Please post: CALL FOR PAPERS AND POSTERS!
Midwest Oak Savanna and Woodland Conference '09 July 29-Aug 1 (Wednesday-Saturday) Lourdes College, Sylvania, Ohio Abstract Deadline: May 1, 2009 The mission of this conference is to promote conservation-based research, planning, management, and education focused on protecting, enhancing, and restoring oak savannas and woodlands in the Midwest. Academics, land stewards, and the conservation community are invited to offer informative presentations and research on oak savanna and woodland ecosystems. During the 1990’s, conferences emphasized development of recovery plans for fragmented oak savanna habitats. Take this opportunity to review those plans’ successes and the lessons learned. We also hope to look forward: Updates, new plans, and the future of savannas and woodlands in the face of invasives and climate change. Educating the human community that inhabits and uses natural communities is also essential to minimizing the loss and degradation these important ecosystems. An interactive educational track is planned for primary and secondary educators and community organizations that provide public programs. Featured speakers include: Dr. Roger Anderson, Illinois State University (Science Keynote); Scott Weidensaul, writer and environmentalist (author of Return to Wild America); and William Stanley, Director of ! Ohio Chapter of The Nature Conservancy. For more information: http://www.aeoned.org/oakcon/ or email: [email protected] To submit a talk or poster: http://www.aeoned.org/oakcon/callforproposals/ Don’t miss this opportunity to reconnect with established colleagues and meet new people working on these invaluable ecosystems!
