Topics and Agenda

2022 Schedule

Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. Three sessions will occur durring each time slot, please come prepared for the session you would like to attend. 

  

8:30 - 9:15 a.m.  -
Registration and breakfast snacks 

   

9:15 a.m. 

Trail planning, design, construction, and maintenance – 
Chad Irey, Dirt Artisans

   

10:30 a.m.

Woodland Boundaries -
Mark Rickey, ODNR Division of Forestry and Dave Apsley, Ohio State University Extension

8:30 - 9:15 a.m.  -
Registration and breakfast snacks 

   

9:15 a.m.

Tree Identification –
Doug McLaren, UK Forestry and Natural Resources - Extension

   

10:30 a.m. 

Cook Wild Kentucky –
Martha Yount, University of Kentucky

8:30 - 9:15 a.m.  -
Registration and breakfast snacks 

   

9:15 a.m.

Monarch habitat design and conservation opportunities –

Adam Baker, University of Kentucky

   

10:30 a.m.

Managing Woodlands for Forest Songbirds –
Brian MacGowan, Purdue University Department of Forestry and Natural Resources

   

11:30 - Lunch provided on site.

   

11:30 - Lunch provided on site.

   

11:30 - Lunch provided on site.

   

12:30 p.m.

Pawpaws: A Native Ohio Valley Fruit Crop –
Sheri Crabtree, Kentucky State University

   

12:30 p.m.

The Big, The Bad, and The Ugly – An Invasive Species Update -
Ellen Crocker, UK Forestry and Natural Resources - Extension and Amy Stone, Ohio State University Extension

   

12:30 p.m.

A Practical Approach to Safety in Your Woods -
Don Carlson, Purdue University Department of Forestry and Natural Resources

1:30 p.m. 

Maple Syrup –
Jacob Muller, UK Forestry and Natural Resources - Extension

     

2:30 p.m. - Adjourn

1:30 p.m. 

What Market and Timber Fluctuation Mean for You? -
Sayeed Mehmood, Ohio State University Extension

   

2:30 p.m. - Adjourn

1:30 p.m.

Coyotes –
Marne Titchenell, Ohio State University Extension

   

2:30 p.m. - Adjourn