This page will be tweaked a bit from time to time until the agenda is completely filled. Please keep an eye on it.
Schedule of Events
FRIDAY - April 22, 2016
7:30 - 8:30: REGISTRATION
8:30 - 8:45 Carrie McLaughlin (PowWow Coordinator and Moderator) - Welcome
8:45 - 9:15 Dr. Scott Longing (PowWow Steering Committee; Entomologist/TTU Plant and Soil Science Lab) – Welcome to TTU; Pollinators on the Plains: New Research Focused on Pollinator Ecology and Conservation
9:15 - 10:15 Randy Johnson (Dallas Zoo Horticulture Manager; Randy Johnson Organics) – Native Plants: Relevance and Application
8:45 - 9:15 Dr. Scott Longing (PowWow Steering Committee; Entomologist/TTU Plant and Soil Science Lab) – Welcome to TTU; Pollinators on the Plains: New Research Focused on Pollinator Ecology and Conservation
9:15 - 10:15 Randy Johnson (Dallas Zoo Horticulture Manager; Randy Johnson Organics) – Native Plants: Relevance and Application
10:15 - 10:45: BREAK
10:45 - 11:15: Lauren Jansen Simpson: How I Came to Love the Syrphid Fly - From the Journal of a Citizen Scientist
11:15 - 12:00: Jim Ray (Wildlife Biologist/Scientist, Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC, USDOE/NNSA Pantex Plant) - From Honeybees to Monarchs – A High and Rolling Plains Perspective AND An Update on the U. S. Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration Pollinator Initiative
12:00 - 12:30: David Wolfe (Executive Director, Environmental Defense Fund) - Monarch Butterfly Habitat Exchange
11:15 - 12:00: Jim Ray (Wildlife Biologist/Scientist, Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC, USDOE/NNSA Pantex Plant) - From Honeybees to Monarchs – A High and Rolling Plains Perspective AND An Update on the U. S. Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration Pollinator Initiative
12:00 - 12:30: David Wolfe (Executive Director, Environmental Defense Fund) - Monarch Butterfly Habitat Exchange
12:30 - 2:00: LUNCH
2:00 - 2:45: Karen Clary, Ph.D. (Program Manager, Plant Conservation, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center) - Project Milkweed – Collecting Important Milkweed Ecotypes for Monarchs
2:45 - 4:15: Sam Droege (Biologist, USGS Bee Monitoring Lab) - A Very Broad Overview of the Role of Native Bees in Landscapes: Patterns, Biology, Conservation, Management, Agriculture, and Surveys.
5:00 - 8:00: Native Bee ID Workshop I
(Instructors: Scott Longing, Shalene Jha, Jack Neff, Sam Droege)
5:00 - 6:30: Milkweed Propagation Workshop I
(Instructors: Karen Clary & LBJWC staff; Cynthia McKenney &TTU staff; Barbara Willy/Monarch Gateway)
2:45 - 4:15: Sam Droege (Biologist, USGS Bee Monitoring Lab) - A Very Broad Overview of the Role of Native Bees in Landscapes: Patterns, Biology, Conservation, Management, Agriculture, and Surveys.
5:00 - 8:00: Native Bee ID Workshop I
(Instructors: Scott Longing, Shalene Jha, Jack Neff, Sam Droege)
5:00 - 6:30: Milkweed Propagation Workshop I
(Instructors: Karen Clary & LBJWC staff; Cynthia McKenney &TTU staff; Barbara Willy/Monarch Gateway)
SATURDAY - April 23, 2016
7:30 - 8:30 REGISTRATION
7:30 - 8:30 REGISTRATION
8:30 - 8:45: Carrie McLaughlin (PowWow Coordinator and Moderator) - Welcome
8:45 - 9:30: Bob Pyle, Ph.D. (Author/Lepidopterist/Founder of the Xerces Society) - Pollinators, Plants, and People on the Edge of What's Left
9:30 - 10:15: Tigga Kingston, Ph.D. (Bat biologist, TTU Kingston Lab)- Wind Farms, Wetlands, and White Nose: Challenges to Bat Conservation on the High Plains
8:45 - 9:30: Bob Pyle, Ph.D. (Author/Lepidopterist/Founder of the Xerces Society) - Pollinators, Plants, and People on the Edge of What's Left
9:30 - 10:15: Tigga Kingston, Ph.D. (Bat biologist, TTU Kingston Lab)- Wind Farms, Wetlands, and White Nose: Challenges to Bat Conservation on the High Plains
10:15 - 10:45: BREAK
10:45 - 11:30: Dr. Warren Conway (Wildlife Biologist, TTU Dept of Natural Resource Management; Tahoka Lake board member/trip leader) - Birds and Pollinators of the Southern Great Plains of Texas: What are the Linkages?
11:30 - 12:15: Dr. Shalene Jha (Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Austin, Jha Bee Lab) - Pollination Mutualisms: From Prairies to Cotton Farms
12:15 - 12:30: Robinson Sudan (Biologist, New Leaf/Pollinator Partnership) - Bee Diversity of the Sky Islands
11:30 - 12:15: Dr. Shalene Jha (Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Austin, Jha Bee Lab) - Pollination Mutualisms: From Prairies to Cotton Farms
12:15 - 12:30: Robinson Sudan (Biologist, New Leaf/Pollinator Partnership) - Bee Diversity of the Sky Islands
12:30 - 1:45: LUNCH
1:45 - 2:30: Jo Ann Baumgartner (Executive Director, Wild Farm Alliance) - How Farms Can Benefit From and Support Biological Diversity
2:30 - 3:00: Sam Earnshaw (Executive Director, Hedgerows Unlimited; USDA-NRCS/TSP) - Planting Habitat on Farms: Designs, Techniques, Issues
2:30 - 3:00: Sam Earnshaw (Executive Director, Hedgerows Unlimited; USDA-NRCS/TSP) - Planting Habitat on Farms: Designs, Techniques, Issues
3:00 - 3:15: BREAK
3:15 - 4:00: Dr. Jack Neff (Executive Director, Central Texas Melittological Institute) - Floral Host Relationships of Texas Bees
4:00 - 4:45: Dr. Jon Lundgren (Executive Director, Blue Dasher Farms and The Ecdysis Foundation) - The Role of Regenerative Agriculture in Solving the Bee Problem
5:00 - 8:00: Native Bee ID Workshop II
(Instructors: Scott Longing, Shalene Jha, Jack Neff, Sam Droege)
5:00 - 6:30: Milkweed Propagation Workshop II
(Instructors: Karen Clary & LBJWC staff; Barbara Willy/Monarch Gateway)
