academy.saveplants.org RARE ACADEMY

The Center for Plant Conservation (CPC) is excited to announce the public launch of the... first and only online, interactive platform for rare plant conservation science and practices.

The CPC Rare Plant Academy shares the most up-to-date science-based methods for maintaining Working together genetic diversity, seed banking, cryopreservation, and plant reintroduction. CPC Rare Plant Academy is now available to all professionals working to save to safeguard . endangered . This online platform is an essential tool for seasoned plant conservationists, public garden The American Public Gardens Association The Gene Conservation Partnership professionals, researchers, land managers, has partnered with the United States collects plant material from across its native Forest Service’s Forest Health Protection range, captures broad genetic diversity, and government agencies, as well as, an important Program to target at-risk that can’t distributes propagules to public gardens for training tool for newcomers working to save rare be seedbanked through traditional methods. safeguarding in ex situ collections. and endangered plants in the world. Join us at The next call for Scouting/Collecting Trip Proposals academy.saveplants.org opens in September of 2020 for projects in 2021. to learn more about Learn more at www.publicgardens.org rare plants, share info, and interact with our community.

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Atlanta Botanical Garden questions or assistance at any time SAGE PARKING 1345 Piedmont Ave, Atlanta, GA 30309 during the meeting, please contact: FACILITY PIEDMONT AVENUE

Hotel Carrie Radcliffe 706-247-6866 W Hotel - Midtown [email protected] W HOTEL - MIDTOWN 188 14th Street, NE Atlanta, 30361 Emily Coffey 314-600-1210 404-892-6000 [email protected] Located 0.6 miles from the Garden 14TH STREET Laurie Blackmore 404-509-6061 [email protected]

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THREAT ASSESSMENT: IUCN RED LIST & REGISTRATION & CHECK-IN BREAK 10:15 – 10:30 a.m. NATURESERVE RANKING WORKSHOP* 7:45 a.m. – 4 p.m. | Hardin Visitor Center 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. | Magnolia Room | $60 COFFEE & NETWORKING BUILD YOUR SKILLS, SHARE YOUR SKILLS Sponsored by Jacksonville Zoo & Gardens 7:45 am – 8:15 a.m. |Mershon Hall BREAKOUT SESSIONS Christina Carrero, Tree Conservation Research Assistant, The Morton Arboretum 10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. Dr. Anne Frances, Lead Botanist, NatureServe WELCOME FROM HOSTS AND STEERING PARTNERS Interactive sessions to empower and build relationships – 8:15 – 8:30 a.m. providing opportunities for an exchange of ideas, successes, CONSERVATION HORTICULTURE TRAINING WORKSHOP* lessons learned, and potential to identify additional needs. 9:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. | Georgia-Pacific Classroom| $70 Mary Pat Matheson Sponsored by American Public Gardens Association ROADSIDE DEFENDERS MEETING* The Anna & Hays Mershon President and CEO, Atlanta Botanical Garden Concurrent breakout session choices John Evans, Conservation Horticulture Coordinator, Atlanta Botanical Garden 1 – 4 p.m. | Turner Theater Rusty Garrison selected during online registration: Director, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources Division SEEDBANKING & MICROPROPAGATION REGISTRATION & CHECK-IN Facing the Fundraising Challenge: TRAINING WORKSHOP* 4:30 – 7:30 p.m. | Hardin Visitor Center Catherine Phillips Getting Creative with Plant Conservation Funding 9:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. | Orchid Room| $70 Assistant Regional Director, Ecological Services, Gardenhouse Gallery, Magnolia Room Sponsored by American Public Gardens Association OPENING RECEPTION* U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Southeast Region Jason Ligon, Micropropagation & Seed Bank Coordinator, Atlanta Botanical Garden 5 - 8 p.m. | Mershon Hall Margrett Boley, Director of Biological and Physical Resources Making Communications Count: Raising Awareness & Sponsored by the Atlanta Botanical Garden USDA Forest Service Southern Region Making the Case for Plant Conservation REGIONAL AGENCY MEETINGS (ORGANIZED BY AGENCIES) Hors d’oeuvres and cash bar Day Hall 1 – 4 p.m. | Hardin Visitor Center Conference Room and KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Gardenhouse Boardroom * Pre-registration required Identifying & Empowering Volunteer ANTHROPOCENE ERA & THE 6TH EXTINCTION: Networks to Support Projects OUR REALITY Gardenhouse Gallery, Orchid Room 8:30 – 9:10 a.m.

