"FUTURE OF THE FOREST: MANAGING CHANGE AT ROCKEFELLER PRESERVE AND IN
WESTCHESTER COUNTY"
THE TOWERING HARDWOOD FORESTS OF ROCKEFELLER PRESERVE AND WESTCHESTER
COUNTY ARE VALUED FOR THEIR BEAUTY AND RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR DIVERSE
NATIVE PLANTS AND ANIMALS. TODAY, TREE DISEASE, INSECT PESTS, INVASIVE
PLANTS, AND WHITE-TAILED DEER ARE DRASTICALLY CHANGING THE FORESTS’
LANDSCAPES. LAND MANAGEMENT DECISIONS MADE NOW WILL SHAPE THE FOREST
FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.
THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO A FREE SYMPOSIUM, FEATURING FIVE OF THE
LEADING FOREST EXPERTS IN NEW YORK STATE. SPEAKERS WILL DISCUSS
ROCKEFELLER PRESERVE'S CONSERVATION GOALS, ECOLOGICAL THREATS, AND
LAND MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS.
AGENDA
8:30 AM
WELCOME - Registration and Coffee
9 AM - 12:30 PM
OVERVIEW OF ROCKEFELLER PRESERVE'S FOREST CONDITION AND CONSERVATION
GOALS - Susan Antenen (Manager of Rockefeller Preserve for NYS OPRHP)
FOREST PESTS AND PATHOGENS - Jerry Carlson (Forest Health Biologist
for NYSDEC)
ECOSYSTEM IMPACTS OF INVASIVE PLANTS - Linda Rohleder (PRISM
Coordinator and Stewardship Director of NY-NJ Trail Conference)
DEER AS ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERS - Susan Booth-Binczik (Ph.D., Wildlife
Biologist for NYSDEC)
INDEPENDENT EFFECTS OF INVASIVE SHRUBS AND DEER HERBIVORY ON PLANT
COMMUNITY DYNAMICS AND FOREST MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS - Jeffrey Ward
(Forest Researcher for CT Cooperative Extension)
MOVING FORWARD IN THE PRESERVE: THE PRESERVE'S CONSERVATION AND LAND
STEWARDSHIP STRATEGIES - Susan Antenen (Manager of Rockefeller
Preserve for NYS OPRHP)
Discover what is being done and what can be done to make our public
lands as enjoyable for future generations as they are today. Please
hurry, this event will fill up fast! Registration is required:
Register online at this page or by calling Julia at 914-631-1470 x107.
_Photo of fall forest by John McShane. Photo of wood thrush by Todd
Cameron. Graphic by Julia Jardine_
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