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Sam King <\/span><\/div>
President<\/div>
Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation
\r\nDivision of Natural Areas
\r\n500 James Robertson Parkway, 8th Floor
\r\nNashville, TN 37243<\/div>
TDEC Natural Areas<\/a><\/div>
Sam King is Natural Areas Program Manager with the Division of Natural Areas in the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation. His work involves a variety of natural resource management projects (including invasive plant management, native plant restoration, and rare species protection) within the natural areas of middle Tennessee. Sam also works closely with Tennessee State Parks on resource management projects.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Byron Brooks <\/span><\/div>
Invasive Species Management Specialist<\/div>
Cleveland, TN<\/div>
Byron has a BS in Environmental Science from UT Chattanooga, 2001. He has more than two decades of invasive species management experience, working for private nonprofit conservation organizations (Tennessee River Gorge Trust, The Nature Conservancy, and Reflection Riding Arboretum and Nature Center) and for a government agency (Kentucky Nature Preserves Commission). Byron is currently a private Independent Contractor (Weed-Killer-for-Hire). He is also the world's mediocre-est guitar player.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Jimmy Groton <\/span><\/div>
EnSafe Inc.
\r\n308 North Peters Road
\r\nSuite 200
\r\nKnoxville, TN 37922<\/div>
Tennessee Citizens for Wilderness Planning<\/a><\/div>
Jimmy Groton is an Environmental Scientist\/Ecologist with EnSafe Inc., an environmental consulting firm. At EnSafe he works on wetland and stream mitigation and natural resource management projects (including invasive species control\/replacement) for federal, state, and private clients. Jimmy is also a board member of Tennessee Citizens for Wilderness Planning, a 55-year-old nonprofit, environmental advocacy organization based in Oak Ridge. At TCWP, Jimmy helps to manage stewardship activities including cedar barren restoration and invasive plant control at the Oak Ridge Barrens State Natural Area and TVA\u2019s Worthington Cemetery Ecological Study area. Jimmy is a member of the Tennessee Native Plant Society, Emory River Watershed Association, Society of Wetland Scientists, and Association of State Wetland Managers. He joined the TNIPC Board in 2015 as a representative of TCWP.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Margie Hunter <\/span><\/div>
Writer<\/div>
Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee<\/a><\/div>
Margie is a writer and author of Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee: The Spirit of Place. She gives presentations on native plants and natural history, serves on the boards of the Tennessee Native Plant Society and Tennessee Naturalist Program, and volunteers with the Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage in Gatlinburg. Her blog on hiking in the Great Smoky Mountains<\/a> features trail and natural history accounts for the national park and the Appalachian Trail. (Photo by J. Paul Moore)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Kristine Johnson <\/span><\/div>
Great Smoky Mountains National Park<\/a><\/div>
Kris retired from the National Park Service at Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee and North Carolina where she served as Supervisory Forester working with exotic plant management, forest health and native plant restoration in the park. A member of TN-EPPC\u2019s original board of directors, she has served continuously since, including a term as president.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Kitty McCracken <\/span><\/div>
Natural Resources Management Team
\r\nOak Ridge National Laboratory
\r\nP.O. Box 2008
\r\nOak Ridge, TN 37831-6351<\/div>
Kitty McCracken is a member of the Natural Resources Management Team of Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Her responsibilities include management of invasive plant species and native grass restoration projects for the Oak Ridge National Environmental Research Park (a Biosphere reserve). She is on the ORNL Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee and is lab manager of the Aquatic Ecology Laboratory. Kitty also leads a project to survey bats and identify habitat crucial to 3 species of endangered bats on the NERP. She has worked in environmental sciences and animal research for over 40 years.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Bill Moll <\/span><\/div>
Treasurer<\/div>
Red Bank, TN<\/div>
Bill is active in the Tennessee Valley Wild Ones native plant advocates and helps organize their Plant Natives! Symposium &Expo. He is currently the Chair of the Sierra Club Tennessee Chapter Conservation and Political Committees. He has practical experience managing invasive plants on his 3 acre private botanical garden.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Pat D. Parr <\/span><\/div>
Retired Oak Ridge National Laboratory Natural Resources Manager<\/div>
Discover Life in America<\/a><\/div>
Pat is retired from Oak Ridge National Laboratory where her responsibilities as Natural Resources Manager included natural resource management, integrated land use planning, and management of the Oak Ridge National Environmental Research Park (also a Biosphere Reserve). She is Past President of the Association of Southeastern Biologists and TN-IPC, Chair-elect of the Executive Committee of the Southern Appalachian Man and Biosphere Cooperative, and board member of the East Tennessee Regional Leadership Association and Discover Life in America.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n

Kitty McCracken<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nNatural Resources Management Team
\nOak Ridge National Laboratory
