Presenters: Theo Witsell, Chief Conservation Officer and Co-founder, South-eastern Grasslands Institute; Tina Rotenbury, GIS Specialist at Ozark St. Francis National Forest

This session features two presentations highlighting innovative approaches to identifying and documenting river cane landscapes in the Ozark region. The first explores modern mapping methods using aerial imagery, LiDAR, and GIS tools to locate existing canebrakes in northwestern Arkansas. The second presentation draws from historical land records to develop spatial data for river cane in the Ozark–St. Francis National Forests. Together, they demonstrate how both contemporary and historical tools can support restoration and research efforts.