Shinn Grant Recipients Present Their Research

This meeting will be held at Reedy Creek Nature Center in their classroom, as well as online via Zoom (REGISTER TODAY).

Each year, through the support of the Tom & Bruce Shinn Fund, NCNPS awards grants of up to $1000 to NC students conducting research on native plants and their habitats. In this meeting, 4 of the 2024 recipients will present on work that your donations are helping to fund! The presenters and their topics are:

Erin Eichenberger – NSCU PhD
“Investigating populations and pollinators of Echinacea laevigata (Asteraceae) to further conservation efforts”

Lauren Willhite – NCSU Master’s
“Long-term survivorship and species invasion post-restoration on Rocky Branch”

Lydia Cox – Duke University
“Herbarium collections assist with disentangling the effects of climate change on flowering phenology of native carnivorous plants.”

Leigha Henson – AppState Master’s
“Warming and Precipitation Effects on Several Common Moss Species of the Southern Appalachian Mountains”