Dr. Pamela S. Soltis Seeking & Building Collaborative Processes: Founding Director of University of Biodiversity Institute, We are Better Together Georgia Department of Natural Resources is a Distinguished Professor and Curator at the Florida Museum of Natural History Gardenhouse Gallery

proud partner in plant and conservation. CHANGING THE CONVERSATION ABOUT PLANTS LUNCH 12 – 1 p.m. in Mershon Hall 9:10 – 9:30 a.m. For more, check out Georgia’s State Wildlife Action Plan Lunch choices selected during online registration Matt Candeias, In Defense of Plants www.georgiawildlife.com/WildlifeActionPlan CONSERVING MEDICINALLY AND CULTURALLY KEYNOTE Q&A 9:30 – 9:45 a.m. SIGNIFICANT SOUTHEASTERN PLANTS and DNR Wildlife Conservation Section’s annual report 1 – 2:15 p.m. www.georgiawildlife.com/Conservation/AnnualReport REGIONAL CONSERVATION INITIATIVES VIDEO SCREENING & PANEL Introduction and overview 9:45 – 10:15 a.m. Dr. Anne Frances, Lead Botanist, NatureServe To support this work, buy or renew Sponsored by Southeastern Grasslands Initiative Kentucky’s Forest Biodiversity Assessment Program: a wildlife license plate, including The Southeastern Grasslands Initiative A Model for Capturing Trends and Distribution of the new pollinator tag! Dr. Dwayne Estes, Southeastern Grasslands Initiative Forest Medicinals and More Tara Littlefield, Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves Longleaf for the Long Run Carol Denhof, President, Longleaf Alliance The Culturally Significant Plant Species Initiative (CSPSI): A Piedmont Prairie Initiative Collaboration of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and the Rua Mordicai, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Science Applications Southern Appalachian Man and the Biosphere Cooperative Tommy Cabe and Maria Dunlavey, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians

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The Ethical Forager: A Review of Harvesting Regulations and BREAK 3 - 3:15 p.m. REGISTRATION & CHECK-IN Ecology and Conservation of the Federally-Listed Coastal Practices for Threatened Medicinal Plants on Public and 7:45 a.m. – 6:15 p.m. | Hardin Visitor Center Cactus Harrisia aboriginum in SW Florida

Private Lands in the Southeast STATE PLANT CONSERVATION ALLIANCE Dr. Shawn McCourt, Marie Selby Botanical Gardens COFFEE & NETWORKING Laramie Smith, University of Georgia LIGHTNING PRESENTATIONS & PANEL 7:45 am – 8:15 a.m. |Mershon Hall Examining Morphological and Habitat Variation within 3:15 - 4:20 p.m. Stenanthium gramineum (Eastern Featherbells, Melanthiaceae) Developing Genetic Tools to Safeguard Harvested Species in RECOVERY IS POSSIBLE Hannah Cook, Western Carolina University the Great Smoky Mountains National Park : Patrick Thompson Sponsored by Department Dr. Matt Estep, Appalachian State University Auburn University Davis Arboretum Assessment of Science Needs for Rare Plants of Conservation of Environment and Conservation Concern in Southeastern Grasslands MID-ATLANTIC: Amy Highland, Mt. Cuba Center 8 – 8:30 a.m. Three , three partners, three genera: Results of an in- Dr. Reed Noss, Southeastern Grasslands Initiative

novative partnership for Trillium conservation FLORIDA: Houston Snead, Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens INTRODUCTION & OVERVIEW Science in Recovery Q&A Clayton Meredith, ABQ Bio-Park GEORGIA: Jennifer Ceska, State Botanical Garden of Georgia Kelly Bibb, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

