The Big Oaks Conservation Society will host a meeting at 6:30 p.m. May 1 at Ivy Tech Community College, 590 Ivy Tech Drive, Madison.

Michael Spalding will discuss the new Southern Indiana Sentinel Landscape. The program works with partnering organizations and landowners to find conservation solutions that support rural working landscapes, conserve our natural resources and ensure the long-term sustainability of our military installations. The public is invited to attend this free presentation.

Spalding is the program coordinator for the Southern Indiana Sentinel Landscape and works for the Conservation Law Center in Bloomington. The eighth generation of his family to call Indiana home, he grew up in rural Shelby County and received a Bachelor of Science in forestry from Purdue University in 2005. He has spent the past 17 years performing conservation work in 55 counties in Indiana on both public and private lands.

He lives in Brown County with his wife, who also is a forester, and two sons. There, they enjoy making maple syrup from their forest.

For information, contact Joe Robb at 812-273-0783 or [email protected].