The Ecological Restoration Working Group‘s mission is to provide a space for regional collaboration, sharing best practices, minimizing duplication, and reaching underserved communities through the overarching topic of ecological restoration.
STRUCTURE
The Working Group strives to ideate and collaborate on opportunities to deploy projects and technical assistance in central Appalachia.
WHO SHOULD JOIN
Practitioners and stakeholders involved with restoration – brownfields, abandoned mine lands, watersheds, forests, habitats, etc.
MEETING DETAILS
The Ecological Restoration Working Group meets on the third Friday of each month at 11am EST via Zoom.
Contact our Working Group Coordinator to join the meetings.
- Tessa Wieneke – tessa@opencirclestudio.com
CO-CHAIRS
- Robert Kell, New Economy Program Manager at Appalachian Voices
- robert@appvoices.org
- Michelle Shively MacIver, Director of Project Development for True Pigments, LLC with Rural Action
- michelle@truepigments.com
PARTICIPANTS
Memberships are pending as the Working Group invites participants throughout central Appalachia.