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Rural Landowner Workshop
Rural Landowner Workshop
Starts: 8:45 am
Ends: March 4, 2023 - 3:00 pm
Location: Pioneer Central School, 12145 Countyline Rd, Yorkshire, NY 14173, USA
Description:
The Rural Landowner Workshop is a regional program involving several agencies that provide educational information and outreach to landowners. Presenters are brought in from both private and public sectors to provide participants with up-to-date information. Exhibitors from forestry related business, civic organizations and agencies will also be on hand to address landowner questions.
The opening session will be What's That Below Your Feet? - Understanding and Preserving Soils in your Forest and Woodlands with Soil Scientists, Zachary Warning and Matt Havens, with the Natural Resources Conservation Service. Additional topics include: The Use of Slash Walls to Regenerate and Restore Woodlands, Growing Black Locus as a Timber Cash Crop, A Deer Impact Assessment Tool for Landowners, iSeeMammals: volunteer led mammal monitoring and camera trapping, and Pollinator in the Wood. Plus 5 invasive species sessions: Walking the Pathways of Invasion: How to Stop the Spread of Invasive Species; Practical Identification, Ecology and Management of Invasive and Interfering Shrubs and Trees; Livestock Grazing as a Strategy to Manage Invasive Plants in Forest Landscapes; What’s Bugging You? Forest Pests and Diseases that May Be Harming Your Trees; and Giant Hogweed Identification and Management Techniques.
For more information and to register, visit the CCE website at www.cce.cornell.edu/alleganyor call 525-268-7644. No walk-Ins please.
Each month, the NYS PRISM Network hosts the New York Statewide Invasive Speaker Series. The webinars are from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm and include a different guest speaker each month.
This Month: Leveraging Metrics to Enhance Invasive Species Education and Outreach presented by Megan Pistolese – Education Outreach Coordinator, SLELO PRISM/The Nature Conservancy & Andréa Nieves – Invasive Species Outreach & Education Coordinator, Division of Lands & Forests, NYS DEC.
Instructions on joining will be sent through the WNY PRISM listserv prior to the event