Protecting Beaver and Restoring Wetlands: The Ksik Stakii Project
Speaker(s): Joshua Smith, Heritage Forestry and Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation; and Termaine Edmo, Blackfeet Environmental Office
Description: The Ksik Stakii (Beaver) Project bridges Western Sciences and Traditional Ecological Knowledge through place based knowledge by utilizing a beaver mimicry restoration technique that involved building beaver dam analogs to create floodplains that improve water quality, enhance habitat for birds, and reduce the risk of flood damage to man-made structures.
SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1
ESA CEU: 0.125

Street Tree Diversity Across Varying Spatial Scales: A Case Study of New Haven CT
Speaker(s): Michael Freiburger, Yale
Description: The widely accepted "10-20-30 rule" provides guidance for increasing urban street tree planting diversity, but is not rooted in ecological theory and does not consider spatial scales. We suggest a more comprehensive approach, incorporating alpha, beta, gamma diversity, to understand diversity patterns of urban street trees at different spatial scales.
SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1
ESA CEU: 0.125

NRCS Engagement in Urban Agroforestry
Speaker(s): Laurie Schoonhoven, Natural Resources Conservation Service and Susan Stein, USDA NRCS
Description: The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is exploring opportunities for integrating trees into urban agriculture efforts, through urban agroforestry. This presentation will review opportunities and challenges, based on discussions with experts from inside and outside NRCS. Discussion will elicit meeting participant questions, interests, ideas, and experiences in this area.
SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1
ESA CEU: 0.125