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Meeting Schedule:  
7:00 pm  Welcome
7:05 pm  Announcements
7:10 pm  Program/Presentation

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​Wednesday, May 11th, 2022

Best Trees for Our Changing Climate

several hundred year old bur oak

WI woodlot of black oak and red maple

We have seen the impact of our changing climate yielding longer growing seasons, reduced lake ice, mid-winter freezing rain, violent winds, summer tropical humidity, warmer summer nights, heat domes, droughts, insect damage, fires, and floods. These changes are a frightening list. 

Have you considered how these new conditions will impact our mature trees? Site factors will predict what species are most likely to survive. Come learn how to help predict the ideal replacement trees for your situation.

We will discuss the importance of introducing new ecotypes (from a different region) for species who evolved here, as well as bringing entirely new species from further south. This is a major departure from earlier restoration efforts that sought locally collected seed.

Douglas Owens-Pike was a founding member of the Wild Ones Twin Cities Chapter. He has over thirty years experience planning, transforming lawn to native habitat, and nurturing those landscapes he helped install. He has won numerous awards from the Association of Professional Landscape Designers, Minnesota Nursery and Landscape Association, and Metro Blooms. He is the author of Beautifully Sustainable: Freeing Yourself to Enjoy Your Landscape. He writes a monthly column "Sustainably You" for the "Hay River Review" and lives on acreage he is restoring in NW Wisconsin.

Join the meeting at 7 pm, Wednesday May 11th:
https://wildones-org.zoom.us/j/82687763542?pwd=MXJoUU5EY2JyZmw3S3lWRThPcmVMUT09

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