Spring Partnership Meeting Lineup Available!
YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND!
FL-PRISM Spring Partnership Meeting
Friday, April 8, 2016
1pm-4pm
Montezuma Audubon Center (MAC)
2295 NY-89, Savannah, NY 13146
1:00pm | Welcome and meeting objective |
1:00-1:10 | Hilary Mosher, Coordinator, FL-PRISM
Updates from the PRISM, 2015_2016 Highlights, 2016_2017 Work Plan, Strategic Plan and Annual Report Update, Report of 2016-2017 Subcontract program, |
Final reports for 2015_2016 Subcontract Awards | |
1:10-1:25 | Chris Lajewski, Center Director, Montezuma Audubon Center
‘Introduction to the MAC and Invasive Species Education and Outreach Program (MARSH!) at the MAC’ |
1:25-1:40 | Kathryn Amatangelo, Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Science and Biology, The College at Brockport
‘People and Plants: Does the Suburban Landscape Support Native Species?’ |
1:40-1:55 | Eva Sztechmiller, Technician, Onondaga County Soil and Water Conservation District
‘Selective Preservation of Ash Trees Through Trunk Injection in Response to the Presence of Emerald Ash Borer in Onondaga County’ |
1:55-2:10 | Bill Brown, Assistant Professor, Division of Natural Resources, Keuka College
‘Managing Invasive Wild Parsnip through Removal and Replacement with Native Plants’ |
2:10-2:25 | Kevin Farrell, Land Steward Director
‘Managing Invasive Plants to Facilitate Forest Regeneration at Island Cottage Woods Preserve’ |
2:25-2:30 | Stand up, stretch legs and arms, sit back down |
2:30-2:45 | Chris Manchester, Sustainability Manager, Town of Dewitt
‘Slowing the Spread; Mitigate, Monitor, and Manage EAB’ |
2:45-3:05 | James Balyszak, Hydrilla Task Force of the Cayuga Lake Watershed
‘Cayuga Lake Watershed Hydrilla Project: Hydrilla and Plant Community Monitoring and Sampling’ |
3:05-3:20 | Hilary Lambert, Steward, Executive Director, Cayuga Lake Watershed Network
‘Doubling Down on Hydrilla and Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Across the Cayuga Lake Watershed’ |
3:20-3:40 | Carrie Marschner, Invasive Species Specialist, Cornell University School of Integrated Plant Science
Hemlock Initiative |
3:40-4:00 | Closing remarks, networking and tour of Montezuma Audubon Center |