2019 North American Prairie Conference: Full Schedule

10:00am CDT

Workshop: Pollinators in Peril

Limited Capacity seats available

The purpose of this workshop is to discuss the current conditions of pollinators in North America and discuss a call to action.

Moderators

Pat Merkord

President, Native Prairie Association of Texas

Speakers

Karen Wright

Entomologist and Assistant Curator of Entomology, Texas A&M University

Carol Clark

Monarch Watch Conservation Specialist, Native Plant Society of Texas

Monday June 3, 2019 10:00am - 11:30am CDT
Room 1217

Workshop

1:00pm CDT

Restoration challenge - Returning WWII Camp Wallace Parking Lots to Prairie (1.15 hrs; 1-2:15PM)

Limited Capacity seats available

Some restoration projects are harder than others. In the southern US, oyster shell was widely used to construct parking lots and roads. Plants can grow up through the shell layer, but it changes the water holding properties and the chemical characteristics of the soil such that the plant community is no longer natural. Is there a cost effective way to restore areas with a foot or two thick layer of oyster shell? Using the University of Houston Coastal Center as an example, presenters will engage the audience in a discussion of possible restoration approaches.

Speakers

Chelse Prather

Assistant Professor, University of Dayton, Ohio

Dr. Prather has worked on rainforest ecosystems, coastal dunes, and lichen communities on rocks. Most recently, she has been working with insect communities in coastal tallgrass prairies since 2011. In these prairies, she has been investigating the role micronutrients like sodium... Read More →

Haille Leija

Habitat Restoration Manager, Galveston Bay Foundation

As the Habitat Restoration Manager at GBF, Ms. Leija oversees the Foundation's Oyster Shell Recycling Program and manages oyster reef restoration and living shoreline projects in an effort to restore and enhance native oyster reef and salt marsh habitat throughout Galveston Bay.

Woody Woodrow

USFWS

Mr. Woodrow has been with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for eleven years and is currently based in its Mid-Coast Refuge Office. Previously, he was with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for over fourteen years and served as the Director of the TPWD Coastal Conservation... Read More →

Monday June 3, 2019 1:00pm - 2:15pm CDT
Room 1217

Workshop

2:20pm CDT

Grass and Sedge Diversity by Habitat Type in the Upper Texas Coastal Plain

Limited Capacity filling up

Speakers

Andrew Newman

Resource Environmental Services, LLA

Monday June 3, 2019 2:20pm - 3:20pm CDT
Room 1217

Workshop

3:30pm CDT

Seven stages for Banking Seeds of Native Texas Flora (1.5hrs; 3:30PM-5PM)

Limited Capacity filling up

Speakers

Anita Tiller

Botanist, Mercer Botanic Gardens

Minnette Marr

Conservation Program Manager, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

Suzzanne Chapman

Botanical Collections Curator, Mercer Botanic Gardens

Monday June 3, 2019 3:30pm - 5:00pm CDT
Room 1217

Workshop

10:30am CDT

Workshop: Prairie 101: Teaching City-slickers about Prairies through school lessons, pocket prairies, storytelling, and technology

Limited Capacity seats available

Speakers

Jaime Gonzalez

Community & Equitable Conservation Director, The Nature Conservancy in Texas

Jaime González is the inaugural Houston Urban Conservation Programs Manager for The Nature Conservancy in Texas. His work prioritizes building partnerships, designing and managing projects, and assisting communities and other organizations to help make Houston a more healthy, resilient... Read More →

Della Barbato

Director of Education, Native Prairies Association of Texas

Wednesday June 5, 2019 10:30am - 12:00pm CDT
Room 1217

Workshop

2019 North American Prairie Conference

10:00am CDT

Pat Merkord

Amber Bearb

Larry Allain

Karen Wright

Carol Clark

1:00pm CDT

Chelse Prather

Haille Leija

Woody Woodrow

2:20pm CDT

Andrew Newman

3:30pm CDT

Anita Tiller

Minnette Marr

Suzzanne Chapman

10:30am CDT

Jaime Gonzalez

Della Barbato

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