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The Annual Symposium and Membership Meeting of the Southeastern Chapter of the Society for Ecological Restoration (SE-SER) will be held 17-21 October 2011 at the University of Florida/IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center, in Quincy, Florida.
The conference will include invited talks and contributed papers about restoration issues in the Southeast, as well as field trips to selected sites in the region.
The SE-SER includes professionals from a variety of disciplines including scientists, land managers, landscape architects, regulatory agency staff, engineers, community leaders, students, and practitioners that study, plan, and implement ecological restoration projects throughout the Southeastern US. Members of the SE-SER bring extensive experience in ecological restoration.
Tentative Conference Schedule:
Monday, October 17 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM. Field Trip #1 to Tall Timbers 8:00 AM - 5:30 PM. Field Trip #2 to Nokuse Plantation
Tuesday, October 18 7:30 - 8:00 AM. Registration 8:00 - 8:10 AM. Welcome/ Introductions 8:10 - 9:10 AM. Keynote Address (New Trajectories - Dr. Andre Clewell) 9:10 -10:15 AM. Principles of Restoration part 1 10:15 - 10:30 AM. Break 10:30– 12:00 Noon. Principles of Restoration part 2 12:00 – 1:00 PM. Lunch Break/Lunch Provided 1:00 – 1:45 PM. Keynote Address (Invasive Exotics and Restoration) 1:45 – 2:45 PM. Invited Speaker (Costs of Restoration - NWFWMD) 2:45 - 3:00 PM. Break 3:00 – 5:00 PM. Technical Papers - Invasives and Restoration 5:00-6:00 PM. Social (followed by dinner on your own)
Wednesday, October 19 8:00 – 9:00 AM. Keynote Address (Climate Change - National Wildlife Federation) 9:00 – 10:00 AM. Invited Speaker (NWFWMD restoration - David Clayton) 10:00 - 10:15 AM. Break 10:15 – 11:15 AM. Invited Speakers (Groundcover Restoration - Holly Ober IFAS/Kent Williges FWC) 11:15 - 12:00 PM. Technical Papers - Groundcover Restoration 12:00 – 12:45 PM. Lunch Break/Lunch Provided 12:45 – 3:00 PM. Panel Discussion on New Trajectories in a Changing World Panel members: NWF, NWFWMD, SER-Andre Clewell, FWC 3:00 - 3:15 PM. Break and prepare for forest restoration workshop/field trip 3:15 – 5:30 PM. Field Trip #3 Forest restoration and soils workshop - Lake Talquin State Forest 5:45-7:00 PM. SER membership meeting at UF/IFAS facility - Dinner on your own
Thursday, October 20 8:00 – 9:00 AM. Keynote Address (Ecological Forestry - Steve Jack/Jones Center) 9:00 – 10:00 AM. Technical Papers 10:00 - 10:15 AM. Break 10:15 – 12:00 PM. Technical Papers - Restoration of Forestry Lands 12:00 – 12:45 PM. Lunch Break/Lunch Provided 12:45 – 1:45 PM. Keynote Address (Wildlife and Longleaf Restoration - Jim Cox/Tall Timbers) 1:45 - 2:00 PM. Break 2:00 - 3:00 PM. Technical Papers - Restoration and Wildlife 3:00 - 3:15 PM. Break 3:15 – 5:00 PM. Technical Papers 5:00 - 5:10 PM. Closing remarks - information about Field Trip #3 5:10 - 6:30 PM. Social at IFAS facility - Dinner on your own
Friday, October 21 8:00 – 5:30 PM. Field Trip #4 to Sandhill Lakes and Sweetwater Mitigation Banks
Registration information and additional meeting details are available at the meeting website: https://www.ser.org/cpc/pdf/SER_2011_meeting_announce_final.pdf
Contact John Tobe, SE-SER Conference Chair, with questions about the event: office phone: 850-224-0041
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