The following program for professionals is being held at Duke Farms:
Duke Farms Symposium on Emerging Issues in Land Stewardship
Friday, February 24, 8 a.m to 4 p.m.
This program is designed for professionals: land/property managers, landscapers, naturalists, farmers and agriculturalists.
Schedule
8:00 Registration
9:00 Welcome
- Timothy M. Taylor, Executive Director, Duke Farms Foundation
- Steven Handel, Director, Center for Urban Restoration Ecology and Professor, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources, Rutgers University
9:20 Woodland Vegetation Scientist: Vanessa Beauchamp, Department of Biological Sciences, Towson University, “Vegetation Dynamics at the Middle Patuxent Environmental Area”
9:40 Woodland Wildlife Scientist: Gregory Shriver, Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology, University of Delaware
10:00 Woodland Land Manager: David Robertson, Executive Director, Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust, Pa.
10:20 Audience Response: What additional woodland restoration and management issues are you are experiencing?
Break
10:45 Meadow Vegetation Scientist: Scott Meiners, Department of Biological Sciences, Eastern Illinois University, “Challenges to the Restoration and Management of Herbaceous Communities”
11:05 Meadow Wildlife Scientist: Julie Lockwood, Department of Ecology, Evolution & Natural Resources, Rutgers University
11:25 Meadow Land Manager: Ken Thoman, Acquisition & Design, Monmouth County Park System, N.J.
noon Lunch with round table discussions
1:30 Presentation of round table discussion results with speaker commentary
2:30 Site visit: Woodland and Meadow Restoration at Duke Farms
- Gene Huntington, Director, Research and Natural Resources, Duke Farms
- Thom Almendinger, Team Leader – Ecological Stewardship, Duke Farms
The cost is $50, lunch is included. Space is limited an advance registration is required. To register, call Duke Farms at (908) 722-3700.