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    Ecosystem Recovery Institute has developed education, research and conservation initiatives that complement our mission of promoting land and water stewardship and restoration.  A brief description of each initiative is provided below.  Additional details will be listed as the programs and projects develop.  Check this page regularly for updates and progress reports.

    EDUCATION

    Stream Processes Assessment & Restoration Workshops

    1. New England
    2. Kentucky
    3. Hawaii

    Streams Watershed Curriculum - P.U.R.P.

    Mid-Atlantic Reforestation & Forest Restoration Conference

    School Site Design Standards - Maryland State Dept. of Education

    In addition to workshops that are sponsored by specific organizations, we are considering scheduling a series of open-admission workshops.  Workshop descriptions and prerequisites will be posted here when available.  Anyone interested in being kept updated on our workshop schedule should contact us at info@ecosystemrecovery.org

    RESEARCH

    Native Plant Community Models - A Guidebook for Restoration and Landscape Design

    CONSERVATION

    Streams

    1. Susquehanna Streams Conservation & Restoration including Codorus Creek, Deer Creek, Muddy Creek, Gunpowder River, Broad Creek and Kreutz Creek

    2. Potomac Streams Conservation & Restoration including Monocacy River and tributaries, Little and Big Pipe Creek, Marsh Creek and Rock Creek

    Grasslands (National Fish & Wildlife Foundation)

    1. Warm Season Grass Foundation Seed Collection

    2. Warm Season Grass Foundation Propagation/Production

    3. Warm Season Grass Foundation Distribution

    Forests (William Penn Foundation)

    1. Walker Run Forest Retention Bank

    2. Pretty Boy Land Conservancy

    3. Francis Scott Key Conservancy

    Native Plant Propagation

    1. Trees and Shrubs:  Huckleberries, Blueberries, Maple Leaved Viburnum

    2. Wetland Emergents

    3. Wildflowers - Native Genotypes

    Native Flora Conservation

    1. Land Trust Management

    2. Invasive Exotic Plant Control

    3. Eastern Warm Season Grass Genotypes

    4. CREP Planting

    5. Native Plant Propagation

    6. Plant Communities Profile References

    Wildlife Conservation

    1. Bob Turtle Habitat Management

    2. Fox Squirrel

    Land Conservation

    1. Forest Banking with Land Trusts

    2. Watershed Assessments

     

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