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2018 Symposium – Old Growth Forests
Saturday, April 21, 2018 @ 8:30 am - 4:00 pm
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Speakers and Topics:
| 8:30–9:00 | Registration |
| 9:00–9:10 | Welcome to the Symposium |
| 9:10–9:30 | Welcome to the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum Peter Moe, Director of the University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum |
| 9:30–10:20 | Old-Growth Forests: What are They? Why are They Important? and What Should We Do with Them? A Minnesota Perspective in a Global Context Kurt Rusterholz, Retired Forest Ecologist, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources |
| 10:20–10:40 | Break |
| 10:40–11:30 | Old Growth Landscapes: Hemlock-Hardwood Forests of the Porcupine Mountains and Sylvania Lee Frelich, Director—The University of Minnesota Center for Forest Ecology, University of Minnesota |
| 11:30–12:25 | Using Lichens to Assess the Ecological Continuity of Forest Ecosystems Steven Selva, Professor Emeritus of Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Maine at Fort Kent |
| 12:25–1:25 | Lunch |
| 1:25–2:15 | The Overlooked Old Growth: Lowland Conifers Becky Marty, Regional Ecologist, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources |
| 2:15–2:35 | Break |
| 2:35–3:30 | The Role of People and Fire in Minnesota’s Red Pine Forests of the Boundary Waters Kurt Kipfmueller, Associate Professor of Geography, Environment & Society, University of Minnesota |
| 3:30-4:00 | The Magney-Snively Northern Hardwoods Across Three Centuries David Schimpf, Department of Biology and Olga Lakela Herbarium, University of Minnesota Duluth |
Where to Park: Symposium participants should park in the Arboretum’s main lot. The standard gate fee will be waived for attendees.
How to Get There: Nine miles west of I-494 on State Hwy. 5; 4 miles west of Chanhassen on Hwy. 5; and ¼ mile west of the intersection of State Hwy. 41 on Hwy 5.
Questions Directed to: Shirley Mah Kooyman, smkooyman@gmail.com 763-559-3114
Download the 2018 MNNPS Symposium Registration form