Early bird registration rates end Sept. 23 for the 43rd Natural Areas Conference!
Register now to join us in California for the 2016 Natural Areas Conference October 18-21, 2016 at the University of California, Davis. Our theme is Climate Change Adaptation and Natural Areas Management: Turning Words to Action. This event will feature strategies and tactics that resource and natural areas managers can employ to prepare for and respond to climate change on the ground. Our keynote speaker is the USDA Forest Service's National Director for Rangeland Management and Vegetation Ecology, Allen Rowley. A series of California case studies on adaptation will follow. Chris Swanston, research ecologist with the U.S. Forest Service Northern Research Station, will speak on Climate Change Tools and Approaches for Land Managers," and Healy Hamilton, chief scientist of NatureServe, will round out the day speaking on "Current Climate Trends and Climate Adaptation Planning in Major Western Vegetation Assemblages." View the complete conference schedule now at http://naturalareasconference.org/schedule. The conference features two days of plenary sessions, with some of the worlds top applied ecologists and environmental researchers. You can also view our video invitation by our conference chair, Hugh Safford, by following this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=lBZ0tU4D9pE&feature=youtu.be We look forward to seeing you there!
