[PCA] SYMPOSIUM: PA Botany Symposium (Rector, PA)

[Olivia Kwong]

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2012 Pennsylvania Botany Symposium
November 9-10, 2012
Powdermill Nature Reserve, Rector, PA

Please join us for the inaugural Pennsylvania Botany Symposium at 
Powdermill Nature Reserve in the beautiful Laurel Highlands of western 
Pennsylvania!

Several plant conservation institutions have teamed up to initiate a 
biannual meeting that brings academic and amateur botanists together to 
share current research in the region.

Invited speakers will cover a variety of topics, including important 
recent field discoveries, early botany in North America, species 
interactions in a Pennsylvania forest, lichens of Pennsylvania, recovery 
of rare native plants after invasive species removal, and addressing the 
shortage of botanical capacity in academia and land management agencies. 
The keynote address will be given by Robert F. C. Naczi, PhD, Arthur 
Cronquist Curator of North American Botany at the New York Botanical 
Garden. Dr. Naczi is currently revising the Manual of Vascular Plants of 
Northeastern United States and Canada, known to most botanists as 
"Gleason and Cronquist."

Other speakers include Ernie Schuyler, Academy of Natural Sciences; James 
Lendemer, New York Botanical Garden; Jim Bissell, Cleveland Museum of 
Natural History; Susan Kalisz, University of Pittsburgh; Andrea Kramer, 
Botanic Gardens International; and Joe Isaac, Civil and Environmental 
Consultants.

Please join us for an informative program and opportunities to network 
with fellow plant enthusiasts.  For more information, visit 
http://paconserve.org/261/upcoming-events.

More information on registration and final program will be forthcoming.