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Mid-South Prairie Symposium

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When May 25th - 27th, 2016
Where Clarksville, TN
Contact Name
Presenters John Barone (Columbus State University)
Joyce Bender (Kentucky Nature Preserves Commission)
Mike Berkeley (Growild)
Mike Black (Shortleaf Pine Initiative)
Julian Campbell (Bluegrass Woodland Restoration Center)
John Cain Carter (Alianca da Terra)
Jennifer Ceska (Georgia Plant Conservation Alliance)
Edward W. Chester (Austin Peay State University, retired)
Clarence Coffey (Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, retired)
Dwayne Estes (APSU Center of Excellence for Field Biology)
Jovonn Hill (Mississippi State University)
Martina Hines (Kentucky Nature Preserves Commission)
Michael Homoya (Indian Department of Natural Resources
Paul Gagnon (Murray State University)
Pat Keyser (Center for Native Grasslands Management)
Tara Littlefield (Kentucky Nature Preserves Commission)
Mark Masteller (Iowa Department of Transportation)
Jeff Matthews (University of Illinois)
Paul Nelson (Central Hardwoods Joint Venture)
Reed Noss (University of Central Florida)
Alyssa Nyberg (The Nature Conservancy of Indiana)
John Rissler (USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service)
Andy Vander Yacht (Center for Native Grasslands Management)
Allison Vaughn (Missouri Department of Conservation)
Theo Witsell (Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission)
Joe Woolbright (Ozark Ecological Restoration, Inc.)
Brian Yahn (Kentucky Nature Preserves Commission)
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The Mid-South Prairie Symposium will be held May 25-27, 2016 at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee. The symposium, hosted by Austin Peay State University's (APSU) Center of Excellence for Field Biology and the Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT), with sponsorship from more than a dozen agencies, non-profits, and companies, will bring together those interested in grasslands of the east-central U.S. 

 
This event will be open to both laymen and experts. Invited speakers will share their expertise on the ecology, conservation, restoration, and management of grasslands (prairies, barrens, savannas, and open woodlands) of the Mid-South U.S. The symposium will feature a day-and-a-half of presentations and posters, field trips, and an evening mixer. 
 
For more information or to register, visit https://www.apsu.edu/herbarium/purpose-symposium.
 

Topics to be discussed include:

  • a review of the types and status of Mid-South grasslands
  • mapping and documenting grassland remnants
  • government conservation programs that can be used to acquire, preserve, restore, and recreate grasslands 
  • management strategies to restore degraded natural remnants
  • importance and longevity of seedbanks
  • use of prescribed fire to manage prairies
  • use of herbicides to manage non-native and invasive species of prairies
  • re-creating prairies on agricultural landscapes
  • use of species-rich, local genotype mixes for restoration
  • restoration of prairie wetlands
  • use of restored or recreated prairies by birds
  • prairie restoration and native pollinators
  • native grasslands as potential rangelands for cattle
  • prairie restoration along transportation corridors
  • creating backyard prairies and using grassland species in landscaping
  • incorporating volunteers and citizen-scientists into grassland conservation/restoration projects
  • market-driven approaches to conservation
  • planning of conservation corridors

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