March 7, 8 & 9 2024
Camp Oty'Okwa
24799 Purcell Rd
South Bloomingville, OH 43152
Featuring breakout sessions, field trips, and keynote presentations from
two of our most engaging vernal pool authorities:
two of our most engaging vernal pool authorities:
KEYNOTE PRESENTERS:
Jim McCormac
Jim worked for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources for 31 years as a botanist, and later specializing in wildlife diversity projects, especially involving birds. He has authored or coauthored seven books, including Birds of Ohio (Lone Pine 2004); and Wild Ohio: The Best of Our Natural Heritage (Kent State University Press 2009). The latter won the 2010 Ohioana Book award. He is a coauthor of the Ohio Breeding Bird Atlas II book. His latest book, coauthored with Chelsea Gottfried, is Gardening for Moths (Ohio University Press 2023). Jim writes a column, Nature, for the Columbus Dispatch, and regularly publishes a natural history blog. He has written numerous articles in a variety of publications, and has delivered hundreds of presentations throughout the eastern United States. He was named 2015 Conservation Communicator of the Year by the Ohio League of Sportsmen. Jim is an avid photographer, shooting a range of natural history subjects. He has had hundreds of photos published in various forums. His photography can be sampled at https://www.jimmccormac.com/ |
Joe Moosbrugger
Originally native to northeastern Ohio, Joe Moosbrugger has always enjoyed the outdoors, even before he knew the names of any salamanders or trees. After graduating from Hiram College, he became a middle school science teacher for several years. Missing the natural world, he switched career tracks and has been fortunate enough to be the Assistant Preserve Manager at Crane Hollow Nature Preserve since 2012. |
Vernal Poolooza is the Ohio Wetlands Association spring wetlands science conference. Our experience with vernal pool workshops and expeditions has led to plenty of conversations with naturalists, environmental educators, scientists, and many people who are generally curious about seasonal wetlands. From this, we have determined that people want to know more and to do more than we can fit into our single-day workshop framework.
We are preparing a variety of breakout sessions that should add up to dozens of presentations on a variety of topics that past workshop participants have asked about. We will have our 5 basic workshop presentations for those who have not been to one lately. These will include vernal pool, overview, plants, amphibians, macroinvertebrates, and monitoring using iNaturalist.
We are preparing a variety of breakout sessions that should add up to dozens of presentations on a variety of topics that past workshop participants have asked about. We will have our 5 basic workshop presentations for those who have not been to one lately. These will include vernal pool, overview, plants, amphibians, macroinvertebrates, and monitoring using iNaturalist.