KENTUCKY: Tara Littlefield, Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves BREAK 10 - 10: 15 a.m. Kentucky’s American Ginseng (Panax quinquefolius) Geoff Call, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service : Dr. Toby Gray, Mississippi State University Management Program David Lincicome and Andrea Bishop (retired), CONSERVATION GENETICS 10:15 - 11 a.m. Anna Lucio, Kentucky Department of Agriculture : Michael Kunz Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Sponsored by the Atlanta Botanical Garden North Carolina Botanical Garden, PLANT CONSERVATION ALLIANCES WORKSHOP University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill SCIENCE IN RECOVERY Introduction and overview 2:15 - 5:15 p.m. PENNSYLVANIA: Kristi Allen, Pennsylvania Department of 8:30 - 10 a.m. Dr. Lauren Eserman, Atlanta Botanical Garden

Sponsored by The State Botanical Garden of Georgia Conservation and Natural Resources Sponsored by the Atlanta Botanical Garden How Genomic Data Can Help Land Managers; : April Punsalan, US Fish & Wildlife Service, Life History of telephioides, a Meet your Agency & Natural Heritage Network Botanists Needs Identified by Hawai’ian Land Managers Endemic to the Florida Panhandle: Are These Data Useful to 2:15 - 3 p.m. TENNESSEE: Cooper Breeden, Southeastern Grasslands Initiative, Working with Endangered Lobeliods Evaluate Conservation? Dr. Jeremie Fant, Chicago Botanical Garden Austin Peay State University Dr. Vivian Negrón-Ortiz, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Joanne Baggs USDA Forest Service Southern Region Global Conservation Consortia: Kelly Bibb U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service PLANT CONSERVATION NETWORKING ON A REGIONAL SCALE How Ecology Can Improve Recovery Coordinating Collections for Exceptional Species David Lincicome, Division of Natural Areas, Dr. Anne Frances NatureServe & The Natural Heritage Network of the Southeast’s Threatened Flowering Plants Christina Carrero, The Morton Arboretum

Dr. Mincy Moffett Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Gavin Shotts, Auburn University Wildlife Conservation Section, State Heritage Programs Conserving Genetic Diversity of Southeastern and and SWAPS – Southeastern U.S. Overview DEVELOPING CONSERVATION OPPORTUNITY AREAS FOR ARKANSAS: THE Pollination of Venus Flytrap Throughout its Range Magnolias in Botanic Gardens: How Much is Needed? IMPORTANCE OF RECOGNIZING PARTNERS IN THE LANDSCAPE Laura Hamon, North Carolina State University Dr. Sean Hoban, The Morton Arboretum

Dr. Toby Gray, Mississippi State University Reproductive Ecology of a Rare Florida Genetic Diversity Within and Among Populations of the PCA Panel Q&A Endemic Mint, alba Endangered Southeastern North American Plant Species, 4:20 p.m. - 4:35 Dr. Brenda Molano-Flores, Illinois Natural History Survey, University of Illinois Tiedemannia canbyi (Apiaceae) and it’s More Common Congener, T. filiformis Exploring and Strengthening State PCA Partnerships: The Role of Fruits and Fires in the Germination of a Dr. Dorest Trapnell, The University of Georgia Table Talk Rotation Rare Subshrub, Amorpha georgiana (Fabaceae) Michael Kunz, North Carolina Botanical Garden Conservation Applications of Recent Genetic Diversity 4:35 - 5:05 p.m. Findings for the North American Plant Species, Seed Dormancy and Soil Seed Bank PCA Workshop Closing and Conference Announcements Tiedemannia canbyi (Canby’s dropwort) Persistence in the Federally Endangered 5:05 - 5:15 p.m. Lisa Kruse, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Conservation Section Short’s Bladderpod (Physaria globosa) Noah Dell, Botanical Garden The Ecology of Hybridizing Pitcher Plants in GROUPS FORM ORGANICALLY AND GO TO DINNER ON THEIR OWN Isolated Mountain Varronia bellonis (Cordiaceae) as a Model for Plant Dr. Rebecca Hale, University of North Carolina, Asheville Conservation in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands Omar A. Monsegur-Rivera, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Conservation Genetics Q&A

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SAFEGUARDING OUR FUTURE The Ichauway Seed Bank: Results from the Experimental Reintroductions and Adaptive Management Gulf Coast Atlantic White-Cedar Recovery 11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Inaugural Year of Seed Collecting Improve Recovery Outcomes in the Federally Endangered, Post Hurricane Disturbance Sponsored by Mt. Cuba Center Lisa Giencke, Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center at Ichauway Pyne’s Ground-Plum (Astragalus bibullatus) Clayton Hale, Mississippi State University

