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Suzzanne Chapman

Mercer Botanic Gardens
Botanical Collections Curator
Houston/Humble Texas
Websitehttps://hcp4.net/parks/mercer/
Texas native and rare plant conservation, propagation & management
Prairie Dawn Preserve - NW Houston
BGBase living collections & herbarium specimens database
Monday, June 3
 

10:00am CDT

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

11:30am CDT

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

1:00pm CDT

Texas Native Seeds Program: Development of Ecotypic Native Seeds Selections for TexasLIMITED Room 1510, The Garden RoomForrest Smith

1:30pm CDT

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

2:00pm CDT

The Role of the USDA-NRCS Plant Materials Program in Increasing Plant Diversity in Grassland; RestorationLIMITED Room 1510, The Garden RoomBrandon Carr

2:30pm CDT

If We Build it, Will They Come? Arthropod Communities as Indicators of Restoration in an Urban Prairie NetworkFILLING Room 1418, The Forest RoomAmanda Finke Thirty Years of Restoration of Forb and Woody Species at Spicewood Ranch Room 1510, The Garden RoomDavid Mahler
 
Wednesday, June 5
 

8:15am CDT

Co-chair Welcome & IntroductionLIMITED Bayou Theater

8:20am CDT

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

9:00am CDT

The Ethnobotanical Use of Native Prairie PlantsLIMITED Bayou TheaterDr. Kelly Kindscher

9:30am CDT

Poster & Art Contest AwardsLIMITED Bayou Theater

10:00am CDT

Celebrating Urban BiodiversityLIMITED Room 1218Candace Savage

10:30am CDT

Photographing Prairies for Maximum Impact Room 1218Sean Fizgerald

11:00am CDT

Cooperative Greenhouse Addresses Houston's Scarcity of Native Prairie PlantsLIMITED Room 1218Cindy Ryoo

11:30am CDT

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

12:00pm CDT

Lunch provided Atrium II

1:00pm CDT

Engaging Generation Z in Prairie Conservation Room 1313Shivas Amin

1:30pm CDT

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