Agenda

Registration:                        8:00 – 8:30 am

Morning Session:                8:30 am – 12:00 pm

Lunch (On your own):         12:00 – 1:00 pm

Afternoon Session:             1:00 – 5:00 pm

Returning Natural Areas to the Landscape 
J. Barzen

    Natural land systems before development
   How much natural area has been lost to development?
   Benefits of restoring natural areas
   Micro and macro benefits of restoration
   Restoration on micro and macro scales
   Raising the issue of restoration with clients

Prairie Identification, Characteristics and Functions 
C. Ritterbusch

   Prairie characteristics and identification
   Site evaluation and project planning
   Site preparation and planting
   Long term planning and maintenance

Forest Management 
C. Frazer

   Definition of forest types and oak-hickory woodlands
   Ecological function of oak-hickory systems
   Woody invasive species management
   Woodland fire ecology – prescribed fire as a critical management tool in woodlands
   Comprehensive woodland management – herbaceous layer, 
      shrub layer, overstory canopy layer
   State programs that help fund woodland management
   Managing woodlands for wildlife habitat

Wetland Identification, Characteristics and Functions 
J. Larson

   Wetland characteristics and identification
   Site evaluation and project planning
   Site preparation and planting
   Long term planning and maintenance

Credits

Architects
& Landscape Architects

     7.0 HSW Continuing Ed. Hours
     7.0 AIA LU|HSW
     7.0 LA/CES HSW PDHs

Professional Engineers
     7.0 PDHs

Certified Arborists
     7.0 CEUs (more CEUs inside)

Floodplain Managers
     7.0 ASFPM CECs

Continuing Education Credit Information

This seminar is open to the public and offers 7.0 PDHs to professional engineers and 7.0 HSW continuing education hours to architects and landscape architects in most states, including Wisconsin. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in Wisconsin.

This seminar is approved by the American Institute of Architects Continuing Education System for 7.0 LU|HSW (Sponsor No. J885) and the Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System for 7.0 HSW PDHs. Visit www.halfmoonseminars.org for complete AIA/CES course information under this seminar listing. Only full attendance is reportable to the AIA/CES and LA/CES

The International Society of Arboriculture has approved this course for the following CEUs: 7.0 Certified Arborist, Municipal Specialist, Aerial Lift, Climber Specialist; 3.75 Utility Specialist; 3.0 Management; 2.0 BCMA Science, Practice.

The Association of State Floodplain Managers has approved this course for 7.0 CECs for certified floodplain managers.

Attendance will be monitored and attendance certificates will be available after the seminar for most individuals who complete the entire program. Attendance certificates not available at the seminar will be mailed to participants within fifteen business days.

Speakers

Jeb Barzen

Jeb Barzen, Ecologist at Private Lands Conservation LLC in Spring Green, WI
Mr. Barzen has a B.S. degree from the University of Minnesota and an M.S. degree from University of North Dakota. Both degrees are in Wildlife Biology. For more than 28 years he directed the Field Ecology Department at the International Crane Foundation. That work focused linking crane conservation to private landowners and to meeting the needs of both as well as the needs of ecosystems in which both cranes and people live. Such efforts were based in the concepts of ecosystem restoration. Projects occurred in Wisconsin, China and throughout Southeast Asia. After leaving ICF, Mr. Barzen has used his experience through Private Lands Conservation LLC to focus on developing the economic drivers that will help people implement conservation at ecologically meaningful scales while incorporating ecosystem restoration into those goals.

Clayton Frazer

Eco-Resource Consulting, Inc.

Senior Ecologist at Eco-Resource Consulting, Inc. in Stoughton, WI
Mr. Frazer received his bachelor of science degree in Zoology/Wildlife Ecology from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale in 1996. Following a two-year Peace Corps Volunteer post in West Africa working in the agro-forestry sector, he began his professional career as a wildlife technician for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. This work led to a position with Pheasants Forever in Southeast Wisconsin as a grassland ecologist where he facilitated more than 6,000 acres of private land prairie and wetland restorations, including development and management of a statewide prescribed fire program. In 2008, Mr. Frazer entered the private consulting sector as a restoration ecologist and in 2012, he accepted a position as a senior ecologist with Eco-Resource Consulting, Inc. (ERC). Since this time Mr. Frazer has developed his skills in the areas of native plant ecology, invasive species management, stream restoration, wetland mitigation and delineation, urban stormwater management, erosion control, project planning/design and monitoring and reporting. Through the design and implementation of adaptive management approaches, he has accrued 20 years of “hands-on” knowledge base in native plant community management and now leads business and new market development at ERC.

