From Dave Apsley
Below are the videos and resources from all eight presentations from our May 8 Virtual DAY in the WOODS. Thanks to all of our partners and presenters for making this happen! The topics include Spring Migrating Birds, Health Benefits of Woodlands, Crop Tree Management, Evaluate your Road and Trails, Boundary Marking, Look for Spotted Lantern Fly, and Other Insects, Inventory Young Oaks, Scouting for Invasive Plants.
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:
- 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