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
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.
