Webinar Series 2018-2019


Join us for our monthly webinar series!

Third Wednesdays | 10:00 – 11:00 am Eastern Time

September: Wednesday 19, 2018 (90 min)

Introductions: As we skipped our annual meeting and have several newcomers lets spend a sometime on introductions including programs underway, before the speaker Danielle Gift (NYC Parks) will discuss how risky trees are managed in the Big Apple. Our meeting will then close with a Q&A.

https://global.gotomeeting.com/play/recording/23f5b37e1a9f90b7669d26670e65ff0e2a648e03283bc6dd798fd9d95b02e65f

October: Wednesday 17, 2018

Yasha Magarik (Yale Urban Resources Initiative) will share the results of recent research  on multi-stemmed trees. Many program rely on accurate and useful measurements of tree diameter.  Multi-stemmed trees present particular challenges.

https://global.gotomeeting.com/play/recording/f31dbcb1308cc09d103a7e339ff2efde21f0f7f300e6c56cf861746d3f8faa27

November: Wednesday 21, 2018

Deer Management: Carla Garcia and Katrina Toal (NYC Parks), Barry Bessler (Philadelphia Parks)

December: Wednesday 19, 2018

Lights Out DC

Christine Sheppard, Director Glass Collisions Program American Birds Conservancy

Anne Lewis, President, City Wildlife Inc

https://global.gotomeeting.com/play/recording/230e9cc398cb5b7dcee2cad240556caa87b63adb49b73d490dcb958e20a422a6

January: Wednesday 16, 2019

Green Job skills training with the formerly incarcerated: Katherine Beechman (Yale URI) and Shea Zwerver (PA Urban and community Forestry Council) will each talk about their urban forestry workforce development programs designed for ex-offenders and other populations with barriers to employment.

https://global.gotomeeting.com/play/recording/c486522033070f7f5d5ea2dc0eacfbfc50c05d9e06c5065de3b21a19a366e054

February: Wednesday 20, 2019

Environmental Education in the District

Rebecca Davis Education Consultant & EDU Program Manager for Clean Air Partners

Tommy Lawrence, Earth Conservation Corp

https://global.gotomeeting.com/play/recording/ac50b26202dc1011693e21de02ec2f84c1f4013015d2fc9b732014a48c7a2909

March: Wednesday 20, 2019

Nature Prescriptions – Program Updates and Research Status from Philadelphia’s NaturePHL

Michelle C. Kondo, Research Social Scientist USDA Forest Service

Elisa Sarantschin, Program Manager Nature PHL

https://global.gotomeeting.com/play/recording/60298f230764451ae5985499d42f7b4fb3d02e7f33151a96c1685da2f1f508cf

April: Wednesday 17, 2019

Non-native invasive species management in open space

Ashley Dickerson (Baltimore Recreation and Parks)

https://global.gotomeeting.com/play/recording/771a658cb4624dcb8e117d11b9210b8e9855257582c4824dbfda266c6e9cb7f2

May: Wednesday 22, 2019

Urban Tree Health Monitoring (THM) and the project dashboard

Rachel Holmes, The Nature Conservancy

Michelle Johnson, USDA Forest Service

https://global.gotomeeting.com/play/recording/f190f50727384d04370640fc72594f71eb18eb12ebcc3fbb9b67fc12c61d035a

June: Wednesday 19, 2019

Megan Draheim, Director of the District Coyote 

https://global.gotomeeting.com/play/recording/b693683aa7b61b0a22d78ac768c74bb772913402850fde501233e96a0eb0f60d

July: Wednesday 17, 2019

Gabby Fitts – Community Forestry Coordinator for Asheville GreenWorks

https://transcripts.gotomeeting.com/#/s/8ac79a46eb91f622f988f69daaec235bd6f72348a3680a4536b3c214998a7865