Sustainable Management of Public Lands

Sustainable Management of Public Lands   

February 27, 2012

  3:00 - 4:30 p.m.

@ Asheville Chamber of Commerce

Western North Carolina is blessed with large stretches of public land: national and state parks and forests, games lands, greenways, and watersheds. Using these lands today while protecting their value for future generations is a challenge for both land managers and the public.

The Blue Ridge Sustainability Institute's next Green Monday on February 27 will address some of the issues involved in the sustainable management of public lands. It will include presentations by:

• Mary Carol Koester, National Forests in North Carolina, on the Western North Carolina Report Card on Forest Sustainability she helped develop;
• Ben Prater, Associate Director, Wild South, on how community involvement is critical to the success of sustainability issues on public lands;
• Lt. Commander Nathan Epling of the Blue Ridge Parkway, on the Parkway's fleet management strategies to reduce the carbon footprint of employee vehicles;
• John Odell, Appalachian Trail Conservancy, on volunteer efforts to monitor and control invasive exotic plant species; and
• Robert Eidus, Southern Appalachian School for Growing Medicinal Plants, on the challenges created by over-harvesting of wild plants.

Join us for what promises to be a lively discussion.

Short presentations from speakers will be followed by general discussion.    

Green Mondays are free and open to the public.   

Join us on February 27th  from 3:00 - 4:30p.m.