32nd annual Heartwood Forest Council
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This year, the Forest Council met at the beautiful United Plant Savers Land Sanctuary, in Ohio, over the Memorial Day Weekend to celebrate the:
32nd Annual Heartwood Forest Council:
Natural Regeneration
Heartwood, with the cooperation of the Climate Communications Coalition, has made the slideshows and other materials from the event available to the public. Below, simply click on the button to view the presentations and other material.
Presentations and material in order of appearance:
Plenary Address:
Heartbeat is published twice a year, spring and fall. We welcome articles and other content for the fall 2024 issue from the Heartwood community, we suggest 300-500 words, plus photo or map, chart, etc. Campaign reports, insightful essays, opinions, poems, rants, recipes... all are welcome.
To subscribe, please e-mail info@heartwood.org with your address.
Deadline for contributions August 1st, 2024. Contact Matt Peters, editor, at info@heartwood.org to discuss story ideas.
To subscribe to the Heartwood issues list, please e-mail: issues+subscribe@heartwood.org
Join us for next year's Forest Council in the mountains of western North Carolina, stay tuned to: heartwood.org/events for details in the coming months!
Register today for the Southeastern Public Interest Environmental Law Conference "SPIEL", October 11-13, 2024
https://www.spielconference.net/
Heartwood and its members want to express their heartfelt gratitude to:
UGATA for organizing and orchestrating muscial performances and an invigorating drum circle.
Rising Appalachia for organizing the children's and youth programs.
Food Not Bombs - especially Jax and Sid for feeding us and all the volunteers who helped in the kitchen who provided us with delicious meals that are good for Heartwood members and the planet.
Heartwood is grateful to the Mountain Watershed
Association for underwriting a fair wage for the
Head Chefs, the cost of the ingredients, and the rental of the dining tent, with a grant from the Direct Support Fund. The Direct Support Fund is made possible by the Heinz Endowments, the 11th Hour Project, and The Plastic Solutions Fund and is a project of the Mountain Watershed Association. For more information or to apply please visit www.mtwatershed.com.
Thank you as well to the Athens food and farm community that donated or discounted locally-sourced ingredients and fresh produce for our meals. In particular we wish to thank the Appalachian Staple Food Collaborative and Shagbark Seed & Mill and The Village Bakery and Café, Community Food Initiatives, Cowdery Farms, Green Edge Farms, Greenless Greens Farm, Morning Dew Mushroom Farm, Sassafrass Farms, Shade River Farm, Shew’s Farm, Sunday Creek Sanctuary, Wolf Creek Winery, and Athens Own Coffee Company.
List of birds compiled by Dr. Donald Winslow on the bird-walk:
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
American Crow
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
American Robin
Wood Thrush
Gray Catbird
Cedar Waxwing
Blue-winged Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow-breasted Chat
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Scarlet Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
House Finch
American Goldfinch
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