MNPS Virtual Conference: Extraordinary Ecosystems of the Eastern Shore

Virtual Attendance of the Fall Conference

To attend in person, please go to this event:  https://mdflora.org/event-6189931

Co-sponsored by Washington College, Center for Environment and Society, Natural Lands Stewardship.

Discover the unique plants and natural areas of Maryland's Eastern Shore and learn about the Herculean efforts to conserve them.

AGENDA
Saturday:
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Presentations

6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.: $30 additional fee. Evening social with student posters and dinner with Bill McAvoy’s talk on Eastern Shore Plant Communities and Habitats: From Marsh to Mounds.  Please select the Social option during registration.

PRESENTATIONS AND SPEAKERS:

• Rare and Threatened Coastal Plain Species and Efforts Underway to Protect Them - Jim Brighton (Keynote Speaker)
• Threats to Unique Plants and Animals within Tidal Salt Marshes and Collaborative Conservation Efforts - Henrietta Bellman and Sophia Seufert
• Managing Early Successional Habitats to Support Declining Grassland Wildlife Species - Kathy Thornton

Registration includes the Saturday morning program. 

Virtual Attendance does NOT include field trips.

SATURDAY EVENING SOCIAL AND DINNER   
Saturday evening lecture will be available virtually. It is not included in the registration fee and costs an additional $15. Retired Delaware State Botanist Bill McAvoy’s will present on Eastern Shore Plant Communities and Habitats: From Marsh to Mounds.

Virtual Attendance Registration Fees

• Members* $50
• Nonmembers $60
• Student $15
• Evening Social $15

*Members of Maryland Native Plant Society or other native plant societies.

If you need to cancel, email Karyn Molines at conference@mdflora.org. Full refunds (except for administrative fees) are available for cancellations prior to August 6. A 50% refund will be issued for any cancellation received by August 23. Refunds are not available for cancellations after August 23.