FW: Free Pollinator Webinars
Cheryl Wolfe
From: bozon...@npogroups.org [mailto:bozon...@npogroups.org] On Behalf Of Claire Sands Baker
Sent: Friday, March 08, 2013 3:22 PM
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Subject: [bozone-orgs] Free Pollinator Webinars
I'm happy invite you to join in two free webinars that we, The Tributary Fund and Pollinator Partnership, are offering in the next two weeks. Below is the information. We hope you can join us! These webinars are free so please pass this around to your teams, constituents and (especially) congregations…you can even post it on your Facebook page. We are still adding one more presenter for the How To Plant a Pollinator Garden (it will be a representative from a faith-based garden that can talk about the ups and downs of this sort of development).
Please don't hesitate to let me know if you have any questions or comments.
Pollinators 101
Thursday, March 14 - noon–1pm (Pacific)
Vicki Wojcik, Ph.D., Pollinator Partnership, Research Program Manager
Vicki Wojcik is an optimistic ecologist and city dweller that believes human populations and the natural world can coexist. Her graduate research focused on understanding the factors that influence the occurrence of bees in cities. This focus on pollinators in human-dominated landscapes has continued into her professional career. As part of the P2 science team Dr. Wojcik develops and manages studies that investigate how pollinators interact withmanaged agriculture, industrial lands, and urban landscapes. Dr. Wojcik alsoworks with the P2 consulting team to restore and rehabilitate private and corporate lands for pollinators. Vicki received her B.Sc. Honours from the University of Guelph in 2004 and her Ph.D. in Environmental Science, Policy, & Management from UC Berkeley in 2009. Her work has been published in peer-reviewed journals, books, magazines, and industry publications. Dr. Wojcik also holds an appointment as an adjunct lecturer in biology at the University of California, Berkeley. When she isn’t professionally planning and managing landscapes for pollinators you can find Vicki in her home garden in San Francisco helping the local urban bee population.
How to Plant a Pollinator Garden
Thursday, March 21 - noon–1pm (Pacific)
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/348617535242287/?fref=ts
Mary Byrne Rager, Pollinator Partnership, Plant Ecologist
Mary’s background and interest in botany and database management has been strengthened by her years of work with federal land managers and botanic gardens. Most recently Mary was the National Collection Curator for the national native seed collection program, Seeds of Success, at the Bureau ofLand Management for the Chicago Botanic Garden. She has also worked at the USDA-ARS at the U.S. National Arboretum in Washington, DC as the Plant Records Assistant, leading the plant inventory and mapping efforts at the Arboretum.. In addition to working with seed and living collections, Mary has also worked with preserved specimens at the Herbarium of Kent State University. Ms. Rager has a Bachelor of Arts in Biology from Kent State University and a Masters of Natural Resources from the University of Idaho. Her professional affiliations include the American Public Gardens Association where she serves as the Plant Conservation Section Vice-Chair, the Natural Areas Association, the Plant Conservation Alliance and the Society for Range Management. Mary is also the Founder and Director of Bioloque, a collections management and ecological consulting company.
A representative from a faith-based garden group will also join in the webinar to talk about how they mobilized their congregation to plant a garden at their facility. More information on this will be posted online!
~ Claire
Claire Sands Baker
Director of Community Relations
The Tributary Fund
PO Box 608
Bozeman, MT 59771
406-599-9457 cell
406-585-5560 office
www.thetributaryfund.org
Conservation is an act of peace.