Agenda

Centennial Room @ 8:15 am

Registration

Big Ten Room @ 8:15 am

Continental Breakfast

Big Ten Room @ 9:00 am

Welcome

• Lisa Brush
  The Stewardship Network

Big Ten Room @ 9:15 am

Listening to the Forest: A Journey Between Two Worlds

• Jeff Grignon
  Menominee Tribal Enterprises

103 @ 10:40 am

How to Save One Billion Birds for $1.98

• Gail Walter
  Audubon Society of Kalamazoo

104 @ 10:40 am

Thinking about Glyphosate - A Roundtable Discussion

• Jeff Gearhart
  The Ecology Center
• David Borneman
  City of Ann Arbor Natural Areas Preservation
• Michael Hahn
  City of Ann Arbor Natural Areas Preservation
• Mike Appel
  Appel Environmental Design

105 @ 10:40 am

Through the Camouflage- Discovering Your Natural Areas Visitors

• Allison Krueger
  Washtenaw County Natural Areas Preservation Program
• Tina Stephens
  City of Ann Arbor Natural Areas Preservation

106 @ 10:40 am

Collective Impact: The Power of Collaborating with The Stewardship Network

• Lisa Brush
  The Stewardship Network

Riverside @ 10:40 am

Restoring Headwater Streams

• Rob Myllyoja
  Stantec

Michigamme @ 10:40 am

Wild Rice In Michigan

• Barb Barton
  Endangered Species Consulting
• Roger LaBine
  Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa

Big Ten Room @ 11:40 am

Lunch

105AB @ 1:15 pm

Earth, Water, and Fire: Restoring Hidden Pond Preserve from top to bottom

• Mitch Lettow
  Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy
• Nate Fuller
  Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy
• Brian Majka
  GEI Consultants

106 @ 1:15 pm

Ecology of Forest Soils: Notes from the Underground

• Robert Ayotte
  The Michigan Botanical Club

Riverside @ 1:15 pm

Fostering effective manager-researcher partnerships: lessons from oak savanna research and restoration

• Justin Heslinga
  Land Conservancy of West Michigan
• Priscilla Nyamai
  Grand Valley State University

Michigamme @ 1:15 pm

Fire and fuels in northern Michigan: past, present, and future

• Julia Sosin
  Wayne State University
• Madelyn Tucker
  Wayne State University

103 @ 1:15 pm

Effects of Land Management on the Wild Bee Community

• Kelsey K Graham
  Michigan State University

104AB @ 1:15 pm

Invasive Species Monitoring of Rare Coastal Ecosystems Using Drones

• Joshua Cohen
  Michigan Natural Features Inventory
• Matthew Lewis
  Michigan Aerospace Corporation

103AB @ 2:35 pm

A Model of Restoration & Community Engagement: A Natural History Museum and Beaubien Woods Forest Preserve

• Lorena Lopez
  Field Museum

104AB @ 2:35 pm

Adaptive management of invasive baby's breath (Gypsophila paniculata) in coastal dune habitats of northwest Michigan: Removal, assessment, and control

• Kaldis Grants
  The Nature Conservancy
• Charlyn Partridge
  Grand Valley State University - Annis Water Resources Institute

105AB @ 2:35 pm

Developing Volunteer Leadership

• Jason Frenzel
  Huron River Watershed Council

106 @ 2:35 pm

Examining the role of hydroperiod, season, and nitrogen loading on denitrification and N-removal rates in Great Lakes coastal wetlands

• Sean Sharp
  University of Michigan

Riverside @ 2:35 pm

Chronic Wasting Disease in Michigan

• Chad Stewart
  Michigan Department of Natural Resources

Michigamme @ 2:35 pm

Southwest Michigan Wild Rice Resources; Activities and Challenges Relating to Zizania by Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potwatomi

• Nat Spurr
  Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi

103AB @ 3:55 pm

The Science Behind Forest Therapy and Nature Connection

• Cayla Samano
  A2 Shinrin yoku

104AB @ 3:55 pm

Managing for Biodiversity on Michigan's State Forest Lands

• Keith Kintigh
  Michigan Department of Natural Resources

105 @ 3:55 pm

Great Lakes Phragmites Collaborative: Working towards a common goal

• Samantha Stanton
  Great Lakes Commission

106 @ 3:55 pm

PlayCleanGo: Stop Invasive Species in Your Tracks

• Belle Bergner
  North American Invasive Species Management Association

Riverside @ 3:55 pm

Mapping Your Site: Free & Low-Cost Data and Free GIS Desktop Software

• Shannon Brines
  Brines Farm LLC

Michigamme @ 3:55 pm

Mentoring 101: (Em)powering Your Network

• Jodee Hunt
  Grand Valley State University

105AB @ 4:25 pm

Phragmites Adaptive Management Framework: Early Successes and Management Support

• Daniel D. Engel
  USGS Great Lakes Science Center

Centennial Room @ 7:45 am

Registration

Big Ten Room @ 7:45 am

Continental Breakfast

Big Ten Room @ 8:30 am

Welcome

• Lisa Brush
  The Stewardship Network

Big Ten Room @ 8:40 am

Networking and Opening Doors

• Lisa Brush
  The Stewardship Network
• Allison Catalano
  Imperial College London

