Schedule of Events:
8:00 - 8:50 Registration and 'Browse Time' - (morning coffee and juice provided)
8:50 - 9:00 Welcome and Purpose - Carrie McLaughlin, Texas Master Naturalist, Moderator
9:00 - 9:45 Overview of Native Bees of Texas - Michael Warriner, Nongame and Rare Species Program Leader, Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
9:45 – 10:20 Bumble Bees in Urban Places - Jessica Beckham, Ph.D. Candidate, University of North Texas
10:20 – 10:35 Break (sponsored by Kaufman Van Zandt Soil & Water Conservation District and Mansfield Convention & Visitors Bureau)
10:35 – 11:20 Activist Notes from The Urban Beekeepers/North Texas - Susan & Brandon Pollard, Bee Whisperers, Texas Honeybee Guild
11:20 – 11:50 Eat The Yard - The Pollinator's Importance to the Urban Farmer - Steve Smith & James Jeffers, Eat The Yard Organics (a veteran-owned enterprise)
11:50 – 12:00 Questions for morning presenters
12:00 – 12:45 Luncheon (SPRING CREEK BARBEQUE plate lunch; sponsored by KINETIC SOLUTIONS LLC)
12:45 – 1:30 Pollinators and Natives: An Ancient Marriage - Randy Johnson, Dallas Zoo Horticulture Manager, Randy Johnson Organics
1:30 – 2:05 Birds as Pollinators - Mark Klym, Wildlife Biologist and Author, Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
2:05 – 2:40 Chiroptera: The Environmental Cornerstone - Kate Rugroden, Director of Bat World Mid-Cities, Wildlife Rehabilitator & Author
2:40 – 2:55 Break (sponsored by Mansfield Convention & Visitors Bureau)
2:55 – 3:40 Conservation Practices to Protect Bees on Your Property - Anne Stine, Pollinator Conservation Specialist, Xerces Society
3:40 – 4:15 Farm Bill Programs & Plantings for Pollinators - Ricky Linex, Wildlife Biologist and Author, USDA/Natural Resources Conservation Service
4:15 – 4:50 Wildlife Management Tax Valuations - Brett Johnson, Urban Wildlife Biologist, Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
4:50 – 5:00 Questions for afternoon presenters and Raffle - (must be present to win!)
8:00 - 8:50 Registration and 'Browse Time' - (morning coffee and juice provided)
8:50 - 9:00 Welcome and Purpose - Carrie McLaughlin, Texas Master Naturalist, Moderator
9:00 - 9:45 Overview of Native Bees of Texas - Michael Warriner, Nongame and Rare Species Program Leader, Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
9:45 – 10:20 Bumble Bees in Urban Places - Jessica Beckham, Ph.D. Candidate, University of North Texas
10:20 – 10:35 Break (sponsored by Kaufman Van Zandt Soil & Water Conservation District and Mansfield Convention & Visitors Bureau)
10:35 – 11:20 Activist Notes from The Urban Beekeepers/North Texas - Susan & Brandon Pollard, Bee Whisperers, Texas Honeybee Guild
11:20 – 11:50 Eat The Yard - The Pollinator's Importance to the Urban Farmer - Steve Smith & James Jeffers, Eat The Yard Organics (a veteran-owned enterprise)
11:50 – 12:00 Questions for morning presenters
12:00 – 12:45 Luncheon (SPRING CREEK BARBEQUE plate lunch; sponsored by KINETIC SOLUTIONS LLC)
12:45 – 1:30 Pollinators and Natives: An Ancient Marriage - Randy Johnson, Dallas Zoo Horticulture Manager, Randy Johnson Organics
1:30 – 2:05 Birds as Pollinators - Mark Klym, Wildlife Biologist and Author, Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
2:05 – 2:40 Chiroptera: The Environmental Cornerstone - Kate Rugroden, Director of Bat World Mid-Cities, Wildlife Rehabilitator & Author
2:40 – 2:55 Break (sponsored by Mansfield Convention & Visitors Bureau)
2:55 – 3:40 Conservation Practices to Protect Bees on Your Property - Anne Stine, Pollinator Conservation Specialist, Xerces Society
3:40 – 4:15 Farm Bill Programs & Plantings for Pollinators - Ricky Linex, Wildlife Biologist and Author, USDA/Natural Resources Conservation Service
4:15 – 4:50 Wildlife Management Tax Valuations - Brett Johnson, Urban Wildlife Biologist, Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
4:50 – 5:00 Questions for afternoon presenters and Raffle - (must be present to win!)