Montana Native Plant Society

Focused on Native Plants and Plant Communities of Montana

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“…to preserve, conserve, and study Montana’s native plants and plant communities.”

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Conservation Conference

2022

The Montana Native Plant Society hosted the 11th Plant Conservation Conference on March 30-31, 2022 via Zoom.

The full proceedings are available here.

Presentation titles and presenters:

The Future Climate and Distribution of Plant Species in Montana – Bruce Maxell

Monitoring in Glacier NP

Climate Change Monitoring Above Treeline: Baby Steps in the Anaconda Range – Jessie Salix

Monitoring Changing Ecotones in Wetlands – Dave Hanna

Southern Margin Populations: Looking for Early Signs of Global Warming – Peter Lesica

Western Bumblebee Sampling Initiative – Tabitha Graves

Monitoring for the Effects of Climate Change on Plants and Pollinators – Laura Burkle

Insights on GLORIA Sites – Martha Apple

Challenges and Strategies for Long-term Plant Monitoring – Brian Smithers

Hager Lake Fen Monitoring: Sixty Years of Change – Derek Antonelli

The USA-NPN: A National Network for Collecting, Storing, and Sharing Phenology Information – Erin Posthumus

Challenges and Strategies for Implementing Volunteer-based Rare Plant Monitoring – Wendy Gibble & Walter Fertig

Montana’s New Threat Tracking System – Andrea Pipp

Thank you to our sponsors:

Montana Native Plant Society
The mission of the Montana Native Plant Society is to preserve, conserve, and study the native plants and plant communities of Montana, and to educate the public about the value of our native flora.

Montana Natural Heritage Program

The mission of the Montana Natural Heritage Program is to be Montana’s source for reliable, objective information and expertise to support stewardship of our native species and habitats, emphasizing those of conservation concern.

 U.S. Forest Service
The mission of the U.S. Forest Service is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of the Nation’s forest and grasslands to meet the needs of present and future generations.


This is a biennial project of the Montana Native Plant Society. The 10th Conference was held in 2018 in conjunction with the U.S. Forest Service & the Montana Natural Heritage Program. Montana’s biennial Plant Conservation Conference treats emerging issues in applied botany for managers, scientists, students, and plant enthusiasts. The first day of the 2018 meeting was a symposium on Montana’s threatened plants, including the potential ESA listing of whitebark pine and the delisting of water Howelia. Abstracts for the presentations are available in the 2018 Conference Proceedings. The 2020 Conference was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which also prevented a hoped for rescheduling. See you in 2022.

For information about threat rankings and a taxonomial update, see the threat assignment page.

Links to Proceedings: 2016 Conference Proceedings; 2014 Conference Proceedings; and here for the 2006, 2008, 2010, and 2012 conferences.

KELSEYA, the MNPS newsletter,

is published four times a year and is included with your membership.
 Kelseya contains timely articles about Montana plants and their communities, listings of chapter and state meetings and field trips, and updates on native plant issues.

For questions about MNPS,

including becoming a member or chapter policies or programs, contact our Vice-President, Robert Pal.




We appreciate your support and wish to acknowledge your donation in our newsletter!

Chapters

For information about activities in your area, or to seek information about plants or resources in your area, please contact the chapter closest to you (click on Activities Drop Down Menu at the top of this page): Calypso (Dillon, Butte, Southwest Montana; Clark Fork, (Missoula, West Central Montana); Kelsey (Greater Helena and Great Falls areas,  and regions associated with the Rocky Mountain Front and central and north central Montana.); Flathead (Northwest Montana, Glacier Park); Maka Flora (Eastern Montana); Valley of Flowers (greater Bozeman area), or check out the Eastern- or Western-at-Large Areas on the same menu.

MT Native Plants Society Contact

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Montana Native Plant Society
P.O. Box 8783
Missoula, MT 59807-8783

For comments on this website, including updates and corrections, contact
 Bob Person

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