The Central Rockies chapter of SER and the Colorado Native Plant Society are
excited to co-host the upcoming
Willow Identification Workshop
on April 26, 2015 from 10am – 2pm
at the High Plains Environmental Center in Loveland, Colorado

Two leading restoration ecologists in Colorado, Randy Mandel and John Giordanengo, will teach participants how to identify the primary native willows of Colorado. This course will be useful for resource managers, restoration professionals, and anyone interested in the genus Salix.

Registration information
Workshop registration fee: $30 (CeRSER and CoNPS members), $40 (non-members)
Visit the Colorado Native Plant Society website to register. Note: Winter Willow ID Workshop is listed second from the bottom in the list of workshops.

Randy Mandel, Restoration Ecologist, Golder Associates, Inc.
B.S. Forest Physiology/Genetics, Colorado State University

Randy Mandel is an internationally recognized restoration ecologist with over 30- years of experience. He currently works for Golder Associates as a Senior Restoration Ecologist. His major accomplishments include (1) Lead vegetation propagation specialist for the Suncor Revegetation Pilot Project in Alberta, Canada, (2) Lead revegetation specialist for the Yanacocha Minera Gold Mining Project near Cajamarca, Peru, (3) Professional botany mentor for the US Forest Service, White River National Forest, (4) Restoration Ecologist, EnCana Natural Gas, Piceance Basin operation; and Comprehensive ecological services for Pitkin County Open Space. Mr. Mandel has been a key restoration ecologist for numerous restoration, reclamation, and remediation projects.

John Giordanengo, Program Director, Southern Rockies Seed Network. 
M.S. Range Ecology, Colorado State University

Few finer days exist beyond those spent keying out willows. Much of John’s time doing so has been in association with his work restoring Colorado’s riparian areas—from alpine to plains. After 18 years of experience in Ecological Restoration, John pays homage still to the insights his knowledge of native flora provide into the fun little secrets of ecological restoration. Enjoying membership in CoNPS for 16 years, and serving as a board member for two years, John enjoys steering budding restoration ecologists to the society for a lesson or two. Today, somewhere between the botanizing and the restoration work, he is pleasantly busy growing the Southern Rockies Seed Network, a seminal program of Synergy Ecological Restoration.

Feel free to download and distribute the Willow Workshop poster to advertise this event.