Southeast Natural Heritage Conference
Agenda and Presentations
Held April 29–30, 2010, in Austin, Texas
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| SCIENCES I | SCIENCES II | INFORMATION MANAGEMENT | LEADERSHIP | |
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| Day One - Thursday, April 29 | ||||
| 8:30 - 8:50 | Welcome and Opening Remarks: Jim Bergan (TNC-Texas), Wendy Gordon (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department), and Mary Klein (NatureServe) | |||
| 8:50 - 9:30 | Plenary Session: Mike Forstner (Texas State University) | |||
| 9:45 - 10:15 | Rare Plant Habitat Modeling with Arcmap Todd Crabtree (Tennessee Natural Heritage Program) 30 min |
An Ecological Sustainability Database for the USFS Cameron Scott (NatureServe) and Mary Long (US Forest Service) 30 min |
Wildlife Connectivity for SWAPs Patrick Crist (NatureServe) 30 min |
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| 10:15 - 10:45 | Break | |||
| 10:45 - 12:15 | Notes from the Field [Workshop] Bruce Young (NatureServe) 90 min total |
Southeast Region Ecology Programs and Projects [Workshop] Milo Pyne (NatureServe) 90 min |
Networking the Network: Toward an Online Strategy for NatureServe Kyle Copas (NatureServe) 90 min |
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| 12:15 - 1:30 | Lunch | |||
| 1:30 - 2:30 | Cross-Jurisdictional Status of Southeastern Plants [Workshop] Kelly Gravuer (NatureServe) Half Day |
Ecological Classification Workshop for Texas [Workshop] Milo Pyne (NatureServe), Lee Elliott (Texas Natural History Survey), and Jason Singhurst (Texas Wildlife Diversity Program) Half Day |
Integration of Observations in Spatial Methodology [Workshop] Jennifer Nichols and Rob Solomon (NatureServe) Half Day |
TNC-NS Collaboration: Increasing Effectiveness through Partnership Shara Howie (NatureServe) 60 min |
| 2:30 - 3:00 | Wheels, Webs, and Working Networks Judy Soule (NatureServe) 60 min (continues after break) |
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| 3:00 - 3:30 | Break | |||
| 3:30 - 4:00 | Cross-Jurisdictional Status of Southeastern Plants [Workshop] (continued) |
Ecological Classification Workshop for Texas [Workshop] (continued) |
Integration of Observations in Spatial Methodology [Workshop] (continued) |
Wheels, Webs, and Working Networks (continued) |
| 4:00 - 5:00 | NatureServe Vista Recent Developments Patrick Crist and Ian Varley (NatureServe) 60 min |
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| Evening | Dinner at TNC Preserve | |||
| Day Two - Friday, April 30 | ||||
| 8:30 - 9:30 | Plants and the Decline of Pollinators Kelly Gravuer and Bruce Young (NatureServe) 90 min |
Changing a Culture: Tracking Mitigation Activities From Inception to Completion Susan Pulsipher (Fort Bragg DPW) 60 min |
The State of MJData: Content and Currency Cameron Scott (NatureServe) 60 min |
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| 9:30 - 10:00 | America's Longleaf Restoration Initiative Glen Gaines (USDA Forest Service) 30 min |
Data Fees & Data Release Policies Around the Network Jason McNees (NatureServe) 60 min (continues after break) |
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| 10:00 - 10:30 | Break | |||
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Preliminary Surveys for the Bumblebees (Bombus spp.) of Mississippi Sherry Surrette (Mississippi Natural Heritage Program) 30 min |
Methodological Puzzles and New(ish) Tools [Workshop] Margaret Ormes (NatureServe), et al. Rest of Day |
Data Fees & Data Release Policies Around the Network (continued) |
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| 11:00 - 11:30 | Vegetation of the Natchez Trace Parkway Carl Nordman (NatureServe) 30 min |
MJD-ing Priority Areas, Observations, Ecology Data, and Predicted Distributions? Joe Weber (Virginia Natural Heritage Program) and Kat Maybury (NatureServe) 60 min |
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| 11:30 - 12:00 | Monitoring Ecological Communities on NPS Land: An Ecological Integrity Assessment-Based Approach Rickie White (NatureServe), and Teresa Leibfreid and Lindsey Smart (National Park Service) 30 min |
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| 12:00 - 1:30 | Lunch | |||
| 1:30 - 3:00 | Southeast Regional Ecology Future Priorities and Funding Opportunities [Workshop] Milo Pyne (NatureServe) 90 min |
Methodological Puzzles and New(ish) Tools [Workshop] (continued) |
The MJD Screening Tool: Status & the Next (Big) Steps Kat Maybury (NatureServe) 90 min |
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| End of Southeast Natural Heritage Conference | ||||