Thanks, Rick - I received the notice. Mag Wine
At 02:11 PM 3/6/2005, you wrote:
>Our Spring Meeting will take place on Saturday, April 9 in Chase Hall at
>Bates College in Lewiston. The theme for the meeting is "The Future of
>Plant Conservation in Maine" and a number of people have been working hard
>on the planning: Hank Tyler, Christopher Campbell, Arthur Haines, Alison
>Dibble, and Don Cameron. I'll paste in the draft agenda below.
>
>PLEASE if you receive this meeting notice, email me directly at
>[log in to unmask] to let me know that you have it. That way we can
>save some postage. (For all those that I have not heard from, I will be
>sending out a paper notice next week.) So, if you are reading this, email me!
>
>The meeting will begin at 9am and is scheduled to end at 3pm. The
>pre-registration cost is $12 (includes lunch at the Bates College
>cafeteria). Please make out a check payable to 'Rick Speer' and mail it
>to me at the address below. (Registration at the door will be $15.)
>
>For directions to Bates, look on their website at:
>http://www.bates.edu/directions.xml
>
>Rick Speer
>566 N. Auburn Road
>Auburn ME 04210
>(207) 783-8463
>
>Draft Agenda
>Spring JBS Meeting
>Saturday, April 9th
>
>"The Future of Plant Conservation in Maine"
>
>Christopher Campbell, Moderator, Professor of Plant Systematics, UMaine
>
>8:30 Registration
>9:00 Welcoming by Christopher Campbell
>9:05 Why It Is Important to Conserve Rare Plants * Dr. Alison Dibble,
>Plant Conservation Biologist, Brooklin, Maine
>9:30 Conservation Status of Maine's Rarest Plants * Don Cameron,
>Department of Conservation, Natural Areas Program
>10:00 Break
>10:30 Future Conservation Issues in Maine * Karin Tilberg, Deputy
>Commissioner, Department of Conservation
>11:00 Special Plant Habitats * Arthur Haines, consulting botanist
>11:30 Plant Monitoring and Landowner Contact Program * Bill Brumback,
>New England Wild Flower Society
>12:00 Lunch
>1:15 Panel Discussion: Getting Involved in Future Plant Conservation
>Issues
> Hank Tyler, Moderator
>Panel members:
> Rep. Elaine Makas, Lewiston
> Karen Tilberg, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Conservation
> Bonnie Loundsbury, past president, Androscoggin Land Trust
> Theresa Kerchner, executive director, Kennebec Land Trust
> Andy Cutko, Maine Natural Areas Program
> Josh Royte, The Nature Conservancy
> Paula Thompson, State Planning Office, Senior Planner
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