John L. Larson

Applied Ecological Services, Inc., Brodhead, WI
Mr. Larson is a principal ecologist at Applied Ecological Services (AES) and a certified senior ecologist with the Ecological Society of America. During his 28-year tenure at AES, he has focused on wetland restoration and design, wetland construction and construction oversight, and vegetation/hydrology monitoring of mitigation sites. His experience at AES includes acting as project ecologist for The Nature Conservancy’s 7,200-acre Kankakee Sands wetland and prairie restoration in Indiana and a 575-acre wetland restoration project in Seneca Falls, New York. He has also been involved in over two dozen wetland mitigation banks in the Midwest, has recently permitted a wetland mitigation bank in Iowa and is currently preparing a mitigation banking instrument for a site in Wisconsin. Dr. Larson has been a lead scientist at AES in the ecological monitoring of hundreds of wetland restoration and mitigation projects. Additional areas of expertise include ecological restoration and management planning and design, environmental review documents, floristic analysis, land cover-type mapping, threatened and endangered species investigations, and stormwater management design for flood control and water quality. He has also completed over 300 wetland delineations throughout the Midwest. 

Cory Ritterbusch

Prairie Works, Inc.

Ecologist at Prairie Works, Inc, in Galena, IL
Mr. Ritterbusch has been restoring, installing and stewarding native ecosystems since the late ‘90s. In 2006, he started Prairie Works, Inc. Mr. Ritterbusch has been involved in all facets of natural area projects including sales, design, implementation, long-term care and consultation. He also teaches at the University of Wisconsin – Platteville and has published a biography on early conservationist, H.S. Pepoon. He is also experienced in the restoration of Native American burial mounds. He carries many certifications in prescription fire. Mr. Ritterbusch lives in Shullsburg, Wisconsin.

AIA Info

AIA Provider Statement:

HalfMoon Education Inc. is a registered provider of AIA-approved continuing education under Provider Number J885. All registered AIA/CES Providers must comply with the AIA Standards for Continuing Education Programs. Any questions or concerns about this provider of learning program may be sent to AIA/CES (cesupport@aia.org or (800) AIA 3837, Option 3).

This learning program is registered with AIA/CES for continuing professional education. As such, it does not include content that may be deemed or construed to be an approval or endorsement by the AIA of any material of construction or any method or manner of handling, using, distributing, or dealing in any material or product.

AIA continuing education credit has been reviewed and approved by AIA/CES. Learners must complete the entire learning program to receive continuing education credit. AIA continuing education Learning Units earned upon completion of this course will be reported to AIA/CES for AIA members. Certificates of Completion for both AIA members and non-AIA members are available upon request.

Course Title: Restoration of Natural Areas

Delivery Method: Live

Course Description: This seven-hour live lecture presentation examines methods to return natural areas to the landscape, identifying prairie characteristics, and fuctions, forest management, and wetland identification, characteristics and functions.

Learning Objectives: 

Learning Objective 1:
Learners will be able to explain the benefits of restoring natural areas and be able raise the issues with clients before a site is developed.

Learning Objective 2:
Learners will be able to identify praires and describe their characteristics and functions to clients considering developing on a prairie site, and they will be able to counsel them on post-construction restoration, suggested plantings, and long-term planning and maintenance.

Learning Objective 3:
Learners will be able to advise clients, on a basic level, types and functions, including woody invasive species management, woodland fire risk and prevention, woodland management and state programs that assist in that effort, and managing woodland wildlife habitat.

Learning Objective 4:
Learners will be able to identify wetlands and describe their characteristics and functions to clients considering developing near a wetland site, and they will be able to counsel them on post-construction restoration, suggested plantings, and long-term planning and maintenance.

LUs: 7.0                                                                                              LU Type: LU|HSWs.

Prerequisites: Understanding of site development.

Advance Preparation: None

Program Level: Intermediate

Course Expiration Date: 12/17/2022

Complaint Resolution Policy:

Complaints regarding this course can be emailed to doug@halfmoonseminars.org or by calling (715) 835-5900. A HalfMoon Education representative will respond within 72 hours to resolve the complaint, which will include, but not limited to, access to another CE activity at no or reduced cost or a full or partial refund. Each instance will be resolved on a case-by-case situation.

USB MP4/PDF Price: $289.00