Join us Thursday, September 22, 2022 for Fall Field Day! Our theme is ‘Roots to Rivers’. The focus is restoration and preservation of waterways including the Mississippi. We’ll also discuss the role played by native plants and their deep roots.
Our day will begin with three keynotes, each from a key perspective of water quality. Restoration, ecosystem support and conservation.
Chad Pregracke, CEO and founder of Living Lands and Waters, will keynote. Chad is recipient of the Jefferson Award for Public Service, and author of “From the Bottom Up: One Man’s Crusade to Clean America’s Rivers”.
Dr. Ellen Herbert, Ducks Unlimited ecosystems services, will present on how parts of wetland ecosystems work together.
Afternoon breakouts include:
- Carol Davit Missouri Prairie Foundation, Director, ‘Clean Water Starts Upstream: Prairie Strips and Riparian Buffers’
- Steve Buback, Missouri Department of Conservation Heritage Entomologist, ‘Dragonflies and the Endangered Species of Wetlands’
- Alan Branhagan, Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, Director of Operations, ‘Landscaping with Native Wetland Plants’
- Stuart Miller, Policy Coordinator, Missouri Department of Conservation, ‘Wetland Soils: Systems and Functions’
… plus tours of our scion orchard and RPM production facility.
