Date/Time
Date(s) - 10/10/2018
All Day
Location
Green-Wood Cemtery
Categories
MCA Fall Business Meeting
Co-Sponsored by NYS Department of Environmental Conservation
Co-Chairs Eric Barna, Rita Gambino, Theresa Doran
“Sustainable Landscape Practices in the Urban Cemetery”
October 10, 2018
Green-Wood Cemetery
500 25th St, Brooklyn, NY 11232
Click here for PDF of brochure and registration form!
Date: Wednesday, October 10, 2018
Place: THE GREEN-WOOD CEMETERY
500 25th Street Brooklyn, NY 11232 | Phone: (718) 768-7300
(Please use main entrance located at 25th Street and Fifth Avenue)
Cost: $ 40 per person in advance | $ 60 per person at the door
RSVP: By September 27, 2018
Program Schedule
8:00 Registration – Coffee & Danish
9:00 Welcome
Pledge of Allegiance
Government Affairs & Legislative Update
9:30 NYS Division of Cemeteries:
Lewis Polishook, Director
9:45 Introduction by NYSDEC:
Ken Scarlatelli (DEC) & Joseph Charap (GW)
10:00 Expanding Sustainability in Cemetery Landscape Operations:
Dennis Collins (Mount Auburn Cemetery)
10:30 New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Urban Forestry
Grant Opportunities:
Mary Kramarchyk (DEC)
11:00 Nature Goals 2050 / Habitat Opportunities:
Bram Gunther (NYC Parks/Natural Areas Conservancy) / Susan Elbin (NYC Audubon)
11:30 Climate Resilient Cemetery Grassland Management:
Frank Rossi, Ph.D. (Cornell University) & Joseph Charap (GW)
12:00 Q&A/Discussion/Lunch
Event Sponsors New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Metropolitan Cemetery Association
The Green-Wood Cemetery