Enhancing Wildlife Habitat: Incorporating Wildlife Habitat Improvement Projects and Practices into Your Woodlot Activities
- Saturday, March 30, 2019, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Join us for our 2019 workshop to learn more about how you can enhance wildlife habitat in your woodlot by adding projects and practices to your current woodlot activities. This workshop will provide you with information about projects and practices that you can implement on your property, as well as education about the impacts invasive species have on the forest ecosystem and wildlife habitat, and the importance and benefits of choosing native species for your improvement projects.
Featured Speakers:
- Mike Zagata: Ph.D in Wildlife Ecology and Director of Organization Development for New York Forest Owner Association (NYFOA), will share different practices and projects that you can add to your woodlot activities to enhance wildlife habitat.
- Patty Wakefield-Brown: Invasive Species Outreach and Volunteer Coordinator, from Finger Lakes Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management (FL-PRISM) will discuss the impacts of plant and animal invasive species on the native ecosystem and wildlife habitat.
- Jim Engel: Owner of White Oak Nursery, will explain the importance and benefits of selecting native tree and shrub species in your woodlot and habitat improvement projects.
- Judy Wright: Seneca County CCE Agricultural Extension Educator, will provide a presentation focused on tick habitat, their biology, and control.
FOR REGISTRATION or more INFORMATION:
Please click here or contact Laura Bailey at 315-536-5123.
Fee
FREE
Learn More
https://reg.cce.cornell.edu/wildlifehabitat_257
Location
Yates County Building
417 Liberty Street, Suite 1024
Penn Yan, New York 14527
Last updated March 12, 2019