When

Saturday, February 23, 2019 from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM EST
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Where

Clermont County Fairgrounds- 4H Building
1000 Locust Street
Owensville, OH 45160

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Contact

Dean Niemeyer
Taking Root
(513) 946-4487
dean.niemeyer@hamilton-co.org

6th Annual Great Tree Summit

Join us for the 6^th annual Great Tree Summit at the Clermont County Fairgrounds. There will be great discussion, a silent auction, and light refreshments!

Networking opportunities with Taking Root partners, tree board members, passionate leaders in the Tri-state area, and fellow tree enthusiests abound.

Keynote Speaker: Cory Christopher

"Lest Our Children Forget:

Invasive plants, Native Habitat, and our Shifting Baseline"

Cory Christopher is the Director of the Center for Conservation at the Cincinnati Nature Center. Cory oversees conservation staff managing Nature Center lands, directs scientific research, coordinates regional conservation initiatives, including Milkweed to Monarchs and Plant Native!, collaborates with local organizations and agencies to provide engaging programs for all audiences, and works to preserve and protect greenspace in Southwest Ohio.

A native of the Blue Ridge foothills of Northern Georgia, Cory earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in ecology from the University of Georgia and a PhD in biological sciences from the University of Cincinnati. His doctoral research studied the interaction and effects of Amur honeysuckle and white-tailed deer on herbs in a deciduous forest and he did his post-doctorate work at Washington University in St. Louis. Cory has been an adjunct faculty member at both University of Cincinnati and Miami University, and worked at the Cincinnati Zoo, where he managed school and graduate programs. Before joining the Nature Center, he served in two roles at the University of Cincinnati: director of UC Forward, which facilitates cross-departmental collaboration, and director of Undergraduate Student Research.

AGENDA (Subject to change)

9:00 Welcome and Taking Root Update

9:15 Clermont County Panel Discussion: Whats going on in Clermont County? (Asian Longhorned Beetle update, riparian forest project, additional updates from local agencies & organizations and Summit particpants.

10:15 Break

10:45 Keynote speaker: Cory Christopher

11:45 Wrap-up: Awards, Live Auction, and Announcement of Silet Auction winning bids.

12:15 End, Thanks for Attending!

Thank you to our event sponsors

Natorp Nursery

Davey Tree

VOLUNTEER AT THE SUMMIT

Interesting in helping out at the event? We need lots of volunteers, please consider being an event volunteer!

Email Margo Lindahl at:

margolindahl1@gmail.com

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