Tpcc
Program
To view speaker abstracts, click here. Wednesday, September 16, 2009 | ||
| 10:00 | Plant Conservation Action Plan Workshop | |
| noon | Conference Registration | |
| 12:30 | Welcome | |
| 12:45 | Update: The Center for Plant Conservation at 25 Years: Support Resources for Plant Conservation Professionals and a State-wide Ex Situ Collection Project - Kathryn L. Kennedy and Anna Strong; Center for Plant Conservation | |
1:15 | Assessment of Invasiveness and Ecological Impact on Non-Native Species of Texas - Guy L. Nesom | |
| 1:45 | Using Citizen Science Data to Better Understand the Distribution of Some Key Invasive Species in Texas - H. Travis Gallo and Dr. Damon Waitt; Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center at the University of Texas at Austin | |
| 2:15 | Break | |
| 2:45 | Tales of the Crypt: An Ecological Assessment of Cryptocoryne beckettii, a Potentially Invasive Species in the San Marcos River Ecosystem - F.M. Oxley; Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center at the University of Texas at Austin | |
| 3:15 | The Coastal Prairie Partnership (CCP): A Vision to Protect and Restore Ecosystems of the Coastal Prairie Ecoregion - Fred E. Smeins; Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, Texas A&M University | |
| 3:45 | Session Ends | |
| 4:00 | Poster Session and Social Hour | |
| 6:00 | Dinner On Your Own | |
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| Thursday, September 17, 2009 | ||
| 8:00 | Registration | |
| 9:00 | Keynote Speaker: Climate Change, Plants and Texas - Wendy Gordon, Ph.D.; Program Leader, Nongame and Rare Species, TPWD | |
| 9:45 | Plant Conservation and the Wildlife Action Plan Revision 2010 - Wendy Connally | |
| 10:15 | Update on the Status of the Texas Ecological Systems Mapping Project - C. Duane German and Amie Treuer-Kuehn; TPWD | |
| 10:45 | Break | |
| 11:30 | Texas wild-rice (Zizania texana): Past, Present, and Future? - Jackie Poole; Wildlife Diversity Program, TPWD | |
| 12:00 | Lunch | |
| 1:30 | Demographics, Life History, and Transplantation Methods for an Endangered Orchid Endemic to Texas, Navasota ladies' tresses (Spiranthes parksii Correll) - J. Ryan Hammons, Fred E. Smeins and William E. Rogers; Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, Texas A&M University | |
| 2:00 | Characterizing the Biology and Ecology of the Endangered Navasota Ladies' Tresses (Spiranthes parksii Correll) on the TxDOT SH 40 Conservation Easement - Linda C. Langlitz and Fred Smeins; Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, Texas A&M University | |
| 2:30 | Reintroduction of the Texas snowbell (Styrax platanifolius ssp. texanus) - Steven D. Fulton; Bamberger Ranch Preserve | |
| 3:00 | Genetic Status of the Bracted twistflower, Streptanthus bracteatus (Brassicaceae): An Imperiled Geoendemic Species of the Balcones Canyonlands - Alan Pepper, Maria Dixon, Ryan Williams, Ross Bee and Dana Price; Department of Biology, Texas A&M University | |
| 3:30 | Break | |
| 4:00 | Habitat Characterization and Pilot Reintroduction of Star cactus (Astrophytum asterias) - Sandy Birnbaum; Population and Conservation Biology Program, Department of Biology, Texas State University-San MArcos | |
| 4:30 | The Status of Star Cactus (Astrophytum asterias) Populations in Mexico - Jose Guadalupe Martinez; University of Tamaulipas, Mexico | |
| 5:00 | Session Ends; Dinner On Your Own | |
| Friday, September 18, 2009 | ||
| 9:00 | Status and Habitat Requirements of Physaria thamnophila, an Endangered Species of Tamaulipan Thornscrub - Normal L. Fowler, Christopher F. Best, Dana M. Price and Alice L. Hempel; Section of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin | |
| 9:30 | Plant Conservation from a Private Landowner Perspective - Ashley McAllen | |
| 10:00 | Break | |
| 10:30 | Seed Collection for Restoration and Reintroduction Programs - Michael Eason, Plant Conservation Program Manager; Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center at the University of Texas at Austin | |
| 11:00 | The Georgia Plant Conservation Alliance - A Model for a Statewide, Project Driven Network - Jennifer F. Ceska; The State Botanical Garden of Georgia, Plant Conservation Program | |
| 11:30 | Conference Sessions End | |
| 2:00 | Texas Plant Conservation Alliance Meeting | |
| 4:00 | TPCA Session Ends | |
