2019 North American Prairie Conference has ended

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2019 North American Prairie Conference

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Bo Verser

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8:20am

Keynote Presentation: Recommitment to a Prairie Future Bayou TheaterLIMITEDCarol Davit

10:00am

Workshop: Pollinators in Peril Room 1217LIMITEDPat Merkord • Amber Bearb • Larry Allain • Karen Wright • Carol Clark

10:30am

Flora and Ecology of Powderhorn Ranch, A Prairie Landscape Endemic to the Coastal Bend of Texas Room 1218LIMITEDJason Singhurst

11:00am

Upstairs-Downstairs: How Belowground Microbes Alter Plant Traits and Plant-Insect Interactions Aboveground Room 1218FILLINGHannah Locke

11:30am

In-field Prairie Plantings as a Means to Increase Native Plant Diversity in an Agricultural Landscape Room 1418, The Forest RoomFILLINGLydia English

12:00pm

Lunch provided Atrium II, Bayou Building at UHCL

1:00pm

Climate Change and the Fate of Southeast Texas Plant Communities Room 1313FILLINGAndy Sipocz

1:30pm

Longleaf and Shortleaf Pine Understory Native Plant Development at the USDA NRCS East Texas Plant Materials Center Room 1510, The Garden RoomLIMITEDAlan Shadow

2:00pm

Movement, Habitat Associations, and Distribution of Oklahoma's Wintering Longspurs Room 1218LIMITEDJohn Muller

2:30pm

If We Build it, Will They Come? Arthropod Communities as Indicators of Restoration in an Urban Prairie Network Room 1418, The Forest RoomFILLINGAmanda Finke

8:00am

Urban Prairies of Houston Field Trip (requires separate pre-registration) Bus leaves from UH-Clear LakeLIMITED

5:30pm

Texas Barbecue Dinner with Featured Speaker Dr. Dwayne Estes of Southeast Grasslands Initiative (SGI) - (requires separate pre-registration) Armand Bayou Nature CenterLIMITED

8:20am

Featured Speaker: Optimism About Prairie Resilience and the Need to Engage the Public in Prairie Conservation Bayou TheaterLIMITEDChris Helzer • The Nature Conservancy in Nebraska

9:00am

The Ethnobotanical Use of Native Prairie Plants Bayou TheaterLIMITEDDr. Kelly Kindscher

10:00am

Restoring Prairies Using Livestock Grazing for Wildlife, Range Health, and Profit Room 1510, The Garden RoomLIMITEDCasey Wade

10:30am

Photographing Prairies for Maximum Impact Room 1218Sean Fizgerald

11:00am

USFWS and Prairies Room 1510, The Garden RoomLIMITEDWoody Woodrow Prairie Restoration Opportunities Room 1418, The Forest RoomRobert Ziehr

1:00pm

Determining Prairie Quality at Landscape Scale Room 1418, The Forest RoomLIMITEDAmie Treuer-Kuehn The Use of Prescribed fire, Herbicide Application, and Native Plants to Restore bottomland Blackland Prairie in Constructed Wetlands Room 1510, The Garden RoomLIMITEDCanaan Sutton

1:30pm

Louisiana Coastal Prairie Extirpation to Rediscovery: Building a Foundation for Large Scale Grassland Restoration in Southwest Louisiana though Preliminary Aerial Imagery Room 1418, The Forest RoomBrian Early • Steve Nevitt

2:00pm

Panel: Putting fire on the Ground Room 1510, The Garden RoomLIMITEDLori Bammerlin • Stephen Deiss • Sandra Rideout-Hanzak • Mort Kothmann

2:30pm

Identification of Selected Grass Species/Genera of the Cajun Prairie Room 1418, The Forest RoomFILLINGCharles Allen

3:00pm

Closing Remarks and Conference Wrap Up Atrium II