103AB @ 10:00 am

Early detection survey protocol and habitat suitability modeling for slender false brome, an invasive bunch grass

• Brittany Hernon
  Western New York Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management

104AB @ 10:00 am

Winter Tree ID

• Jacqueline Courteau
  NatureWrite LLC

105AB @ 10:00 am

The Art of the Brush Burn

• Jeremy Siegrist
  Iron Creek Land Community

106 @ 10:00 am

Extinction, invasion, and climate change: forces of change in our natural communities

• Meredith Zettlemoyer
  Kellogg Biological Station

Riverside @ 10:00 am

Branching Out: New Insights on the Linkages between Trees and Water in Urban Ecosystems

• Asia L. Dowtin
  Michigan State University

Michigamme @ 10:00 am

School Forests: Supporting Students and Teachers in the Stewardship of an Underutilized Resource

• Emily Vogelgesang
  Huron Pines

103 @ 11:10 am

Learning From Failure in Conservation

• Allison Catalano
  Imperial College London

104AB @ 11:10 am

Early Detection and Rapid Response to Stiltgrass in Washtenaw County

• Becky Gajewski
  City of Ann Arbor Natural Area Preservation
• Katie Carlisle
  Washtenaw County Parks & Recreation Commission

105AB @ 11:10 am

Understanding the Language of Plants

• Jeff Grignon
  Menominee Tribal Enterprises

106 @ 11:10 am

Three Mile Creek Restoration - Hiawatha Sportsman's Club Mackinac County

• Samuel Prentice
  GEI Consultants
• Stuart Kogge
  GEI Consultants

Riverside @ 11:10 am

Using Mobile GIS to Aid Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Control Efforts

• Alicia Ihnken
  Michigan Department of Natural Resources

Michigamme @ 11:10 am

Story Telling on the Trail

• Courtney Prout
  For-Mar Nature Preserve and Arboretum, Genesee County Parks and Recreation
• Nicole Ferguson
  For-Mar Nature Preserve and Arboretum, Genesee County Parks and Recreation

Big Ten Room @ 12:00 pm

Lunch

103AB @ 1:30 pm

Can wetland Phragmites and Typha invasions be reversed by reducing annual nutrient loading? A test case using a wetland community-ecosystem model

• William S. Currie
  University of Michigan

104AB @ 1:30 pm

Cultivating Land Awareness & Stewardship with Students at a K-12 Montessori School

• Brett Bloom
  Oak Farm Montessori School
• John Brittenham
  Blue Heron Ministries
• Claire Weiss
  Oak Farm Montessori high school
• Abby Murphy
  Oak Farm Montessori high school
• Mariah Clark
  Oak Farm Montessori high school

105AB @ 1:30 pm

Plum Creek Stream Restoration: Lessons Learned from Six Years of Planning, Engineering, and Permitting that Lead to Thirty Days of Construction

• Zach Taylor
  Friends of the Forest Preserves
• Josh Arrigoni
  Stantec Consulting Services, Inc
• Laura Barghusen
  Openlands

106 @ 1:30 pm

Considerations when applying for permits for Diver-Assisted Suction Harvesting

• Eric Calabro
  Michigan Department of Environmental Quality

Riverside @ 1:30 pm

Utilizing the Community Organizing and Family Issues methodology to Ensure Safe and Clean Drinking Water for your Stakeholders

• Francisco Ollervides
  River Network

Michigamme @ 1:30 pm

Vacant Land Stewardship

• Lisa Marie Rodriguez
  Urban Neighborhood Initiatives

103AB @ 2:40 pm

Search and Destroy: DNR Hemlock Woolly Adelgid AmeriCorps SWAT team

• Heidi Frei
  Michigan Department of Natural Resources
• Lauren Freckelton
  Americorps
• Emily Leslie
  Americorps
• Jon Gorter
  Americorps
• Nick Zoller
  Americorps
• Ryan Hartman
  Americorps
• Meg Reesor
  Americorps

104AB @ 2:40 pm

A Longitudinal Study on the Floristic Quality of the Emiquon Preserve’s Tallgrass Prairie Reconstruction in Illinois

• Sarah A. Lindholm
  University of Illinois Springfield

105AB @ 2:40 pm

Recreation and Re-Creation: Integrated Design on Belle Isle

• Andrew McDowell
  SmithGroup
• Glenn Palmgren
  Michigan Department of Natural Resources

106 @ 2:40 pm

Grants, Grants, Grants - A Roundtable Discussion

Riverside @ 2:40 pm

Results from a Large-Scale Multi-Year Riparian Habitat Enhancement Project

• Kelly Rice
  GEI Consultants

South Lobby @ 3:30 pm

Farewell