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Program

Monday 14
11:30 am - Dr. Elise Gornish, Cooperative Extension Specialist in Ecological Restoration at the University of Arizona. Let’s not reinvent the wheel: Using VERY old school strategies for cheap and easy restoration success! 
3:00 pm - David Seibert, PhD, of Seibert Ecological Restoration LLC, on the approach to restoring Bear Gulch.
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Tuesday 15
11:30 am - Rudy Poe, MLA Masters in landscape architecture, PDC Permaculture designer with Geoff Lawton and the Sonoran Permaculture Guild on humans and nature working together.
3pm - Perin McNelis - the Native Plant Program Manager for Borderlands Restoration Network will present on stewarding native seeds in the Southwestern US.
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Wednesday 16 
11:30 am - Twila Cassadore, San Carlos Apache Tribal Member on how environmental degradation affects local people and howpeople can both participate and benefit from ecological restoration.
3:00 pm - Francesca Claverie, Native Plant Program Director at Borderlands Restoration Network, on nurturing native plant biodiversity in the Southwestern US.
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Thursday 17 
11:30 am Charlie McIntosh, Product Manager for Pacific Biochar Benefit Corp on an introduction to biochar; what it is, how it is made, and how it can be used as a tool for ecological restoration.

3:00 pm - Caleb Weaver, Community RestorationProgram Manager at Borderlands Restoration Network, on how humans can support wildlife at home.
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Friday 18 
11:30 am - Lisa Haynes, Wildlife Biologist
Co-founder, University of Arizona Wild Cat Research and Conservation Center, on Jaguar Monitoring, Status and Conservation in the Borderlands.
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3:00 pm - Joaquin Murrieta-Saldivar, Conservation Director at Borderlands Restoration Network, on cultural and spiritual relationships with water across the borderlands