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Ohio River Valley Woodlands & Wildlife Workshop (online)
The Ohio River Valley Woodlands and Wildlife Workshop is a multistate workshop that will provide you with forestry and wildlife experts from Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio who will address the questions and concerns that you have with the management of your properties. This is an online program in 2021.
9 a.m. Welcome
9:15 a.m. Are My Woods Healthy? Assessing the Health of Your Woodland – Dr. Ellen Crocker, University of Kentucky Department of Forestry and Natural Resources; Kathy Smith and Dave Apsley, The Ohio State University
10:15 a.m. The Value of Your Woodlands – Dr. Sayeed Mehmood, The Ohio State University
11:15 a.m. Lunch (Participants can ask questions during this time)
12:00 p.m. Common habitat management practices to benefit game species in the Ohio River Valley – Dr. Matt Springer, University of Kentucky Department of Forestry and Natural Resources
1:00 p.m. Non-game Wildlife Habitat Hints – What can woodland owners do for the dozens of species of nongame birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians that could call our woods home? No one can provide habitat for them all, but there are approaches and management practices landowners can consider. Learn about the biology of many of these known—and perhaps unknown—animals and a common-sense approach to habitat management. – Brian MacGowan, Purdue University
2:00 p.m. Questions and Evaluation