Please view our 2019 Conference Agenda.
January 17, 2020
8:00 am - 8:45 am
Centennial Room
Registration
Big Ten Room
Breakfast
8:45 am - 9:00 am
Big Ten Room
Welcome
Presenters
- Lisa Brush
The Stewardship Network
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Big Ten Room
Keynote Presentation: A Great Lakes 2020 Platform: Advancing a Shared Agenda
Presenters
- Laura Rubin
Healing Our Waters
10:00 am - 10:20 am
Big Ten Room
Recovering America's Wildlife Act
Presenters
- Dan Kennedy
Michigan Department of Natural Resources
10:20 am - 10:50 am
Break
10:50 am - 11:50 am
103
Invasive Species Treatment Prioritization Model
Presenters
- Joshua Cohen
Michigan Natural Features Inventory - Clay Wilton
Michigan Natural Features Inventory
recert
104
A Green Revival: Cultivating Gardens for People, Place & Plants
Presenters
- Susan Betz
Fresh Start Herbs
105
Environmental Entrepreneurship: Challenges and Rewards of Operating Your Own Conservation Business
Presenters
- Jacqueline Courteau
NatureWrite LLC - David Mindell
PlantWise LLC - Esther Durnwald
Michigan Wildflower Farm - Bill Schneider
Wildtype Native Plants • Ecological services LTD - Michael Bald
Got Weeds? - Karen Glennemeier
Habitat Research LLC.
106
Recovering America's Wildlife Act
Presenters
- Dan Kennedy
Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Red Cedar
Optimizing Your Land's Relationship To Water. Part 1: Water Management System Function
Presenters
- Mark Shepard
Restoration Agriculture Development
Michigamme
Rouge Park Log Jam Biologic and Microplastic Survey Fall 2019
Presenters
- William Albrecht and Students
Academy of the Americas High School
11:50 am - 1:20 pm
Big Ten Room
Lunch and Introduction to The Stewardship Story Slam
Presenters
- Patricia Wheeler
Storyteller & Coach
1:20 pm - 2:20 pm
103
Incorporating participatory science into an adaptive management approach to invasive species management
104
Telling Your Stewardship Story
Presenters
- Patricia Wheeler
Storyteller & Coach
105
Environmental Entrepreneurship Roundtable
Presenters
- Jacqueline Courteau
NatureWrite LLC - David Mindell
PlantWise LLC - Esther Durnwald
Michigan Wildflower Farm - Bill Schneider
Wildtype Native Plants • Ecological services LTD - Michael Bald
Got Weeds? - Karen Glennemeier
Habitat Research LLC.
106
Making Environmental Land Stewardship Relevant and Inclusive
Presenters
- Yakuta Poonawalla
Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy
Red Cedar
Optimizing Your Land's Relationship To Water Part 2: Water Management System Principles
Presenters
- Mark Shepard
Restoration Agriculture Development
Michigamme
Strategies to Support and Grow Michigan’s Outdoor Recreation Lifestyle Economy
Presenters
- Brad Garmon
Michigan Department of Outdoor Recreation Industry
2:20 pm - 2:40 pm
Break
2:40 pm - 3:40 pm
103
Collaborative Management of a New Invasive Species: Managing Stiltgrass in Southeast Michigan
104
Mesophication of Eastern Forests: A Problem as Big as the Word, with a HOT Solution
Presenters
- Andy Vander Yacht
Michigan State University
105
Forests for Fish
Presenters
- Mike Smalligan
Michigan Department of Natural Resources
106
The Restoration of the Clinton River Watershed
Presenters
- Patrick Duffy
Cardno - Robin Burke
Cardno - Eric Diesing
Clinton River Watershed Council
Red Cedar
Optimizing Your Land's Relationship To Water. Part 3: Water Management System Implementation
Presenters
- Mark Shepard
Restoration Agriculture Development
Michigamme
Native landscapes over septic fields
Presenters
- Beth Clawson
Michigan State University Extension
3:40 pm - 4:00 pm
Break
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
103
Continuing the Glyphosate Conversation: Invasive Species and Integrated Pest Management
104
Plan Your Way Out of Unplanned Events: Managing Landscapes with Safety in Mind
Presenters
- Michael Bald
Got Weeds?
105
American Kestrel Partnership
Presenters
- Francie Krawcke
Michigan Avian Experience
106
Great Lakes Islands Conservation
Presenters
- Matt Preisser
Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy - Phyllis Higman
Michigan Natural Features Inventory - Eric Ellis
Great Lakes Commission
Red Cedar
Restoration Agriculture Tree & Shrub Nursery: Models For Future Success
Presenters
- Shannon Brines
Brines Farm LLC
Michigamme
Learning to Live in Dynamic Dunes
Presenters
- Tom Zimnicki
Michigan Environmental Council - Robert Richardson
Michigan State University - Alan Arbogast
Michigan State University
5:15 pm - 5:45 pm
East Patio
Water Ceremony
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Big Ten Room
Strolling Dinner and Poster Reception
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Red Cedar
Stewardship Story Slam!
