presents Setting Priorities through Ecoregional Conservation Planning From majestic longleaf pine forests to bald cypress swamps, from the endangered red cockaded woodpecker - the only woodpecker that constructs its nest in living pine trees - to insect-eating plants, the West Gulf Coastal Plain of eastern Texas and western Louisiana harbors a wealth of biological diversity. This presentation provides an overview of an ecoregional conservation plan developed by The Nature Conservancy to ensure the long-term survival of the species, natural communities, and ecosystems of the West Gulf Coastal Plain.

A Lecture by Rick Turner November 14, 2001 EESAT 130 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. Turner is Conservation Ecologist for The Nature Conservancy's East Texas Program and the Texas Conservation Data Center. A native Texan, Rick received his Bachelor of Science in Forestry and Master of Science in Biology at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas. His professional interests include community and landscape ecology, conservation biology, and ecological restoration. His accomplishments include developing an ecological classification system for over one million acres of national forest land in Texas and Louisiana, and leading the effort to create The Nature Conservancy's West Gulf Coastal Plain coregional conservation plan. Rick also serves as planning team member for the Mississippi Alluvial Valley Joint Venture - West Gulf Coastal Plain Bird Conservation Initiative, and as advisory board memberfor the Pineywoods Native Plant Center in Nacogdoches.

Lecture is free and open to the public.

For special accommodation, call 565-2266 or philosophy@unt.edu.

CEP - PHIL - UNT - November 8, 2001