Conservation Conference 2009

CNPS 2009 Conservation Conference: Strategies and Solutions

Student awards: best posters and oral presentations

Winners of the Student Oral Presentation Contest:

• First prize: Christopher Mallek, Fire & Persistence of McNab Cypress in N. California
• Second prize: Robert Steers, Fire on Creosote Bush Scrub: NW Colorado Desert
• Third prize: Holly Alpert, Pinus jeffreyi Establishment, Conifer Forest - Sagebrush Steppe

Winners of the Student Poster Contest:

• First prize Ryan Briscoe Runguist, Pollinator-Mediated Interactions between vernal pool species
• Second prize: Sean Ryan, Effects of moisture and heat on the germination of two Ceanothus species (Rhamnaceae)
• Third prize: Heather Schneider, An analysis of the seedbank at Joshua Tree National Park in sites invaded by exotic annual grasses