3rd Box Turtle Conservation Workshop A Box Turtle Conservation Workshop will be held November 9-10, 2007 at Patuxent Research Refuges National Wildlife Visitor Center in Laurel, Maryland. This is the third in a series of workshops aimed at bringing together individuals actively engaged in box turtle research and conservation to assess the status of these species, the challenges they face, and to devise strategies to help secure their future. The workshop is sponsored by the Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary, The Humane Society of the United States, and the North Carolina Zoological Park.
This workshop will focus exclusively on research studies of box turtle population status, ecology, and life history strategies. It is widely accepted that box turtle populations are declining throughout their range, yet few efforts have been made to assess current population status in the interest of developing long-term conservation strategies. The principal goals of this workshop will be to provide current information, where it exists, on population size assessment throughout the species range, and to initiate population studies in as many states as possible where these turtles occur. Researchers are invited to submit abstracts of 500 words or less describing your ongoing or completed research in one of the workshop subject areas. The abstract should be submitted as an attachment (Microsoft Word format preferred); please do not paste the abstract directly into your email message. In your email message, please include: your name, organizational affiliation, presentation title, and indicate your preference for giving an oral presentation or a poster. Also, please include all of your contact information. Submit your abstract to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED] The deadline for receiving abstracts is July 1, 2007; authors will be notified by August 1 that their abstract was accepted. Abstracts will be reviewed by the conference organizers and will be evaluated on the basis of their consistency with the workshop objectives and the geographic area represented by the project/research study that is described. To view and download a report on the first Box Turtle conservation workshop held in 2004, please visit, http://www.hsus.org/wildlife/urban_wildlife_our_wild_neighbors_box_turtle_workshop_summary.html. We hope to have travel funds available for some speakers. If you have questions about the workshop, please contact Chris Swarth ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) or Susan Hagood ([EMAIL PROTECTED]).
