Environmental Professionals Network February 2017 Program

The February breakfast for the EPN is on Ohio's Forests -- Celebrating a Rich History, Planning for Emerging Threats, with presentations and vidoes from the Ohio Forestry Association and the Ohio Society of American Foresters. Stephen Matthews, Assistant Professor, will present Ohio's Forests -- Planning for Threats: Climate Change, Invasives, and More.

Following the breakfast portion of the program, a bus will take individuals to OSU's Thompson LIbrary (there is a $5 chanrge for the bus and the tour is limited to 44 people) for the opening of Building Ohio State, from Forest to the Renovation of the Thompson Library, a forestry exhibit.

Once covering nearly 95% of Ohio, forests and woodlands have been, and still are, rich sources of industry, development, recreation, clean water, biodiversity, and beauty that underpin our well-being. Research, teaching, and outreach at Ohio State University have helped nurture Ohio’s forests and people, and the new exhibit at the iconic Thompson Library highlights Ohio’s forests. Yet, even as in decades gone by, threats to the vitality and usefulness of Ohio’s forests continue to emerge. The February Environmental Professionals Network breakfast will celebrate Ohio’s forests, discuss emerging threats, and tour the exhibit at the library.