Restoring Native Plant Communities: Soil and Hydrology Suited Planning Tools
Webinar Details
When:
Oct 31, 2017 2:00 pm US/Eastern
Length: 01:07 (hh:mm)
Advance Registration NOT required.
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Presenter(s):
- Jennifer Anderson-Cruz, State Biologist, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Illinois State Office, Champaign, IL
CEU Credits/Certificate Offered:
- Conservation Planner (CP) - 1 hour Conservation Planning Credit
- Society for Range Management (SRM) - 1 hour SRM Credit
- The Wildlife Society - Certified Wildlife Biologist®/Professional Development Certificate Program - 1 hour TWS Category 1 Credit
Virtual Event Format:
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Learn how native plant community restoration can be guided by existing natural inventories.
This webinar will highlight resources that can aid in the identification and selection of native plant communities adapted to the ecological conditions of a restoration site. An example of how such resources were used to develop Iowa native plant community restoration planning tools will be discussed along with a cursory introduction to appropriate native plant material selection. Participants will learn:
- About the importance of habitat diversity within restoration sites and its influence on adjacent landscapes.
- About resources that can aid in the identification and selection of native plant communities adapted to the ecological conditions of a restoration site.
- How to plan sculpted/stratified habitat restoration based on ecological conditions that vary across a restoration site to improve habitat establishment and diversity.
- How the above-referenced resources and restoration planning techniques were used to develop Iowa native plant community restoration planning tools.
- Briefly about appropriate native plant material selection and planting requirements.
Photo: Two year old Iowa WRP site restored using the tools and techniques that will be discussed, Jennifer Anderson-Cruz.
This webinar is presented by USDA NRCS Science and Technology.
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