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SUMMARY:2023 Symposium: Minnesota's Forests\, Today and Tomorrow
DESCRIPTION:Speakers and Topics\n\n8:30-9:00 Registration\n9:00-9:20 Welcome to the Symposium and the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum\n9:20-10:20 White Pine: The Natural and Human History of a Foundational American Tree. John Pastor\, Professor Emeritus\, University of Minnesota Duluth\n10:20-11:20 Adaptive Silviculture for Climate Change. Dr. Windmuller-Campione Lab: Abby Daniel\, MS Student\, Catherine Glenn-Stone\, MS Student\, and Nick Parrott\, MS Student\n11:20-11:35 Minnesota Plant Watch Program Announcement\n11:35-12:30 Lunch\n12:30-1:25 Giving Nature a Nudge: How National Forests in Minnesota are Incorporating Assisted Migration and Other Climate Adaptation Techniques into Forest Management. Katie Frerker\, Climate Adaptation Specialist\, Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science\, US Forest Service\n1:25-2:20 Defining Plant Ecological Specialists and Generalists. Matthew A. Kaproth\, Associate Professor\, Minnesota State University\n2:30-3:30 The Future of Boreal Forests. Lee Frelich\, Director\, The University of Minnesota Center for Forest Ecology\n\nPayment Options\nRegister online or download and mail in the 2023 MNNPS Symposium Registration Form & Brochure \nDirect any questions regarding registration to: Shirley Mah Kooyman\, smkooyman@gmail.com\, 763-464-8323. \nEvent Sponsors\nPlant Conservation Program at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum\, and Terrace Horticultural Books
URL:https://mnnps.org/event/2023-symposium/
LOCATION:Minnesota Landscape Arboretum\, 3675 Arboretum Dr.\, Chaska\, MN\, 55318\, United States
CATEGORIES:Symposium
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED: 2020 Symposium-Forests of the Great Lakes Region: Past\, Present\, and Future
DESCRIPTION:The 2020 Symposium was cancelled due to the global pandemic. A different topic (TBD) will be the subject of the next Symposium.
URL:https://mnnps.org/event/2020-symposium/
LOCATION:Minnesota Landscape Arboretum\, 3675 Arboretum Dr.\, Chaska\, MN\, 55318\, United States
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SUMMARY:2019 Symposium: Prairies and Grasslands of the Lower 48
DESCRIPTION:Download the 2019 MNNPS Symposium Registration Form. Registration deadline is March 12. \nPrairie historically covered one-third of the state of Minnesota\, and has been a topic of previous symposia. This year\, we are broadening our geographical range to prairies and grasslands across the lower 48 states. This will provide an opportunity to learn about prairies and grasslands from the unglaciated plains of the Southeast United States all the way to the Pacific Northwest. \nJeffrey Taylor  \n\nResearcher at Konza Prairie\, Manhattan\, Kansas\nTopic: Program on long-term research at Konza\, looking at vegetative composition and how management influences this system.\n\nDr. Sarah Hamman  \n\nPrairie Conservation Science Program Manager at the Center for Natural Lands Management\, Olympia\, Washington\nTopic: Hidden prairies of the Pacific Northwest: How unique conservation strategies are restoring diversity and resilience to a highly fragmented ecosystem.\n\nDr. Reed Noss  \n\nChief Science Advisor of the Southeastern Grasslands Initiative; he is based near University of Central Florida\nForgotten grasslands of the unglaciated east: origin\, history\, and future.\n\nDr. Bruno Borsari  \n\nProfessor at Winona State University\, Winona\, Minnesota\nPresentation on Soils\, Plants Diversity and Peoples of the Cajun Prairie: A Distinctive Ecosystem in Southwestern Louisiana worthy of Reconstruction and Conservation\n\nRhett Johnson \n\nPrairie Specialist\, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources\nPrairies of Minnesota\n\nCall for Research Track Poster Presentations \nStudents and academic researchers are invited to submit abstracts on research related to native plants and native plant communities of Minnesota\, including taxonomy and systematics\, preservation\, conservation\, and restoration. Posters will be on display throughout the conference and presenters are invited to discuss their posters during the scheduled breaks and lunch. Abstracts can be emailed to Annie Weeks at annie.weeks@mnrinc.us. The submission deadline is March 1\, 2019\, and presenters will be notified of acceptance by March 8\, 2019. \nVendors interested in having a booth at the symposium can contact Shirley Mah Kooyman by email at smkooyman@gmail.com. \nDownload the 2019 MNNPS Symposium Registration Form
