Native Plant Trust Announces Climate Resilience Symposium, Examining Future of Plant Life
FRAMINGHAM: Native Plant Trust, the nation’s first plant conservation organization and the only one solely focused on New England’s native plants, announces a virtual symposium on the changing climate and its effects on the region’s flora. The program will address methods for building climate resilience and how key players can support this process. The event will take place online October 29 from 1-4 PM.
The virtual symposium will feature distinguished experts in the fields of ecology, climate adaptation, and conservation biology. The event will include a keynote address by Dr. Jacquelyn Gill, Associate Professor of Paleoecology and Plant Ecology at the University of Maine. The symposium also includes a workshop on climate adaptation networks, and a panel highlighting current climate change patterns, their implications for the future of New England’s plant diversity, and the path toward climate resilience.
“The climate resilience discussion builds on our recent report, Conserving Plant Diversity in New England,” explains Courtney Allen, Native Plant Trust’s Director of Public Programs. “The symposium will consider diverse perspectives that offer cutting-edge thinking on applicable conservation strategies and tools. Working together to implement best practices now will greatly impact the future of native plants and the ecosystems they support.”
Speakers include:
The virtual symposium will feature distinguished experts in the fields of ecology, climate adaptation, and conservation biology. The event will include a keynote address by Dr. Jacquelyn Gill, Associate Professor of Paleoecology and Plant Ecology at the University of Maine. The symposium also includes a workshop on climate adaptation networks, and a panel highlighting current climate change patterns, their implications for the future of New England’s plant diversity, and the path toward climate resilience.
“The climate resilience discussion builds on our recent report, Conserving Plant Diversity in New England,” explains Courtney Allen, Native Plant Trust’s Director of Public Programs. “The symposium will consider diverse perspectives that offer cutting-edge thinking on applicable conservation strategies and tools. Working together to implement best practices now will greatly impact the future of native plants and the ecosystems they support.”
Speakers include:
- Dr. Jacquelyn Gill, Associate Professor of Paleoecology & Plant Ecology at the University of Maine
- Melissa Ocana, Climate Adaptation Coordinator at University of Massachusetts Amherst
- Dr. Christopher Neill, Senior Scientist at Woodwell Climate Research Center
- Dr. Angelica Patterson is the Master Science Educator at Black Rock Forest in Cornwall, New York.
- Aaron Marcus is the Assistant Botanist for Vermont Fish & Wildlife
For more information and to register for the symposium, please visit www.NativePlantTrust.org.
This program is eligible for professional continuing education credit through Massachusetts Association of Landscape Professionals, Massachusetts Nursery and Landscape Association, Northeast Organic Farming Association, Society of American Foresters, and Society for Ecological Restoration. Please refer to the symposium registration page for further information on credits.
This program is eligible for professional continuing education credit through Massachusetts Association of Landscape Professionals, Massachusetts Nursery and Landscape Association, Northeast Organic Farming Association, Society of American Foresters, and Society for Ecological Restoration. Please refer to the symposium registration page for further information on credits.