<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">Forest Ecology and Management Webinar Series: </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">“Ecological Site Descriptions - A helpful tool for managing healthy and diverse ecosystems”<div><div style=""><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><div style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><b>Thursday August 23, 1:00 - 2:00 pm EDT</b></div><div style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">(please see attached flyer for more information)</div><div style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">
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<b style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:12.8px">Ecological Site Descriptions</b><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline"><span> </span>(ESDs) are being developed by USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) for all lands within the U.S. ESDs are a repository of information designed to help landowners and resource managers make informed decisions about managing land within an ecological context. They describe land with similar physical and biological characteristics at scales suitable for natural resource planning and management. National Wildlife Refuges in the northeastern United States are working collaboratively with NRCS to develop ESDs</span><div style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline">. USFWS Refuges</div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline"> are starting to use them to assess biological diversity, guide management actions, and make informed decisions about how refuge lands can contribute to landscape conservation goals. At Umbagog N</span><div style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline">ational Wildlife </div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline">R</span><div style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline">efuge</div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline">, forest management is designed to restore, rehabilitate, and maintain native plants on appropriate ecological sites.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:12.8px"><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:12.8px"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline">Presentation Objectives:</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:12.8px"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline">(1) Introduce Ecological Site Descriptions, their purpose, the scope of the NRCS program, and collaborative partnerships in the northeastern US Forests.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:12.8px"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline">(2) Describe Ecological Site concepts, definitions, and scales.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:12.8px"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline">(3) Describe how ESDs are developed and the information they contain.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:12.8px"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline">(4) Describe how ESDs are useful to improve management, how to access them, and how to assist in developing them for your region.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:12.8px"></div><div style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline"><br></span></div><div style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">Presenters:</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">Jamin Johanson, Ecological Site Specialist</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service, Dover-Foxcroft, Maine<span> </span></span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">T</span><font color="#000000"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">homas LaPointe, Forest Ecologist,</span><br style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">USDOI Fish and Wildlife Service, Umbagog NWR, Errol, NH</span>
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