There's still time to register for the Missouri Botanical Symposium, which will be held in Rolla, Missouri next Wednesday, February 27th. Cost of registration is $40 regular and $25 student and includes a lunch buffet. The deadline for registration is this Thursday, February 21st. We have a fascinating lineup of presentations from some excellent speakers! All details are located at www.missouribotanicalsymposium.org.
The speakers and topics are as follows: Missouri Floristic Quality Assessment: a tool for assessing and managing natural habitats and restorations Doug Ladd, The Nature Conservancy What does it take to get pollinated around here? Mike Arduser, Missouri Department of Conservation Documenting Missouri's Liverwort flora John Atwood, Missouri Botanical Garden Missouri's Blackberries: why do they Rubus the wrong way? Justin Thomas and Jacob Hadle, Institute of Botanical Training, LLC Notes on diversity and endangerment in the Flora of Missouri Dr. George Yatskievych and Rex Hill - Missouri Botanical Garden Exploring polyploidy and diversity: the intriguing case of Phlox pilosa Dr. Carolyn Ferguson - Kansas State University Burn, Burn, Burn: a plant ecological and ecosystem perspective on prescribed fire for wildlife management Dr. Alexander Wait, Missouri State University Getting to the roots of local adaptation: evolution of North American grapevines Dr. Allison Miller, St. Louis University New approaches in finding rare plants Dr. Paul McKenzie, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Dana J. Thomas Symposium Chairperson and Executive Director Institute of Botanical Training, LLC 111 County Road 3260 Salem, MO 65560 317-430-6566 <http://www.botanytraining.com/> www.botanytraining.com Promoting the stewardship of our natural environment through field-based botanical services.
