Some more media coverage from the ESA meeting in Austin: http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/11/as-ecosystems-cities-yield-some-surprises/?src=tp#preview
This is a nice summary of a day of conversations about urban stewardship I had helped organize, with two symposia and a workshop bringing together researchers from 21 urban research sites that are currently supported by NSF and US Forest Service through ULTRA-Ex (Urban Long-Term Research Area - Exporatory) Awards. Even as future funding for this network remains uncertain, it was great to bring together people from all the sites so we could start exploring commonalities and difference, and build cross-site collaborations. Madhu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Madhusudan Katti Associate Professor of Vertebrate Biology Department of Biology, M/S SB73 California State University, Fresno Fresno, CA 93740-8034 Email: [email protected] Tel: 559.278.2460 Fax: 559.278.3963 Lab: http://www.reconciliationecology.org/ ULTRA: http://urban-faces.org/ Blog: http://leafwarbler.posterous.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
