Since 2023 INPCA has hosted an annual conference to share information about the conservation of rare plants and the INPCA activities over the last year. Each conference has been recorded and is available for viewing at these links.
INPCA Annual Meetings
View the 2026 INPCA Partners Meeting held on March 6:
- Part One: Introduction, DEI Moment, A Technical Advisory Committee for Indiana Plants, and Recent Changes to the Indiana Endangered, Threatened, and Extirpated Plant Species List (S. Namestnik).
- Part Two: Eastern Prairie Fringed Orchid (Plantanthera leucophaea) in Ohio (J. Finfera).
- Part Three: On the Lookout: new Plant Invaders in the Midwestern United States (T. Culley).
- Part Four: Conservation Team Updates
View the 2025 INPCA Partners Meeting held on March 7:
- Part One: Introduction, DEI moment, Why Seed Banking Should Be a Component of Rare Plant Monitoring (J. Fant)
- Part Two: Citizen Science Programs: A Key Piece in Conserving Indiana’s Rare Plants (J. Casey)
- Part Three: The INPCA Reintroduction Policy: Why We Have It and How to Use It (D. Slack)
- Part Four: Conservation Team Updates
- Part Five: Closing (S. Namestnik)
View the 2024 INPCA Partners Meeting held on January 5:
- Part One: Introduction, DEI moment, Integrating Rare Species Conservation with Ecosystem Management (B. Easter)
- Part Two: Managing Rare Communities on Hoosier National Forest (C. Coon)
- Part Three: Vegetative Characteristics, Pollinator Diversity, and Breeding System of Phemeranthus rugospermus (D. Marr and A. Schnabel), first lightning round
- Part Four: Second lightning round
View the 2023 INPCA Partners Meeting held on January 27:
- Part One: Introduction, DEI Report, Species Conservation Team Updates
- Part Two: Efforts to Recover the State-Endangered Squarrose Goldenrod
- Part Three: Augmentation of Pitcher’s Thistle in Indiana
- Part Four: A Regional Approach to State Wildlife Action Planning
View the first INPCA Annual Partners Meeting, held virtually on January 14, 2022. An additional talk intended for this meeting was provided later here.
View the second meeting of the INPCA Partners, held virtually on April 16, 2021.
View the initial meeting of Indiana Plant Conservation Alliance, held virtually on March 5, 2021. View the initial meeting participants.
Pollinator monitoring on fameflower. Photo by Andy Schnabel