Natural Areas News - June 2021
NAA Executive Director, Lisa Smith (right) and Joyce Bender (left) at the 2018 Natural Areas Conference
Joyce Bender served the Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission for 31 years. She is the 2018 recipient of the Carl N. Becker Stewardship Award and NAA Member since 1988.
Photo by Brian Bowen
Brian Bowen is the former Tennessee Natural Areas Program Administrator, Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (1994 – 2018).
Photo by Stephen Enloe
TWO PRESENTATIONS: Recent advances in herbicide formulations and application techniques for woody invasive plant management & Invasive Species Management - Maximize Herbicide Efficacy and Minimize Collateral Damage in Grasslands.
DISCUSSION: The ongoing challenge of garlic mustard within their natural areas. Our thanks to the Central Indiana Land Trust and Ozark Koala Ecosystem Services for sponsoring this program.
2021 Natural Areas Conference – A one-day virtual event featuring the latest science related to invertebrate conservation and prescribed fire - October 19, 2021
2022 CALL FOR PROPOSALS IS OPEN! Individual presentations, posters, workshops. We cannot wait to hear from you!
Photo from the cover of the April 2021 Issue of the
Natural Areas Journal
The April 2021 issue of the Natural Areas Journal is now available. Published quarterly, the Natural Areas Journal is a peer-reviewed, scientific journal focused on natural areas management, preservation, and restoration. Only members have access to full issues; however, this article is open to everyone:
Photo by David Stonner
Dr. Paul C. Rogers, a forest ecologist and Director of the Western Aspen Alliance at Utah State University, and long-time friend of the NAA, provides his commentary on forest management and fire. He argues that forest managers’ “goal should not be to stop wildfire but to reduce conflicts with it.”
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NAA Member News:
Does your organization have news to share? Contact Moira McGinty Klos at mmcgintyklos@naturalareas.org. We will share it with your colleagues in an upcoming newsletter.
• Reed Noss and Bonnie Heidel are long-time NAA members and co-authors on article: Vascular plant extinction in the continental United States and Canada, Conservation Biology, August 2020 . The number of presumed extinct plants from the continental United States and Canada is much greater than previously recognized.
• NAA Member, Patricia De Angelis, Ph.D. FWS, & and Anastasiya Timoshyna, Strengthening Sustainable International Trade in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants: Updates from the 18th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CITES and potential future directions, May 2020.
• NAA Member, Andrea Kramer, Director of Restoration Ecology and David Byron Smith Family Curator of Natural Areas Associate Conservation Scientist announces the launch of Chicago Botanic Garden’s new synthesis center, sCORE (Synthesis center for COnservation and REstoration). sCORE brings together diverse perspectives to enable analysis, synthesis and collaboration to address key needs in plant conservation and restoration science, practice, and policy. Dr. Kramer is SEEKING COLLABORATORS and data examining understory vegetation responses to rapid canopy loss in the Great Lakes region. Learn how you can join in!
• News from NAA Team Member, Ohio Department of Natural Resources: Prairie Revival on the Banks of the Darby Creeks, Spring 2021.
• News from NAA Team Member: University of Georgia, State Botanical Garden of Georgia, Preserving pollinators, preserving a neighborhood, May 10, 2021.
• News from NAA Team Member, Nancy Smith, Western New York Land Conservancy awarded a grant to help create the Western New York Wildway, May 6, 2021.
• News from NAA Team Member, Washington State Department of Natural Resources. Annual Forest Health Highlights Report Illustrates Challenges Facing Washington Forests, May 6, 2021.
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NAA Events
- Upcoming State Natural Areas Program Roundtables
- Mark your calendar for future meeting dates:
- August 20, 2021
- November 16, 2021
- Mark your calendar for future meeting dates:
State Natural Areas Programs were among the first to protect natural areas in North America. NAA is proud to host virtual gatherings where practitioners and academics can share information, techniques, methodologies, good science, and moral support. If you would like to register for notifications regarding future SNAP meetings, click here.
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