Tpcc
Program
To view speaker bio's and abstracts, click here. Wednesday, September 17, 2008 | ||
| 8:00 | Texas Rare Plant Community List Workshop - Jason Singhurst, TPWD | |
| noon | Conference Registration | |
| 12:30 | Welcome | |
| 12:45 | Texas Native Plant Action Plan Workshop - Jackie Poole, TPWD | |
| 3:30 | Break | |
| 4:00 | Texas Native Plant Action Plan Workshop - Jackie Poole, TPWD (continued) | |
| 5:30 | Session ends | |
| 6:30 | Dutch treat dinner | |
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| Thursday, September 18, 2008 | ||
| 8:00 | Registration | |
| 9:00 | Keynote Speaker: Invasive Species: Analogs From the Marine Realm - Tom Shirley | |
| 9:45 | Report on Texas Native Plant Action Plan Workshop - Jackie Poole, TPWD; Karen Clary, TXDOT | |
| 10:00 | Break | |
| 10:30 | How Geology Has Shaped the South Texas Landscape - Jon Baskin, Dept. of Biology, Texas A&M University-Kingsville | |
| 11:00 | History of Botany in the Texas Coastal Bend - Ruth O'Brien, retired Adjunct Professor Herbarium Curator, Texas A&M Univsersity-Corpus Christi | |
| 11:30 | Understanding the Distribution of Two Sunflower Species: One Endemic, One Expanding - David J. Grise, Visiting Assistant Professor, Dept. of Life Sciences, Texas A&M Univsersity-Corpus Christi; R. Deborah Overath, Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | |
| 12:00 | Lunch | |
| 1:30 | Texas Native Plant Conservation Alliance - Robyn Cobb, USFWS | |
| 2:00 | Seagrasses: Important Communities at Risk - Roy L. Lehman, Ph.D., Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | |
| 2:30 | Texas Seagrasses: Issues, Conservation and Research - Patrick Larkin, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biochemistry, Dept. of Physical Environmental Sciences, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | |
| 3:00 | South Texas Bryophytes: Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are - Cynthia M. Galloway, Ph.D., Texas A&M University - Kingsville | |
| 3:30 | Break | |
| 4:00 | Response of Gulf Coastal Prairie to Control of Exotic Bluestems For Native Grassland Restoration - D. Lynn Drawe, Director, Rob and Bessie Welder Wildlife Foundation; Marvin E. Ruffner, Graduate Research Assistant; Thomas G. Barnes, Extension Professor, University of Kentucky, Dept. of Forestry | |
| 4:30 | Population Genetics Informs Invasive Species Management: Old World Bluestems As a Case Study - R. Deborah Overath, Ph.D.; Brandi Kutil, Ph.D., Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi; Alice Hempel, Ph.D., Texas A&M University-Kingsville | |
| 5:00 | Plant Conservation at the LRGVNWR - Mick Castillo, USFWS | |
| 5:30 | Dinner on your own | |
| 7:30 | Keynote Address: Global Climate Change: Impacts and Mitigation - Bruce Hungate, Director, National Institute for Climatic Change Research, Western Region, Northern Arizona University | |
| Friday, September 19, 2008 | ||
| 8:00 | Morning munchies | |
| 8:30 | Spiranthes parksii Predictive Model - Fred Smeins, Ph.D., Texas A&M University | |
| 9:00 | Ladies' Tresses (Spiranthes parksii Correll), the Enigma - Linda Langlitz, Texas A&M University | |
| 9:30 | Laws? We Don't Need No Stinkin' Laws! How Voluntary Conservation Agreements Can Protect Endangered Plants On Private Lands Better Than the ESA - Gena K. Janssen, Janssen Biological | |
| 10:00 | Break | |
| 10:30 | Rare Plants of Mexico and the Borderlands - Glafiro Alanis | |
| 11:00 | South Texas Ambrosia: Lessons From a Demonstration Planting of an Endangered Weed - Alice Hempel, Texas A&M University-Kingsville | |
| 11:30 | Echeandia - Shelly D. Maher, Soil Conservationist, USDA-NRCS, E. "Kika" de la Garza Plant Materials Center | |
Saturday, September 20, 2008: Field Trip Transportation will be provided for those who pre-register, or you may follow in your own vehicles. Round Trip is about 100 miles. For those of you who will be taking advantage of the vans, we are requesting a fee of $10/person to help pay for the fuel. Remember to dress for the weather and for critters. | ||
| 8:00 | Meet at TAMUCC parking lot | |
| 8:15 | Travel to Petronila Creek/FM 70 | |
| 9:00 | Explore the FM 70 site | |
| 9:30 | Travel to St. James Cemetary Bishop | |
| 9:45 | Explore the St. James Cemetary | |
| 10:30 | Travel to USDA - PMC, Kingsville | |
| 10:45 | USDA Plant Material Center, Tours, Facilities Break | |
| 12:30 | Travel to Robstown | |
| 1:00 | Explore the Robstown Demo site | |
| 1:30 | Travel to Joe Cotten's BBQ | |
| 1:45 | Lunch at Joe Cotton's BBQ | |
| 3:00 | Return to TAMUCC | |
| 4:00 | Session Ends | |