Gather for a discussion with ecologist Dr. Sylvan Kaufman about how human impacts on the landscape and climate change affect land use decisions. Following up on the fall Tent Symposium theme, Nature Lessons: Looking Toward a Resilient Future, participants will discuss how landscapes have changed and how we might look at land use now and in the future.

Should we try to recreate traditional landscapes like the oak-hickory forest and the little bluestem meadow, or should we be more concerned with how landscapes function to provide services like carbon storage, water filtration, and stormwater control? What landscapes do you particularly cherish, and how might they change with climate change and rising sea levels? Weather permitting, there will be a guided walk to look at both signs of past land use history and present-day restoration projects on the Arboretum grounds.

Fee: $15 members/$20 non-members

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