67th Annual Meeting of the Society for Range Management From Dusty Trails to Waning Wetlands February 8-13, 2014 - Orlando, FL
Find the most up to date information about the conference on our website starting July 3 http://rangelands.org/orlando2014/. In addition to conference details we have several links on our conference page where you can buy discounted attraction tickets as well as coupons for local restaurants and airport shuttle rides. Hotel registration at the Caribe Royal is now open at https://resweb.passkey.com/go/srm2014. All rooms are suites and are available at the 2014 government per diem rate. For more information on this great facility go to http://www.cariberoyale.com/ or read Planning Committee Co-Chair Angie Reids article on the hotel http://www.rangelands.org/events/AnnualMeeting/The%20Government%20Per%20Diem %20Hotel%20of%20Your%20Dreams.pdf. Online registration opens August 1, 2013 so start planning your trip and get your hotel room early! Announcing the first ever SRM Gala featuring The Bellamy Brothers! The Bellamy Brothers, Florida locals, have been making country music since the 1960s and have released more than 50 albums. The SRM Gala will replace the Taste of Florida. Instead of exhibiting the wonderful food you will undoubtedly be enjoying all week long, we would like to dazzle you with the best of Florida music! Join us Wednesday evening for this private concert and dance in the glass pavilion of the Caribe Royal! The Plenary Session will kick off the meeting with noted speakers Dr. Reed Noss, author of Forgotten Grasslands of the South and Professor of Biology at University of Central Florida, discussing the history of grasslands in the south and orienting our largely western-based membership to the regional rangelands. Dr. Thad Box, Former Dean of Utah State Universitys College of Natural Resources and regular contributor to Rangelands and Utah Public Radio will discuss the history of drought, how his experiences have changed the way he thinks, and how drought has shaped the Society. Finally, Dr. Donald Wilhite, Professor of Applied Climate Science at University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the Founding Director of the National Drought Mitigation Center, will discuss the way forward in how we deal with and manage for drought on our rangelands. In addition to all of our regular technical sessions, this years meeting will feature the following Special Sessions: Healing the Land and Building Soil Health Producer's Forum: Soil Health Matters Environmental Impacts of Feral Swine Ecological Site Workshop Series Having a Say: Creation of SRM Advocacy Papers Adaptive Toolbox for Medusahead Control Adaptive Management in Rangelands: Getting to Work Kentucky Bluegrass Dynamics in the Northern Great Plains The Problems with Junipers In the Great Plains and Central U.S. Integrating Social and Economic Indicators for Sustainable Rangeland Management SRM Native American Range Forum Basic Rangeland and Livestock Management Rangeland Technology and Equipment Council (RTEC) Workshop: Strategies and, Treatments to Maintain or Restore Longleaf Pine Forests Conservation and Stewardship Tools in Action: A Canadian and U.S. Perspective on Lessons Learned and Challenges to Overcome Technical Service Provider Workshop (TSP): Prescribed Grazing Conservation Activity Plans - Monitoring Plan Development Tropical Rangelands of the World: Challenges and Opportunities in a Globalized Society and A Changing Environment Unsettled Futures for Subsistence Pastoralism: Adapting Livestock Practices in the Face of Changing Climate and Land Use
