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This meeting is hybrid. We ask that you register for your preferred option; after registering, you will get Zoom login information and in person location information.
Co-sponsor: The University of Maryland Extension with host Lisa Kuder
Physical location: Central Maryland Research and Education Center (CMREC) 4240 Folly Quarter Road Ellicott City, MD 21042 Directions: Enter the building at the front door under the portico. (The door next to the parking lot will be locked.)
The program is free and open to the public.
Since 1987, Ed Toth has been a native plant advocate and producer. In New York City he established and directed the City’s Greenbelt Native Plant Center, the nation’s oldest and largest municipally owned native plant nursery with programs in seed collection, cleaning, and banking, greenhouse and nursery production and field increase of seed. In 2012 he created the Mid Atlantic Regional Seed Bank (MARSB) program at the GNPC as a regional partner of the national Seeds of Success program. Upon retiring in 2021, he incorporated MARSB as an independent nonprofit to continue its mission to advocate for and lead the effort to conserve the wild seed resources of the mid-Atlantic while working to improve the supply chain of native plant materials. From 2019 to 2023 he was a member of The Committee on an Assessment of Native Seed Needs and Capacities of the National Academy of Sciences, which published its final report in January 2023.
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Zoom opens at 7:00PM for pre-program board update and member Q&A. Presentations begin at 7:30PM and generally run until 8:45PM.
We can accommodate the first 300 people who enter the Zoom meeting at the meeting time. After you register, you will receive a registration confirmation email with a link to the Zoom meeting, as well as the in person location information.
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Speaker: Stacy Small-Lorenz
ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Dr. Stacy Small-Lorenz is the Residential Landscape Ecology Specialist at University of Maryland Extension, where she leads the “Bay-Wise 2.0” Maryland Living Landscapes Program, focused on enhancing biodiversity, water quality, and climate resilience in Maryland watersheds and the Chesapeake Bay. With over 30 years in conservation science working across the U.S., she has called Maryland home for nearly 15 years. Dr. Small-Lorenz holds a Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from the University of Missouri-Columbia and a B.A.S. in Ecology and Photography from Yale University and The Evergreen State College. Her doctoral work involved studying songbird population response to riparian forest restoration in California's Sacramento River Valley. Professionally, she has engaged in all facets of wildlife habitat conservation, including restoration, applied research, education, and advocacy. She served as a restoration ecologist at River Partners in California and held senior science roles focused on wildlife habitat conservation at Washington, DC-based NGOs, Environmental Defense Fund and The National Wildlife Federation. Her work includes leading publications like “Natural Defenses in Action” and “Building Ecological Solutions to Coastal Community Hazards.” Additionally, she has taught secondary science in Maryland public schools and enjoys nurturing her son’s scientific and musical pursuits. A musician herself, she enjoys playing the violin in her free time, tending to her native plants, and engaging in outdoor activities such as birding, kayaking, and backcountry skiing.
Speakers: Bradley Simpson and Madeline Bright
This meeting is on the third Tuesday of the month, not our usual last Tuesday.
The meeting will be both on Zoom and in Person. We ask that you register for your preferred option; after registering, you will get Zoom login information and in person location information.
Co-sponsor: Nature Forward
Physical location: Nature Forward, Woodend Sanctuary, 8940 Jones Mill Rd.,Chevy Chase, MD 20815
Join Bradley Simpson, Nature Forward's Habitat Manager, for a tour of the ongoing restoration at Woodend Nature Sanctuary followed by a talk by Madeline Bright, Earth Sangha's Executive Director, about plant communities and native plant selection for restoration and replanting.
Madeline Bright is the Executive Director at Earth Sangha where she has worked full-time on native plant conservation since 2011, and where she grew up as the daughter of co-founders Lisa and Chris Bright. Maddie has worked closely with ecologists, botanists, and park managers across the Northern Virginia region on plant conservation and ecological restoration projects over the years, including a brief stint interning at Huntley Meadows Park. She regularly teaches for both the Arlington Regional and Fairfax Master Naturalist chapters and previously served on the steering committee for the National Capital Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management.
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