Nobel Prize winner to speak on urban forestry at Columbus

Indiana DNR Release:

Nobel Prize winner and Indiana University professor Dr. Elinor Ostrom will be the keynote speaker at the Indiana Urban Forest Council (IUFC) winter meeting on Feb. 10 at Donner Park in Columbus, discussing urban forests as social-ecological systems.

The meeting is sponsored by the IUFC and the Department of Natural Resources' Community and Urban Forestry program, and co-sponsored by the Columbus Parks and Recreation Department.

Other speakers include Mark Dutenman, Natural Paths Urban Forestry Consultants, who will speak on urban tree selection and appraising landscape trees for value; DNR urban wildlife biologist Shannon Winks, who will focus on managing urban wildlife; Juli Gould, USDA Forest Service, APHIS, who will discuss biological control research for invasive pests like emerald ash borer; and DNR district forester, Ralph Unversaw, who will end the day with a session on outdoor winter tree identification.

The IUFC is a non-profit organization specializing in urban forestry and is open to anyone who has an interest in urban forestry or urban natural resources.

Fees for registration are $45 for members, $55 for non-members, $25 for students. Access the meeting agenda and registration form at http://www.IUFC.org or contact Ashley Mulis, IUFC director, at director@iufc.org or (317) 489-8775.