowing the Global Stewardship Movement: Lessons from Connecting Australian and U.S. Practitioners
Worldwide, people are coming together to steward the landscapes that communities depend upon for clean air and water, sustenance, and joy. And yet, many stewardship practitioners continue to struggle alone […]
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Travis AnklamThe Phragmites Adaptive Management Framework: Using participatory science to manage the invasive common reed effectively
Non-native Phragmites australis, the invasive common reed, has disrupted wetland ecosystems across North America. Although Phragmites established itself in the Great Lakes basin decades ago, there is still a high degree of uncertainty […]
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Taaja R. Tucker-SilvaManaging Urban Ecosystems
With over 80 percent of the U.S. population now living in urban areas, cities have arguably become humanity’s new natural habitat. Though urban ecosystems are not wholly owned and managed […]
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Kat SuperfiskyCISMAs, Invasive Species, and You!
Tune in to learn about the important invasive species work we do in Oakland County, our day-to-day working realities as a CISMA (Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area), and the unique […]
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Emily McNallyAquatic Resources: Challenges, Opportunities, and Management
Aquatic resources play an important role in almost every ecosystem in Michigan, touching many parts of our daily lives. In this presentation we will explore some of the historical and […]
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Tyler MitchellLost in the Weeds
Got the bittersweet blues, knotweed nightmares, peeved at parsnip? Mike from Got Weeds? joins us this month to refresh your mindset, your methods, and your measurables.
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Mike BaldHow You Can Support a Healthy Hemlock Forest
Eastern hemlock, Tsuga canadensis, play an important role in the forests they inhabit by creating a microclimatic variation useful for multiple animal species. The hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA) is a small […]
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Rachel KapplerEconomy & Availability of Native Plant Production
Call for native plants increases year after year, but can supply meet this surging demand? There are many horticultural considerations that affect the supply of native species and seed but […]
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Bill SchneiderUrban Stewardship: Liberating Vacant Land in Southwest Detroit
With a waning tax base and declining population, the City of Detroit has been struggling to oversee vacant lots, pursue absentee landowners, or investigate illegal dumping. In response, the Springwells […]
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Lisa Maria RodriguezWhy California’s 30×30 Initiative Gives Me Hope
It’s easy to feel discouraged these days, but California’s 30×30 initiative, with its goal of conserving 30 percent of state lands and coastal waters by 2030, offers an important ray of […]
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Annie BurkeOutside the Box: Creating unique stewardship opportunities to spread your mission and passion farther
For-Mar Nature Preserve & Arboretum is part of the Genesee County Parks & Recreation and has the privilege of leading the stewardship efforts for the park system. In a world […]
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Nicole Ferguson, Courtney ProutBat Monitoring Made Easy
Bats have long been excluded from species data collection, in part because they’re so difficult to find and study. Using modern echometer technology, we can now identify species of bats […]
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Ian AblesonWe’ve Been Here: Resident Leadership and Stewardship on Detroit’s Eastside
ECN will be highlighting the LEAP Sustainability Fellowship program that builds resident capacity to steward open space in their neighborhoods. We work with resident leaders who have been taking care […]
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Ricky AckermanPassing the (Drip) Torch: A Look Back with Dave Borneman and Bob Grese
Today’s ecological restorationists may believe that things have always been the way they are now, with wide acceptance of practices like stewardship workdays, prescribed fire, or dabbing herbicide on cut […]
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Lisa Brush, Dave Borneman, Bob GreseThe Michigan Herp HAT and MI Herp Atlas: Conservation Tools and Resources for the Protection and Management of Amphibians and Reptiles
Amphibians and reptiles (collectively regionally referred to as herpetofauna) are recognized key indicators of environmental health, this makes them ideal candidates for incorporation into a wetland functional assessment tool. Incorporating […]
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David A. MifsudThe meadowlark conundrum: Why don’t many prairie restorations support declining grassland birds?
Grassland birds are the habitat group in steepest decline across the U.S. and Canada, and we’ve witnessed a 40% decline within less than one human lifetime. At the same time, […]
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Sharon Gill, Joanna Sblendorio, Mitch LettowCommunity Stewardship and Engagement Programs that Connect!
We’re all asking the same question: How do we create stewardship programs that are intentional, inclusive and culturally relevant? The definition of stewardship and conversations about taking care of our lands are […]
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Yakuta PoonawallaFactors Influencing Oak Regeneration in Michigan
In fire-dependent oak ecosystems throughout the eastern United States, recruitment of oak saplings to the forest canopy is poor. Although current overstory composition in dry and dry-mesic forests is dominated […]
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Mike Kost142 Year-Old Beal Seed Experiment
In the fall of 1879, Professor William James Beal started what is now the longest continuously monitored experiment in the world. He wanted to know how long seeds can remain […]
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Lars Brudvig, Frank TelewskiLand Bridge: Rethinking Land Ownership, Land Transactions, and Land Relationships
There are massive land transitions that are now at play. How does our language, our role, and our understanding of relationships need to change to reflect the shifting values in a […]