*2015 Joint Annual Meeting **Minnesota & Wisconsin Chapters of The Wildlife Society*
*Call for Papers and Posters* Please consider submitting an abstract to present at the Minnesota and Wisconsin Joint Annual Meeting of The Wildlife Society. All topics relevant to wildlife research and management and the wildlife profession in the MN-WI/Great Lakes Region will be considered! Topics of particular interest include: global warming/climate change, tribal issues, environmental effects of mining and fracking, waterfowl, conservation grazing, constituency building, water quality, soil health, elk management and re-introduction, LiDAR applications in wildlife research/management, and fire and wildlife. Students are encouraged to submit oral or poster abstracts of ongoing and recently completed research. Abstracts must be submitted by January 9, 2015. Abstract Instructions: http://drupal.wildlife.org/minnesota/sites/wildlife.org.minnesota/files/AM2015_AbstractInstructions.pdf The Minnesota and Wisconsin Chapters of The Wildlife Society Joint Annual Meeting will be held at the Duluth Holiday Inn & Suites and Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center in beautiful downtown Duluth, MN on 17-19 February 2015. Visit (http://www.hiduluth.com/ and http://www.decc.org/) for information about hotel and conference facilities. Additional information about registration, accommodations, and conference events will be coming out soon. Watch for announcements through your chapter email or on chapter websites (http://wildlife.org/minnesota or http://wildlife.org/Wisconsin).
