Please join us for an afternoon of presentations highlighting the past year of outstanding research, stewardship, and education. 

Presentations will be followed by a local food and wine reception and poster session.

Presentations:

• Coastal and Estuarine Research at GTM NERR:  Current and Future Long-Term Research Efforts within the Reserve, Matthew E. Kimball, PhD 
•  Education, Like the Environment, Depends on the Individual, Kenneth Rainer
• GTM NERR Volunteer Program: A Dynamic Bunch, Carly Swatek 
• Invasive-Wise Watershed: the GTM Invasive Plant Task Force, Emily Montgomery 
• Spatial Ecology of Gopher Tortoises in GTM NERR Sand Dunes, Anthony Lau

• UNF Transformational Learning: Using the GTM NERR as a Classroom, Kelly Smith 
• Do Grazers and Drought Stress Interact to Drive Die-off and Foundation Plant Species Shifts in Florida Marshes, Schuyler van Montfrans 
• The Use of Estuarine Resources by the American Alligator at GTM NERR, James C. Nifong