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ANNOUNCEMENTS

Funding Available

The Dennis Raveling Scholarship for Waterfowl Research is awarded annually to a student(s) with a desire to pursue a career in waterfowl or wetlands ecology. Awards are based on the candidate's resolve, academic achievement, and project merit. Candidates must be pursuing an advanced degree in wildlife, zoology, botany, ecology, or another pertinent biological science. Applicants should submit a one-page proposal for an original research or management project and be prepared to submit a detailed project proposal if requested. Two awards will be given this year, one of US$2000 and one of US$1000. Along with the proposal, submit a resume, letter from a faculty member indicating willingness to sponsor the candidate and detailing any requirements (e.g., final report or thesis) for receiving university credit, and contact information for two references. Application deadline is 31 October 2006. Send applications to Nicole Berset, California Waterfowl Association, 4630 Northgate Blvd., Suite 150, Sacramento, CA 95834, USA, nicole_berset@calwaterfowl.org.

Educational Opportunity

Several times a year, including June 2006, the Smithsonian National Zoological Park's Conservation and Research Center in Front Royal, Virginia, USA offers Spanish-language introductory and advanced short courses in the use of GIS and remote sensing. The introductory course focuses on the application of GIS to monitoring and management of wildlife and forest vegetation. The advanced course provides step-by-step training in conducting a regional conservation assessment of critical conservation areas for an endangered species using GIS, satellite imagery, and landscape analysis. For more details, visit http://nationalzoo.si.edu/ConservationAndScience/
ConservationGIS/GIS%5Ftraining.

Meetings

The Center For Ethics at the University of Montana-Missoula will offer an Environmental Ethics Institute, Exploring the Landscapes of Environmental Thought, in June and July 2006. The Institute will feature leading scholars in environmental ethics, philosoph, and environmental studies. Participants will be able to choose from three courses (Environmental Justice in Montana's Indian Country, Foundations of Environmental Thought, and How We Experience Nature: Environmental Aesthetics, U.S. & Japan), guided field trips, and public lectures and panel discussions. Courses begin online on 5 June and meet in Missoula in July. All field trips and evening events run will be held from 10-28 July. For complete information, visit www.umt.edu/ethics or contact The Center For Ethics at ethics@mso.umt.edu or 1 406 243-5744.

The 33rd annual Natural Areas Conference, Stewards of the Old and New West, will be held 20-23 September 2006 in Flagstaff, Arizona, USA. The meeting will be co-hosted by the National Park Service. The conference will examine whether traditional use and ranching activities can be sustained while preserving natural areas and native biodiversity in the face of population growth and development. For details visit www.cpcesu.nau.edu/NAC2006/ or contact Program Chair John Vankat (vankatj1@muohio.edu).

Forging Collaboration Between Health and Ecology, a conference sponsored by the International EcoHealth Association, will be held 7-10 October 2006 in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. The deadline to submit abstracts is 15 May. For more information, visit www.ecohealth.net/Conference/site/ or contact conf2006@ecohealth.net.

An international conference on environmental flows will be held 3-6 September 2007 in Brisbane, Australia, in partnership with The Nature Conservancy and the 10th international Riversymposium. The conference will explore environmental flows from a science, policy, and management perspective. For more information visit www.riversymposium.com and www.nature.org/freshwaters or contact Dierdre Paterno Pai, dpaterno-pai@tnc.org, 1 303 541-0344.

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