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Thursday,
October 14 |
6:00 to 8:00 p.m. |
Social and Opening of “Boundaries to Blair: Eight Scientists
in the Big Bend” Museum of the Big Bend, Lawrence Hall, Sul Ross State University |
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Friday,
October 15 |
7:30
a.m. – 9:00 a.m |
Vendors,
Exhibitors & Posters set up—Mezzanine of the Espino
Conference Center |
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7:30
a.m. – 3:30 p.m. |
Registration—Second
Floor of the Espino Conference Center |
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9:00
a.m. |
—Marshall Auditorium
Director’s Welcome
Cathryn A. Hoyt, Chihuahuan Desert Research
Institute
Keynote Address: Conservation-Related History
and Future of Cuatro Cienegas, Coahuila: Regional Problems Catching
Up in a Time-Lagged Gem of the Chihuahuan Desert
Dean Hendrickson, University
of Texas at Austin |
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10:00 a.m.–10:20 a.m. |
Break |
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10:20
a.m.– 11:40 a.m. |
Concurrent
Paper Sessions I
Exotic Plants and Animals
Landscape Linkages and
Cross-Scale Interactions in the Chihuahuan Desert (Part I)
Poster Session |
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11:40
a.m.– 1:00 p.m |
Lunch
Break |
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1:00 p.m.–2:20 p.m. |
Concurrent Paper Sessions II
Mammals
of the Chihuahuan Desert Region
Landscape Linkages and
Cross-Scale Interactions in the Chihuahuan Desert (Part II)
Panel on Tamarisk Control
and Riparian Restoration on the Rio Grande Border |
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2:20 p.m. –2:40 p.m. |
Break |
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2:40 p.m.–4:20 p.m. |
Concurrent Paper Sessions III
Interpretation and Informal
Education
Cacti of the Chihuahuan
Desert
Fire Ecology |
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6:00
p.m. |
Informal Barbeque at the CDRI’s Nature Center & Botanical Gardens
near Fort Davis |
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Saturday,
October 16 |
8:00 a.m.–9:20 a.m. |
Concurrent
Paper Sessions IV
Chihuahuan Desert Ecoregional
Planning (Part I)
Herpetofauna of the Chihuahuan
Desert Region
Semiarid Grassland Ecology
(Part I) |
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9:20 a.m.–9:40 a.m. |
Break |
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9:40 a.m.–11:00 a.m |
Concurrent Paper Sessions
V
Chihuahuan Desert Ecoregional
Planning (Part II)
Herpetofauna and Invertebrates
Semiarid Grassland Ecology
(Part II) |
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11:00 a.m.–11:20 a.m. |
Break |
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11:20 a.m.–12:20 p.m. |
Concurrent Paper Sessions
VI
Chihuahuan Desert Ecoregional
Planning and Case Studies (Part III)
Invertebrates
Semiarid Grassland Ecology
(Part III) |
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12:20 p.m.–1:40 p.m. |
Lunch Break |
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1:40 p.m.–3:00 p.m. |
Workshop
Interpreting Indicators
of Rangeland Health: An Introduction to the Qualitative Rangeland
Assessment Protocol
Concurrent Paper Sessions VII
El Carmen Project
Aquatics
Semiarid Grassland Mammals |
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3:00 p.m.–3:20 p.m. |
Break |
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3:20 p.m.–5:00 p.m |
Paper Session VIII
Desert Bighorn
Aquatics (Part II)
Semiarid Grassland Birds |
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Sunday,
October 17 |
9:00
a.m. |
Workshop
Field Trip
Interpreting Indicators
of Rangeland Health |
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Monday, October 18 through
Thursday, October 21 |
Certified
Interpretive Guide Workshop |
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