While we are busy planning the 2026 Conference, you can view the session topics and details from our 2025 Conference below.

DIGITAL Conference Program Book

Conference Opening Slides

SESSION 1

  • 1A: GreenLift: Where Environmental Restoration Meets Workforce Opportunity
    Vanessa Bright | Maryland Reentry Resource Center, GreenLift
    DeAndre Myers | Maryland Reentry Resource Center
    Presentation available: Click here.

  • 1B: Instagarbage: Social Media as a Tool for Change
    Austin Lewis | Baylife Brokerage
    Presentation available: Click here.

  • 1C: Water, Water, Everywhere: Climate Plans and Projects (sponsored by GreenVest)
    Erik Michelsen, Sally Albright. Brennan Smith | Anne Arundel County Bureau of Watershed Protection and Restoration
    Presentation available: Click here.
    Gabe Cohee | Annapolis and Anne Arundel County Resilience Authority
    Presentation available: Click here.
    Brian Glazer (virtual) | Hohonu
    Anne Roderer, Mike Rossberg, Jasmine Wilding | City of Annapolis
    Presentation available: Click here.
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SESSION 2

  • 2A: Beyond Planting Trees: BiodiversiTREE's Guide to Building Resilient Forests (sponsored by Davey Tree Expert Co.)
    Jamie Pullen | Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
    *** Presentation not available to share

  • 2B: Native Berries for Migratory Birds: a Nutritional Exploration From the Field (sponsored by ABET)
    Dr. Susan Smith Pagano (virtual) | Rochester Institute for Technology
    *** Presentation not available to share
    Recommended Plantings for Migratory Songbird Habitat Management

SESSION 3

  • 3A: Walking the Walk: What 5 Million Trees Can Do for Us
    Alfred Bascom, MSDA, Abigail Piegols | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service
    *No presentation was made during this session

  • 3B: Field Trip! Tour existing AND upcoming restoration projects at the Maritime Conference Center!
    Karen Jennings, & Jeff Ratteree | Anne Arundel County Bureau of Watershed Protection and Restoration
    *No presentation was made during this session

SESSION 4

  • 4A: Beyond Planting Trees: BiodiversiTREE's Guide to Building Resilient Forests (sponsored by Wetland Studies & Solutions)
    Jamie Pullen | Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
    *** Presentation not available to share

  • 4B: Healthy Soils, Healthy Planet, Healthy People
    Dr. Rattan Lal (virtual) | The Ohio State University
    *** Presentation not available to share

KEYNOTE

  • Benjamin Vogt (virtual) | Owner of Monarch Gardens & Author of Prairie Up: An Introduction to Natural Garden Design
    *** Presentation not available to share

The Following ceu credits were Offered:

  • Master Gardener

  • Master Naturalist

  • Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional (CBLP)

  • International Society of Arboriculture (ISA)

CEU Credit Details