SoutheasternPartnersinPlantConservation(SePPCon)Schedule
Day1
Tuesday,November1
8:00am-8:15am
8:15am-8:30am
8:30am-9:00am
CoffeeandNetworking
SePPConWelcome
AVisionforPlantConservationintheSoutheast
JenniferCruse-Sanders,Ph.D.(VicePresident,Science&Conservation,AtlantaBotanicalGarden)
9:00am-9:45am
TheNativeFloraoftheSoutheasternU.S.–Deep,Diverse,Durable,Deserving,&Endangered
AlanWeakley,Ph.D.(DirectoroftheUNC-CHHerbarium(NCU),NorthCarolinaBotanicalGarden&
AdjunctAssociateProfessor,DepartmentofBiologyandCurriculumfortheEnvironment&Ecology)
9:45am-10:00am Break
CapacityBuildingSessions:
SpeciesWorkshopSessions:
(Concurrent)
Presentationofbestpracticesandexamplesto
Specieswillbecategorizedbyactionableneeds
illustrateconservationneedsandmethodsthat
andprioritizedforgeographicareasto
canbebroadlyapplied,servingastrainingtools
supplementinformationgatheredfortheAtforconservation,management,andresearch.
RiskSpeciesworkshopsduring2015-2017.
PlantConservation–
LowerMississippi
FLPanhandle,
10:00am-12:00pm BestPractices,Ethics&Processes
Valley
SoutheastAL,
Aninformativeoverviewofbestpracticesinplant SouthwestGA
conservationpresentedbyCenterforPlant
Conservationpartners,NatureServe,andFederal
&StateAgencyrepresentatives
12:00pm-1:00pm Lunch
(Concurrent)
CapacityBuildingSession:
SpeciesWorkshopSessions(Geographic):
Ex-situSafeguarding–
Piedmont/Atlantic
PeninsularFlorida&
1:00pm-3:00pm
SeedBanking&ConservationHorticulture
CoastalPlain
Caribbean
Carolinas&Georgia
3:00pm-3:30pm
Break
(Concurrent)
CapacityBuildingSession:
SpeciesWorkshopSessions(Geographic):
InSituSafeguarding–Re-introduction,
CentralHardwood,
Mississippi&North
3:30pm-5:30pm
Restoration,&AdaptiveManagement
SouthernBlueRidge/ CentralAlabama
InteriorLowPlateau
6:00-8:00pm
Conversationscontinueoverdinner–informalgroupsorganizethemselvesatlocalrestaurants.
Day2
Wednesday,November2
8:00am-8:30am
8:30am-8:45am
8:45am-9:30am
CoffeeandNetworking
Welcome
ResourcesforPlantConservation
VivianOrtiz(Botanist&FLRecoveryCoordinator,USFWS)
9:30am-10:15am
RareUnderstorySpecieswithinLongleafPineEcosystems
JoanWalker(ResearchEcologist,SouthernResearchStation,USFS)
10:15am-10:45am Break
10:45am-12:30pm Panel–PlantConservationResources,Tools,&Funding
AlternativeFundingMethods:Fish&WildlifeService(Section6&Section7A1);StateWildlifeAction
Grants&OtherState-FundedInitiatives;ForestServiceStewardshipProgram&Projects.
12:30pm-1:30pm Lunch
SpeciesWorkshopSessions(CategoriesofNeed):
LandAcquisition
ExSitu&InSituSafeguarding:
InformationGaps&
1:30pm-3:15pm
HabitatProtection
SeedBanking&Conservation
ResearchNeeds:
Land&FireManagement
Horticulture
ReproductiveBiology
Water&Hydrology
Augmentation&Reintroduction
PopulationDemographics
CooperativePlanning
Genetics&Taxonomy
NeededSurveys
3:15pm-3:45pm
Break
3:45pm-5:00pm
PosterExpo
Partnerspresentingexamplesofsuccessfulprojectsorneedsthatcanbefilledbypartnership.
6:00-8:00pm
Conversationscontinueoverdinner–informalgroupsorganizethemselvesatlocalrestaurants.
Day3
8:00am-8:15am
8:15am-8:30am
8:30am-9:15am
9:15am-10:45am
10:45am-12:00pm
12:00pm-1:30pm
1:30pm-2:30pm
2:30pm-3:00pm
3:00pm-4:30pm
4:30-5:00pm
Thursday,November3
CoffeeandNetworking
Welcome
InitialTrendsIdentifiedAcrossDay1andDay2:
TheSteeringCommitteewillpresenttrends,commonthemes,andnextsteps.
ListeningSession:WhatdoSePPConparticipantswantfromthismeeting/conversation?
Break&Lunch(combined)
OtherWaystoDoPlantConservation:LocalPlantConservationAlliances
JenniferCeska(GPCAConservationCoordinator)andotherspeakerswilldiscussnetworkingasa
toolforaction,guidingtenets&watch-outs,aswellasmajorlessonslearnedtoillustratesuccessful
modelsofPlantConservationAlliances.
ConservationNetworkingWorkshop:
Workinggroups:GPCApartnerswillprovidenetworkingexpertise,skills,andmodelstopromote
cooperativeconservationandbuildalliancesthroughouttheregion.
Break(Structuredwithinworkshopbreakouts)
PlantConservationAllianceWorkshops-Continued
Workshopgroupswillsharetheirplansinaplenarydiscussion.
Recognition&ClosingRemarks