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Join Blue Heron Headwater Conservancy (BHHC) President Emily Duthinh as she discusses how land conservation protects our unique local environment. What creates our unique landscapes and gives our area a special sense of place? How do our native plants and wildlife give our local ecosystems an intrinsic character and identity? How do invasive species homogenize our world, harm our wildlife, and destroy this sense of place? Learn how you can help plant native species to create your backyard nature preserve and connect and expand our local green spaces. Think globally and act locally to protect our uniquely beautiful home. 

Emily has served on BHHC's Board of Directors since 2013 and is currently serving as president.  She has been active in the Stewardship and Land Acquisition Committees for 15 years.  She is a Conservation Steward in Michigan and founded the Oakland County Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area (CISMA) in 2014. Emily earned her bachelor's degree in geology from Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. and her master's degree in environmental science from Duke University.  She worked for 18 years in environmental consulting, assessing and remediating contaminated soil and groundwater at industrial sites throughout the mid Atlantic states, Ohio, and Michigan.  Emily is an adjunct professor at the University of Detroit and formerly taught at Wayne State University and Owens Community College in Toledo, Ohio.  She has extensive experience in preschool and K-12 education, particularly educating students with special needs, and was a founding school board member of the M.O.D.E.L. Community School, a charter school for students with autism in Toledo.