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SCHEDULE
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SHUTTLE SERVICE
Click here for the shuttle schedule. The shuttle will operate between UMD Residence Housing and the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center (DECC) Saturday, 28 June through Wednesday, 2 July.

Meeting Theme

The 17th Annual Meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology will be held in Duluth, Minnesota, on the shores of beautiful Lake Superior. The meeting's theme, Conservation of Land and Water Interactions, will focus attention on water, forests, wetlands, the Great Lakes and other large lakes and rivers of the world, marine and coastal systems, and associated biodiversity issues.

These zones where terrestrial habitats meet aquatic habitats such as oceans, lakes, streams, or wetlands are dynamic regions. Most house unique suites of species and they are subject to a host of human and natural disturbances. They have complex spatial and temporal patterns and linkages. We encourage dialogue on this subject as well as a host of other conservation biology topics.

The site of the meeting sits in a highly altered coastal zone, next to one of the largest lakes of the world, and the region has an extremely high density of lakes, rivers, and wetlands adjacent to urban, agricultural, and especially forested areas.