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Plan now to attend the upcoming NPSS annual general meeting and conference on January 27-28, 2018 at the Conexus Arts Centre in Regina. This year’s theme is “A Prairie Patchwork: Selected Topics on Native Prairie” and is packed with interesting topics and speakers. Our keynote speakers will be the team of acclaimed author and naturalist Trevor Herriot, and biologist and award-winning environmental photographer Branimir Gjetvaj. The two have recently joined forces to create a book entitled “Islands of Grass”.

We will also host a film screening of a recently released documentary entitled “Grasslands”.

Saturday, January 27th

8:00 a.m. Registration & Breakfast
8:30 a.m. Opening Remarks and Annual General Meeting (during breakfast)
9:30 a.m. 2017 in Projects – a Review – Chet Neufeld and Natasha Mackintosh, NPSS
10:00 a.m. Coffee break and networking (silent auction begins)
10:30 a.m. Threat Potential of the Invasive Himalayan Balsam (Impatiens glandulifera); A Collaborative Research
Project Between Saskatchewan Polytechnic and the City of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan – Cole
Tomlinson, Daryl Gareau and Jeremy Toon, Saskatchewan Polytechnic
11:15 a.m. The Climate Crisis: Implications and Solutions for Saskatchewan and the World – Jared Clarke
12:00 a.m. Lunch (Volunteer of the Year Award)
1:00 p.m. Keynote Presentation – Islands of Grass – Trevor Herriot and Branimir Gjetvaj
2:00 p.m. Coffee break and networking (silent auction ends)
2:30 p.m. Plant-fungal interactions and their role in plant communities- Dr. Jon Bennett, University of
Saskatchewan
3:15 p.m. The Status of Plains Rough Fescue in Saskatchewan – Sarah Vinge-Mazer, Saskatchewan Conservation
Data Centre
3:25 p.m. Creating Habitat Patchiness to Enhance Plains Rough Fescue, Grassland Bird Habitat and Biodiversity at
the Meewasin Northeast Swale – Renny Grilz, Meewasin Valley Authority
4:00 p.m. Film Screening – Grasslands
4:50 p.m. Wrap-up

Sunday, January 28th

12:30-4:30 p.m. Saskatchewan Master Naturalist Workshop – Prairie Ecosystems module -see separate agenda