Schedule of Events
Day 1 - September 19, 2015
7:00 - 8:00 Registration
8:00 - 8:20 Carrie McLaughlin (PowWow Coordinator and Moderator) – Welcome
8:20 - 9:00 Michael Warriner (TPWD Invertebrate Biologist) – Overview of Native Bees of Texas
9:00 - 10:00 Randy Johnson (Dallas Zoo Horticulture Manager; NPSOT) – Pollinators and Natives: An Ancient Marriage
10:00 - 10:30 Break
10:30 - 11:15 Jessica Beckham (PhD Candidate, University of North Texas) – Texas Bumblebees and Urban Systems Management
11:15 - 12:15 Dr. Merlin Tuttle (International Bat Biologist/Researcher and Author) – Bats, Pollination and a Novel Approach to Conservation
12:15 - 1:15 Lunch
1:15 - 2:00 Mike Quinn (Texas Entomologist; Austin Butterfly Forum) - Beetles: Pollinator Values and Conservation
2:00 - 2:45 Robinson Sudan (Biologist, Pollinator Partnership) – Forests and Pollinators: Succession, Disturbance, and the Forgotten Habitat
2:45 - 3:30 Break
3:30 - 5:15 Q&A Landowner Conservation Panel - Ricky Linex, Moderator - (NRCS Wildlife Biologist and Author), and seated by: Russell Castro (NRCS State Biologist), Ben Eldridge (Cibolo Nature Center/Herff Farm pollinator conservation); Bill Neiman (Native American Seed – Prairie Conservation); Scott Richardson (landowner/biologist); Kip Kiphart (landowner/small acreage); Randy Johnson (Randy Johnson Organics)
7:00 - 8:00 Registration
8:00 - 8:20 Carrie McLaughlin (PowWow Coordinator and Moderator) – Welcome
8:20 - 9:00 Michael Warriner (TPWD Invertebrate Biologist) – Overview of Native Bees of Texas
9:00 - 10:00 Randy Johnson (Dallas Zoo Horticulture Manager; NPSOT) – Pollinators and Natives: An Ancient Marriage
10:00 - 10:30 Break
10:30 - 11:15 Jessica Beckham (PhD Candidate, University of North Texas) – Texas Bumblebees and Urban Systems Management
11:15 - 12:15 Dr. Merlin Tuttle (International Bat Biologist/Researcher and Author) – Bats, Pollination and a Novel Approach to Conservation
12:15 - 1:15 Lunch
1:15 - 2:00 Mike Quinn (Texas Entomologist; Austin Butterfly Forum) - Beetles: Pollinator Values and Conservation
2:00 - 2:45 Robinson Sudan (Biologist, Pollinator Partnership) – Forests and Pollinators: Succession, Disturbance, and the Forgotten Habitat
2:45 - 3:30 Break
3:30 - 5:15 Q&A Landowner Conservation Panel - Ricky Linex, Moderator - (NRCS Wildlife Biologist and Author), and seated by: Russell Castro (NRCS State Biologist), Ben Eldridge (Cibolo Nature Center/Herff Farm pollinator conservation); Bill Neiman (Native American Seed – Prairie Conservation); Scott Richardson (landowner/biologist); Kip Kiphart (landowner/small acreage); Randy Johnson (Randy Johnson Organics)
Day 2 - September 20, 2015
7:30 - 8:00 Registration
8:00 - 8:15 Carrie McLaughlin (PowWow Coordinator and Moderator) - Welcome
8:15 - 9:00 Catalina Aguado Trail (Field Asst./Dr. Fred Urquhart) - A Seminal Moment: interview by Carrie McLaughlin
9:00 - 9:30 Dr. Rebeca Quinonez (Executive Director, Forests for Monarchs) - Conservation and Restoration of the Monarch Butterfly Wintering Habitat
9:30 - 10:00 Break
10:00 - 10:45 Chris Best (USFWS State Botanist) - Importance of Ecotypes in Habitat Restoration
10:45 - 11:45 Dr. Kristen Baum (Oklahoma State University) - Conservation Considerations for Monarchs in the Southern Great Plains
11:45 - 12:45 Lunch
12:45 - 1:15 Dara Satterfield (PhD Candidate, University of GA/ Monarch Health Project Coordinator) – Fueling the Flight: How Texas is Crucial to Monarch Migration, Health and Conservation
1:15 - 2:15 Wendy Caldwell (Monarch Joint Venture Coordinator) – Joining Forces: Successful Partnerships to Conserve the Monarch Migration
2:15 - 2:45 Break
2:45 - 3:15 Randy Johnson (Randy Johnson Organics) – Milkweed Propagation Techniques
3:15 - 5:00 Q&A Monarch Panel - Dr. Karen Baum, Dr. Rebeca Quinonez, Wendy Caldwell, Dara Satterfield, Chris Best, Catalina Trail, Randy Johnson, Cathy Downs (Bring Back the Monarchs to Texas), Kip Kiphart (Monarch Watch), Gail Morris (Southwest Monarch Study)
5:00 - 5:30 Carrie McLaughlin – Wrap-up/raffle
7:30 - 8:00 Registration
8:00 - 8:15 Carrie McLaughlin (PowWow Coordinator and Moderator) - Welcome
8:15 - 9:00 Catalina Aguado Trail (Field Asst./Dr. Fred Urquhart) - A Seminal Moment: interview by Carrie McLaughlin
9:00 - 9:30 Dr. Rebeca Quinonez (Executive Director, Forests for Monarchs) - Conservation and Restoration of the Monarch Butterfly Wintering Habitat
9:30 - 10:00 Break
10:00 - 10:45 Chris Best (USFWS State Botanist) - Importance of Ecotypes in Habitat Restoration
10:45 - 11:45 Dr. Kristen Baum (Oklahoma State University) - Conservation Considerations for Monarchs in the Southern Great Plains
11:45 - 12:45 Lunch
12:45 - 1:15 Dara Satterfield (PhD Candidate, University of GA/ Monarch Health Project Coordinator) – Fueling the Flight: How Texas is Crucial to Monarch Migration, Health and Conservation
1:15 - 2:15 Wendy Caldwell (Monarch Joint Venture Coordinator) – Joining Forces: Successful Partnerships to Conserve the Monarch Migration
2:15 - 2:45 Break
2:45 - 3:15 Randy Johnson (Randy Johnson Organics) – Milkweed Propagation Techniques
3:15 - 5:00 Q&A Monarch Panel - Dr. Karen Baum, Dr. Rebeca Quinonez, Wendy Caldwell, Dara Satterfield, Chris Best, Catalina Trail, Randy Johnson, Cathy Downs (Bring Back the Monarchs to Texas), Kip Kiphart (Monarch Watch), Gail Morris (Southwest Monarch Study)
5:00 - 5:30 Carrie McLaughlin – Wrap-up/raffle
