ASA Guide to the Forest Commons

Thursday, March 12, 2020

1:30-3:30 pm Urban Forest Initiative Tree Program

4-6 pm Opening Ceremonies with Indigenous Land Acknowledgment - Anne Shelby, Shaunna Morgan

Friday, March 13, 2020

9:00-9:45 am Campus Tree Walk - UK Forestry Extension

10-11:15 am Session: Food and Forest Livelihoods - Tom Hammett, Convener*

11:30-12:45 pm Plenary: Mixed Meso Forest: Pathway to Citizen - Mary Hufford, Organizer**

2:00-3:15 pm Session: Pine Mountain Sessions - Rebecca Gayle Howell

2-2:45 pm Campus Tree Walk UK Forestry Extension

3:30-4:45 pm Session: Steadfast in Face of Change - Kenton Sena, Convener ***

8:00-11:00 pm Pine Mountain Sessions: An Evening of Music and Readings 21 c Museum Hotel Lexington, KY

Saturday, March 14, 2020

8:30-9:45 am Session: Forests of Hope: Mined Land Kenton Sena, Convener ***

10-11:15 am Session: The Ginseng Commons - Mary Hufford, Convener *

11:30-12:45 pm Plenary: Hope Spots Betsy Taylor, Speaker **

2:30-3:45 pm Session: Global Climate Commons & App Forest Betsy Taylor, Convener ***

2:30-3:15 pm Campus Tree Walk UK Forestry Extension

5:30-6:30 pm Wrap up discussion about themes emerging across all Mother Forest sessions, where we brainstorm and prioritize next steps (in Gatton Student Center 330C “SEC” room )

Sunday, March 15, 2020

10-11:15 am Session: Forest Commons, State, Market, Land - Betsy Taylor, Convener ***

11:30 am Closing Ceremonies with George Ella Lyon, What Forest Knows (Gatton Student Center)

(ROOM LOCATIONS SHOULD BE DOUBLE-CHECKED ON THE ASA PROGRAM AGENDA)

* Session planned to be in Patterson Hall, Room 129

** Plenary sessions in Worsham Theater, Gatton Student Center

*** Session planned to be in Room 231, Gatton Student Center