Dr. Mark Rudnicki, UConn Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, will be at UMass Amherst in Holdsworth Hall from 10 am-3 pm to discuss UConn’s Stormwise program (www.Stormwise.info). He will present a formal seminar from 12:20pm-1:10pm in room 312.
Stormwise is a forest vegetation management program with the goal of reducing the risk of tree-related storm damage to power lines. Implementing proper long-term management practices in woodlands along utility corridors will create healthy, storm resistant and aesthetically pleasing trees and forest stands. The development of Stormwise is compelled by recent catastrophic storm events in Connecticut.