March 11, 2020
2020 Annual Chapter Meeting Canceled due to the COVID 19 pandemic caused by the coronavirus (SARS CoV-2).
The 2021 annual chapter meeting will be virtual and held in either April or May 2021. Stay tuned for details.
New! Online registration opens on Friday February 14, 2020.
Before registering click here FINAL2020MWGLSERmeetflyerFULL to get an overview of the planned events for our three day meeting, the preliminary meeting schedule, registration rates, workshop information, field trip information, and information on sponsoring organizations. Chapter members and those who register by March 6, 2020 receive discounted registration prices. Additionally, registration costs includes appetizers and beverages at the Thursday Student Social (students only), Friday lunch, appetizers and drinks at the Friday Sponsorship Reception, Saturday Continental Breakfast, and Saturday Lunch. To register go to the following webpage:
https://www.ser.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1332093&group
New! Keynote presentation title.
We are excited to announce that the title of Jennifer Windus’s (Ohio Natural Areas & Preserves Association and Ohio Invasive Plants Council) keynote presentation is Inspiring Conservation and Restoration: Bridging the Gap with Non-profit and Government Partners. Jennifer is the Vice-President of the Ohio Natural Areas and Preserves Association and the President of the Ohio Invasive Plants Council. Additionally, she recently retired from Ohio Department of Natural Resources after more than 31 years.
New! Meeting host plenary session and tour.
We are excited to announce that our meeting hosts Cleveland Metroparks will offer a meeting host plenary session and tour on Saturday March 28, 2020 afternoon titled “Acacia Reservation – A Modern Urban Restoration Project”
New! Concluding plenary session.
Our concluding plenary session on Saturday March 28, 2020 afternoon is titled “Ensuring the Health of Ohio’s Greatest Natural Resource – Ecological Restoration of Lake Erie” and will feature presentations by Thomas Bridgeman (University of Toledo Lake Erie Center) and Amy Brennan (The Nature Conservancy in Ohio)
Block of hotel rooms reserved at nearby hotels.
We have obtained blocks of hotel rooms at two hotels near Acacia Reservation. Details on the discounted room rates and how to obtain them are below:
Hyatt Place Lyndhurst (Legacy Village), 24665 Cedar Road, Lyndhurst, Ohio 44124
Rates: $139 for a King Standard room
Deadline for Discounted Rates: February 26, 2020 or until the block is full
Instructions to Received Discounted Rates: Call 1-888-492-8847 and ask for the “Society of Ecological Restoration” group rate or use this link https://www.hyatt.com/en-US/hotel/ohio/hyatt-place-cleveland-lyndhurst-legacy-village/clezl?corp_id=G-SOER
Homewood Suites-Beachwood
Address: 25725 Central Parkway, Beachwood, Ohio 44122
Rates: $109 for an Executive Studio Suite with King sized bed
Deadline for Discounted Rates: March 2, 2020 or until the block is full
Instructions to Received Discounted Rates: Call 216-464-9600 and mention “Society for Ecological Restoration –MWGL Conference” to get the discounted rate or use this link https://homewoodsuites.hilton.com/en/hw/groups/personalized/C/CLEBDHW-SER 20200326/index.jhtml?WT.mc_id=PO
Workshops and Symposia for 2020 Annual Meeting Announced
The SER Midwest Great Lakes Chapter has announced that two workshops and four symposia are scheduled as part of the 2020 SER Midwest-Great Lakes Chapter meeting at Acacia Reservation in Lyndhurst, Ohio. Tentatively, workshops and symposia are scheduled for Friday March 27, 2020. More details will be provided on the SER MWGL Chapter’s annual meeting webpage at a later date, but below are the workshop and symposium titles:
Workshops
– Sedges, rushes and grasses: identification and use in restoration projects (Workshop)
– Integrating data review into ecological restoration, a field perspective – a workshop on best practices for conducting data review during restoration monitoring (Workshop)
Symposia
– An unexpected opportunity: managing for habitat on rights-of-way and working lands (Symposium)
– Fore to forest for fins and feathers: a primer on restoring former golf courses (Symposium)
– Building on lessons from the past to forge a new future (Symposium)
– The essential roles of invertebrates in Midwestern landscapes (Symposium)
Field Trips and Volunteer Service Project
Our local organizing committee has organized four great field trips and one volunteer service project for the Chapter Meeting. The field trips and service project will be scheduled for Sunday March 29, 2020 and these field trips and the service project are free to those who register to attend the meeting on either Friday or Saturday. Below are the titles and a brief description of each of the five options for Sunday:
– Worked Over, but Working; Transforming Post-industrial Sites to Functional Landscapes
– Valley View Restoration – 100 years in the Making
– Rehabilitating Landscape Legacies to Restore Ecosystem Resilience for the Future
– Coastal Wetland Restoration at Mentor Marsh
– Acacia Reservation Volunteer Service Project
THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS MEETING HOST AND SPONSORS
Meeting Host: Cleveland Metroparks
Sharp-lobed Hepatica: Eco Logic, Meadville Land Services, Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District.
Yellow Trout Lily: Davey Resource Group; EnviroScience; Spence Restoration Nursery; Stantec; Stream + Wetlands Foundation
Rue Anemone: Environmental Consulting & Technology
Prairie Trillium: Biohabitats; Ecosystems Connections Institute; Holden Forests and Gardens; OHM Advisors
Bloodroot: Cleveland Museum of Natural History; Ernst Conservation Seeds; Midwest Native Plant Society; The Nature Conservancy; University of Akron Field Station
Sponsorship Opportunities
The Midwest-Great Lakes SER Chapter is seeking sponsors for our twelfth Annual Chapter Meeting that will be held March 27 to March 29, 2020 at Acacia Reservation in Lyndhurst, Ohio. Sponsorship donations assist with with defraying the registration cost, field trips, evening receptions, and meals for all attendees and will assist with greening the meeting. Click here to view a pdf fileSponsorshipOpportunties2020 of the different sponsor levels and their associated benefits. If you are interested in serving as a meeting sponsor then please contact Dr. Rocky Smiley (email smiley.54@osu.edu).
