RSVP for What are the Virtues of Natural Land Management?

press release: Tuesday, April 23, 5:30 - 8:00 PM, Holy Wisdom Monastery

We are partnering with the Friends of Wisdom Prairie for a special dinner lecture on Tuesday, April 23, 2019 to explore this fascinating topic.

This dinner and panel discussion will feature three experts in the area of natural land management:

Jeffrey Sledge will discuss the health benefits of Natural Lands for volunteers and visitors who experience being in an ecological community. He is a Research Scientist and Director of the Health and Built Environment Lab at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Susan Carpenter will address the benefits of restoring a whole ecological community for sustaining biological diversity and restoring ecological services to an area. She is the Native Plant Gardener at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum.

Randy Hunt will address the benefits of managing natural lands for the health and functioning of a watershed and its waters. He is the Chief Science Officer, Research Hydrologist for USGS Upper Midwest Water Science Center, in Middleton, Wisconsin.

Event Schedule:

5:30 - 6:00 pm: Wine, beer and conversation

6:00 - 7:00 pm: Dinner in the monastery dining room

7:00 - 8:00 pm: Panel discussion

Cost: $40/person, includes dinner, lecture and beverages

Registration deadline: April 9, 2019