THANK YOU FOR MAKING OUR
13TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE A huge success!
Saturday, March 9, 2024
Maryland LIVE! Event Center
VIEW THE SESSION PRESENTATIONS BELOW BY CLICKING THE SESSION TITLES (IF AVAILABLE):
Conference Opening Slides
SESSION 1
1A | Fantastic Fungi and Where to Find Them Serenella Linares | Mount Rainier Nature Center
1B | Resilient and Ready Anne Arundel: National Tools for Local Climate Strategies*
Matt Fleming | Resilience Authority of Annapolis and Anne Arundel County David Herring | NOAA Communication, Education, and Engagement Division (CEE)
Michael Stringer | Anne Arundel County Office of Planning and Zoning1C | Putting Our Minds Together: Using Mindfulness to Engage New Communities
Terryl Acker-Carter | WSA Ren Grumbles | Watershed Steward Amira Westenburger | The Judy Center at Belle Grove
SESSION 2
2A | Maintenance at Maryland: How UMD Manages 100 BMPs
Michael Carmichael | University of Maryland2B | Streams, Trees, Ponds, & BMPs: An Inside Look at Local Government Restoration Priorities
Erik Michelsen | Anne Arundel County Bureau of Watershed Protection and Restoration Betsy McKeown, Mike Rossberg and Jasmine Wilding | City of Annapolis2C | This is Bliss: Communities Connected to Nature
Atiya Wells | Backyard Basecamp
SESSION 3
3A | : Integrated Vegetation Management: Controlling Invasives to Promote Biodiversity
Rick Johnstone| Integrated Vegetation Management3B | Chesapeake Behavior Change: The Game Show
Steve Raabe | OpinionWorks3C | Putting Our Minds Together: Using Mindfulness to Engage New Communities
Terryl Acker-Carter | WSA Ren Grumbles | Watershed Steward Amira Westenburger | The Judy Center at Belle Grove
The Following ceu credits were Offered:
Master Gardener
Master Naturalist
Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional (CBLP)
International Society of Arboriculture (ISA)