<div dir="ltr"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">Marian Orlousky</span><br></div><div>Northern Resource Management Coordinator</div><div>Appalachian Trail Conservancy</div><div>4 East First Street</div><div>Boiling Springs, PA 17007</div><div>Direct Line: 717-260-3217</div><div>MARO Office: 717-258-5771 ex: 208</div><div>Fax: 717.258.1442</div><div><a href="mailto:morlousky@appalachiantrail.org" target="_blank">morlousky@appalachiantrail.org</a></div><div><a href="http://www.appalachiantrail.org" target="_blank">www.appalachiantrail.org</a></div><div> </div><div><img src="http://www.appalachiantrail.org/images/logos/atc_logo_email_version.png?Status=Master"><br></div><div><br></div><div>The Appalachian Trail Conservancy’s mission is to preserve and manage the Appalachian Trail – ensuring that its vast natural beauty and priceless cultural heritage can be shared and enjoyed today, tomorrow, and for centuries to come. To become a member, volunteer, or learn more, visit <a href="http://www.appalachiantrail.org" target="_blank">www.appalachiantrail.org</a>.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">The Stewardship Network</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:staff@stewardshipnetwork.org">staff@stewardshipnetwork.org</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 11:41 AM<br>Subject: Free February Webcast Tomorrow - Use of Imaging and LiDAR Technologies to Identify Invasive Species<br>To: Marian Orlousky <<a href="mailto:morlousky@appalachiantrail.org">morlousky@appalachiantrail.org</a>><br><br><br><p><img alt="" src="https://www.stewardshipnetwork.org/sites/default/files/civicrm/persist/contribute/images/TSNlogo_Connect_to_Conserve_for_web.jpg" style="width:250px;min-height:57px"></p>
<p>Dear Marian,</p>
<p>Please join us tomorrow, Wednesday, February 10th for our next free monthly webcast!</p>
<p><span style="color:#006400"><strong>Use of Imaging and LiDAR Technologies to Identify Invasive Species </strong></span><br>
<strong>February 10th, Wednesday</strong> 12:00 noon to 1:00 pm (Eastern)<br>
Cost: Free!<br>
Tune in at <a href="https://www.stewardshipnetwork.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=875&qid=429064" target="_blank">www.stewardshipnetworkwebcast.org</a> (this link will become live the day of the webcast)</p>
<p>In order to eradicate a plant species you first have to know where it is. Although the best approach is to have an expert walk through the area of interest, this is costly and impractical because of the limited ability of people to survey large areas. Imaging technologies can help support the mapping of invasive the plant species of interest whether the purpose is to save them or eradicate them. This talk will present approaches to mapping invasive species and discuss considerations in determining what imagery or remote sensed data should be used in terms of spectral, spatial and temporal resolution. The presentation will review current publicly available airborne and satellite data, and show other options that can be used. Case studies
showing the use of these technologies for invasive species management will be presented.</p>
<p><strong>Presenters:</strong></p>
<p><strong>Andrew Brenner</strong> - Andrew Brenner is currently a Senior Program Director for Quantum Spatial out of their Ann Arbor Office. He has been in the geospatial arena for over twenty years. His interests are primarily in using geospatial tools to solve people's problems. To this end he works with imagery, LiDAR, and other sensors to create information that can be integrated with GIS decision making systems. Andrew's background is in natural resources and he has a Ph.D. in environmental physics, from Edinburgh University and an undergraduate in Agriculture. He ran the GIS and Remote Sensing Research Facility at the School of Natural Resources and Environment of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor for six years before
joining the private sector in 1999. He has worked with federal, state, and local governments and private sector companies for both data acquisition and analysis and is a great supporter of creating collaboration between organizations for the common good.</p>
<p><strong>Lisa Brush</strong> - Lisa is the Executive Director of The Stewardship Network. Lisa has been leading collaborative conservation initiatives in the nonprofit environmental sector for over two decades. In her role as co-founder and Executive Director of The Stewardship Network she has engaged thousands of professionals and volunteers in identifying community and conservation needs of the 21st century and determining strategic support The Network can provide. She has managed and overseen grant projects from federal and state agencies, as well as family and private foundations. She has been involved in all aspects of organizational management including foundation/agency relationships, grant based project funding, budget tracking,
contract negotiation, implementation, accountability, project reporting and staff and board development. Lisa has facilitated strategic planning sessions, focus groups, citizen task forces, community visioning sessions, and public involvement and feedback meetings with groups ranging in size from four to four hundred. Lisa emphasizes tried and true in-person methods of bringing people together augmented by the use of cutting edge online technology. Lisa serves on numerous boards of directors, has a BA in Science in Society from Wesleyan University, an MS from University of Michigan's School of Natural Resources and Environment, and is a graduate of Michigan State University's Great Lakes Leadership Academy.</p>
<p>We hope you can join us!</p>
<p>The Stewardship Network<br>
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<a href="mailto:staff@stewardshipnetwork.org" target="_blank">staff@stewardshipnetwork.org</a><br>
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