Case Studies from Mississippi and Florida. The public is invited. Bring a brownbag lunch for the discussion following the talk.
Restoration commonly is used to compensate for the permitted destruction of ecosystems.
Some restorationists challenge the ethics of this practice, according to Clewell, past-president of the Society for Ecological Restoration, who will explore the controversy by citing two case studies. One is a restored headwater swamp on mined and reclaimed land in Florida. The other is a mitigation bank operated by The Nature Conservancy for restoring pitcher-plant prairies in Mississippi. Clewell is an Oberlin College graduate and received his Ph.D. degree in botany from Indiana University. He served on the faculty of Florida State University for 17 years prior to becoming a full-time consultant.