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1:00 pm on Monday, July 26, 2021
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The Family Forest Carbon Program is a new opportunity for landowners to receive funding and expert assistance to improve woodland health. This program, which started in Pennsylvania in 2020, is expanding to parts of West Virginia and Western Maryland soon. Register now for this free webinar on July 26 from 1:00 2:00pm ET to learn more about the program how it works, how landowners can enroll and how you can get involved! This webinar, hosted by the American Forest Foundation and The Nature Conservancy, is for foresters and conservation organizations in MD and WV. This event will be of particular interest to anyone who works with private forest landowners in Western MD or in the WV panhandles. The webinar will include presentations from program leaders and time for questions. Complete this registration form to receive the log-in information.
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6:00 pm on Wednesday, July 28, 2021
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Walk: Each session will start with a 45 minute walk through the pollinator garden and marsh to identify and discuss the plants that are currently in bloom. Talk: The next 45 minutes will be a group discussion on the chosen topic for that night. Age range: 16+ Session 3: Invasives and Pests · Learn which plants are invasive and still being sold · Common pests and diseases · IPM removal
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Millbrook Marsh Nature Center
548 Puddintown Road
State College, PA 16801
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7:00 pm to 8:00 pm on Wednesday, July 28, 2021
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Join USDA Researcher Samuel Ramsey to ask: Is there such a thing as "diversity for diversity's sake" or is diversity indispensable? The answer to that question is the same whether you're discussing biology or biologists. In this presentation, you'll get a better understanding of why ecosystems thrive with diversity, why human systems follow the same pattern, and what the major barriers are to achieving diversity in natural and man-made contexts.
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7:00 pm to 8:00 pm on Wednesday, August 4, 2021
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Take a 2 billion year journey of plants through the fossil record starting with cyanobacteria and algae to the movement of plants out of the sea onto land where the development of woody structures let them move inland and start the greening of the earth. We will look at changes in reproductive methods from spore release to seeded plants such as ginkgoes and conifers to flowering plants which colored the globe ending with the emergence of grasses that feed both long legged grazers and humans. Presented by NHSMs intellectual treasure, Tom Piscitelli. Welcome to hybrid programming which will allow those who are willing and able to meet in person to do so, but also allow others who would rather learn from home, to do so as well.
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Natural History Society of Maryland
6908 Belair Road
#1122
Baltimore, MD 21206
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7:00 pm to 8:00 pm on Thursday, August 12, 2021
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Alien invasions are not the thing of science fiction. Plants and animals have been introduced intentionally and by accident from one part of the world to others. In this presentation Dr. Sara will explain the ecology of invasion and why it is that some alien species are here for centuries before becoming a problem, while others behave invasively immediately upon arrival.
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12:00 pm on Wednesday, August 18, 2021
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Every year trees are damaged by storms with strong winds or snow and ice loading. Join Community Forestry Webinars: Are Your Trees Storm Ready? and learn how to evaluate your community trees and assess their potential for failure during a storm. Which species have a tendency to fail? How best can communities prepare their trees for the more frequent summer and winter storms and minimize damage to property? We will answer these questions, and more!
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12:00 pm on Wednesday, August 18, 2021
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The Advice from the Woods: Ask Our Experts event involves a panel of Forestry and Wildlife Extension Educators and Faculty tackling participant-submitted or commonly-asked questions and scenarios as a team. This is an opportunity to meet your whole team of experts at once, and for a given issue, hear discussion between multiple informed perspectives to help you gain a better handle on the many complex factors involved in addressing or solving an issue.
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7:00 pm to 8:00 pm on Thursday, August 19, 2021
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The American chestnut tree survived all adversaries for 40 million years, then disappeared within 40. The chestnut blight has been called the greatest ecological disaster to strike the worlds forests in all of history. Bruce Levine from the Maryland Chapter of the American Chestnut Foundation will tell the story of the tree its past glories, its demise, and the struggle to build its future.
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