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COLLABORATIVE CONSERVATION IN RAPIDLY CHANGING LANDSCAPES

A collaboration of the U.S. Geological Survey's Southwest Biological Science Center and SCB
5-8 October 2009, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA

Please join us in an interdisciplinary forum to explore research and land management issues related to the biological, cultural, and economic resources of the Colorado Plateau, southwestern United States, and Mexico. The conference will include symposia, oral presentations, workshops, discussion groups, and short courses.

The morning of 5 October will feature a panel of experts in federal natural resource management and policy who will discuss the Obama administration's conservation policies. During breakout sessions in the afternoon, we will examine the effects of these policies on implementation of conservation and management activities. Paul Ehrlich will present the evening's keynote presentation, followed by a rooftop barbeque.

Contributed paper sessions will be held all day on 6 and 7 October and during the morning of 8 October. A student lunch mixer and evening poster session will be held on 6 October. A members' meeting of the SCB's North America Section and a local foods banquet will be featured on 7 October.

Themes will include
-- Adapting regional conservation efforts and management of natural resources to climate change
-- Restructuring of energy policies to protect biological diversity
-- Adapting to water scarcity at the landscape scale
-- Ensuring connectivity of habitat for wildlife across barriers and borders
-- Building effective collaborative networks
-- New opportunities and challenges for education and leadership in conservation science

Student members of SCB are eligible for travel grants. Registration costs may be waived or reduced for those who are able to provide volunteer assistance before or during the conference.

More information is available at http://sbsc.wr.usgs.gov/cprs/news_info/meetings/biennial/2009/index.asp or from Eli Bernstein, elijbernstein@gmail.com.

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