Everything Ash Webinar Series: APCAW panel – Cultural importance of Ash, multicultural response to EAB
Everything Ash Webinar Series: How & Why We Should Respond to the Emerald Ash Borer Crisis
During May and June, Maine Audubon and partners will host a four-part series of evening webinars, each of which will focus on a specific aspect of the looming EAB crisis. Leaders from government, research, and cultural organizations will educate and inspire us about ash trees and what can be done to conserve them. The webinars will take place at 6 pm on select Thursdays.
June 5: APCAW panel—Cultural importance of Ash, multicultural response to EAB
A panel of Wabanaki and non-Wabanaki researchers at the Ash Protection Collaboration Across Waponahkik lab will share and discuss the benefits of a blended, multicultural approach to protecting our ash, as well as how people can get involved to support this work.
Full series
May 8: Allison Kanoti – Impacts and Response in Maine
Maine Forest Service entomologist Allison Kanoti will introduce us to the importance of Fraxinus (all three species) to forests, developed landscapes, and the economy. Allison will also cover the history of EAB presence and impacts in Maine to date, the state response, and how we all can get involved to help.
May 22: Tony D’Amato, Univ. of Vermont—Benefits and ecosystem services of Ash
Tony D’Amato is a regionally esteemed forest ecologist who will share the natural history of Fraxinus and present for us the innumerable benefits of having Ash in our forests and in our neighborhoods.
June 5: APCAW panel—Cultural importance of Ash, multicultural response to EAB
A panel of Wabanaki and non-Wabanaki researchers at the Ash Protection Collaboration Across Waponahkik lab will share and discuss the benefits of a blended, multicultural approach to protecting our ash, as well as how people can get involved to support this work.
June 12: Theresa Secord—Honoring basketmakers, MIBA, and our shared cultural heritage
Founder of the Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance (MIBA) and recent recipient of a $100,000 award from the Ruth Foundation for the Arts, Penobscot basketmaker Theresa Secord will offer a culminating presentation on the cultural and community implications of conserving Brown Ash. Theresa will share her craft and connections related to the tree at the center of Wabanaki origins.
