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Session recordings & Presentations
1A Conference Plenary: Watershed Moment: Taking a Look Inside WSA’s DEIJ Journey
Jeff Johnson, President and CEO, and Michael Ramsey, Vice President of JIJ Impact
2A: Making Collaboration Work: What Research Tells Us
Marc Stern of the Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation at Virginia Tech
2B: Meet The Funders! - Opportunities to Fund your Next Project
Joe Toolan and Jeffrey Popp of the Chesapeake Bay Trust; Tara Mairs of Unity Gardens; Carrie Decker of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources; and Sally Albright of the AACo Bureau of Watershed Protection and Restoration
2C: Stop Bugging My Project: Squashing Invasive Insects
Karin T. Burghardt, Ph.D, of the University of Maryland
No Presentation Available
3A: Your local government at work: Restoration, Planning and Resilience
Erik Michelsen, Deputy Director, AA Co Bureau of Watershed Protection and Restoration; Jackie Guild Deputy City Manager: Resilience & Sustainability for the City of Annapolis; Michael Stringer of AA Co Office of Planning & Zoning. Moderated by Kate Fritz, CEO of the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay
Presentation PDF ∙ Resource Document
3B: Creating Outdoor Spaces for Peace & Play
Julie Dieguez, Green Schools Specialist at AACPS
3C: Digging Into Soils
Dr. Sara Via, Professor and Climate Extension Specialist at the University of Maryland College Park
4A: Calling All Stewards!
Calling All Stewards Update One
Calling All Stewards Update Two
Maintenance Corps: No presentation available
Residential Site Assessment: Presentation PDF
Steward Engagement: No presentation available
Big Restoration: No presentation available
5A: Taking Action: Applying Equity and Justice in Our Watershed
Jan-Michael Archer of The Center for Community Engagement, Environmental Justice, and Health at UMD; Abel Olivo, Executive Director of Defensores de le Cuenca; Carmera Thomas-Wilhite, WSA Board Vice-Chair and Director of Urban Conservation Initiatives at The Conservation Fund
6A: Equity, Environmental Justice, and Me
You! And experts in equity, justice, and the environment
No recording or presentation available
6B: Next Stop on the Pollinator Pathway
Alison Milligan, Elmer Dengler, Jim MacNicholl, and Lauren Toomey Watershed Stewards and Native Plant Experts
6C: WSA 101: Using WSA Resources To Make A Bigger Impact
Brad Knopf and Stacey Wildberger, Watershed Stewards, and Josh Clark, WSA Restoration Coordinator
7A: Boosting Behavior Change
Steve Raabe, Founder and President of Opinionworks; Sally Albright, Grant Manager, AACO Bureau of Watershed Protection and Restoration
7B: Trees for All: Increasing Tree Equity
Ryan Alston, Communications & Outreach Manager and Elliot Weidow, Director of Operations for Baltimore Tree Trust
No Presentation Available
7C: Truly Native: Choosing Plants Inspired By The Natural Ecosystem Darlene Robbins, RainScapes Planner, of the Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection