Agenda

Daily Schedule

Midwest Oak Savanna and Woodland Conference

Lourdes College and Franciscan Center, Sylvania Ohio

Hotline for questions 419-206-6264

Agenda-at-a-Glance

Wednesday July 29^th 2009

7:30am to 5:00pm Registration and Field Trips with box lunch(field trip details at end of schedule)

4:00pm approx. Visit to National Center for Nature Photography

5:30pm to 6:30pm Ohio Chapter of Society for Conservation Biology at Ramada

6:30pm to 8:30pm Casual get together at Ramada on Secor Rd.

Thursday July 30^th 2009

7:30am-8:45am Registration and Breakfast Bar

8:45am-Welcome & Introductions

9:00am- Dr. Robert Helmer, President Lourdes College

9:15am-10:00am Science Keynote, Roger Anderson- Illinois State University

10:00am Break

10:15am- 12:15pm Research presentations

12:15pm-1:15pm Lunch Buffet

1:15pm- 3:20pm Research presentations

3:20pm Break

3:30pm-5:05pm Research presentations

5:10pm-6:30pm Poster presentations

6:30pm Dinner, silent auction and Keynote speaker, Scott Weidensaul- Author, naturalist “Return to Wild America ”

Friday July 31st 2009

7:15am-8:15am Registration and Breakfast Bar

8:30 am-9:15am Conservation Keynote, Bill Stanley- the Nature Conservancy, Ohio Director of Conservation

9:30am Break

9:45am-12:10pm Research Presentations

12:15pm- 1:15pm Lunch buffet

Lunch Speaker- Guy Denny- The Heritage Garden at The Ohio Governor's Residence

ACTIVITIES FOR TEACHERS AND THE PUBLIC

LOURDES COLLEGE -- FRANCISCAN CONFERENCE CENTER

1:15pm Rick Van Noy – Education Keynote Speaker--will discuss his book

A Natural Sense of Wonder: Connecting Kids with Nature through the Seasons. Discover what lives nearby, what nature has to teach, and why this matters.

2:30pm The Oak Openings Region

( the natural wonder in your backyard)

3:15pm Find out how you and your children can learn more about our world class ecosystem

3:45pm Guy Denny: Home Prairie Restoration

Saturday August 1,2009

10:00am

Rain Gardens

Learn how its done as we install a rain garden between the Life Lab and Carmel Hall

Field Trips

WEDNESDAY JULY 29

All field trips will meet in Parking Lot E of Lourdes College at 8:00am.

Box lunches will be provided at trip site.

Following the field trips, all attendees will be taken to the National Center for Nature Photography at Secor Metropark. Buses will depart from Secor Metropark at approximately 4:45pm and arrive back at Lourdes College no later than 5:15pm.

Please note: The field trips have been modified according to attendance. We encourage you to visit any sites you may be interested in on your own.

Bus #1: Karen Menard 419-461-4860/Pam Menchaca

Kitty Todd morning: 9:15-11:15 Travel: 11:15-11:45

Lunch OO Lodge 11:45-12:15

BASF: 12:45-1:15 Travel: 1:15-2:00

Irwin Prairie: 2:00-3:30 Travel to Wolfinger Rd : 3:30-3:45

Wolfinger Rd. property 3:45-4:00

Tour Secor NCNP: 4:00-4:45

Bus #2: Bunny Rossnagel 419-708-1451/Karen Mitchell: 419-708-1426

OO Preserve morning: 9:15-11:15 Girdham Rd. Dunes first/ other sites after

Lunch OO Lodge 11:30-12:00

Travel to Irwin Prairie: 12:15-12:30

Irwin Prairie: 12:30-2:00 Travel to Meilke Rd. Savanna: 2:00-2:15

Meilke Rd. Savanna Tour: 2:15-3:15 Travel to Wolfinger Rd : 3:15-3:45

Wolfinger Rd. property ): 3:45-4:00

Tour Secor NCNP: 4:00-4:45

Field Trip Sites

Oak Openings Preserve – Toledo Area Metroparks

3,744- acre Metropark preserve in the heart of the Oak Openings Region - prairies, dunes, savannas, and woodlands. Geology, ecological restoration, and rare species discussions. Dress for outdoor hiking.

Kitty Todd Nature Preserve - The Nature Conservancy

772-acre preserve supports all five globally rare plant communities in the Oak Openings Region. Quality black oak savanna, tallgrass prairie, wet prairie, over 590 native plants, and 110 state listed species.

Secor Metropark / Irwin Prairie /BASF / Meilke Road Savanna Wildlife Area

Secor Metropark - tall timber, rolling, sandy hills and wet lowland. Irwin Prairie Preserve - 223 acre twig-rush wet prairie. Mosaic of distinctive plant communities. Many rare animals.

BASF - business property restoration of native habitat. Meilke Road Savanna - Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife savanna restoration.

Other Sites

Lou Campbell Preserve

170-acre sand barrens, oak savanna, sedge meadow, white & black oak woodland, state listed plants and animals.

Maumee State Forest

3,100 acres with muck farm, sedge meadow, oak seedling regeneration project.

Wood County Savannas and Dunes

Bowling Green City Parks’ Wintergarden/St. John’s Nature Preserve & Wood County Park District’s Bradner Preserve & Rudolph Savanna – Remnant Black Swamp woodlands, mesic prairies, wet meadows, dunes, oak savanna, sand barrens, state-listed plants.