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ANNOUNCEMENTS

Education Committee Update

Due to the high level of interest in education issues, we are pleased to announce the launch of a listserv where SCB members can exchange information, ideas, and tips on teaching, texts, programs, and other education-related topics. To sign up for the listserv and participate in discussions, please visit http://list.conbio.org/mailman/listinfo/scb-education/.

Educational Opportunity

The CALFED Science Program, in collaboration with California Sea Grant College Program, seeks applications for predoctoral and postdoctoral fellows. The Science Fellows Program aims to bring junior scientists together with CALFED Program agency scientists and senior research mentors. These partners engage in collaborative data analysis and research projects relevant to ecosystem management and reliability of water supply, including analyses of the extensive monitoring database collected and maintained by the implementing agencies. In 2007, fellowships will be awarded to address (1) the four priority issues as outlined in the CALFED Science Program 2006 Proposal Solicitation Package: environmental water, invasive aquatic species, trends and patterns of populations and system response to a changing environment, and habitat availability and response to change, or (2) specific needs identified by CALFED implementing agencies: environmental water account, pelagic organism declines, using a systems modeling approach for identifying critical linkages, and developing indicators and performance measures. For more information, visit http://www.csgc.ucsd.edu/EDUCATION/CALFED/CALFEDIndx.html.

Bibliographies Available

A series of bibliographies by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) provides a comprehensive review of the current literature covering conservation programs, including the research needed to improve practices. Two new bibliographies recently were published in support of USDA's Conservation Effects Assessment Project: Environmental Effects of Conservation Practices on Grazing Lands and Wetlands in Agricultural Landscapes. These and previously-published bibliographies are available at (www.nal.usda.gov/wqic/ceap/index.shtml). Paper copies of all bibliographies can be ordered from Stuart Gagnon (sgagnon@nal.usda.gov).

Meetings

The 13th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management (ISSRM), Landscape Continuity and Change--Social Science Perspectives and Interdisciplinary Conversations, will be held 17-21 June 2007 in Park City, Utah, USA. ISSRM is the premier scientific meeting for academic and government researchers, students, land managers, and NGO representatives who are broadly interested in the human dimensions of natural resources and the environment. Meetings typically attract 800 or more participants from more than 25 nations. Participating disciplines include sociology, psychology, anthropology, political science, economics, landscape architecture, environmental planning, outdoor recreation management, history, and the natural sciences. For more information, visit www.issrm2007.org.

The conference Parks, Peace and Partnerships will be held 9-12 September 2007 in Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta, Canada. This international conference is being convened to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of Waterton / Glacier International Peace Park, the world's first peace park. International Peace Park designation legitimized a spirit of cooperation that has been used to seek ongoing designations and other forms of cooperation that may not have been anticipated at the time. The conference aims to document that ripple effect and consider its potential and realization around the world by sharing success stories, embracing challenges, and advancing the theory and practice of transboundary management. Attendance will be limited to approximately 200 participants. Details are available at www.peacepark2007.org or from info@peacepark2007.org.

The Fourth International Partners In Flight Conference, Tundra to Tropics: Connecting Birds, Habitats and People, will be held 13-16 February 2008 in McAllen, Texas, USA. The conference theme will be shared with the 2008 International Migratory Bird Day (www.birdday.org/). The conference will focus on international connections that further bird and habitat conservation throughout the western hemisphere. Two types of concurrent paper sessions will focus on issues in bird conservation. In addition to standard sessions typical of meetings of scientific societies, sessions followed by a facilitated discussion session will aim to produce a strategic action plan to be distributed to all partners within weeks of the conference. The program also will include keynote speakers, vendors, social events, a poster session, a variety of single-day and multiple-day birding field trips, and a proceedings that will include papers developed from posters. Details will be posted on the Partners in Flight Web site (www.partnersinflight.org) and distributed through various bird conservation listservs as they develop. In the meantime, contact Terry Rich (terry_rich@fws.gov) with inquiries.

The conference Ingestion of Spent Lead Ammunition: Implications for Wildlife and Humans will be convened by The Peregrine Fund from 12-15 May 2008 at Boise State University, Boise, Idaho. The goal of the conference is to promote a better understanding of ingested spent lead ammunition as a source of lead exposure and to reduce its effects on wildlife and humans. For details, visit http://www.peregrinefund.org/Lead_conference/ or contact The Peregrine Fund, 5668 West Flying Hawk Lane, Boise, Idaho 83709, USA, 1 208 362-3716, tpf@peregrinefund.org.

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