Schedule

As of August 1.  Subject to change

Date & Time Event
Thursday, Oct 13
12:00noon-5:00pm Exhibits and Vendor Area Set-up


2:00pm-5:00pm Field Trips


5:00pm-8:00pm Registration & Check-in Open

Deliver Silent Auction items


6:00pm-8:00pm Welcome Reception: Hors d’oeuvres, beer & wine

Generously Underwritten by the Dian Graves Owen Foundation


Friday, Oct 14
7:00am-8:00am Continental Breakfast


7:00am-12:00noon Registration and Check-in Open

T-shirt sales open

Deliver Silent Auction items

Photo Contest and Flower Arrangement Contest Open for Delivery of Entries


7:00am – 7:00pm Exhibits and Vendor Area Open


8:00am – 10:45am Friday Plenary Session



Armand Bayou Nature Center A Case Study in Coastal Prairie Preservation, Restoration and Management

Mark Kramer, Stewardship Coordinator at Armand Bayou Nature Center



Prairie Restoration as Barn Building Lessons Learned in Community-based Conservation

Jaime Gonzalez, Community Education Manager, Katy Prairie Conservancy


10:45am-11:30am NPSOT State Board Meeting


11:30am-12:15noon Lunch


12:15noon-5:30pm Field Trips


5:00pm-7:00pm Silent Auction Open for bidding


6:00pm-7:00pm Social Hour


7:00pm-9:00pm Awards Banquet


Saturday, Oct 15
7:00am-8:00am Continental Breakfast


7:00am-10:30am Registration and Check-in Open

Photo Contest and Flower Arrangement Contest Open for Delivery of Entries


7:00am-6:00pm Exhibits and Vendor Area open


7:00am-7:30pm Silent Auction Open for bidding


7:00am-11:30am NPSOT Houston Chapter Plant Sale Open for Viewing Only


8:00am-11:30am Saturday Plenary Session



Overview of Ecology of Texas Coastal Prairies

Dr. Fred Smeins, Professor of Ecology in the Ecosystem Science and Management
Department at Texas A&M University.



Overview of Ecology of Texas Coastal Wetlands

Dr. John Jacob, Director of the Texas Coastal Watershed Program



What on Earth are We Doing with Texas?

Bill Neiman, Owner of Native American Seeds


11:30am-1:30pm NPSOT Houston Chapter Plant Sale Open for Sales to Symposium Attendees Only.


11:45am -1:15pm Lunch


12:00noon – 1pm NPSOT Annual Meeting


1:00pm-1:30pm NPSOT Chapter Leader’s Meeting


1:30pm-4:30pm Break-out Sessions

Sponsored by Terry Hershey, Waste Management of Texas, NPSOT Fredericksburg chapter


1:30pm-5:00pm Public Exhibits/Children’s Educational Activities

NPSOT Houston Chapter Plant Sale Open for Sales to Public


5:00pm Photo Contest & Flower Arrangement Contest Voting Closes


5:00pm-6:00pm Social Hour


6:00pm Exhibits and Vendor Area Closes


6:00pm-8:30pm “Rooted in History” Dinner features a special screening of the new PBS film, Wildflowers | Seeds of History, with introduction and commentary by Matt Turner, film star and author of Remarkable Plants of Texas

Photo & Flower Contest Winners Announced
7:30pm Silent Auction closes


8:30pm Silent Auction Check-out begins after dinner


Sunday, Oct 16
8:00am-9:00am Silent Auction check-out


8:00am-12noon Exhibits and Vendor Area Tear-down


10:00am Field Trips Begin

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