Speakers 2013:
May 3-5, 2013 |
| Ian Adams: If a picture is worth a thousand words, this is all we need to say about Friday night's program. Breakfast with Steve McKee: Dr. Joan Maloof: "Among the Ancients" Recently featured at Cleveland Museum of Natural History's Forest Management Conservation Symposium, Joan has a surprising take on Old Growth Forests. You will not want to miss her program on these historic giants which outlive people (if only we would let them.) An old growth forest is much more than "big trees." It is a unique ecosystem unlike any other. Joan will explain why we are in need of these ecosystems, now more than ever. She has written an entire book on Joan Maloof the topic, Among the Ancients: Adventures (Photo credit Michael Bowles) in the Eastern Old-Growth Forests and Teaching the Trees: Lessons from the Forest. Joan Maloof studied Plant Science at the University of Delaware, Environmental Science at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, and Ecology at the University of Maryland College Park. She has published research articles about pollination biology in the journals Ecology and The American Journal of Botany (among others). Since 2002 she has expanded her ecological studies into the forest. Her book "Teaching the Trees: Lessons from the Forest" (University of Georgia Press, 2005) won an Honorable Mention from the Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment. Her second book, "Among the Ancients: Adventures in the Eastern Old-Growth Forests," was published in April 2011 by Ruka Press. Maloof is currently developing a network of forests across the US which will remain forever unlogged and open to the public, called the Old- Growth Forest Network. Please visit the webpage: www.oldgrowthforest. net for more information. Jim works for the Ohio Division of Wildlife, specializing in non-game wildlife diversity issues, especially birds. Prior to that, he was a botanist with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. He was inaugural president of the Ohio Ornithological Society, and served for seven years as secretary of the Ohio Bird Records Committee. Jim was the 2009 recipient of the Ludlow Griscom award, given annually by the American Birding A ssociation to individuals who have made significant regional contributions to ornithology. He is author of Birds of Ohio (Lone Pine 2004); The Great Lakes Nature Guide (Lone Pine 2009); and Wild Ohio: The Best of Our Natural Heritage (Kent State University Press 2009). The latter won the 2010 Ohioana Book award. Jim writes a column, Nature, for the Columbus Dispatch, and has authored or co-authored over 100 scientific and popular articles in a variety of publications. |
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| mmm "Free Friday" program open to the public 'A Celebration of Trees'
photographs, poetry and prose from his latest book: Trees: A Photographic Celebration His breath-taking photography is the perfect start to our weekend. Once you have seen the beauty of trees through Ian's camera, you'll never be the same. www.ianadamsphotography.com |
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"More Than Meets the Eye"
At Flora Quest we delight in
the diversity of plant species
in southern Ohio, but there is
more to their vitality than meets
the eye. We will explore some
of the underground factors that
help them thrive.
Steve McKee has been director
of the Gorman Nature Center and
the Richland County Park District since 1978. He grew up in Mansfield,
graduated from Miami University with a master's degree in botany, ran an
environmental education school in the mountains of Kentucky, is married
and has two sons. He is enthusiastic about native plants and birds and is
currently working on a survey of Richland County wild plants, and the plants
and breeding birds of Mohican Forest.
At Flora Quest we delight in
the diversity of plant species
in southern Ohio, but there is
more to their vitality than meets
the eye. We will explore some
of the underground factors that
help them thrive.
Steve McKee has been director
of the Gorman Nature Center and
the Richland County Park District since 1978. He grew up in Mansfield,
graduated from Miami University with a master's degree in botany, ran an
environmental education school in the mountains of Kentucky, is married
and has two sons. He is enthusiastic about native plants and birds and is
currently working on a survey of Richland County wild plants, and the plants
and breeding birds of Mohican Forest.
