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ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Job Announcements
• Educational Opportunity
• Meetings and Workshops

Job Announcements

The Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation and the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Florida invite applications at the assistant professor level for a 12-month, tenure-accruing position in wildlife ecology and conservation in Latin America with 60% research and 40% teaching responsibilities (including an undergraduate and graduate course in tropical wildlife and an interdisciplinary graduate seminar on tropical conservation and development). Candidates should have a Ph.D. in conservation biology, natural resource management, ecology, or related field; experience in Latin America; and a commitment to interdisciplinary training. Application deadline is 1 February 2001. See http://www.wec.ufl.edu for a complete job description. Send curriculum vitae, statements of professional goals and teaching philosophy, official transcripts of academic work, and three letters of recommendation to Susan Jacobson, Chair, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation in Latin America Search Committee, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, P.O. Box 110430, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-0430, Telephone (352) 846-0562, FAX (352) 392-6984, JacobsonS@wec.ufl.edu. Refer to position 930270.

The University of Montana seeks an entry-level Assistant Professor in Wildlife Ecology with responsibilities in the School of Forestry and the Wildlife Biology Program. The applicant should apply innovative teaching and research skills to wildlife habitat relationships at the community or landscape scale. A Ph.D. is required; post-doctoral education, field research experience, and interactions with resource management agencies are preferred. Screening begins 1 January 2001. Submit curriculum vitae, research and teaching interests, recent publications, transcripts, and three letters of reference (under separate cover) to Mark Lindberg, Chair, Wildlife Ecologist Search Committee, Wildlife Biology Program, School of Forestry, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, lindberg@forestry.umt.edu.

Educational Opportunity

The Central American Institute for Biological Research and Conservation is a non-governmental, non-profit organization. Its purpose is to promote and develop scientific research in biology and conservation in the Central American Isthmus. The organization offers short training field courses for undergraduate and graduate students. Field Ecology will be held 15-31 April 2001. The application deadline is 30 January. More information, including cost and application procedures, is available at http://www.cibrc.freehosting.net or from academics@cibrc.freehosting.net.

Meetings and Workshops

The 2001 annual meeting of the Western Section of The Wildlife Society, Conserving wildlife at the start of the 21st century: politics and realities, will be held 22-24 February in Sacramento, California. Workshops will include Lyme disease, habitat mapping, wildlife translocations, sage grouse, declining amphibians, media relations, and audio and video technology tools. Technical sessions will include deer management, seabirds, large mammals, carnivores, wetlands and waterfowl, habitat restoration, reptiles and amphibians, and forest management. For more information contact Barry Garrison, California Department of Fish and Game, 1416 Ninth Street, Sacramento, CA 95814, Telephone (916) 653-1738, FAX (916) 653-1019, bagarris@dfg.ca.gov, http://www.tws-west.org.

Practical approaches for conserving native inland fishes of the west, a symposium hosted by the Montana Chapter and Western Division of the American Fisheries Society (AFS), will be held 6-8 June 2001 in Missoula, Montana. The symposium will emphasize implementation and evaluation of field techniques. Session topics include watershed and habitat restoration for salmonids, non-native fishes, genetic issues in fish conservation, captive broods, pesticides, conservation agreements with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and statewide and regional conservation planning. For more information contact the University of Montana, http://www.umt.edu/afs; the Montana Chapter of AFS, http://www.fisheries.org/AFSmontana/; or Symposium Chair Brad Shepard, bshepard@montana.edu or sheplen@mcn.net.

The annual meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists will be held 16-20 June 2000 in Missoula, Montana. Detailed information on symposia, registration, travel, and lodging is available at www.mammalsociety.org or www.umt.edu/ASM2001. These web sites will be continually updated throughout the winter.

The 3rd North American Forest Ecology Workshop, Issues of scale in forest ecology--theory to practice, will be held 24-27 June 2001 in Duluth, Minnesota. The workshop will bring together forest managers and researchers from Canada, Mexico, and the U.S. to discuss issues of scale and how they relate to forest management. Events will include plenary, technical, and poster sessions and field trips. Topics will include scale linkages--from trees to landscapes, forest health, interactions between spatial patterns and wildlife, non-timber forest products, forest / surface water interactions, and spatial assessment and decision tools. For details contact Mary Ann Hellman, (612) 624-7222, mhellman@forestry.umn.edu, http://www.cnr.umn.edu/cfc/outreach/NAFEW/nafew.html.

The Fisheries Society of the British Isles will hold a meeting on fish biodiversity and conservation 9-13 July 2001 in Leicester, United Kingdom. The meeting of will focus on four themes: rarity and extinction of fishes, exploitation and fish biodiversity, taxonomic diversity, and managing fish biodiversity. The meeting will cover both freshwater and marine species and both temperate and tropical habitats. Abstracts for contributed papers and posters are welcome. For more information contact Paul Hart, pbh@leicester.ac.uk; John Reynolds, Reynolds@uea.ac.uk; or visit www.leicester.ac.uk/biology/fsbi.

The 38th annual meeting of the Animal Behavior Society will be held 14-18 July 2001 in Corvallis, Oregon. Symposia include Aggression and group organization in animal societies, Behavioral genetics for the next decade, Detecting and measuring mating preferences, and Song learning. For further information see http://www.animalbehavior.org/ABS/Program or contact the local hosts, Andy Blaustein (blaustea@bcc.orst.edu) or Lynne Houck (houckl@bcc.orst.edu).

Managing river flows for biodiversity--a conference on science, policy and conservation action will be held 30 July-2 August 2001 in Fort Collins, Colorado. Organizers include representatives of government agencies, non-profit organizations, and the electric power industry. The meeting will address conflicts between meeting ecosystem needs and human demands for water, the state of ecological science concerning flows required to protect biodiversity, and case studies. Abstracts for posters are invited. Themes should be related to managing river flows for biodiversity, including case studies on particular flow restoration efforts. Deadline for abstracts is 31 December 2000. Notification of acceptance will follow by the end of January 2001. Send abstracts to Nicole Silk, nsilk@tnc.org. For more information, visit http://www.freshwaters.org/ccwp/conference.

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