<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Hi,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Please see email below for details for this excellent workshop! Spread the word!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Thanks,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Jil</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">.......................</div><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Jil Swearingen</div><div>Invasive Species Consultant</div><div><i>In the Weeds</i></div><div>410-200-7085</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Natural Areas Association</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kangell@naturalareas.org">kangell@naturalareas.org</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, Jun 4, 2018 at 11:00 AM<br>Subject: Register NOW for July 10-11 Regional Workshop<br>To: Jil Swearingen <<a href="mailto:jilswearingen@gmail.com">jilswearingen@gmail.com</a>><br><br><br>
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It's happening <strong>July 10 and 11</strong> on the NE Ohio and NW Pennsylvania Lake Erie region - and <strong>registration is open</strong>!</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:12px;line-height:14px"> <br></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:12px;line-height:14px"><strong><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:16px">This workshop is geared towards practitioners who are managing similar systems in the region of the Great Lakes. </span></strong><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:16px">NAA’s goal is to create an opportunity for practitioners to come together as a community, support each other and share tested methodologies and expertise – as well as challenges - in a collaborative atmosphere.</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:12px;line-height:14px"> <br></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:12px;line-height:14px"><span style="text-decoration:underline;font-size:12px;line-height:14px"><span style="font-size:12px;line-height:14px"><strong><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:16px">D<span style="font-size:14px;line-height:16px">escription</span></span></strong></span></span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:12px;line-height:14px"> <br></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;line-height:17px"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:16px">The Natural Areas Association (NAA), along with its member partners at the <a style="color:#4c7520;color:#4c7520;color:#4c7520;color:#4c7520;color:#4c7520;color:#4c7520;color:#4c7520;color:#4c7520;color:#4c7520;text-decoration:underline" href="http://www.memberleap.com/ct.php?lid=19851069&mm=30137615005" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Cleveland Museum of Natural History,</a> </span><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:16px">the <a style="color:#4c7520;color:#4c7520;color:#4c7520;color:#4c7520;color:#4c7520;color:#4c7520;color:#4c7520;color:#4c7520;color:#4c7520;text-decoration:underline" href="http://www.memberleap.com/ct.php?lid=19852291&mm=30137615005" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Western Pennsylvania Conservancy</a> (WPC) and the <a style="color:#4c7520;color:#4c7520;color:#4c7520;color:#4c7520;color:#4c7520;color:#4c7520;color:#4c7520;color:#4c7520;color:#4c7520;text-decoration:underline" href="http://www.memberleap.com/ct.php?lid=19853513&mm=30137615005" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources – Bureau of State Parks</a>, will be conducting an on-the-ground workshop that will focus on <strong>ecosystem restoration as the result of successful invasive species management.</strong> This workshop will provide practitioners with an opportunity to learn about three highly successful restoration projects within the Lake Erie Watershed that have resulted in rare species and ecosystem function recovery.<br><br></span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;line-height:17px"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:16px">We will begin our two-day gathering at <a style="color:#4c7520;color:#4c7520;color:#4c7520;color:#4c7520;color:#4c7520;color:#4c7520;color:#4c7520;color:#4c7520;color:#4c7520;color:#4c7520;text-decoration:underline" href="http://www.memberleap.com/ct.php?lid=19854735&mm=30137615005" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Presque Isle State Park</a> in northwest PA where we will hear about cooperative efforts to address invasive species throughout the Lake Erie basin, as well as provide an overview of the sites we plan to visit. As a group, we will tour the unique sand spit of Presque Isle and get an overview of the natural communities and management foci of park staff with an in-depth tour of a black oak - savanna restoration project.<br><br></span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;line-height:17px"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:16px">We will then head west to <a style="color:#4c7520;color:#4c7520;color:#4c7520;color:#4c7520;color:#4c7520;color:#4c7520;color:#4c7520;color:#4c7520;color:#4c7520;color:#4c7520;color:#4c7520;text-decoration:underline" href="http://www.memberleap.com/ct.php?lid=19855957&mm=30137615005" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Erie Bluffs State Park</a> where restoration efforts to remove the invasive bush honeysuckle, black locust, and Asian bittersweet have resulted in the return of a similar black oak community. Comparisons of the different ecosystems within these two state parks will be offered by DCNR state park staff and WPC ecologists. Next, attendees will drive to the nearby Mentor, Ohio area where we will overnight in close proximity to our second day’s field site. That evening will provide an opportunity to gather and share the day’s experiences over complimentary beverages. On the morning of July 11, we will meet at the <a style="color:#4c7520;color:#4c7520;color:#4c7520;color:#4c7520;color:#4c7520;color:#4c7520;color:#4c7520;color:#4c7520;color:#4c7520;color:#4c7520;color:#4c7520;text-decoration:underline" href="http://www.memberleap.com/ct.php?lid=19857179&mm=30137615005" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Cleveland Museum of Natural History’s Mentor Marsh Natural Area</a> along the Lake Erie shoreline. There, restoration ecologists will lead attendees through an educational program focused on the large-scale restoration efforts that include salt abatement, Phragmites removal and helicopter seeding of native plants.