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Friday, October 20 FULL DAY WORKSHOPS • 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Dichanthelium with Claire Ciafre Ecologist/botanist, Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program (PNHP) and Western Pennsylvania Conservancy

Winter Trees and Shrubs with Norris Muth, PhD, Professor of Biology, Juniata College

Introduction to Mosses with Scott Schuette, PhD, Bryologist/Botanist
Botany Program Manager, Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy

Friday, October 20 AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS • 1:30 – 4:30 p.m.

Wetland Plants with Jeff Polonoli, Senior Project Environmental Scientist
GAI Consultants

Invasives: Look-Alikes and Management with Brian Daggs, Western PA Conservancy

Paleobotany with Peter Wilf, PhD, Professor, Department of Geosciences
Penn State University, and His Grad Students

FRIDAY EVENING SOCIAL • 4:30 –7:30 p.m. President’s Hall 1–2

Appetizers (Cash Bar), Student Poster Session and Silent Auction

Documentary Movie and Discussion at 6:30 p.m.
Rooted Wisdom: Nature’s Role in the Underground Railroad

Saturday, October 21 • 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Dean’s Hall

9:00 – 9:10 a.m. Welcome

9:10 – 10:00 a.m. Keynote Address
Partnering to Conserve PA Native Species:
Tanisha Williams, PhD, University of Georgia Assistant Professor,
Department of Plant Biology and Director of the UGA Herbarium
View Tanisha’s slide presentation here!

10:00 – 10:40 a.m.
The Plant Conservation Alliance: Changes, Progress, and Plants!
Cheyenne Moore, Pennsylvania Plant Conservation Alliance Coordinator
PA Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources
View Cheyenne’s slide presentation here!

10:40 – 11:10 a.m. BREAK and Exhibitors in Social Hall

11:10 – 11:50 a.m.
Does Herd Immunity Work for Trees? Lessons learned from selective treatment of white ash trees for emerald ash borer on the Allegheny National Forest
Jason Kilgore, PhD, Professor of Biology, Washington & Jefferson College
View Jason’s slide presentation here!

11:50 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Pennsylvania’s Ramps: What are they, where do they grow, and should we be concerned?
Sarah Nilson, PhD and Eric Burkhart, PhD
View Sarah and Eric’s slide presentation here!

12:30 – 1:30 p.m. Lunch, Last Auction Bids and Exhibitors in Social Hall

1:30 – 2:10 p.m.
Native Americans, Smokey the Bear and the Rise and Fall of Eastern US Fire Ecosystems
Marc Abrams, PhD
View Marc’s slide presentation here!

2:10 – 2:20 p.m. Student Poster Awards

2:20 – 2:40 p.m. BREAK in Exhibitor Hall with Winning Posters and Auction Results

2:40 – 3:20 p.m. Cool Finds with Roger Latham, PhD
View Roger’s Cool Finds slide presentation here!

3:20 – 4:00 p.m.
Orchids, fungi, and the surrounding plant community—the wood wide web may be even bigger than we thought
Melissa McCormick, PhD