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Sedge Identification Short Course (2000)
Co-sponsored with the Land Stewardship Program of the Iowa Valley Resource Conservation and Development, this plant identification course was taught by Gerould Wilhelm, a renown botanist with the Conservation Design Forum, Illinois. Participants met at the Grinnell College Conard Environmental Research Area to use both field and lab resources in pursuit of sedge identification skills.
Woodland Wildflower Restoration Workshop (2001)
This full-day workshop resulted from a collaboration among the Iowa DNR Forests and Prairies Division, Iowa State University Botany Department faculty and staff, the Land Stewardship Program of the Iowa Valley Resource Conservation and Development, and the Grinnell College Conard Environmental Research Area (CERA) Manager. Thirty participants from across Iowa and Wisconsin, representing agencies, non-profit organizations, and private landowners, gathered to take in the most recent information available on how to plan and implement restoration projects with native woodland plants. A two-hour guided field trip to CERA completed the workshop and catalyzed dialogue among participants and workshop leaders.
Campus Landscape Design Charette (2003)
Cheryl Bauer Armstrong, Outreach Specialist at the University of WI, Madison Arboretum, led a workshop on incorporating native plants and ecological restoration principles into the design of the Grinnell College campus landscape. Participants from the college and community worked in small groups to generate landscape design ideas. The workshop culminated in a campus map and posters, showing the proposed landscape design ideas. Posters were hung in the Science building and student center with paper available for people to respond.
Prescribed Burn Plan Development Workshop (2006) Environmental Education Center, Conard Environmental Research Area. The Iowa Valley RC&D, Grinnell College Center for Prairie Studies, and the NRCS are sponsoring this workshop for technical service providers and private landowners. The purpose of the workshop was to cover the process of planning prescribed fire and NRCS specifications for burning private land enrolled in a USDA program. Topics addressed included why and when to burn, fire behavior, fire control, weather and fire, safety, regulations, equipment, firebreaks, ignition techniques, burn planning, and NRCS specifications and burn plan format.
Drawing for the Naturalist Workshop (2006). Environmental Education Center, Conard Environmental Research Area. New York botanical artist Wendy Hollender
visited campus to extend her creative work to plants of the prairie region and share her blend of scientific illustration and artistry with Grinnell audiences.
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