Toward Harmony with Nature is an all-day conference on natural landscapes and native plants. It is of interest to gardeners, ecologists, wildlife enthusiasts, students and the general public-anyone who wants to learn more about landscaping and its effect on our natural environment. Even the smallest yard CAN make a difference -- learn how to increase biodiversity, heal your piece of the earth, improve the health of you and your family, and add to the quality of your life.
"Toward Harmony with Nature… Show more Conference -- Creating Healthy Natural Yards"
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This year's conference is being held at the Oshkosh Convention Center, 2 North Main Street on Saturday, January 26, 2013.Â
8:45AM - 4:00PM Registration 8:00-8:45AM
• Keynote "Restoring Native Ecosystems" by Dr Curt Meine, Sr Fellow at Wisconsin's Aldo Leopold Foundation. Dr Meine is a distinguished conservation biologist, historian and author.
• Nine other speaker presentations on subjects related to natural landscaping
Session I:
 Armund Bartz, District Ecologist, Wisconsin DNR, "Advanced Prairie Management: Beyond the Basics"
 Corrine Daniels, Director of Applied Ecological Services Restoration Nurseries, “Native Plants for Wet Placesâ€*
 Jim Reinartz, Director of the UW Field Station, “How Wisconsin Geology Influenced Our Plant Communitiesâ€*
Session II :
 Steven Banovetz, Field & Stream Restorations, “Prescribed Fire as a Vegetation Management Toolâ€*
 Dr. John Harrington, Chair, UW Landscape Architecture Department, “Knowing & Growing Woodland Speciesâ€*
 Mark Renz, “Invasive Plant Identification and Managementâ€*
Session III: Â
  Randy Huffman, Wisconsin DNR, “Wisconsin’s State Natural Areasâ€*
 Jim La Luzerne, Green Bay Wild Ones member, “Intelligent Tinkering – From Cornfield to Diverse Natural Habitat – A 36-Year Experimentâ€*
 Victoria Piaskowski, retired international coordinator, Birds Without Borders project, “If You Plant It Who Will Come?  Bird Species That Will Use Your Native Plantingsâ€*
• Speaker List http://www.towardharmonywithnature.org/speakers.html
• Learn more about what's going on at the WILD Center
• Exhibitors and Vendors
• Silent AuctionÂ
• Conference website: http://www.towardharmonywithnature.org/index.html
Reservations for lunch must be made by midnight, Monday, January 21, 2013.
Pre-registration ends at midnight, Wednesday, January 23, 2013.
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