Woods for Wildlife: Native Plants of the Longleaf Pine Forest and Active Management of Early Successional Plant Communities
Webinar Details
When:
Oct 22, 2020 1:00 pm US/Eastern
Length: 01:15 (hh:mm)
Advance Registration NOT required.
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Presenter(s):
- Julie Moore, founding board member of Southern Conservation Partners, Inc.
- Luke Lolies, Fish and Wildlife Biologist, US Fish and Wildlife Service
CEU Credits/Certificate Offered:
- Certificate of Participation
Virtual Event Format:
Group Viewing Available:
Join others in learning about the high diversity of plant species characteristics of the longleaf pine ecosystem and how it supports the many common and unique wildlife species in these open forests dominated by a single tree. Participants will also learn how to maximize wildlife management goals through active management of early successional plant communities. Commonly referred to as early successional habitat, these plant communities benefit a vast array of wildlife species including the northern bobwhite quail, monarch butterfly, and red-cockaded woodpecker. This webinar will address active management techniques and discuss some specific tips to reach one’s property objectives.
Presenters:
Julie Moore retired in 2019 as national coordinator for the Safe Harbor Program and Candidate Conservation Agreements, Endangered Species Program, US Fish & Wildlife Service. She was with the N. C. Natural Heritage Program for over a dozen years as a botanist and ecologist specializing fire dependent systems and working with private landowners. As director of Tall Timbers Land Conservancy, she initiated a conservation easement program for the quail hunting properties of south Georgia and the Florida panhandle. She is the author of “Managing the Forest and the Trees,” a guide for longleaf forest landowners funded by The Nature Conservancy and the Longleaf Alliance. She is a past president of the Triangle Land Conservancy and Botanical Society of Washington D.C., founding board member of the Longleaf Alliance, the B W Wells Association, and more recently, the Southern Conservation Partners, and serves on the board of the NC Plant Conservation Program.
Luke Lolies is a Fish and Wildlife Biologist in Manteo North Carolina with the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). During college Luke served as a biological technician at the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge and Necedah National Wildlife Refuge. After graduating from North Carolina State University in 2017, with a bachelor’s degree in wildlife sciences, he worked as a Conservation Technician managing habitat and infrastructure on game lands for the North Carolina Wildlife Resource Commission (NCWRC). Following his position as a conservation technician, Luke spent 2 years with the NCWRC as a Private Lands Biologist in the Coastal plain, providing habitat focused technical assistance to landowners.
This webinar is made possible by a grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation with the support of International Paper Company, The American Forest Foundation, The Orton Foundation, an affiliate of The Moore Charitable Foundation, founded by Louis Bacon and the U.S.D.A. Natural Resources Conservation Service.