<br><br></span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:12px;line-height:14px"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:16px">It is NAA’s mission is to foster a community of professionals that come together to find solutions to our shared challenges.</span></p></div>
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Coffee, tea and pastries will be provided.<br><br></span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:12px;line-height:14px"><strong><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:16px">10:30 – 12:30 p.m.</span></strong><br><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:16px">Tour Presque Isle State Park and its natural areas with DCNR , CMNH and WPC managers and scientists<br><br></span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:12px;line-height:14px"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:16px"><strong>12:30 – 1:30</strong> Lunch provided at Stull Nature Center<br><br></span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:12px;line-height:14px"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:16px"><strong>1:30 – 2:15</strong> Drive to Erie Bluffs State Park<br><br></span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:12px;line-height:14px"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:16px"><strong>2:15 – 3:45</strong> Tour Erie Bluffs State Park Black Oak Savanna Restoration with DCNR managers and WPC ecologists<br><br></span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:12px;line-height:14px"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:16px"><strong>3:45 – 5:00</strong> Drive to the Mentor, OH area and overnight at Holiday Inn Cleveland Northeast - Mentor - see below for more info.<br><br></span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:12px;line-height:14px"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:16px"><strong>5:00 – 7:30</strong>: Dinner on your own<br><br></span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:12px;line-height:14px"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:16px"><strong>7:30 – ?</strong> Join NAA and other workshop participants for complimentary beverages and a location at the hotel TBD. This will be an opportunity to kick back, get to know one another and share stories, challenges, successes, etc.</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:12px;line-height:14px"> <br></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:12px;line-height:14px"><span style="text-decoration:underline;font-size:12px;line-height:14px"><strong><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:16px">Wednesday, July 11<br><br></span></strong></span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:12px;line-height:14px"><strong><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:16px">9:00 – 12:00</span></strong><br><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:16px">Tour the Mentor Marsh marshland restoration with restoration ecologist and managers from the CMNH.<br><br></span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:12px;line-height:14px"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:16px"><strong>12:00-1:00</strong> Lunch (provided) and debrief.<br><br></span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:12px;line-height:14px"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:16px"><strong>1:00 p.m.</strong> Depart<br><br></span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:12px;line-height:14px"><span style="text-decoration:underline;font-size:12px;line-height:14px"><strong><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:16px">Fee</span></strong></span><br><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:16px">$45 NAA Members</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:12px;line-height:14px"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:16px">$65 Non-members</span><br><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:16px">Fee includes two lunches, water and snacks, coffee and pastries (first day) and event planning expenses.<br><br></span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;line-height:17px"><span style="text-decoration:underline;font-size:12px;line-height:14px"><strong><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:16px">Overnight</span></strong></span><br><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:16px">If you need overnight accommodations for Tuesday, July 10, we have a room block reserved at <strong><a style="color:#4c7520;color:#4c7520;color:#4c7520;color:#4c7520;color:#4c7520;color:#4c7520;color:#4c7520;color:#4c7520;color:#4c7520;color:#4c7520;color:#4c7520;color:#4c7520;color:#4c7520;color:#4c7520;color:#4c7520;color:#4c7520;color:#4c7520;color:#4c7520;text-decoration:underline" href="http://www.memberleap.com/ct.php?lid=19859623&mm=30137615005" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Holiday Inn Cleveland Northeast - Mentor</a></strong>. 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