Presenters
- Patricia Wheeler
Storyteller & Coach
January 18, 2020
7:30 am - 8:15 am
Centennial Room
(Re)Connect to Nature: Nature Journaling as Observation and Meditation
Presenters
- Jacqueline Courteau
NatureWrite LLC
7:45 am - 8:30 am
Centennial Room
Registration
Big Ten Room
Breakfast
8:30 am - 8:40 am
Big Ten Room
Welcome
Presenters
- Lisa Brush
The Stewardship Network
8:40 am - 9:40 am
Big Ten Room
Keynote Presentation: Stewardship Networking with Passion, Inspiration, and Excellence (PIE)!
Presenters
- Mamie Parker
First African American Chairman of Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries Commission & Northeast Regional Director, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Break
10:00 am - 10:50 am
103
From Theory to Practice: How can the Principles of Ecological Resilience Inform Invasive Species Management?
104
Oasis under the Dome: Restoration of the Red Cedar River at Michigan State University
Presenters
- Brian Majka
GEI Consultants - John LeFevre
Michigan State University
105
Creating a Biological Inventory App with Survey123
Presenters
- Becky Gajewski
City of Ann Arbor Natural Areas Preservation
106
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative: Getting More Equitable Outcomes
Presenters
- Laura Rubin
Healing Our Waters
Red Cedar
Stewardship, Gardening, and Restoration: Metaphors and Ethics in the Anthropocene
Presenters
- Amy B. McEuen
University of Illinois Springfield - Megan Styles
University of Illinois Springfield
Michigamme
Can the Climate Crisis exist in a Public Elementary School?
Presenters
- Nichole Biber
East Lansing Public Schools
11:10 am - 12:00 pm
103
Assessment of Effective Management Strategies for Japanese Knotweed
104
Creating Place when you are out of Place
Presenters
- Courtney Prout
For-Mar Nature Preserve and Arboretum, Genesee County Parks - Nicole Ferguson
For-Mar Nature Preserve and Arboretum, Genesee County Parks
105
Talking Time
Presenters
- Bob Kellum
Grand Raisin Conservation Community
106
Helping a Forest Adapt to Climate Change Through Assisted Migration
Presenters
- Noah Jansen
Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians
Red Cedar
Environmental Threats: Rashes, Poisonings, and Envenomations
Presenters
- Robert Ayotte
Michigan Botanical Club
Michigamme
Collective Impact: The Power of Collaborating with The Stewardship Network
Presenters
- Lisa Brush
The Stewardship Network
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Big Ten Room
Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:20 pm
103
Protecting a Resource at Risk: Control Techniques for Hemlock Woolly Adelgid in Michigan
Presenters
- Heidi Frei
Michigan Department of Natural Resources - Emily Leslie
Michigan Department of Natural Resources - Ryan Hartman
Michigan Department of Natural Resources - Alainna O’Neill
Michigan Department of Natural Resources - Elyse Hossink
Michigan Department of Natural Resources - Travis Wilcox
Michigan Department of Natural Resources
recert
104
Muddy Creek Bay: Challenges Associated with Large Scale Great Lakes Coastal Wetland Restoration
Presenters
- Brian Majka
GEI Consultants - Matt Kovach
The Nature Conservancy
105
Integrating Sustainability and Conservation in Illinois Rural Electrical Grids Through Pollinator Habitat
Presenters
- Grant Luckhart
University of Illinois Springfield
106
Climate Savvy Plant Communities: What is Our Role in Assisting Natural Areas for Future Change
Presenters
- Mitch Lettow
Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy - David Karowe
Western Michigan University - Joshua Cohen
Michigan Natural Features Inventory - Lars Brudvig
Michigan State University
Red Cedar
Why it matters to know where your medicine comes from: 25 years of Medicinal Plant Conservation
Presenters
- Susan Leopold
United Plant Savers
Michigamme
Growing-season vs Dormant-season prescribed fire: implications for prairie management
Presenters
- John Taylor
Ball State University Field Station - Eli Nelson
Ball State University Field Station
2:20 pm - 2:40 pm
Break
2:40 pm - 3:30 pm
103
Drill and Fill, Hack and Squirt, Basal Spray, Tree Girdling, and Brush Hogging: What Works and What Doesn't in Woody Invasive Plant Control
104
Wetland Mitigation Banking: Successes and Challenges
Presenters
- Tyler Smith
Niswander Environmental - Elizabeth Berghoff
Niswander Environmental
105
Pollinator-friendly Solar Arrays: Design, Policy, and Performance
Presenters
- Adam Thada
The Center at Donaldson
106
Defining Stewardship and a Look at Our Role in Nature
Presenters
- Derek Shiels
Little Traverse Conservancy
Red Cedar
Resident Engaged Open Space and a Climate Resilient Future in Detroit
Presenters
- Richard Ackerman
Eastside Community Network - Katrina Watkins
Bailey Park Project
Michigamme
Why Water Matters: Water Walkers—Guardians of Earth and Water
Presenters
- Carol Trembath
Lakeside Publisihing MI