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Land Management Conference

February 22, 2017 @ 8:30 am - 2:00 pm

$35

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/
Citizen Science

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!

Details

Date:
February 22, 2017
Time:
8:30 am - 2:00 pm
Cost:
$35
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Venue

Holy Wisdom Monastery*
4200 County Road M
Middleton, WI 53562 United States

Organizer

Greg Armstrong
Phone
608-836-1631, x123
Email
garmstrong@benedictinewomen.org

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4200 County Road M
Middleton WI 53562
608-836-1631, x100
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