Dear Stewardship Roundtable,

Monmouth County Parks has graciously offered to host the next Stewardship Roundtable, at Historic Walnford in Upper Freehold:  Click here for directions.

We will be meeting there on Thursday, January 19^th, from 9:30 until 12:30.

Many thanks to Ken Thoman for hosting us!

So far, here is the agenda:

UPDATE: on the NY-NJ Trail Conferences invasive program that started this year. (Linda Rohleder)

DISCUSSIONS:

DISCUSSION:  Management strategies with regard to “bad” neighbors or others who use preserved lands inappropriately. (Julie Anne Hajdusek)

DISCUSSION: Ecological forestry (Leslie Sauer)

DISCUSSION: What specific additional tools, resources or outreach do we need for ecological restoration to succeed as a practice in New Jersey? (Jared Rosenbaum)

Please e-mail me discussion items, updates, or additional questions for discussion!

Thanks all,

Jared

The next Stewardship Roundtable meeting will be held on December 17, 2009 at the D&R Greenway office at 9:00 AM.  Click here for directions.

Here is the agenda, courtesy of Jim Amon:

Letter on deer management. Separately Jared has circulated a draft of a letter with concerns and recommendations for deer management.  We should discuss the contents of the letter, to whom it should be sent and if it should be one letter with many signatures or individual letters under individual letterheads.

Invasive species management. We are all faced with the dilemma of what we should do about controlling invasive species in light of the difficulties presented by deer browse.  I would like to review some of the following:

1. What, exactly do you do?  (We tend to whack away with the hope/expectation that natives will have a better chance of emerging if the invasives are removed.) Do you fence?  If so big fences or small?  How do you establish priorities for your actions?  By species?  By quality of habitat?  What newly emerging invasives are you seeing and what management techniques have you found to be successful?  Is anybody doing anything about Japanese stiltgrass?  (I have heard about corn gluten and pre-emergent herbicide, have you tried any of these?) Has Rose-Rosette disease changed your behavior with Multiflora rose?

Easement management. What steps have you found to be effective in educating landowners about managing their property to improve or maintain its ecological qualities?  This is particularly important with the 2^nd, 3^rd and etc. generation of owners.

Next meeting. Host and time.

Hope to see you then!

Franklin Parker Preserve, by Michael Hogan

The next Stewardship Roundtable meeting on June 24th is yet another great opportunity to visit the Franklin Parker Preserve and learn about land stewardship on a landscape level.  See message below from Tim Morris and RSVP to him if you are going to attend:  

Hi Folks,

I’d like to invite you all down to the Franklin Parker Preserve in Chatsworth, Burlington County on Wed June 24th for the next Stewardship Roundtable.  We will do a normal roundtable meeting in the morning and then have a tour of of the Preserve.  The tour will focus on various stewardship projects that we’ve been working on.

Please forward me any agenda items in addition to the ones that Michelle had provided after the last meeting.  I will send out an agenda and directions a couple weeks before the date.

Date: Wed. June 24th

Time: 9:30 – 4:00pm

Draft Schedule:

9:30 – 12:00       Roundtable Meeting

12:00 – 12:45     Lunch

12:45 – 4:00       Tour

Please bring your lunch and field clothes appropriate for the weather.  Also please RSVP to me.

Thanks!

Tim Morris, Director of Stewardship

New Jersey Conservation Foundation

tim@njconservation.org