Trees – Woodland Adaption to Climate Changes (Outdoors)

September 9, 6:30-7:30pm

$15 | Outdoors

Location: Assisi Heights (1001 14th Street NW, Rochester, MN 55901) Click here for map.

Walk around the grounds at Assisi Heights and observe the natural areas of management. Learn new data about tree species and the impacts of climate, and the best practices to ensure the health of the wooded community and management for Minnesota’s future climate.

Angela Gupta is a University of Minnesota Extension Professor of Forestry who specializes in terrestrial invasive species, and climate-ready woods, and has been the founding member of MN Women’s Woodland Network since 2008. She’s done early detection of invasive species education and outreach as part of the network. Angela earned her MA in Organizational Management from Spring Arbor University in Michigan, and a BS in Forestry from the University of Kentucky. Before joining the U of MN Extension, Angela was an industrial forester working with private landowners in Michigan and as a U.S. Peace Corp Agroforestry Extension agent in Kenya, East Africa.

Events taking place outdoors will be held in Assisi Heights Canticle Park & the surrounding grounds. Please park in the Canticle Park parking lot & join us at the Canticle Park gazebo. We are open for limited sponsored events. Please refrain from attending if experiencing any symptoms of COVID-19 or other illness or have been exposed to any persons infected with COVID-19.