Presentations

May 8th Morning Session

Symposium Welcome
David Wolfe – Defenders of Wildlife

Thinking About Cedar
Steve Nelle – Private Consultant

Edwards Plateau Vegetation Patterns
David Diamond – Missouri Resource Assessment Partnership; and Duane German – Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

Historical Ecology of the Texas Hill Country
Lisa O’Donnell – Austin Water, Wildland Conservation Division

Rare and Endemic Plants Associated to Ashe’s Juniper Plant Communities in Central Texas
Jason Singhurst – Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

Ashe Juniper – It isn’t Just for Warblers
Rich Kostecke – Hill Country Conservancy

Ecological Benefits of Pioneer Thickets and Old-Growth Ashe Juniper Cover
Elizabeth McGreevy – Project Bedrock

May 8th Afternoon Session

Soils, Roots, and Symbioses: A Belowground Perspective on Juniper-oak Woodlands
Brian Pickles – University of Reading

Mutualist Matters:  Effects of Inoculum Source on Mycorrhization and Drought Resilience in Quercus buckleyi Seedlings
Silas Jenkins – Texas State University

Juniper’s Effects on Soil and Weathered Bedrock Water Dynamics in Sonora, TX
Pedro Leite – Texas A&M University

Understanding Water Use by Juniperus ashei at the Individual Tree Level in Response to the Climate Gradient Across the Edwards Plateau and Forest Scale Response to Property-specific Clearing
Ashley Matheny – University of Texas at Austin

Long-term Effects of Crown-fires on Oak-juniper Woodlands: Loss of Ashe Juniper and Successful Oak Recruitment
Charlotte Reemts – The Nature Conservancy in Texas

Long-term Effects of Prescribed Thinning + Fire and White-tailed Deer Exclusion on Woody Species Composition in a Central Texas Woodland
Rebecca Carden – The University of Texas at Austin

Woody Cover Response to Thinning and Prescribed Burning in a Subtropical Savanna
Devin Grobert – Austin Water, Wildland Conservation Division

Cultivating Clarity: Decoding Wildfire Narratives and Debunking Juniper Myths
Justice Jones – Austin Fire Department

May 9th Morning Session

Private Land Stewardship for a Sustainable and Resilient Hill Country
Rachael Lindsey – Hill Country Conservancy

Informing Collaborative Endangered Species Conservation in Texas: A Human Dimensions of Wildlife Case Study from the Post-Oak Savannah
Jared Messick and Chris Serenari – Texas State University

Connecting the Dots – Working at a Landscape Scale, One Ranch at a Time
Rebecca Neill – The Nature Conservancy in Texas

A Conservation Conversation – Ashe Juniper and NRCS
Charles Kneuper – USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service

Documenting Texas’ Landscapes, The Ecological Mapping Systems and Engaging the Public with the TEAM Tool
Amie Treuer-Kuehn – Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

Ecological Site Descriptions: How they are Made and Used
Bryan Christensen – USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service

Working with Ashe Juniper – Wildlife Tax Valuations and Habitat Management
Shane Kiefer – Plateau Land & Wildlife

May 9th Afternoon Session

Promoting Diversity in Juniper-Oak Woodlands
Jim O’Donnell – Austin Water, Wildland Conservation Division

A Practitioner’s Perspective – Bandera Corridor Conservation Bank
Jesse McLean – Bandera Corridor Conservation Bank

Multifactor Management of Mountain Cedar: Lessons Learned from the Frio River Canyon
Kevin Wessels – H. E. Butt Foundation

Stewarding the Steward: Shaping Wise Woodland Management Decisions in the Edwards Plateau
Karl Flocke – Texas A&M Forest Service

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