Below are the videos and resources from all eight presentations from our May 8 Virtual DAY in the WOODS. Sorry it took so long. Thanks to all of our partners and presenters for making this happen!
Spring Migrating Birds
- Matt Shumar (shumar.3@osu.edu – Ohio Bird Conservation Initiative)
- Laura Kearns (Laura.Kearns@dnr.state.oh.us -Division of Wildlife
Zoom Recording: https://youtu.be/2zNTbq28Frk
PowerPoint:Migration – Shumar Migrants – Kearns
Resources to learn more:
- About eBird: https://ebird.org/about
- eBird Essentials (free online course): https://ebird.org/news/ebird-essentials
- eBird Breeding & Behavior Code definitions:
https://support.ebird.org/en/support/solutions/articles/48000837520
Health Benefits of Woodlands
- Jarel Bartig (jarel.bartig@usda.gov-USDA, Forest Service and Natural Resources Conservation Service)
Zoom Recording: https://youtu.be/w7_M4s75mW0
PowerPoint:Health Benefits- Bartig
Resources to learn more:
- The Nature Fix by Florence Williams
- Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv
- Forest Medicine by Qing Li
- Ohio Leave No Child Inside Collaborators https://ohiolnci.org/
- International Society of Nature and Forest Medicine https://www.infom.org/
- The Association of Nature and Forest Therapy Guides and Programs https://www.natureandforesttherapy.org/
- Walk with a Doc: https://walkwithadoc.org/
- Children and Nature Network: https://www.childrenandnature.org/
- National Environmental Education Foundation’s Children and Nature Initiative: https://www.neefusa.org
- RX America: https://parkrxamerica.org/
Crop Tree Management
- Jim Downs (downsj3891@hocking.edu-Hocking College)
Zoom Recording: https://youtu.be/Cgz7XIFZJ4o
Resources to learn more:
- Tree Talk Video- Crop Tree Management (Dave Apsley) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoMphx2Zm-E
- Crop Tree Management: A Tool to Help You Achieve Your Woodland Goals https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/f-50
- Enhancing Food (Mast) Production for Woodland Wildlife in Ohio https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/f-60
Evaluate Your Roads and Trails
- Bob Mulligan (Robert.Mulligan@dnr.state.oh.us-ODNR-Division of Forestry)
Zoom Recording: https://youtu.be/tcv6LyLkQpY
PowerPoint:Trails – Mulligan
Resources to learn more:
- BMPs for Erosion Control for Logging Practices https://callb4ucut.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2015/03/BMPguide_Ohio.pdf
Boundary Marking
- Mark Rickey (Mark.Rickey@dnr.state.oh.us-Division of Forestry)
Video: https://youtu.be/GNAsBAGSeBM
Resources to learn more:
- Fence Line Law Fact Sheet:
- https://aede.osu.edu/sites/aede/files/!import/LineFenceFactSheetApril2009.pdf
- Professional Land Surveyors of Ohio:
- https://ohiosurveyor.org/
- Property Laws for Neighbors: PDF AG. Credit
- Boundary How To: PDF
Look for Spotted Lanternfly & Other Insects
- Jamie Dahl, (jdahl@cendtralstate.edu – Central State University Extension)
- Amy Stone (stone.91@osu.edu, Ohio State University Extension)
Zoom Recording: https://youtu.be/oBuxIjdjHw8
PowerPoint: InvasiveForestInsects_Stone_DahlMay2020
Resources to learn more:
- Ohio State Spotted Lanternfly resources:http://go.osu.edu/spottedlanternfly
- SLF Factsheet is now available: http://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/anr-83
- Penn State Extension offers additional SLF resources:http://extension.psu.edu/spotted-lanternfly
- Other invasive pest resources from ODNR Division of Forestry: http://forestry.ohiodnr.gov/
- Great Lakes Early Detection Network App: https://apps.bugwood.org/apps/gledn/
Inventory Young Oaks
- Dave Apsley, (apsley.1@osu.edu, Ohio State University Extension)
Zoom Recording: https://youtu.be/w2F0ZlSLUlw
PowerPoint:Understory Oak – Apsley
Resources to learn more:
- Barriers to Oak Regeneration – Ohio Woodland Journal PDF
- Leaf Identification Key to Eighty-Eight Ohio Trees https://woodlandstewards.osu.edu/sites/woodlands/files/d6/files/pubfiles/b899-leaf%20key.pdf
- Virginia Tech online Tree ID Key https://dendro.cnre.vt.edu/dendrology/idit.htm
Scout for Invasive Plants
- Dave Runkle, (David.Runkle@oh.nacdnet.net) – Vinton SWCD
- Eric Hayes, (erichayes@athensswcd.org – Athens SWCD
Zoom Recording: https://youtu.be/XQdJn9cQmn0
PowerPoint:Invasive Plants – Hayes Runkle
Resources to learn more:
- The Value of Native and Invasive Fruit‐Bearing Shrubs for Migrating Songbirds: – https://pubag.nal.usda.gov/catalog/1292093
- http://forestry.ohiodnr.gov/
- http://ohiodnr.gov/invasiveplants
- Ohio Invasive Plant Council: https://www.oipc.info/invasive‐plants‐html
- Invasive Plant Calendar: https://www.athensswcd.org/uploads/3/0/1/0/30105193/2020_invasive_calendar.pdf