Ecologies in Flux: Restoration, Resilience, and Disease in a Changing Landscape

Ecological disruption is no longer abstract or remote. It is unfolding daily in our yards, parks and landscapes, manifesting itself in storms of unprecedented intensity that alter forests overnight and diseases spreading rapidly through degraded habitats. Traditional landscape management methods—rigid, manicured, and heavily dependent on constant intervention—have proven insufficient to respond to the pace and scale of change. This symposium directly engages with these evolving conditions, bringing together three distinct yet complementary perspectives rooted in ecological landscape design, infectious disease ecology, and arboretum management and horticulture. Each speaker brings practical wisdom and conceptual depth, highlighting strategies to enhance resilience, sustain biodiversity, and creatively adapt to environmental uncertainty.

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