Bladen Lakes Isolated Wetlands Restoration Workshop
Webinar Details
When:
Sep 21, 2022 1:00 pm US/Eastern
Length: 03:30 (hh:mm)
Advance Registration NOT required.
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Presenter(s):
- Jeff Hall, NC Wildlife Resources Commission
- Julian Wilson, NC Forest Service
- Jeff Marcus, The nature Conservancy
- Katherine, NC Plant Conservation Program
- Mike Schafale, NC Natural Heritage Program
- Mike Sisson, NC Wildlife Resources Commission
- Jeff Humphries, NC Wildlife Resources Commission
- Ken Shughart, NC Wildlife Resources Commission
- Hans Rohr, NC Forest Service
- Ed Corey, NC State Parks
- Richard Broadwell
Virtual Event Format:
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Note: This workshop consists of two parts, a webinar (Sep. 21, 2022) and a limited capacity (30 participants) field tour in the Bladen Lakes, NC region (Sep. 22, 2022). The field tour will visit Suggs Mill Pond game land, the Broadwell property, and Bladen Lakes State Forest. To register for the webinar please click on "Register Now". To register to participate in the limited capacity (30 People) field tour email Julian Wilson, julian.wilson@ncagr.gov. Field tour participation will be capped at 30 participants on a first-come basis. A waiting list will be maintained.
Isolated wetlands are critically important to conserving ecosystem biodiversity in the Southeast. They provide many ecosystem services, to include improving water quality. They are a vital natural resource, important in maintaining biodiversity and essential for wetland-dependent wildlife.
Isolated Wetland
Participants in the webinar will learn about restoration of isolated wetlands. Presenters will discuss priority amphibians, plants, and natural communities, and will review restoration needs and strategies, including the use of fire in wetlands.
Field tour participants will see natural and man-made wetlands in a variety of habitat conditions. Field tour participants will explore restoration successes and lessons learned and look at examples of controlled burning in and around Carolina bays and pocosin vegetation.
AGENDA
- Welcome, introduction, and participant poll – Jeff Hall (NCWRC), Julian Wilson (NCFS)
- Importance of Bladen Lakes region for wetland restoration – Jeff Marcus (TNC)
- Splendid Isolation: The importance of isolated wetlands to herpetofauna in North Carolina– Jeff Beane (NCMNS)
- Rare Plants of Isolated Wetlands in Southeastern NC – Katherine Culatta (NCPCP)
- Isolated wetland natural communities– Mike Schafale (NCNHP)
- Habitat degradation, restoration strategies, & examples from FL – Mike Sisson (NCWRC)
- Examples of wetland restoration in NC – Jeff Humphries (NCWRC)
- Fire and wetland management – Ken Shughart (NCWRC)
- Round Robin overview of key conservation lands in region
- Bladen Lakes State Forest – Hans Rohr (NCFS)
- Bay Tree Lake/Jones Lake/Singletary Lake State Parks – Ed Corey (NCSP)
- Suggs Mill Pond & Whitehall Game Lands – Ken Shughart
- Key private lands (Broadwell/Bayfields) – Richard Broadwell
- Overview of field trip logistics and objectives
- Closing remarks
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