Conservation Committee
The purpose of the Conservation Committee is to keep the GCC membership well informed on current conservation issues; to promote respect for natural resources and responsibility for environmental stewardship; to encourage members to identify and carry out conservation work locally; to provide environmental education programs for youth and the general public; and with GCC leadership's approval, to work with other conservation agencies and organizations whose programs complement those of The Garden Club of Cleveland.
Past speakers in the area of conservation have been:
Linda Sternheimer, Cleveland Port Authority -- History and Evolution: Cleveland Lakefront Nature Preserve, Port Authority and Davey Resource Group
David Beach, Green City, Blue Lake -- Thinking Bioregionally in Northeast Ohio
Sandra Alborough, Holden Forests -- Vacant to Vibrant, Urban Vancant Lots as Neighborhood Assets
Rich Cochran, Western Reserve Land Conservancy -- Hydraulic Fracturing and our Water Supply, Policy, Politics and Possibilities
Judy Semroc, Cleveland Museum of Natural History -- The Importance of Conservation to Birds, Bees and a Better Life
Jacqueline Kowalski, MA, The Ohio State University -- Asian Carp Invasion in the Great Lakes
Linda Sternheimer, Cleveland Port Authority -- History and Evolution: Cleveland Lakefront Nature Preserve, Port Authority and Davey Resource Group
David Beach, Green City, Blue Lake -- Thinking Bioregionally in Northeast Ohio
Sandra Alborough, Holden Forests -- Vacant to Vibrant, Urban Vancant Lots as Neighborhood Assets
Rich Cochran, Western Reserve Land Conservancy -- Hydraulic Fracturing and our Water Supply, Policy, Politics and Possibilities
Judy Semroc, Cleveland Museum of Natural History -- The Importance of Conservation to Birds, Bees and a Better Life
Jacqueline Kowalski, MA, The Ohio State University -- Asian Carp Invasion in the Great Lakes
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