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2019 North American Prairie Conference

Susan Austin

AACT
NewPlayFest Coordinator
Weatherford, TX

3:00pm

Conference Registration Atrium I

5:00pm

Social Mixer and Conference Welcome Atrium II, Bayou Building at UHCLJaime González

8:00am

Welcome & Introductions by Conference Co-Chairs Bayou Theater

8:10am

Welcome by UHCL President Ira K. Blake Ph.D. Bayou TheaterDr. Ira K. Blake

8:20am

Keynote Presentation: Recommitment to a Prairie Future Bayou TheaterLIMITEDCarol Davit

9:15am

Invited Speaker Presentation: John Jacob, PhD, Texas A&M University Bayou TheaterDr. John Jacob

9:45am

Announcements & Break Bayou TheaterLIMITED

10:00am

Healing Rivers and Prairies: Active Restoration Efforts After Floods Room 1313LIMITEDJohn Hart Asher

10:30am

Prairie Rising - A Case Study in Prairie Preservation, Restoration, and Management Room 1418, The Forest RoomLIMITEDMark Kramer

11:00am

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

11:30am

Comparative Morphology of Competing Clonal Non-native Grass with Co-occurring Native Clonal Grass Room 1218LIMITEDLan Xu

12:00pm

Lunch provided Atrium II, Bayou Building at UHCL

1:00pm

Urban Prairies on the Edge Room 1418, The Forest RoomLIMITEDCandace Savage

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

Organic Horticultural Practices and How they Have Helped the Prairies at Memorial Park, Houston Room 1418, The Forest RoomLIMITEDDaniel Millikin

2:30pm

The Good, the Bad, and the Crazy: Determining the Calcium Limitation, Sodium stress, and Decline of Tawny Crazy ants along the Coast of Texas Room 1218Ryan Reihart

4:30pm

Tour of UHCL Native Plant Garden by Environmental Institute of Houston Staff Atrium I, Bayou Building (UHCL)FULL

7:30pm

Featured Presentation: Forgotten Grasslands of the South: Origin, History, and Future Bayou TheaterLIMITEDDr. Reed Noss

7:30am

Barrier Island 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

8:15am

Co-chair Welcome & Introduction Bayou TheaterLIMITED

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

Native Neighborhoods: Helping Pollinators Across Fort Worth, Texas Room 1313LIMITEDMichelle Villafranca

10:30am

Photographing Prairies for Maximum Impact Room 1218Sean Fizgerald

11:00am

Prairie Commons Room 1313George Cates

11:30am

Factors Influencing Success in Urban Prairie Restoration Projects Room 1313Kelli Ondracek

12:00pm

Lunch provided Atrium II

1:00pm

Using Native Medicinal and Edible Plants in Midwestern Prairie Room 1218Frank Norman

1:30pm

Panel: Perpetuating the Prairie movement: Community Conservation Room 1313FILLINGTheresa Lancaster • Ali Dodson • Joy Columbus • Emily Manderson • Margaret Pierce

2:30pm

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