December 4, 2024
- When: Wednesday, Jan. 8 at 7 p.m. (Note that we will return to our normal schedule of meeting on the first Wednesday of the month in February.)
- Where: Reuter Center of UNCA, 300 Campus View Dr, Asheville, Room 102 or online via Zoom. Click here to register.
"Our Trees and Forests after Helene" with Dr. Steve Norman of the US Forest Service and Dr. Alison Ormsby of the Asheville Tree Protection Task Force. Dr. Norman will talk about Helene's devastating impacts on our forests with maps of greatest impacts, historical context, and current challenges of fire, invasives, and keeping our forests functional.
Dr. Ormsby will speak about Asheville's urban forest, the need for protection, restoring damage from Helene, learning from other communities, and citizen involvement. She will be joined by Stephen Hendricks, past president of the Asheville Urban Forest Commission, and Keith Aitken, Urban Forester for the City of Asheville.