Past EPN Events

  1. Oh, Deer! Collaborative efforts to create and link deer management plans across Central Ohio

    Dec 2, 2024, 5:00pm - 7:30pm

    This event featured Esther DeBusk (lecturer, School of Environment and Natural Resources (SENR), The Ohio State University), Dr. Jeremy Bruskotter (professor, SENR), Dr. Gregory Hitzhusen (board member, Worthington Deer Task Force, and associate professor of professional practice, SENR), Tim Becker (director of public safety, City of Gahanna), and Gary L. Comer Jr. (wildlife management supervisor, Ohio Department of Natural Resources).

  2. Inaugural Ohio Soil Health Week: Celebrating healthy soils for environmental and human health

    Nov 12, 2024, 7:15am - 11:00am

    This event featured Dr. Gary Pierzynski (associate dean for research and graduate education and director of the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station, College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences at Ohio State), Randall Reeder (executive director of the Ohio No-Till Council), Dr. Manbir Rakkar (assistant professor of soil fertility and nutrient management, School of Environment and Natural Resources), Amalie Lipstreu (conservation regional hub director, California Climate and Agriculture Network), Dr. Jim Linne (owner and steward, White Clover Farm), Bridget Burgess (grain, seed, and compost sales representative, Hirzel Canning Company and Farms), Chris Brandt (co-owner, Brandt Family Farms), Milo Petruziello (policy director, Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association (OEFFA)), Amanda Hernandez (grassroots local food system advocate), Lauren Hirtle (grassroots policy organizer, OEFFA) and Mary Turocy (director of policy and government relations for The Nature Conservancy Ohio).

  3. Our Minds Matter: Enhancing climate resilience skills and well-being for environmental students and professionals

    Oct 8, 2024, 7:30am - 1:45pm

    This program featured Smitha Rao (PhD, assistant professor in Ohio State’s College of Social Work), Jodie Skillicorn (DO, holistic psychiatrist and author), Maryanna Klatt (PhD, director, Center for Integrative Health), and Bridget Britton (MSW, LSW, behavioral health field specialist, Ohio State University Extension, College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences). The extended professional development workshop sessions were led by Klatt, Jesse Casiano (senior community engagement specialist, Environmental Justice, Community Health, and Environmental Review Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5), Ellen Eilers (MS, lab manager, Environmental & Social Sustainability, owner and founder, Zen Yoga Studio), and Kimberly Ordonez (PhD candidate and forest social scientist, The Nature Conservancy).

  4. 2024 Ohio Public Interest Environmental Law Conference with the Ohio Environmental Council

    Sep 19, 2024, 7:15am - 3:30pm

    This program was co-hosted by the Ohio Environmental Council, and featured Heather Raymond (MPA, water quality initiative director, College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences), Miranda Leppla (JD, director, Environmental Law Clinic, Case Western Reserve University School of Law), Haley Shoemaker (MS, agriculture and natural resources educator, Columbiana and Mahoning Counties, Ohio State University Extension), Zhiyong Xia (PhD, senior technical director, PFAS Practice, GHD), and Daniel Lee (environmental engineer and environmental protection specialist, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Land and Emergency Management).

  5. Coal Transitions: An Ecosystem Restoration and Cultural History Tour of Ohio’s Coal Country

    Jul 19, 2024, 7:30am - 5:00pm

    This program featured Genelle Uhrig (director of ecology, The Wilds), Jeff Large (naturalist supervisor, Hocking Hills State Park), Tyler McDaniel (president, Little Cities of Black Diamonds Council) and Cheryl Blosser (historian, Little Cities of Black Diamonds Council).

  6. 99 years of science and learning on Ohio’s Gibraltar

    Jun 11, 2024, 7:00am - 5:00pm

    This in-person only event featured Dr. Brian Alford (assistant director, Stone Laboratory) and Kevin Hart (lab manager, Stone Laboratory)

  7. Eat This Earth Day! Ohio's Native Plants for Food

    Apr 22, 2024, 4:45pm - 7:30pm

    This event featured Dr. Laura Deeter (Sandy and Andy Ross Endowed Director of the Chadwick Arboretum and Learning Gardens), Nancy Linz (president, Ohio Native Plant Month; founder, National Native Plant Month), Debra Knapke (“The Garden Sage” teacher, lecturer, garden designer, consultant, and gardener), and Brad Lepper (senior archeologist, World Heritage Program, Ohio History Connection).

  8. Our North Coast: An insight into Intergovernmental stewardship to improve Lake Erie from Ontario to Ohio

    Mar 19, 2024, 7:15am - 11:45am

    This event featured Dr. John Lenhart (co-director, Ohio Water Resources Center), Dr. Chris Winslow (director, Ohio Sea Grant and Stone Laboratory, Ohio State), Heather Stirratt (director, International Joint Commission), Erika Jensen (executive director, Great Lakes Commission/Des Grands Lacs), Teresa Seidel (director, U.S. EPA’s Great Lakes National Program Office), Josh Griffin (Lake Erie program manager, Ohio EPA), and Eric Saas (H2Ohio Wetland Initiative program manager, Ohio DNR).

  9. Yellowstone to Yukon: Enhancing Rocky Mountain animal migration through remote sensing and international collaboration

    Feb 13, 2024, 7:15am - 12:00pm

    This program featured Dr. Gil Bohrer (professor, Ohio State’s Department of Civil, Environmental & Geodetic Engineering), Sarah Davidson (data curator, Movebank; coordinator, Room2Roam project), Dr. Roland Kays (research professor, North Carolina State University’s Department of Forestry & Environmental Resources; lab head, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences), and Dr. Jodi Hilty (president and chief scientist, Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative).

  10. Recognition of historical injustices in agriculture and the importance of environmental experiences for racial healing

    Jan 16, 2024, 7:15am - 9:30am

    This event featured Dr. Kathy Lechman, (assistant dean and director of diversity, equity and inclusion, Ohio State's College of Food, Agriculture, and Environmental Sciences), Jera Oliver (senior director of development, Advancement-Development, Ohio State's Office of Diversity and Inclusion) and Dr. Gail P. Myers (founder, Farms to Grow, Inc.)

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