On 5/12/07, Chris Swarth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 3rd Box Turtle Conservation Workshop
>
> A Box Turtle Conservation Workshop will be held November 9-10, 2007 at
> Patuxent Research Refuge's 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]).
>
