ACWA 2024 Speaker Series Presents:

Warmer, Wetter Woods

with Bob Schwartz, Watershed Forester, MD Department of Natural Resources - Forest Service

In its most recent report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded that the Earth has “unequivocally” warmed and that human activity is “indisputably” the cause. Even in the best-case scenario of immediate worldwide emissions reductions, the planet will continue to warm through at least the 2050s. In the Mid-Atlantic, forests are the dominant land-cover. With our great variety in types of forest and plants that grow there, how will species react? The good news is that, while our past actions are the cause, our conservation actions now can directly affect what species share our landscapes with us and what those landscapes look like in the future.

February 22, 2024

Doors open at 6pm | Presentation at 6:30 pm

Mt. Aetna Nature Center, 10375 Retreat Way, Hagerstown, MD

This event will be held in connection with our regularly scheduled Board meeting. This presentation is free and open to everyone!