Urban Forest Summit 2024
A Healthy Urban Forest: What You Can Do
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November 2, 2024 9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Lake Oswego United Methodist Church
1855 South Shore Boulevard, Lake Oswego
You are invited to attend the 6th annual Urban Forest Summit. This is an opportunity to expand your arboreal knowledge, discuss the importance of a healthy, interconnected urban ecological system, and share opportunities to maintain and support the health of the urban forest.
This year’s agenda will include an update on the City of Lake Oswego Community and Urban Forestry Plan, information on tree care and maintenance, understanding our urban forest from floor to canopy, and best practices for native plant landscaping. We’ll be exploring how we can care for our urban forest, individually and collectively.
MEET Our Sponsors
Meet Our Speakers
JACK HALSEY
Jack Halsey is a naturalist and community organizer from Oregon’s Willamette Valley. He grew up in Oregon and has been working with watershed councils since 2013. Jack received his Environmental Analysis degree from Pitzer College, with a focus on Environmental Science.
He is currently the Executive Director of Oswego Lake Watershed Council. Jack is also a Board Member and Treasurer for the Institute for Applied Ecology. He specializes in planning and implementing riparian and upland enhancement projects, volunteer events, and urban and community forestry. He is passionate about environmental justice, fire ecology, and Oregon white oak ecosystems.
JESSICA NUMANOGLU
Jessica Numanoglu is the Community Development Director for the City of Lake Oswego. She has worked for the city for over 23 years and has played a key role in urban forestry, including managing an update to the Tree Code in 2016 and an update to the city’s Urban and Community Forestry Plan adopted by the City Council in June 2024.
SCOTT ALTENHOFF
Scott Altenhoff is Manager of the Urban and Community Forestry Program at the Oregon Department of Forestry. In this position, Scott’s main focus is on helping to connect people with trees and natural systems.
Scott has a B.A. in Classics from the U of O and a Graduate Certificate in Urban Forestry from Oregon State University.
BRIAN FRENCH
Brian French is the principal at Arboriculture International and a skilled climber with a broad range of arboriculture-related experience with certifications such as Certified Arborist, Certified Tree Worker, and Qualified Tree Risk Assessor.
Brian has been practicing for over 24 years in Oregon and abroad and is a dedicated contributor to cutting-edge research for a better understanding of trees and safer work practices for arborists worldwide.
Brian is a climber and consulting arborist with a focus on wildlife tree retention and habitat programs. Serving as coordinator for the Oregon Champion Tree Registry and Portland Heritage Tree Program, much of his work focuses on the preservation of significant old trees and associated flora and fauna
Caitilin Pope Daum
Caitilin Pope Daum is the Principal Landscape Architect at Studio Wild in Portland, OR, which she founded in 2012 to create human-scaled, sustainable designs. With 20 years of experience across Oregon, Washington, and California, she has worked on multifamily housing, streetscapes, schoolyards, campuses, parks, and private residences.
Caitilin’s passion for landscape design emphasizes biodiversity and human well-being. She holds a master’s degree in landscape architecture from UC Berkeley and is currently pursuing a Master’s in Natural Resources and a graduate Certificate in Climate Change from the University of Idaho.
Additionally, she has chaired the Biodiversity and Climate Action committee for the Oregon chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects for the past two years.
IAN HUNTER
Ian Hunter is the founder and owner of Phoenix Habitats, a local habitat restoration firm that specializes in landscaping with native plants for bird and pollinator habitat.
He works on all scales from small residential properties to large natural park areas, and in all ecosystems including wetlands, riparian edges, meadows and forests. His holistic approach with soil, water, plants, and people is structured around long term sustainability.
Leah Puhlman
A life-long gardener, Leah Puhlman has always had an interest in sustainable gardening practices. In 2012 she and her my husband Mark started to transform our half-acre suburban lot from mostly grass and invasive blackberry and ivy to a habitat-friendly garden. It was then that they got involved in the Backyard Habitat Program, and really started to learn extensively about habitat.
In 2019 Leah became an Oregon State University Extension Master Gardener and has since focused on teaching others about gardening for bio-diversity through webinars, speaking engagements, and garden tours.
The Urban Forest Summit is presented by the Oswego Lake Watershed Council in partnership with the Lake Oswego Sustainability Network.