November 18 & 19 State College, PA ID workshops on Friday. Presentations on Saturday. Poster session as well.
https://pabotany.org/pa-botany-symposia/ Friday, November 18th 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Workshops Demystifying the Challenging World of GrassesSarah Chamberlain, Research Associate Riparia, Penn State University Pennsylvania Juncus: What’s the Rush? Wes Knapp, Mountain Biologist, North Carolina Natural Heritage Program A Review of the Major Taxonomic Sections of Carex (Cyperaceae) for east-central U.S. Dwayne Estes, Associate Professor of Biology, Austin Peay State University Potamogetonaceae and Hydrocharitaceae of North America Barre Hellquist, Professor of Biology Emeritus, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts 1:30 – 4:30 p.m. Workshops Pennsylvania’s Willows Jim Bissell, Curator of Botany and Director of Natural Areas, Cleveland Museum of Natural History Pteridophyte Identification in Pennsylvania Steve Grund, Botanist, Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program Western Pennsylvania Conservancy Bonnie Isaac, Collection Manager, Section of Botany, Carnegie Museum of Natural History 3:00-5:00 p.m. Vendor setup 5:00 – 8:30 p.m. Friday Evening Social, Poster Session and Presentation (Dinner on your own) Presentation Chris Martine, Burpee Professor of Biology, Bucknell University Saturday, November 19th 8:00 – 9:00 a.m Registration 8:00 – 8:45a.m. Exhibitor setup 8:00 – 9:00 a.m Registration 8:00 – 9:00 a.m. Exhibitor Session 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. Keynote address Competing Values of Modern Conservation: Can They Be Reconciled? Reed Noss,Provost’s Distinguished Research Professor, Department of Biology, University of Central Florida 10:00 – 10:40 a.m. Vascular Plant Extinction in North America North of Mexico; What Have We Lost and What Can We Learn? Wes Knapp, Mountain Biologist, North Carolina Natural Heritage Program 10:40 – 11:00 break 11:00 – 11:40 a.m. Thirty Years of Change Within Lake Erie Wetlands Jim Bissell, Curator of Botany and Director of Natural Areas Cleveland Museum of Natural History 11:40 a.m. – 12:20 p.m. Nymphaeaceae and Nelumbonaceae: The Beautiful Plants of the Water World Barre Hellquist, Professor of Biology Emeritus, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts 12:20 – 1:20 p.m. Lunch 1:20 – 2:00 p.m. Native Seed: Strategy vs Serendipity Peggy Olwell, Plant Conservation Program Lead Bureau of Land Management 2:00 – 2:20 p.m. Break 2:20 – 3:00 p.m. Jefferson’s Botanists: Lewis & Clark Discover the Plants of the West and Bring Them to Philadelphia Richard McCourt, Curator and Professor, Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University 3:00 – 3:40 p.m. Riverscour: The Last Frontier in the Heavily Botanized Eastern U.S. Dwayne Estes, Professor of Plant Pathology Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology Penn State University 3:40 – 4:20 p.m. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants Robin Kimmerer, Distinguished Teaching Professor, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse, NY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Norris Z. Muth, Associate Professor of Biology [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> office: 1054 VonLiebig Center for Science Office Hours Fall 2016 MWF 9-9:30, MW 11-11:30, or by appointment Juniata College 1700 Moore St. Huntingdon, PA 16652 tel: 814-641-3632 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The materials in this electronic mail transmission (including all attachments) are private and confidential and are the property of the sender. The information contained in the material is privileged and is intended only for the use of the named addressee(s). If you are not the intended addressee, be advised that any unauthorized disclosure, copying, distribution or the taking of any action in reliance on the contents of this material is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender by replying to the e-mail, and then destroy it immediately. Thank you.