\nP.O. Box 2008
\nOak Ridge, TN 37831-6351<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n865-576-5269 (office)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMcCrackenMK@ornl.gov<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nLinkedIn<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nKitty McCracken is a member of the Natural Resources Management Team of Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Her responsibilities include management of invasive plant species and native grass restoration projects for the Oak Ridge National Environmental Research Park (a Biosphere reserve). She is on the ORNL Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee and is lab manager of the Aquatic Ecology Laboratory. Kitty also leads a project to survey bats and identify habitat crucial to 3 species of endangered bats on the NERP. She has worked in environmental sciences and animal research for over 40 years.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Margie Hunter<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/td>\nMargie is a writer and author of Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee: The Spirit of Place<\/i><\/a>. She gives presentations on native plants and natural history, serves on the boards of the Tennessee Native Plant Society and Tennessee Naturalist Program, and volunteers with the Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage in Gatlinburg. Her blog on hiking in the Great Smoky Mountains<\/a> features trail and natural history accounts for the park and the Appalachian Trail. (Photo by J. Paul Moore)<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Sam King — President<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nTennessee Department of Environment and Conservation
\nDivision of Natural Areas
\n500 James Robertson Parkway, 8th Floor
\nNashville, TN 37243<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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<\/td>\nSam King is Natural Areas Program Manager with the Division of Natural Areas in the Tennessee Department of Environment and Education. His work involves a variety of natural resource management projects (including invasive plant management, native plant restoration, and rare species protection) within the natural areas of middle Tennessee. Sam also works closely with Tennessee State Parks on resource management projects.<\/td>\n\"\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Andrea Bishop<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nTennessee Department of Environment and Conservation
\nDivision of Natural Areas
\nTennessee Tower, 2nd Floor
\nRosa L. Parks Ave.
\nNashville, TN 37243<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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<\/td>\nAndrea Bishop is a biologist\/botanist with the Natural Heritage Program in the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation<\/a>. Her work includes the protection and management of federal listed plant species in Tennessee. She began her career with the Heritage Program in 1990 through 2001 and moved to Florida and worked with Florida State Parks. She returned to the Heritage Program in 2005. She was very involved in the initial development of TNEPPC and served on the first board of directors for several years.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Kristine Johnson<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nSupervisory Forester
\nGreat Smoky Mountains National Park
\n107 Park HQ Rd
\nGatlinburg, TN 37738<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nKristine_Johnson@nps.gov<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nKris is Supervisory Forester for the National Park Service at Great Smoky Mountains National Park<\/a> in Tennessee and North Carolina, involving exotic plant management, forest health and native plant restoration in the park. A member of TN-EPPC\u2019s original board of directors, she has served continuously since, including a term as president.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Pat Dreyer Parr<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nRetired Oak Ridge National Laboratory Natural Resources Manager<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n\u00a0pdptn@aol.com <\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nPat has participated on the TN Invasive Council for many years, including serving as Chair. \u00a0She worked at Oak Ridge National Laboratory for 40 years where she managed natural resources on 35,000 acres of federal land. \u00a0Since retiring in 2014 she has maintained her connections and involvement with Discover Life in America, ORNL, and TNIPC. \u00a0\u00a0Along with traveling, she plays acoustic guitar and sings at the Museum \u00a0of Appalachia, assisted living facilities, and other events.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Alix Pfennigwerth<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nGraduate Student
\nDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
\nUniversity of TN, Knoxville<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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<\/td>\nAlix Pfennigwerth is a graduate student in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Tennessee. Her research investigates the role of plant-soil linkages in the range expansion of the dominant understory shrub, Rhododendron maximum into declining hemlock stands. Before entering graduate school, Alix managed invasive plants and pests as a Biological Science Technician with the National Park Service, worked as a Research Intern with TN-EPPC to address the economic cost of invasive plants in TN, and managed various research projects at UT as a Research Specialist.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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