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2017 Symposium – Restoration and Conservation of Native Landscapes and Species
Saturday, April 1, 2017 @ 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Download the 2017 MNNPS Symposium Registration form
Speakers and Topics:
| 8:30–9:00 | Registration |
| 9:00–9:10 | Welcome to the Symposium |
| 9:10–9:30 | Welcome to the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum Peter Moe, Director of the University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum |
| 9:30–10:20 | Rare Plant Restoration and Ex Situ Conservation: A Great Pairing of Two Controversial Concepts David Remucal, Curator of Endangered Plants, Minnesota Landscape Arboretum |
| 10:20–10:40 | Break |
| 10:40–11:30 | Preserve is a Verb: Restoration’s Role in Preserving the Changing and Fragmented Landscape of Southeastern Minnesota David Schmidt, Southeast Minnesota Conservation Coordinator, The Nature Conservancy |
| 11:30–12:25 | Midwest Orchid Conservation Initiative Melissa Curran, Environmental Scientist/Botanist, Stantec |
| 12:25–1:25 | Lunch |
| 1:25–2:15 | Sax-Zim Bog: Vegetative Responses to Hydrology Restoration Deric Deuschle, Senior Biologist, Short Elliott Hendrickson Inc. (SEH) |
| 2:15–2:35 | Break |
| 2:35–3:30 | Saving Minnesota’s Prairie Butterflies Erik Runquist, Butterfly Conservation Biologist, Minnesota Zoo |
| 3:30-4:00 | The Felton Prairie—Could we recreate it? Robert Dana, Entomologist/Prairie Ecologist, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources |
Where to Park: Symposium participants should park in the Arboretum’s main lot. The standard gate fee will be waived for attendees.
How to Get There: Nine miles west of I-494 on State Hwy. 5; 4 miles west of Chanhassen on Hwy. 5; and ¼ mile west of the intersection of State Hwy. 41 on Hwy 5.
Questions Directed to: Shirley Mah Kooyman, smkooyman@gmail.com 763-559-3114
Download the 2017 MNNPS Symposium Registration form