Dr. Matthew Albrecht, Missouri Botanical Garden Introduction and overview Identifying Drivers of Orchid Population Dynamics: An Example Building and Maintaining an Ex Situ Dale Suiter, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service SAFEGUARDING OUR FUTURE Q&A in the Federally-Listed Threatened Orchid, medeoloides

Torreya taxifolia Seed Nursery Dr. Melissa McCormick, North American Orchid Conservation Center (NAOCC) Recognizing the Significant Roll Ex Situ Conservation Dr. Annabel Renwick, Sarah P. Duke Gardens LUNCH 12:15 – 1:15 p.m. in Mershon Hall and Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) Collections Play in Preventing Plant Extinctions Lunch choices selected during online registration Wesley M. Knapp, North Carolina Natural Heritage Program Citizen Scientist-led Efforts to Save a Species: Monitoring At-Risk Species in the Southeastern U.S. Can Be Improved with an Ensemble Habitat Modeling Approach Do Seedbanks Help Prevent Extinction? Safeguarding the Running Glade Clover, Trifolium calcaricum LINKING MONITORING, FORECASTING AND MANAGEMENT Dr. Carlos Ramirez-Reyes, Mississippi State University Michael Kunz, North Carolina Botanical Garden Margi Hunter, Tennessee Naturalist Program 1:15 - 3:15 p.m.

Sponsored by Tennesee Valley Authority Conservation Applications of Species Distribution Models: Range-wide Ex Situ Seed Conservation and Fringed Campion: Conservation and Case Studies in Model-Based Sampling and Reconstructing Population Genetic Architecture Analysis in Reintroduction of a Federally Introduction and overview Biogeographic History Venus Flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) Heather Bowman Cutway, Mercer University Dr. David Bender, US Fish & Wildlife Service Dr. Jessica Allen, Atlanta Botanical Garden Johnny Randall, North Carolina Botanical Garden

Safeguarding to Recovery: Georgia Rockcress Case Study LINKING, MONITORING, FORECASTING AND MANAGEMENT Q&A Technology and Data Sharing in Support of Collaborative Evaluating Translocation Successes and Challenges: Case Studies of Federally Listed Plant Species Dr. Michele Elmore, US Fish & Wildlife Service Plant Conservation: A Case Study from ’s Regional BREAK 3:15 - 3:30 p.m. Seed Banking Effort, California Plant Rescue. of the Lake Wales Ridge, Florida Restoring Lost Ecosystems: From Recovering Dr. Katie Heineman, Center for Plant Conservation Stephanie Koontz, Archibold Biological Station White Fringeless Orchid Populations to Restoring and BUILD YOUR SKILLS, SHARE YOUR SKILLS Connecting Seeps and the Upland Pine Barrens BREAKOUT SESSIONS Tara Littlefield, Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves 3:30 - 5 p.m. Concurrent breakout session choices Working to Natural Areas Designations with the Nantahala & Pisgah NFs selected during online registration: Plan Revision: An Evolving Process with the NC Natural Heri- protect tage Program + An ecological prescribed burn model for the Facing the Fundraising Challenge: the world’s Nantahala and Pisgah NFs Getting Creative with Plant Conservation Funding Gary Kauffman, National Forests of North Carolina Gardenhouse Gallery, Magnolia Room endangered Making Communications Count: Raising Awareness & plants Coordinated Flatwoods Restoration and Monitoring Making the Case for Plant Conservation and animals. in the Eastern Florida Panhandle: Traditional Plots and Day Hall Experimental Terrestrial Lidar Scans Brian Pelc, The Nature Conservancy Identifying & Empowering Volunteer Networks to support Projects $1 from each ticket and Habitat Suitability Models as a Conservation Tool $4 from every membership Gardenhouse Gallery, Orchid Room for a Rare Mint, helps protect endangered Sara Johnson, Illinois University, Urbana-Champaign Seeking & Building Collaborative Processes: species around the globe. We are Better Together Historic Vegetation and Harper’s Beauty in the Gardenhouse Gallery Apalachicola National Forest Amy Jenkins, Florida Natural Areas Inventory POSTER & NETWORKING RECEPTION 5 - 7 p.m., Hors d’oeuvres and cash bar Demographic Analysis of a Dioecious Threatened Plant and Poster Session sponsored by Naples Botanic Garden the Consequences of Not Having Complete Data jacksonvillezoo.org Reception sponsored by the Atlanta Botanical Garden Natali Ramirez-Bullon, Florida State University Pre-registration required. Poster abstracts can be submitted online. Poster session presenters set up during breaks or lunch.

