Restoring the Living Landscape Together: A Lower Hudson Stewardship Conference

Name: Restoring the Living Landscape Together: A Lower Hudson Stewardship Conference
Start: 2026-03-10T09:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-03-10T15:30:00-04:00
Location: Hilltop Hanover Farm

March 10 at 9:00 am - 3:30 pm

Free

Join fellow professionals for a day of learning, coalition building, and workshops centered around ecological restoration work.

Hosted by Westchester County Parks, Local 59 Plant Network, Lower Hudson Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management, Society for Ecological Restoration Northeast, Society for Ecological Restoration Mid-Atlantic, Friends of Hilltop Hanover Farm & Environmental Center, Friends of Lasdon Public Gardens, Soil and Water Conservation District of Westchester County, Planting Westchester, Plan It Wild, New York Botanical Garden, and more.

Keynote Tony Hiss, author of “Rescuing the Planet: Protecting Half the Land to Heal the Earth”

Draft Agenda

9-9:15am: Welcome and Housekeeping

9:15-9:35am: Tony Hiss, author of “Rescuing the Planet: Protecting Half the Land to Heal the Earth”

9:35-10:15am: Continue Lightning Round Introductions to Regional Environmental Coalitions

10:15-10:30am: Morning Break

10:30-10:50am: Jess Schuler, Westchester County Parks – Society for Ecological Restoration Monitoring

Bram Gunther, Plan It Wild on Wildr Monitoring Protocols

10:50-11:35am: Continue Lightning Round Introductions to Different Regional Environmental Coalitions

11:40-12:00: Introduction by Discussion Group Leads for Afternoon Breakout Sessions

12:00-1:15pm: Lunch and Networking Opportunities

PM Breakout Sessions

1:15-2:15: First Round of Breakout Sessions

2:15-3:30: Second Round of Breakout Sessions

Each session will be repeated twice in each round of breakout sessions

Topics:

Beech Leaf Disease
Deer Control – Herbivory Mitigation and Management
Planning and Permitting Strategies and Updates: How to Get Your Projects off the Ground
Native Seed Supply Chain Panel Discussion – led by the Local 59 Plant Network
Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Management and Monitoring

Continuing Education Credits pending for SER-CERP, LA-CES, ISA

Coffee and lunch provided

***Snow Date: Wednesday, March 11, 2026***