Lancaster Conservancy Events

Join Ryan Davis, Pennsylvania Forest Program Manager at the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, to learn the fundamentals of tree identification. You’ll learn how to “read” a tree, easy ways to narrow down the species you’re looking at, and how to use identification keys and guides, so that you can figure out the identity of any tree on your own.

About the Presenter

Ryan Davis manages the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay’s Forests Program out of their PA office in Lancaster. He holds a B.S. in Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology and minor in Forestry from North Carolina State University and an M.S. in Wildlife and Fisheries Biology from West Virginia University. He spent the first half of his career in the field, traveling the country to chase critters, and the latter half creating habitat in Pennsylvania. Ryan now specializes in education and outreach on stewardship, helping landowners meet their habitat management goals on working lands, and reforestation of agricultural and developed land.

About Nature Hour

Nature Hour is a new virtual lecture series by Lancaster Conservancy that will be taking place every other Wednesday . To find out about other events in the series please follow this link: www.lancasterconservancy.org/events/

With consideration for the restrictions around COVID-19 and the safety of everyone, the Conservancy is excited to expand our educational outreach using technology to feature presentations and lectures from some of our favorite local and regional experts.

How to Participate

Registration is required. Attendees will receive an e-mail with a link to access the presentation via Zoom the day of the event. Conservancy staff will be on hand starting at 5:50pm prior to each lecture to answer your questions and help you familiarize yourself with how Zoom works.

We’re grateful for the support of generous sponsors who make educational programming like Nature Hour possible!

Working with the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission and National Park Service the Conservancy works hard to protect our shared history focusing on lands that are important not just for what we do on them but what they represent and what they protect. Kate is a Secretary of Interior Qualified Archaeologist and she loves talking about the history hidden on the lands we’re all working to save.

About the Presenter

Kate Gonick serves as Senior VP of Land Protection and General Counsel for the Lancaster Conservancy and holds a J.D. and a Masters in Anthropology/Archaeology, and has advanced to candidacy for a Ph.D. with a dissertation focused on 18th Century Landscapes and Environmental Determinants. After practicing land use law in Lancaster County for over 30 years Kate joined the Conservancy in 2008. She previously worked on planning with Brandywine Conservancy and The Pinelands Commission, and established a program and taught Archaeology and Anthropology at Cheyney University. Kate has worked on public water, stormwater, and municipal issues for decades and has represented authorities, landowners, and municipalities, and managed archaeological excavations in Maryland, and Lancaster and Chester Counties.

About Nature Hour

Nature Hour is a new virtual lecture series by Lancaster Conservancy that will be taking place every other Wednesday . To find out about other events in the series please follow this link: www.lancasterconservancy.org/events/

With consideration for the restrictions around COVID-19 and the safety of everyone, the Conservancy is excited to expand our educational outreach using technology to feature presentations and lectures from some of our favorite local and regional experts.

How to Participate

Registration is required. Attendees will receive an e-mail with a link to access the presentation via Zoom the day of the event. Conservancy staff will be on hand starting at 5:50pm prior to each lecture to answer your questions and help you familiarize yourself with how Zoom works.

We’re grateful for the support of generous sponsors who make educational programming like Nature Hour possible!