The 4th Annual State of the Prairie Conference will be held at the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Center and Texas A&M Kingsville on December 6-9, 2012. This conference is hosted by the Coastal Prairie Partnership (www.prairiepartner.org) and Native Prairie Association of Texas (www.texasprairie.org/). The conference will have presentations and field trips to prairie remnants all over greater Corpus/Kingsville area. The focus is on the economics of prairies and prairie restoration, cattle production, restoration after oil/gas drilling and landowner rights, biodiversity, prairie wetlands and more. The event is for ranchers, conservationists, landscape architects, educators, naturalists, or anyone just curious about prairies. For list of speakers, trips, registration and fees go to www.prairiepartner.org and click the link for the conference information.

Day 3 of the Conference: break out presentations on Education or Restoration or Management, poster session, lunch, dinner speaker