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Schedule of Events
THURSDAY - MAY 4, 2017
Exhibitor Set-up 1:00 - 5:00
5:30 - 7:00 Clay Bolt Social Reception (BY INVITATION ONLY) - Cole Art Center
7:00 - 9:00 Pollinators of the World Art Exhibit (FREE - ALL WELCOME!) - Cole Art Center
6:00 - 9:00 SFASU Insect Collection Open House** (FREE - ALL WELCOME!)
**Special note: The SFASU INSECT COLLECTION can be viewed on the evening of May 4th only (as noted above), or by previous personal appt with Dr. Dan Bennett from May 4-7
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FRIDAY - MAY 5, 2017
7:30 - 8:30: REGISTRATION
8:30 - 8:45 Carrie McLaughlin (PowWow Coordinator and Moderator) - Welcome
8:45 – 9:45 Ricky Linex ( Floral Hosts and Pollinators - title and abstract pending)
9:45 – 10:30 Dawn Stover Food Prairies: Revolution or Evolution?
8:45 – 9:45 Ricky Linex ( Floral Hosts and Pollinators - title and abstract pending)
9:45 – 10:30 Dawn Stover Food Prairies: Revolution or Evolution?
10:15 - 10:45: BREAK/EXHIBITORS
10:45 – 11:30 Dr. Dan Bennett How to Attract Solitary Wasps to your Garden (Yes, Attract!)
11:30 - 12:30 Dr. Merlin Tuttle Amazing Bats and How Their Loss Threatens Pollinators
11:30 - 12:30 Dr. Merlin Tuttle Amazing Bats and How Their Loss Threatens Pollinators
12:30 - 2:00: LUNCH/EXHIBITORS
2:00 -3:15 Clay Bolt Hope is the Thing with Little Clear Wings
3:15 – 3:30 BREAK
3:30 – 4:30 Lauren Jansen Simpson How I Came to Love the Syrphid Fly - From the Journal of a Citizen Scientist
4:30 - 5:30 Ben Pfeiffer Fireflies of Texas: Glowing, Glowing, Gone...
5:30– 5:45 QUESTIONS FOR SPEAKERS
5:45 – 6:00 EXHIBITORS
8:00 – 11:30 pm BAT NIGHT
USFS Experimental Forest: acoustic hikes and mist-netting
Co-leaders: Dr. Chris Comer, Dr. Merlin Tuttle
3:15 – 3:30 BREAK
3:30 – 4:30 Lauren Jansen Simpson How I Came to Love the Syrphid Fly - From the Journal of a Citizen Scientist
4:30 - 5:30 Ben Pfeiffer Fireflies of Texas: Glowing, Glowing, Gone...
5:30– 5:45 QUESTIONS FOR SPEAKERS
5:45 – 6:00 EXHIBITORS
8:00 – 11:30 pm BAT NIGHT
USFS Experimental Forest: acoustic hikes and mist-netting
Co-leaders: Dr. Chris Comer, Dr. Merlin Tuttle
SATURDAY - May 6, 2017
7:30 - 8:30 REGISTRATION
7:30 - 8:30 REGISTRATION
8:30 - 8:45: Carrie McLaughlin (PowWow Coordinator and Moderator) - Welcome
8:45 – 10:00 Dr. Doug Tallamy Making Insects: a guide to restoring the little things that run the world
10:00 – 10:45 Cliff Shackelford Amazing Hummingbirds, Amazing Pollinators
8:45 – 10:00 Dr. Doug Tallamy Making Insects: a guide to restoring the little things that run the world
10:00 – 10:45 Cliff Shackelford Amazing Hummingbirds, Amazing Pollinators
10:45 - 11:00: BREAK/EXHIBITORS
11:00 – 11:45 Dr. Chris Comer Black Bears and Pollinators in East Texas
11:45 – 12:30 Dr. John Pascarella Pollination Biology of Blueberries and Interactions with Native Bees in Eastern U.S.
11:45 – 12:30 Dr. John Pascarella Pollination Biology of Blueberries and Interactions with Native Bees in Eastern U.S.
12:30 - 2:00: LUNCH/EXHIBITORS
2:00 – 2:15 David Wolfe EDF's Monarch Habitat Exchange Fund - UPDATE
2:15 – 3:00 Dr. Ellen Sharp Who Gets To Be A Citizen-Scientist? A Brief Look at One of Many Challenges Facing Monarch Conservation in Mexico
3:00 – 4:00 Dr. Pablo Jaramillo-Lopez The Hope for the Monarch Butterflies in North America
4:00 - 4:15 BREAK/EXHIBITORS
4:15 – 5:00 Q&A Discussion Panel: The Actual State of the Monarch Overwintering Sites in Mexico
5:00 – 5:30: QUESTIONS FOR ALL SPEAKERS
5:30 – 6:00 BOOK SIGNINGS (Tuttle, Linex, Tallamy, Shackelford) and EXHIBITORS
9:00 - 12:00 pm MOTH NIGHT/CAT WALK
SFA Pineywoods Native Plant Center: moth traps, identification,
specimen-gathering, photography, UV night hikes
Co-leaders: Dr. Dan Bennett, Dr. Doug Tallamy, Dr. Scott Longing
4:00 - 4:15 BREAK/EXHIBITORS
4:15 – 5:00 Q&A Discussion Panel: The Actual State of the Monarch Overwintering Sites in Mexico
5:00 – 5:30: QUESTIONS FOR ALL SPEAKERS
5:30 – 6:00 BOOK SIGNINGS (Tuttle, Linex, Tallamy, Shackelford) and EXHIBITORS
9:00 - 12:00 pm MOTH NIGHT/CAT WALK
SFA Pineywoods Native Plant Center: moth traps, identification,
specimen-gathering, photography, UV night hikes
Co-leaders: Dr. Dan Bennett, Dr. Doug Tallamy, Dr. Scott Longing
SUNDAY - May 7, 2107
9:00am – 3:00pm BOGGY SLOUGH FIELD DAY - rough vehicle terrain*
observing, collecting, sampling, journalling, etc… (we have permission from the Temple Foundation to collect); teams led by entos/biologists/botanists;
come and go as you please; please pack a lunch and bring your own field equipment; dress accordingly for wet places, the weather and mosquitoes; water provided
* Driving to Boggy Slough, and securely parking at the entrance point, is easy. But we'll be on old logging roads after that as we journey as much as three or four miles into and across rough terrain to visit the choicest locations of this 20,000 acre Conservation Fund property. Car can't make it? Find a partner with a vehicle who can handle it while you're at the PowWow. Regardless, you will need to register for this event, or there will be no admittance. It's better to sign up and not go, than to not sign up at all...
9:00am – 3:00pm BOGGY SLOUGH FIELD DAY - rough vehicle terrain*
observing, collecting, sampling, journalling, etc… (we have permission from the Temple Foundation to collect); teams led by entos/biologists/botanists;
come and go as you please; please pack a lunch and bring your own field equipment; dress accordingly for wet places, the weather and mosquitoes; water provided
* Driving to Boggy Slough, and securely parking at the entrance point, is easy. But we'll be on old logging roads after that as we journey as much as three or four miles into and across rough terrain to visit the choicest locations of this 20,000 acre Conservation Fund property. Car can't make it? Find a partner with a vehicle who can handle it while you're at the PowWow. Regardless, you will need to register for this event, or there will be no admittance. It's better to sign up and not go, than to not sign up at all...