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LFull Agenda - Missouri Community Forestry Annual Conference
September 20-22nd
Wednesday, September 20
10:00 AM Onsite Registration Open at Hotel
1:00 PM Dr. Christine Carmichael - The Roots of Environmental Injustice
3:00 PM Break
3:15 PM Dr. Christine Carmichael - How to achieve Environmental Justice
5:30 PM Social - Offsite
6:30 PM Conference Adjourn
Thursday, September 21
7:00 AM Breakfast
8:00 AM Conference Welcome by MCFC Chair and City Rep/Tourism
8:30 AM Regional Reps Missouri Community Forestry in your region!
Concurrent Sessions
9:15 AM Dr. Geoffrey Donavon - The Impact of Gentrification on Urban Tree Planting
9:15 AM Chelsi Abbott - Identifying Wood Decay Fungi
10:00 AM Break with Vendors
10:30 AM Rachel Holmes & Meridith Perkins - Leveling the Planting Field with Treesilience
11:30 AM Awards Luncheon - MCFC President MC
Concurrent Session
1:15 PM Dr. Geoffrey Donavon - How Urban Trees Make our Cities a Healthier Place to Live
1:15 PM Sarah Crowder - KC Tree Corps, Development of a Pre-Apprenticeship
2:15 PM Chelsi Abbott - Fungi with Benefits
2:15 PM Leslie Berckes - The Many Facets of Urban Forestry: A National and International Perspective
3:00 PM Break
3:30 PM Hannah Hemmelgarm - Community Engagement with Multifunctional Agroforestry Plantings - panel discussion with Ashley Williamson, The Giving Grove and Linda Hezel, Prairie Birthday Farm
3:30 PM Mike Rood - Trends in the Nursery Trade
5:30 PM Heavy Hors d'oeuvres with Exhibitors
7:00 PM Silent Auction & Social End
7:30 PM Davey Hospitality Room - Pines Room
Friday, September 22
7:00 AM Breakfast and Network
8:15 AM Jason Jenson - Making Community Forestry Funds More Equitable
8:45 AM Panel - Cost Share success stories
9:30 AM Break with Exhibitors
10:00 AM Kristen Bousquet - Increasing Community Canopies through Inclusive Tree Distributions
10:45 AM Russell Hinnah - Statewide Update
11:30 AM Final Remarks
12:00 PM Conference Adjourns
September 20-22nd
Wednesday, September 20
10:00 AM Onsite Registration Open at Hotel
1:00 PM Dr. Christine Carmichael - The Roots of Environmental Injustice
3:00 PM Break
3:15 PM Dr. Christine Carmichael - How to achieve Environmental Justice
5:30 PM Social - Offsite
6:30 PM Conference Adjourn
Thursday, September 21
7:00 AM Breakfast
8:00 AM Conference Welcome by MCFC Chair and City Rep/Tourism
8:30 AM Regional Reps Missouri Community Forestry in your region!
Concurrent Sessions
9:15 AM Dr. Geoffrey Donavon - The Impact of Gentrification on Urban Tree Planting
9:15 AM Chelsi Abbott - Identifying Wood Decay Fungi
10:00 AM Break with Vendors
10:30 AM Rachel Holmes & Meridith Perkins - Leveling the Planting Field with Treesilience
11:30 AM Awards Luncheon - MCFC President MC
Concurrent Session
1:15 PM Dr. Geoffrey Donavon - How Urban Trees Make our Cities a Healthier Place to Live
1:15 PM Sarah Crowder - KC Tree Corps, Development of a Pre-Apprenticeship
2:15 PM Chelsi Abbott - Fungi with Benefits
2:15 PM Leslie Berckes - The Many Facets of Urban Forestry: A National and International Perspective
3:00 PM Break
3:30 PM Hannah Hemmelgarm - Community Engagement with Multifunctional Agroforestry Plantings - panel discussion with Ashley Williamson, The Giving Grove and Linda Hezel, Prairie Birthday Farm
3:30 PM Mike Rood - Trends in the Nursery Trade
5:30 PM Heavy Hors d'oeuvres with Exhibitors
7:00 PM Silent Auction & Social End
7:30 PM Davey Hospitality Room - Pines Room
Friday, September 22
7:00 AM Breakfast and Network
8:15 AM Jason Jenson - Making Community Forestry Funds More Equitable
8:45 AM Panel - Cost Share success stories
9:30 AM Break with Exhibitors
10:00 AM Kristen Bousquet - Increasing Community Canopies through Inclusive Tree Distributions
10:45 AM Russell Hinnah - Statewide Update
11:30 AM Final Remarks
12:00 PM Conference Adjourns