Natural Areas Association (NAA) is an association of scientists and practitioners focused on the management of ecologically significant natural landscapes with the intent to protect biodiversity for current and future generations. Natural Areas News is just one of the ways NAA shares reliable science, emerging challenges, best practices, and achievements of those who work daily to preserve natural areas.
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Photo courtesy of Theo Witsell |
Rare Plant Species Found in Sharp County, Arkansas |
Stiletto Beaksedge (Rhynchospora stiletto), found in seven locations worldwide, has been identified in Rock Creek Natural Area, a unit of the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission’s System of Natural Areas. Read More. |
| Photo courtesy of Sara Johnson |
Searching the Texas Brushland for a Rare, Tempermental Plant |
Illinois Natural History Survey senior plant ecologist Brenda Molano-Flores and other scientists search for Zapata bladderpod (Physaria thamnophila), which is only found in two counties in the United States. Read More. |
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Photo courtesy of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation |
Five Million Trees Planted, Five Million More To Go |
Cindy Adams Dunn, Pennsylvania DCNR, congratulates the Chesapeake Bay Foundation for coordinating the partnership of more than 200 groups and individuals who together recently planted their five millionth tree since 2018. Read More.
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Photo courtesy of the Chicago Botanic Garden |
IDNR announces Illinois Natural Areas Stewardship grants |
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) announced 10 grants totaling $500,000 for land trusts in Illinois to support stewardship on land protected by the Illinois Nature Preserves Commission (INPC).
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2022 Natural Areas Association Student Awards |
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From left to right: Diana Soteropoulos, Ellysa Johnson, NAA Board President Roger McCoy, and Alissa Iverson |
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From left to right: Ellysa Johnson, Esben Kjaer, Justin Clarke, and Bethany Roberton |
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NAA values its student members, so staff were honored to celebrate their contributions during its 2022 Award Ceremony at this year's Natural Areas Conference. NAA would like to thank participants for their willingness to publicly share their research with their peers and with practitioners in Natural Areas management. Watch the Student Awards here.
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Posters
1st place: Alissa Iverson - Poster title: Soil Seed Bank Composition of an Urban Canal Undergoing Hydrologic Change
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University of Colorado, Denver, Graduate Student, Teaching Assistant
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2nd place: Maggie Anderson -
Poster title: Highly diverse prairies retain some ecosystem services for pollinators despite experimental warming and drought
- University of Minnesota , PhD Candidate
3rd place: Abe Stone - Poster title: Natural Solutions: Development and Deployment of a Local Polypore as a Myco-biocontrol on Invasive Buckthorn Saplings
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Michigan Technological University, Student, BS Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
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| Oral Presentations 1st place: Diana Soteropoulos -
Presentation title: All Plants Big and Small (Gotta Find 'em All)
- Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission, Botanist / Collections Manager (ANHC Herbarium) / Arkansas Herbarium Digitization Coordinator
2nd place: Diana Soteropoulos - Presentation title: An exploration of the vascular flora of Pine City Natural Area, Monroe Co., Arkansas, U.S.A.
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Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission, Botanist / Collections Manager (ANHC Herbarium) / Arkansas Herbarium Digitization Coordinator
3rd place: Ellysa Johnson - Presentation title: Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus L.) Response to Variable Rangeland Grazing Strategies During Extreme Drought
- North Dakota State University, Graduate Research Assistant
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| This is a Scientific Revolution... Are You Ready? |
Suzanne Simard, Ph.D., author of Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest, is rocking the science community with theories that will inspire new research and challenge paradigms for decades to come. This program is a rare opportunity for natural areas practitioners to engage with Dr. Suzanne Simard - a true innovator who is leading a scientific revolution. LEARN from Dr. Simard as she applies her research to natural areas management.
PARTICIPATE in a fireside chat facilitated by an experienced natural areas scientist. Submit your questions here.
All registrants will receive a link to the recorded program. REGISTER TODAY!
Our thanks to the Colcom Foundation for their support of this program.
Student scholarships to NAA programs are available. Apply here. |
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