Event Details

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The New Normal: Current Challenges and Future Planning for Urban Forests

8:30 a.m. Doors open, continental breakfast

9 a.m.
Understanding Urban Forests and Their Role in Community Viability
Dr. Eric Wiseman, Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation, Virginia Tech

10 a.m.
Protecting and Restoring the Urban Tree Canopy for Stormwater Management
Karen Firehock, University of Virginia Green Infrastructure Institute and Department of Landscape Architecture

11 – 11:15 a.m. Stretch Break

11:15 a.m.
Sudden Oak Decline
Christine Balk, Davey Tree Foundation

12 p.m.
LUNCH (included in registration fee)

1 p.m.
Storm-resilient urban forests: The role of species selection and maintenance pruning
Dr. Eric Wiseman, Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation, Virginia Tech

2 p.m. Stretch Break

2:15 p.m.
Climate Change and the Future of Tree Populations
Sheri Shannon, co-founder, Southside ReLeaf

3:15 p.m.
Creating Resilient Coastal Forests
Karen Firehock, University of Virginia Green Infrastructure Institute and Department of Landscape Architecture