The Society of Wetland Scientists 2019 Annual Meeting is being held in Baltimore, MD from May 28th through May 31st. Members of Riparia will be in participating in various aspects of the conference:

• Sarah Chamberlain will leading a workshop titled “Demystifying the Challenging World of Grasses” on the first day of the conference utilizing her book Field Guide to Grasses of the Mid-Atlantic. Tuesday May 28th, 1:00pm-5:00pm
• Tara Mazurczyk will be presenting a poster titled “The Influence of Plant Invasion on Native Biodiversity in Wetland Systems” during the poster session. Thursday, May 30th. 6:30pm-8:30pm, Holiday Ballroom 4-6
• The following talks will also be given by members of Riparia:

Name	Talk	Session	Date	Time	Room
Peter Backhaus	Wetland Functional Assessment via Remote Sensing: Existing Approaches and Proposed Developments	GIS I	May 29	9:55am-10:15am	Latrobe
Denice Wardrop	Assessing the relative vulnerabilities of Mid-Atlantic freshwater wetlands to projected hydrologic changes associated with climate change	Sea Level Rise I	May 29	4:00pm-4:20pm	Latrobe
Rob Brooks	Performance of riparian buffers built as conservation practices in the Susquehanna River-Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem	Ecosystem Science II	May 30	3:40pm-4:00pm	Johnson A