NAC24 Plenary Panel - Thursday, October 10
2024 Natural Areas Conference Closing Plenary Panel
8 a.m. | Thursday, October 10, 2024
Protecting Productivity & Biodiversity: Community-Based Conservation in the Flint Hills
Learn from a diverse panel representing Flint Hills private landowners, federal, state, local agencies and NGOs as they explain how the three pillars of sustainability (ecological, economic and social) guide community-based partnerships that protect productivity and biodiversity in the Flint Hills. Panelists will share their stories and consider how they identify mutual goals and interests to foster biodiversity conservation while also protecting working lands. Along with learning more about these innovative partnerships, the discussion will include tackling invasive tree/plant control, patch/burn/grazing, sharing success through ranch tours, and the importance of information exchange and trust as the key to making it all work.Panelists
- Jon P. Beckmann, Ph.D. | Wildlife Supervisor, Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
- Tony Capizzo | Flint Hills Initiative Manager, The Nature Conservancy
- Andrew Davis | Cow Calf Producer, Davis Family Ranch
- Michael Disney | State Coordinator, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/Partners for Fish and Wildlife (PFW) Program in Kansas
- Jane Koger | Owner, Homestead Ranch
- David Kraft | Technical Coordinator, Kansas Grazing Lands Coalition
- Dean Krehbiel | Natural Resource Conservation Service
- Roger W. Wells | Wildlife and Land Management Biologist, Tallgrass Legacy Alliance
