Call for Papers:
2nd Natural History of the Gila Symposium
Thursday, October 16 & Friday, October 17, 2008
(with field trips on Saturday, October 18 2008)
Western New Mexico University (Silver City, NM)
The steering committee for the Natural History of the Gila Symposium II
requests abstracts for a symposium on the natural history of this region.
Papers on research past or present are encouraged in all topics related to
archaeology, botany, conservation biology, ecology, forest management,
hydrology, stream restoration, ichthyology, herpetology, ornithology,
mammalogy, entomology, and similar subjects of southwestern New Mexico1
(particularly those areas within the Gila, Coronado and Apache-Sitgreaves
National Forests and/or influenced by the Gila River watershed). Symposium
sessions (20 minutes in length) that present an overview of a particular
research interest are welcome.
Please join us in Silver City, gateway to the Gila National Forest, for
this opportunity to create an information network of interested researchers
and to build a body of literature for the Gila River region. Publication
of accepted papers in proceedings for this symposium are planned. [Note:
Proceedings of the Natural History of the Gila Symposium I, held in October
2006, are forthcoming as a special edition of the New Mexico Botanist to be
published in spring 2008.]
Please send abstracts (not to exceed 100 words) to Dr. William (Bill) R.
Norris, ([EMAIL PROTECTED] ) Department of Natural Sciences, Western New
Mexico University, P.O. Box 680, 1000 W. College Ave., Silver City, New
Mexico, 88062 by June 15 2008. For further information about the
symposium and registration contact William (Bill) Norris
([EMAIL PROTECTED])([EMAIL PROTECTED]).
Steering Committee Members: Sonya Berger, Jack Carter, Richard Felger,
Lyndsay A Hellekson, Kelly Kindscher, Reese Lolley, William Norris, Martha
Schumann, Roland Shook, Ellen Soles, Art Telles
Partners for this symposium include: The Nature Conservancy of New Mexico,
Native Plant Society of New Mexico, Native Plant Society of New Mexico -
Gila Chapter, the Audubon Society (SW New Mexico Chapter), The Gila
Conservation Education Center, United States Forest Service and Western New
Mexico University.
1 Although the symposium is focused primarily on New Mexico research,
proposals for presentations of research conducted in regions of Arizona
affected by the Gila River will be considered
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Alexandra M. Snyder
Collections Manager-Fishes
Museum of Southwestern Biology
University of New Mexico MSC03-2020
Albuquerque NM 87131 USA
505.277.6005 Tele/Fax
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