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The State Botanical Garden of Georgia is a proud sponsor of SEPPCon 2020. REGISTRATION & CHECK-IN BREAK 10:15 - 10:30 a.m. 7:45 a.m. – 2 p.m. | Hardin Visitor Center RIGHTS OF WAY MANAGEMENT COFFEE & NETWORKING Sponsored by Georgia Power Company 7:45 am – 8:15 a.m. |Mershon Hall 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.

POLICY & ADVOCACY Remnant Prairies and Sun-Loving Plant Communities Georgia Department of Natural Resources in Southeastern Rights of Ways

Wildlife Conservation Section Dr. Dwayne Estes, Southeastern Grasslands Initiative 8:15 – 9:30 a.m. Roadside Defenders Update from Pre-Conference Regional and National Conservation Initiatives Monday Meeting, Plant Conservation Issues Dr. Jon Ambrose, Georgia Department of Natural Resources on Roadsides and Right of Ways in Alabama Wildlife Conservation Section Patrick Thompson, Alabama Plant Conservation Alliance Regional Species of Greatest Conservation Need: Plants in the Southeastern U.S. Georgia’s New Roadside Aesthetic Dr. Elizabeth Crisfield, Strategic Stewardship Initiative Meg Hedeen, Georgia Department of Transportation

Native Plant Conservation Campaign – a National Native Roadside Remnant Communities and Rare Species Plant Society for the United States botgarden.uga.edu Conservation in Kentucky: Can We Work with State Dr. Emily B. Roberson, National Plant Conservation Campaign Transportation Agencies to Identify, Manage and Conserve Strategies for Plant Conservation: Important Botanical Areas Along Roadside Right of Ways? Progress Since 2011 and Targets for 2030 Tara Littlefield, Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves Abby Meyer, Botanic Gardens Conservation International, U.S. Documenting and Protecting Grassland Communities AT-RISK SPECIES & SEPPCON UPDATES Along Highway ROWs in Tennessee 9:30 – 10:15 a.m. Cooper Breeden, Southeastern Grasslands Initiative / TPCA

Southeastern Partners in Plant Conservation: Plant Conservation Programs of the Georgia Power Company 2016 Conference Successes Jim Ozier, Georgia Power Company Carrie Radcliffe, Atlanta Botanical Garden Managing Rights of Way for Resource Benefit The Southeast Multi-Species ESA Listing Petition Turns 10: Allyson Read, National Recreation Area, An Update on the Campaign to Gain Protections Featuring expert speakers and discussions on timely conservation topics on the third National Park Service Thursday of the month between April – October during Cocktails in the Garden. for Imperiled Freshwater Species Tierra Curry, Center for Biological Diversity Rare Plant Recovery in Roadway Rights-of-Way At-Risk Species Workshops, Reflections, and Responsibilities Sujai Veeramachaneni, Georgia Department of Transportation SPEAKERS IN THE 2020 SERIES INCLUDE: Chuck Hunter, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service ABG Interns, Dr. Christopher Rozell, Dr. Thomas Easley, Improved Data Collection Measures for Identification of Ephemeral Management Workshops in Protected Plants on Proposed Transportation Projects Dr. Shumei Chang and Dr. Jill Anderson Florida and North Carolina Hannah Held, Georgia Department of Transportation Dennis David, National Wildlife Refuge Association See past presentations atlantabg.org/sc Rights of Way Management Q&A Restoration and Fire in Ephemeral Wetlands Carrie Sekerak, Ocala National Forest At-Risk Species & SEPPCON Updates Q&A

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LUNCH WITH CONCURRENT ACTIVITIES Natural History and Population Status of a Rare , the 12 – 1:15 p.m. Miccosukee Gooseberry, on Private Land in North Florida Lunch choices selected during online registration R. Todd Engstrom, Tall Timbers Research Station

We are gardeners. We are educators. Conservation Tours Meet by Levy Parterre Abandoning Risky Agriculture and Leveraging Extra Networking Time Natural Capital: A County-Level Method for Strategic Group Meeting We are pollinator enthusiasts. Identifying Conservation Opportunity Dr. James Luken, Coastal Carolina University PRIVATE LANDS CONSERVATION Sponsored by Georgia Power Company PRIVATE LANDS CONSERVATION PANEL DISCUSSION 1:15 – 2:45 p.m. 2:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.