URL:https://mnnps.org/event/2019-symposium/
LOCATION:Minnesota Landscape Arboretum\, 3675 Arboretum Dr.\, Chaska\, MN\, 55318\, United States
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SUMMARY:2018 Symposium - Old Growth Forests
DESCRIPTION:Download the 2018 MNNPS Symposium Registration form \nSpeakers and Topics:\n\n\n\n8:30–9:00\nRegistration\n\n\n9:00–9:10\nWelcome to the Symposium\n\n\n9:10–9:30\nWelcome to the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum\nPeter Moe\, Director of the University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum\n\n\n9:30–10:20\nOld-Growth Forests: What are They? Why are They Important? and What Should We Do with Them? A Minnesota Perspective in a Global Context\nKurt Rusterholz\, Retired Forest Ecologist\, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources\n\n\n10:20–10:40\nBreak\n\n\n10:40–11:30\nOld Growth Landscapes: Hemlock-Hardwood Forests of the Porcupine Mountains and Sylvania\nLee Frelich\, Director—The University of Minnesota Center for Forest Ecology\, University of Minnesota\n\n\n11:30–12:25\nUsing Lichens to Assess the Ecological Continuity of Forest Ecosystems\nSteven Selva\, Professor Emeritus of Biology and Environmental Studies\, University of Maine at Fort Kent\n\n\n12:25–1:25\nLunch\n\n\n1:25–2:15\nThe Overlooked Old Growth: Lowland Conifers\nBecky Marty\, Regional Ecologist\, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources\n\n\n2:15–2:35\nBreak\n\n\n2:35–3:30\nThe Role of People and Fire in Minnesota’s Red Pine Forests of the Boundary Waters\nKurt Kipfmueller\, Associate Professor of Geography\, Environment & Society\, University of Minnesota\n\n\n3:30-4:00\nThe Magney-Snively Northern Hardwoods Across Three Centuries\nDavid Schimpf\, Department of Biology and Olga Lakela Herbarium\, University of Minnesota Duluth\n\n\n\nWhere to Park: Symposium participants should park in the Arboretum’s main lot. The standard gate fee will be waived for attendees. \nHow 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. \nQuestions Directed to: Shirley Mah Kooyman\, smkooyman@gmail.com 763-559-3114 \nDownload the 2018 MNNPS Symposium Registration form
URL:https://mnnps.org/event/2018-symposium/
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SUMMARY:2017 Symposium - Restoration and Conservation of Native Landscapes and Species
DESCRIPTION:Download the 2017 MNNPS Symposium Registration form \nSpeakers and Topics:\n\n\n\n8:30–9:00\nRegistration\n\n\n9:00–9:10\nWelcome to the Symposium\n\n\n9:10–9:30\nWelcome to the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum\nPeter Moe\, Director of the University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum\n\n\n9:30–10:20\nRare Plant Restoration and Ex Situ Conservation: A Great Pairing of Two Controversial Concepts\nDavid Remucal\, Curator of Endangered Plants\, Minnesota Landscape Arboretum\n\n\n10:20–10:40\nBreak\n\n\n10:40–11:30\nPreserve is a Verb: Restoration’s Role in Preserving the Changing and Fragmented Landscape of Southeastern Minnesota\nDavid Schmidt\, Southeast Minnesota Conservation Coordinator\, The Nature Conservancy\n\n\n11:30–12:25\nMidwest Orchid Conservation Initiative\nMelissa Curran\, Environmental Scientist/Botanist\, Stantec\n\n\n12:25–1:25\nLunch\n\n\n1:25–2:15\nSax-Zim Bog: Vegetative Responses to Hydrology Restoration\nDeric Deuschle\, Senior Biologist\, Short Elliott Hendrickson Inc. (SEH)\n\n\n2:15–2:35\nBreak\n\n\n2:35–3:30\nSaving Minnesota’s Prairie Butterflies\nErik Runquist\, Butterfly Conservation Biologist\, Minnesota Zoo\n\n\n3:30-4:00\nThe Felton Prairie—Could we recreate it?\nRobert Dana\, Entomologist/Prairie Ecologist\, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources\n\n\n\nWhere to Park: Symposium participants should park in the Arboretum’s main lot. The standard gate fee will be waived for attendees. \nHow 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. \nQuestions Directed to: Shirley Mah Kooyman\, smkooyman@gmail.com 763-559-3114 \nDownload the 2017 MNNPS Symposium Registration form
