The Annual Meeting of the OKI Regional Conservation Council gives you a chance to increase your knowledge of conservation matters and get better acquainted with other people who care about our region’s natural resources. Time is allowed for networking and camaraderie. After everyone there introduces themselves to the rest of the audience, the meeting launches into an educational program on compelling conservation topics of the day. Meeting brochures with presentation slides provide printed materials to take home with you. Attendance has grown to nearly 100 people lately and simultaneous break-out sessions first appeared on the program agenda in 2016.
Normally, the Annual Meeting occurs in late March or early April. Annual Meeting venues have included the Cincinnati Nature Center in Clermont County, the Campbell County Cooperative Extension Office in Highland Heights, the OKI Regional Council of Governments board room in Cincinnati, Sharon Centre at Sharon Woods in Hamilton County, and Fernald Preserve Visitors Center in Hamilton County. The yearly reunion with other partners in conservation is a subtle Annual Meeting reward.
This year’s program features presentations on:
Developing Urban Forestry Plans with Stormwater in Mind
Maintaining Rain Gardens for Success
Army Corps Management of Dams for Flood Control
Green Umbrella’s Food Atlas of Cincinnati
Williamsburg Dam Removal Project
Landslides
About our meeting place
The Boone County Enrichment Center is a component of the Boone County Extension Service Campus, which also includes the Environmental and Nature Center and the Boone County Extension Service Office. Boone County Cooperative Extension is a joint educational program run by Kentucky’s two land-grant universities, the University of Kentucky and Kentucky State University, to improve people’s lives through educational processes.
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Agenda
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Annual Meeting 2019
2019 Annual Meeting Program and Business Agenda, 4-23-19
Presentations
Urban Forests & Stormwater Management
Flood control and Water Management in Corps of Engineers Reservoirs
Williamsburg Low-Head Dam Removal Project
Clermont County Rain Garden Demonstration and Education Project
Leveraging Clean Water Act Compliance for Community Benefits
Minimizing Stormwater Runoff Impacts through Targeted Flow Thresholds
OKI Preview of 2020 Environmental Consultations
Riverside Drive Hillside Stabilization
City of Cincinnati Columbia Parkway Update
Annual Meeting 2018
2018 Annual Meeting Program and Business Agenda, 4-17-18
Presentations
How Mitigation Banks and ILF Programs can Help Conservation, TNC, Devin Schenk
Soil and Water Management in the Face of Changing Weather Patterns, OSU, Aaron B. Wilson
Update on the Asian Longhorn Beetle Eradication Effort in Clermont County, USDA-APHIS, Phil Baldauf
Natural Areas Management and Habitat Restoration, Davey Resource Group, Dave Goerig
GIS Research on Honeysuckle Removal, NKU, Dr. Hongmei Wang
Ohio River Basin Fish Habitat Partnership, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Donovan Henry
Ohio Resources, Ohio DNR, Pat Migliozzi
Banklick Watershed Forest Management, Banklick Watershed Council, Sherry Carran
Turner Farm Community Garden Program, Director, Peter Huttinger
Environmental Drone Projects in Northern Kentucky, PDS, Ryan Hermann
Annual Meeting 2017
2017 Annual Meeting Program and Business Agenda, 4-4-17
Presentations
Regional Results of Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring in 2016, by Dr. Michael C. Miller
State of the Ohio River – OKI 2017 annual meeting
Ohio River Basin Water Quality Trading Project
WAVE Foundation at Newport Aquarium: Excite, Engage and Educate
Annual Meeting 2016
2016 Annual Meeting Program, 2-17-16
2016 Annual Meeting Business Agenda, 2-17-16.docx
Presentations
Welcome from Great Parks of Hamilton County
Ohio River 2015 Harmful Algal Bloom
Cardinal Land Conservancy- Stepping up Land Preservation in Southwest Ohio
The Willow Run Watershed Success Story
The New World at ODA- Transition Assistance and Opportunities
SaveLocalWaters.org Barreling through with the Conservation Message
Annual Tour 2015
Annual Meeting 2015
2015 Annual Meeting Program and Business Agenda, 3-23-15
Presentations
A Welcome from Cincinnati Nature Center
Parking Lot Design Improvements
Addressing Water Quality in the East Fork Watershed
Annual Tour 2014
Annual Meeting 2014
2014 Annual Meeting Program and Business Agenda, 3-10-14
Presentations
Farm Bill Overview, with Emphasis on Conservation
Efforts to Eradicate the Asian Longhorned Beetle
Agricultural Pollution Abatement Programs in Ohio
Agricultural Pollution Abatement Programs in Kentucky
Whitewater River Watershed Project History
Water Quality Credit Trading Program Intro
Taking Root Two Million More Trees for the Tri-State
Save Local Waters The Regional Stormwater Collaborative Gains Momentum
Annual Tour 2013
Annual Meeting 2013
2013 Annual Meeting Program and Business Agenda
Presentations
Urban Garden Soil Fertility with Help from Cover Crops
Trends in Erosion and Sediment Control