Land Managers from South Central Wisconsin and beyond are invited to the Land Management Conference at Holy Wisdom Monastery on Wednesday, February 22, 2017.
Here is a look at the schedule and speakers for the day:
8:00- 8:30 am | Registration | Retreat & Guest House (RGH) |
8:30-8:40 am | Welcome and discussion of creating a community of land managers in our area | RGH 113 Greg Armstrong, Director of Land Management and Environmental Education, Holy Wisdom Monastery |
8:40-10:00 am | Improved Management Methods for Invasives
Early Detection of Invasives/ |
RGH 113 Mark Renz, UW Madison Associate Professor and Extension Specialist, Agronomy, Invasive plant management researcher and expert Anne Pearce, UW Madison Academic Staff in Agronomy—Early Detection of invasive species program manager |
10:00-10:30 am | Break | Conversation, coffee and snack |
10:30-11:15 am | Triage and Integrated Pest Management interactive discussion | RGH 113 Rich Henderson, Plant Ecologist, Wisconsin DNR |
11:15 am-12:00 pm | Caring for the Earth—Holy Wisdom Monastery case study | RGH 113 Greg Armstrong |
12:00-1:00 pm | Lunch | Monastery Guest Dining Room |
1:00-2:00 pm | Landscape Ecology and the Integration of our Efforts for a Healthier Landscape | RGH 113 Donald Waller, UW Madison Professor of Botany, Ecologist |
Cost: $35/person, includes program, break and lunch
Register: by February 8, 2017
Registration closed
Contact: If you’d like more information about this conference or about creating a community of land managers, please contact Greg Armstrong at 608-836-1631, x123 or garmstrong@benedictinewomen.org.
Come and learn from experts in their fields!