URL:https://mnnps.org/event/2017-symposium/
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SUMMARY:2016 Symposium - Perspectives in Botany 4
DESCRIPTION:Download the 2016 MNNPS Symposium Registration form \nKeynote speaker: the eminent lichenologist Dr. Irwin Brodo. Dr. Brodo is emeritus research scientist at the Canadian Museum of Nature\, Ottawa\, Ontario. He is the author of “Lichens of North America” and “Keys to Lichens of North America\, Revised and Expanded” both published by Yale University Press. \nSpeakers and Topics:\n\n\n\n8:30 AM\nRegistration (continental breakfast available)\n\n\n9:00–9:10\nWelcome to the Symposium\n\n\n9:10–9:30\nWelcome to the Bell Museum\nDr. George Weiblen\, Scientific Director\, Bell Museum of Natural History\, University of Minnesota\n\n\n9:30–10:20\nThe Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas: an online resource for native plants and more\nDr. George Weiblen\, Scientific Director\, Bell Museum of Natural History\, University of Minnesota\n\n\n10:20–10:40\nBreak\n\n\n10:40–11:30\nThe Process of Developing a Regional Flora and the Development and Concept of the Floristic Quality Assessment (FQA) Methodology\nDr. Gerould Wilhelm\, Principal Botanist/Ecologist\, Conservation Design Forum\n\n\n11:30–12:25\nLichens of the Northern Forests\nDr. Irwin Brodo\, Emeritus Research Scientist\, Canadian Museum of Nature\n\n\n12:25–1:25\nLunch\n\n\n1:25–2:15\nEcology and Management of Aquatic Invasive Plants in Minnesota\nDr. Daniel Larkin\, Assistant Professor/Extension Specialist Department of Fisheries\, Wildlife and Conservation Biology\, & Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Research Center\, University of Minnesota\n\n\n2:15–2:35\nBreak\n\n\n2:35–3:30\n400 Years of Fire and Wind in Minnesota’s BWCAW\nDr. Lee Frelich\, Research Associate and Director\, Center for Forest Ecology\, University of Minnesota\n\n\n\nDownload the 2016 MNNPS Symposium Registration form
URL:https://mnnps.org/event/2016-symposium/
LOCATION:Bell Museum\, 10 Church Street SE\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55455\, United States
CATEGORIES:Symposium
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SUMMARY:2015 Annual Symposium
DESCRIPTION:“Botanical Ramifications of Environmental Change”\nCo-sponsored by the Bell Museum of Natural History \nSYMPOSIUM SPEAKERS\nLong term ecological history at the prairie-forest border from lake cores: Is the past a guide to the future? \nCharles E. Umbanhowar Jr.\, Department of Biology and Environmental Studies\, St. Olaf College \nGenetic Foundations of plant adaptation \nRuth G. Shaw\, Department of Ecology\, Evolution and Behavior\, University of Minnesota \nA Century of shifts in flowering phenology in the Red River valley \nDr. Steven Traverse\, Associate professor\, Department of Biological Sciences\, North Dakota State University \nUsing Predictive Models to Explore assisted migration scenarios – pitfalls and opportunities \nPati Vitt\, Stone Curator of the Dixon Seed Bank\, Plant Biology and Conservation\, Chicago Botanical Garden \nSpatial signals of climate change in the abundance and distribution of understory species in Wisconsin over 50 years \nJeremy Ash\, University of Wisconsin – Madison \nDownload the brochure and registration form!
URL:https://mnnps.org/event/2015-symposium/
LOCATION:Bell Museum\, 10 Church Street SE\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55455\, United States
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