Douglas Tallamy is Professor and Chair of the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware in Newark, Delaware, where he has authored over 67 research articles and has taught Insect Taxonomy, Behavioral Ecology and other courses for 26 years. His new book Bringing Nature Home: How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens was published by Timber Press in November 2007. His talk will be drawn from his work on his upcoming book.

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Timothy Spira is a plant ecologist, native plant gardener, hiker, and professor of botany at Clemson University where he teaches field botany, plant ecology, and the natural history of wildflowers. He is the author of the recently published (May 2011) book, Wildflowers and Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont: A Naturalist's Guide to the Carolinas, Virginia, Tennessee, and Georgia (University of North Carolina Press).

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Martin Cipollini is the Dana Professor of Biology at Berry College where he teaches courses such as Principles of Microbiology and Botany, General Microbiology, and Forest Ecology. His current areas of research interest revolve around the college's Longleaf Pine and American Chestnut restoration projects. He has authored or co-authored numerous research publications. He leads the Georgia Chapter of the American Chestnut Foundatio's state-wide blight-resistance breeding program.

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Bill Finch is Executive Director of the Mobile Botanical Gardens and the former statewide conservation director for The Nature Conservancy. Long-time and award winning writer for The Mobile Press-Register, he is co-author of a book to be published in July: Longleaf Far as the Eye Can See: A Vision of the Tree that Brought Fire, Light and Richness to the Southern Forest.

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Leslie Edwards is a lecturer in the Geosciences Department of Georgia State University, where she teaches courses relating to the conservation and management of the landscapes of the southeastern US, restoring natural spaces in urban areas, weather and climate, and the formation of landforms through geomorphic processes. She is a co-author of the upcoming Guide to the Natural Communities of Georgia, which will be published the University of Georgia Press in late 2012, and a former president of the Georgia Botanical Society.

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Barbara Dorfman is an independent consultant, specializing in home landscapes and helping homeowners develop low maintenance strategies, make wise plant selections and prune as needed for shape and good plant health. A member of GNPS and a key force in the Stone Mountain Propagation Project for GNPS, she is locally trained and has been pruning professionally since 1989.

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