3/16/2021
3/23/2021
3/30/2021
10am-12noon ET

Kentucky science event

The Habitat Management Symposium is a training conference for those performing on-the-ground habitat improvement practices. It's designed for the professional and landowner improving and planning wildlife, forest, stream and pollinator habitat

This symposium will occur in three parts, Tuesdays at 10 am ET/ 9 am CT, on March 16, March 23, and March 30. It is being organized by Woods and Waters Land Trust (Jody Thompson), Kentucky State University Extension (Jonathan Palmer), and University of Kentucky Forestry Extension (Ellen Crocker).


Tentative speakers and topics include:

• Oak-Hickory Forest Management, Chris Will (President, Central KY Forest Management)
• Reptile and Amphibian Habitat, Stephen Richter (EKU Professor and Director of Division of Natural Areas)
• Nuisance Deer Management, Matt Springer (Assistant Extension Professor of Wildlife Management, UKY Dept. of Forestry and Natural Resources)
• Stream Bank Stabilization, Oakes Routt (Senior Project Engineer, Stantec Consulting Services)
• Edge Habitat Management, Jason Nally (Wildlife Biologist/Environmental Champion, Makers Mark Distillery)
• Land Management: Challenges and Perspective of an Active Landowner, Melanie VanHouten (Founding Director, Josephine Sculpture Park)
• Small Game Habitat Management, Cody Rhoden (Small Game Biologist, KY Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources)
• Oak Decline, Ellen Crocker (Assistant Professor of Forest Health Extension, UKY Dept of Forestry and Natural Resources)
• Conservation Topic, Jody Thompson (Executive Director, Wood and Waters Land Trust)

Jody Thompson

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