Registration 8:45 – 9:20 am

Welcome 9:20 am

Woodland

Water

Wildlife

9:30

Prescribed Fire: to Burn, or not to Burn?

Roger Williams, OSU SENR

The Lake Erie Ecosystem: Current Challenges and Solutions

Sarah Orlando, Ohio Sea Grant College Program

Wildlife on the Edge: Managing for the Good Effects and Mitigating the Bad

Gabe Karns, OSU, SENR

10:30

The World of Fungi: Spring Mushrooms

Erika Lyon, OSU Extension, Jefferson/Harrison County

Turtles of Northern Ohio Wetlands

Matt Cross - Toledo Zoo

Urban Wildlife: Landscape Change, Wildlife Adaptation and Human Influence

Jon Cepek, Cleveland Metroparks

12:30

Is this End Game for Beech Trees? Tracking Symptoms, Spread and Mortality caused by Beech Leaf Disease

Daniel Volk, Cleveland Metroparks

Clear Creek: Taking the Wade and See Approach to a Hocking-area Coldwater Stream

Andrew Boose, Columbus/Franklin County Metroparks

What's Up with Waterbirds

Bob Gates and Nicole Hengst, OSU, SENR

1:30

OSU's Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic: What Issues Did We See in 2019

Joy Pierzynski, OSU Program Director/Diagnostician

Aquatic Invasive Plant Management: Backyards, Retenstion Ponds and Natural Areas

Mark Warman, Cleveland Metroparks

Update on Ohio Bats

Marne Titchenell, OSU Extension, SENR

2:30

The Alphabet Soup of Invasives: Updates on ALB, HWA, GM, SLF, TCD

Amy Stone, OSU Extension

Kathy Smith, OSU Extension, SENR

Shorebird Migration Timing, Habitat Use and Management Implications in the Lake Erie March Region

Mark Shieldcastle, Black Swamp Bird Observatory

Ohio's White-tailed Deer: An Update on Herd Health and Condition

Mike Tonkovich, ODN