Wednesday March 15
11:00 a.m. Registration Opens – Legacy Lounge
12:45 p.m. Welcome and Introductions – Anishinaabe Theater
1:00 p.m. Keynote: Roots matter: How smooth brome alters the structure of soil
microbial communities and soil ecosystem services
Dr. Eric Lamb* – Department of Plant Sciences - University of Saskatchewan – Saskatoon, SK
Presentations – Anishinaabe Theater
2:00 p.m. Ecological drivers of perennial grass invasion
John Hendrickson and Jeff Printz
2:30 p.m. Climate and land use driven ecosystem homogenization in the Prairie Pothole Region
Kyle McLean*, David Mushet, and Jon Sweetman
3:00 p.m. Break – Oceti Sakowin Ballroom
Presentations – Anishinaabe Theater
3:30 p.m. Smooth brome and Kentucky bluegrass – Does increased invasion decrease management effectiveness in mixed-grass prairies?
Jill Gannon, Cami Dixon*, and Jennifer Zorn
4:00 pm. Landowner perceptions of an invasive grass in the Northern Plains of the United States of America
David Toledo*, Kiandra Rajala, and Michael Sorice
4:30 p.m. Trends in Prairie Pothole Region plant community composition after a decade of enrollment in the Native Prairie Adaptive Management program
Carlee Coleman, Shawn DeKeyser*, Brea Kobiela, and Cami Dixon
5:00 p.m. Adjourn
6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Social at the Fargo Dome (Rooms 201 & 202) – with appetizers and open/cash bar
Thursday March 16
Presentations – Anishinaabe Theater
8:30 a.m. Temporal assembly and recruitment of bacterial and fungal communities in invasive Kentucky bluegrass and native switchgrass
Lennel A. Camuy-Vélez*
9:00 a.m. Using axillary buds to assess the impact of management strategies on the abundance of invasive cool-season grasses
John Hendrickson*
9:30 a.m. Invasive grass and litter accumulation constrain bee and plant diversity in altered grasslands
C.K. Pei*, Torre Hovick, Ryan Limb, Jason Harmon, and Benjamin Geaumont
10:00 a.m. Break – Oceti Sakowin Ballroom
Presentations - Anishinaabe Theater
10:30 a.m. The predicted nutrient supply of Kentucky bluegrass does not always meet nutritional recommendations for cow-calf pairs
David Toledo* and Rachael Christensen
11:00 a.m. Thinning out smooth bromegrass invasion
Lealand Schoon*
11:30 a.m. Timing prescribed fire in tallgrass prairies based on plant phenology
Sara Vacek*, Cami Dixon, Jill Gannon, and Jennifer Zorn
12:00 p.m. Lunch – Provided – Oceti Sakowin Ballroom
1:00 p.m. Poster Session – Oceti Sakowin Ballroom
Presentations – Anishinaabe Theater
2:00 p.m. Effectiveness of glyphosate herbicide at controlling non-native cool season grasses in a degraded prairie remnant
Tyler Janke*
2:30 p.m. An evaluation of prairie reconstruction results with emphasis of native plant species performance and invasive grass recolonization using multiple prescribed management techniques on U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service lands, North Dakota
Mark Fisher*
3:00 p.m. Break – Oceti Sakowin Ballroom
Presentations – Anishinaabe Theater
3:30 p.m. Prescribed fire reduces exotic perennial grasses in invaded northern mixed-grass prairie but creates small invasion risk in uninvaded areas
Amy J. Symstad*, Max Post van der Burg, and Heather Q. Baldwin
4:00 p.m. Ecosystem benefits of invasive winter annual grass removal
Shannon Clark*
4:30 p.m. Adjourn
Friday March 17
Presentations – Anishinaabe Theater
8:00 a.m. Adaptive management on tallgrass prairie for native species composition
Alison Long*
8:30 a.m. Benefits from management are lost after several years in Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis) invaded rangelands
Esben L. Kjaer*, Torre J. Hovick, Ryan F. Limb, Benjamin Geaumont, Jason P. Harmon, and Kevin K. Sedivec
9:00 a.m. Cool-season invasive grasses are driving composition of Prairie Pothole Region wetlands
Seth Jones*, Shawn DeKeyser, Breanna Kobiela, and Cami Dixon
9:30 a.m. Break – Oceti Sakowin Ballroom
Roundtable Discussions / Break Out Groups – Oceti Sakowin Ballroom
10:00 a.m. Where do we go from here?
12:00 p.m. Adjourn