Members may earn volunteer hours by attending our Tree Steward Membership Meetings. At each membership meeting, we host a continuing education speaker presenting a variety of tree-related topics.
Our membership meetings historically have been held in person at Ivy Creek, but due to the COVID-19 precautions we will continue to offer virtual meetings through Zoom until we can meet again.
Member Meetings & Speakers 2022
| Speaker | Affiliation | Topic | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Taylor | Manager of Virginia Tech’s Catawba Sustainability Center | "Environmental Stewardship for Productive Land Use in Agriculture and Forestry at Virginia Tech’s Catawba Sustainability Center" | Jan. 26, 2022 9:30 am Zoom meeting |
| Liz Sargent | Liz Sargent, PLA, FASLA, LEED AP, Historical Landscape Architect | "South Mountain Cultural Landscape: Hearth of Pennsylvania.This talk will consider the cultural heritage of South Mountain through the lens of trees, industry, and conservation." | Feb. 23, 2022 9:30 am Zoom meeting |
| Adam Downing | Extension Agent, Agriculture and Natural Resources - Forestry | “Managing Backyard Woodlots” | March 30, 2022 9:30 am Zoom meeting |
| David Haskell | Professor of Biology at The University of the South in Sewanee. Author of The Forest Unseen: A Year's Watch in Nature and The Songs of Trees | "Trees as nature's great connectors." | April 27, 2022 9:30 am Zoom meeting |
| Stephen Matthews | Assoc. Professor, Ohio State University, School of Environment and Natural Resources | "Climate Change Tree Atlas" | May 18, 2022 9:30 am Zoom meeting |
| CATS Picnic | June 15th at Chris Greene Lake Park | ||
| Tom Wild | “Forest Ecology – why do the woods look the way they do.” | July 27, 2022 9:30 am Zoom meeting |
|
| Steven Spurlock | Manager of Bremo Tree Nursery | The nursery industry as it relates to the planting efforts society wide. | Sept. 21, 2022 9:30 am Zoom meeting |
| Susan Tyler Hitchcock | Nat. Geo Photographer and author of Into the Forest | Hearing the Message of the Forest | Oct. 19, 2022 9:30 am Zoom meeting |
| Amber Ellis | Riparian Restoration Director at Virginia Tech’s Catawba Sustainability Center | Riparian buffers and introduction to Ecotherapy | Nov. 16, 2022 9:30 am Zoom meeting |