Past EPN Events

  1. Flooding - A National, State and Local Issue - We Are All Part of the Solution 

    Mar 6, 2018, 7:15am - 9:30am

    This program featured Chad Berginnis, CFM (executive director, Association of State Floodplain Managers), Cynthia J. Crecelius, CFM (principal, CC Consults), and Shawn Arden, PE, CFM (associate, EMH&T)

  2. For Love of Rivers: Celebrating 50 Years of the Scenic River Act

    Feb 13, 2018, 7:15am - 9:30am

    This program featured Bob Gable (Scenic Rivers Program Manager, Ohio Department of Natural Resources) and Hope Taft (Former First Lady)

  3. Land Grant to Land-Grant: Lessons in Sustainability from a Brewery in our Backyard

    Jan 9, 2018, 7:15am - 9:30am

    This presentation featured Vincent Valentino, (sustainability manager, Land-Grant Brewing Company) and Chris Tonra, PhD (assistant professor of Avian Wildlife Ecology, Terrestrial Wildlife Ecology Lab, The Ohio State University)

  4. Beyond Boundaries, Rural, Urban, Political - Acting on Shared Interests Can Promote Prosperity and Sustainability

    Dec 5, 2017, 7:15am - 10:00am

    This program featured Suzanne Dulaney (executive director of the Country Commissioners Association of Ohio, William Murdock (executive director, Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commision), Jeff Sharp (director of OSU's School of Environment and Natural Resources), Debbie Lieberman (Montgomery County Commissioner), Steve Stolte (Union County Commissioner/former County Engineer)

  5. Cats – Cuddly Pets Indoors, a Threat to Birds, Wildlife, Health Outdoors

    Nov 7, 2017 (All day)

    This program featured Peter Marra, PhD (director, Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center at the National Zoo, Washington, D.C.)

  6. Privatizing Public Drinking Water Utilities – Can the Public’s Interest Still be Protected?

    Oct 10, 2017, 7:15am - 9:30am

    This program featured James Olson, JD (partner, Olson, Bzdok and Howard, Traverse City; founder and president, FLOW For the Love of Water)

  7. Agriculture and Water Quality Issues - OSU Research and Agency Initiatives Guide Farmers Solutions

    Sep 12, 2017, 7:15am - 9:30am

    This program featured Cathann A. Kress, PhD (vice president for Agricultural Administration and dean, College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences), Libby Dayton, PhD (OSU SENR Research Scientist), Kirk Hines, PE (chief, Divisioin of Soil an Water Conservation, ODA)    

  8. Conservation on Farms - Tackling Issues, Seizing Opportunities

    Aug 15, 2017, 7:30am - 12:15pm

    This program featured Mindy Bankey (CEO, Ohio Federation of Soil and Water Conservation Districts), Fred Yoder (Madison County grain farmer, partner, Yoder Ag Service, local, state, national ad and conservation leader; past-president, National Corn Growers' Association)

  9. Community Development in Energy Host Communities

    Jul 27, 2017, 7:15am - 9:15am

    This program featured Sean Logan, JD (president, Sean Logan & Associates, former chief of conservation, Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District, former director, Ohio Department of Natral Resources, former member, Ohio House of Representatives, former Columbiana County Commisioner), Paul Lapachelle, PhD (associate professor and extension community development specialist, Montana State University), Dave Messersmith (extension educator, Marcellus Shale Education Team, Pennsylvania State State University), Myra L. Moss (associate professor and extension educator, community development, Ohio State University), Paul Thares (community development field specialist, South Dakota State University Extension)

  10. Valuing Urban Landscapes - The Ravines of Clintonville

    Jun 8, 2017, 7:15am - 11:45am

    This program featured Michael Graziano, PhD candidate (OSU School of Environment and Natural Resources), John Krygier, PhD (professor of Geology and Geography; director of Environmental Studie, Ohio Wesleyan University), Laura Fay (grants manager, ms Consultants and Friends of the Lower Olentangy Watershed secretary and past-president) 

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