March 25, 2023
Annapolis high school
Thank you for making our 12th Annual Conference the most successful one to date!
View the session presentations below by clicking the session titles (if avilable):
Session 1
1A | Poverty Amidst Plenty VII: Moving Forward Together Pamela M. Brown, Ph.D. | Anne Arundel County Partnership for Children, Youth & Families
1B | Critical Knowledge for the Critical Area (No Presentation Available)
Jennifer Esposito & Charlotte Shearin | The Critical Area Commission1C | Knockout Natives: Results from Mt. Cuba Center’s Trials (No Presentation Available)
Sam Hoadley | Mt. Cuba Center1D | Maintenance Matters (No Presentation Available)
Nancy Moitrier | Designs for Greener Gardens
Session 2
2A | Survey Says: Your Neighbors Are In!
Steve Raabe | OpinionWorks
Francesca King | Watershed Stewards Academy2B | Stormwater Rules: What Your Local Government is Doing About it
Erik Michelsen | Anne Arundel County Bureau of Watershed Protection & Restoration
Betsey McKeown & Michael Rossberg | City of Annapolis
Matt Fleming | Resilience Authority of Annapolis and Anne Arundel County2C | Where The Wild Things Grow: Choosing the Best Native Plants for Your Project
Jeffrey Popp | Watershed Stewards Academy2D | Maintenance Matters (No Presentation Available)
Nancy Moitrier | Designs for Greener Gardens
Session 3
3A | Stories From the Shores: How Segregated Beaches Shaped Our Water Access (more slides to come)
Vincent Leggett | Blacks of the Chesapeake Foundation
Janice Hayes-Williams | 2021 Historic Annapolis Preservation Award Winner
Mike Lofton | Public Water Access Activist
Hon. Cynthia Abney Carter | former Annapolis City Council Alderwoman
William Rowel | Mayor’s Office of the City of Annapolis
Terryl Acker-Carter - Watershed Stewards Academy3B | Planting Seeds Where you Read: Partnering with the Library to Connect with Your Community
Martha Sykora* • Lynette E DelPrete* • Johanna Doty* • Kt Zawodny
Anne Arundel County Public Library | *Watershed Steward3C | Pests and Disease: What’s Harming Our Trees?
Rob Dallmann & Lou Meyer | Davey Tree Experts
Dr. Chris Riley | Bartlett Tree Experts
Bud Reaves | Anne Arundel County Forester3D | Restoration Adaptation: Responding to Project Challenges
Jennifer Carr | Arundel Rivers Federation
Sally Albright | Anne Arundel County Bureau of Watershed Protection & Restoration
Learn more about our incredible speakers here.
The following Continuing Education Units (CEUs) were offered:
Association for Professional Landscape Designers (APLD)
Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional (CBLP)
Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the International Society of Arboriculture (MAC-ISA)
Maryland Licensed Tree Expert (LTE)
University of Maryland Extension Master Gardeners (MG)
If you have questions about claiming your CEUs, please reach out to Jeffrey Popp, WSA Director of Restoration.
