Southern Illinois Conservation Workshop
The sixth annual Southern Illinois Conservation Workshop will be held at the Dixon Springs Agricultural Center (Simpson, IL) on Friday, September 15 from 9:30am -3:00pm. This year we have both indoor and outdoor learning opportunities on a variety of conservation topics and we've added a pre-workshop hike the evening before to look at native moths of the region.
Registration fee is $20 and lunch is included.
Full agenda
September 14
- 8:00-9:00pm - Pre-workshop moth hike (Kevin Rohling)
September 15
- 8:45 am – 9:30 am - Registration
- 9:30 am – 9:35 am - Welcome under the Pavilion
- 9:35 am – 10:30 am - Session 1
- Outdoor - Tree identification basics (Taryn and Ray Bieri)
- Indoor - Cultivating mushrooms (Nick Frillman)
- 10:45 am – 11:45 am - Session 2
- Outdoor - Pond management (Luke Nelson)
- Indoor - Tree Planting 101 (Jennifer Behnken)
- 11:45 pm – 12:30 pm | Lunch
- 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm - Session 3
- Outdoor - Tree felling demonstration and chainsaw safety (Chris Evans)
- Indoor - Introduction to the Illinois Recreational Access Program (IRAP) and managing forests for wildlife (Shane Sinclair)
- 1:45 pm – 2:45pm - Session 3
- Outdoor - Establishing small-scale prairies (Erin Garrett)
- Indoor - Planning and applying prescribed fire (Kevin Rohling)
If you will need an accommodation in order to participate, please contact us at (618-695-3383). Early requests are strongly encouraged to allow sufficient time to meet your access needs.