Introduction & Overview Jim Ozier, Georgia Power Company Scott Wiggers, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Carol Denhof, Longleaf Alliance Partnerships and Private Lands: Robert Smith, Wildlife Mississippi OUR MISSION is to create and restore viable pollinator around The Key to Longleaf Ecosystem Restoration Brenda Wicchman, North Carolina Natural Heritage Program Atlanta for butterflies, bees, moths, bats, hummingbirds, and other Carol Denhof, Longleaf Alliance beneficial /animals by educating audiences about pollinator gapp.org BREAK 3:15 - 3:30 p.m. decline and promoting the use of pollinator gardens as a solution. Pathways to Private Landowner Plant Stewardship Robert Smith, Wildlife Mississippi CALL TO ACTION, NEXT STEPS & STRATEGIC GOALS

3:30 - 4:30 p.m. Reversing Declines of Grasslands Biodiversity with the Interactive sessions to empower and build relationships – Regional Conservation Partnership Program in the Interior providing opportunities for an exchange of ideas, successes, Low Plateau Ecoregion lessons learned, and potential to identify additional needs. Jeremy French, Southeast Grasslands Initiative/Quail Forever

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Coastal and Partners Programs ADJOURN 4:30 p.m. April Punsalan, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Join us in POST-CONFERENCE: The “”Shed: The Importance of Headwaters SE REGIONAL PCA PLANNING MEETING PROTECTING to Species Protection 4:45 – 6:15 p.m. Brenda L. Wicchman, North Carolina Natural Heritage Program Follow up to conference closing session for individuals willing and MAGNOLIAS able to actively assist in the implementation of a formal regional The Atlanta Botanical Garden is Working with Private Landowners to Conserve network and address priorities identified during the conference. pleased to announce the formation of Critically Endangered Plant Species Day Hall. (Pre-registration required) The Global Conservation Consortium Juliet Rynear, Florida Native Plant Society for Magnolia (GCCM) in partnership DAY 4 | POST-CONFERENCE with Botanical Gardens Conservation FRIDAY, MARCH 6 International (BGCI). The GCCM has Rare Plant Habitat Protection on Butler Conservation Fund’s been established to ensure that no wild Black River, SC Private Lands: on PRIORITIZING EFFORTS TOWARDS PLANT CONSERVATION species of Magnolia becomes extinct. a Fire-Managed Disturbed Site, malacodendron IN THE SOUTHEAST WORKSHOP and Collinsonia sp. on Remnant Levee Patches, and Isoetes 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. | Mershon Hall hymenalis on a Road Sponsored by Jacksonville Zoo & Gardens Cecelia Dailey, The Citadel Dr. Gwen Iacona, Resources for the Future/ Arizona State University

The goal of the Consortium is to mobilize a coordinated network of institutions and experts who work collaboratively to Restoring Federally Endangered Plant Species Oxypolis Videography and A/V sponsored by Center for Plant Conservation. develop and implement a comprehensive conservation strategy to prevent extinction of the world’s Magnolia species. canbyi and Schwalbea americana and Their Habitats on Two Scholarships sponsored by Georgia Department of Natural Resources Learn more at www.bgci.org/our-work/projects-and-case-studies/a-global-conservation-consortium-for-magnolia/ Private Conservation Properties in South Carolina Wildlife Conservation Section and Atlanta Botanical Garden. Dr. Jeff Glitzenstein, Tall Timbers Research Station

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IN LOVING of Tom “Trillium” Patrick December 5, 1944 - August 22, 2019 Exceptional Botanist, Conservation Partner, Friend & Mentor Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Conservation Section Georgia Plant Conservation Alliance

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