Upcoming Events

The 8th ANREP conference will take place in Hendersonville, NC, May 20-23. 2012. Presentations, field tours, workshops, poster displays, and informal networking provide a variety of options for skill building, knowledge sharing, collaboration, and idea generation in a welcoming atmosphere. Topics from a myriad of natural resource disciplines will be addressed during the conference, including wildlife, forestry, water quality, fisheries, sustainability, youth education, community engagement, and more. Visit the ANREP conference website for more information.

The next FFACCTs will take place on Friday, June 1, at 11:00 ET. Jim Vose, co-project leader for the Southern Research Station's Center for Integrated Forest Science and Synthesis Unit, will discuss the Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Management Options (CCAMMO) project. Visit the FFACCTs webpage for details and to view archived FFACCTs presentations and related resources. For additional information, please contact Perdita Spriggs, (828) 230-3292 or pspriggs@fs.fed.us.  

The Southern Group of State Foresters Annual Meeting will be held June 11-14 in Louisville, KY. Representatives from 13 state agencies and two territories, the U.S. Forest Service, and other federal agencies, forest-based industries, and non-profit partners will discuss key issues that impact forests in the South. The theme of the meeting is “Partnerships are Key.” Visit the meeting website for more information.

EcoSummit 2012, themed "Ecological Sustainability: Restoring the Planet’s Ecosystem Services," will take place September 30-October 5 in Columbus, OH. The symposia, general sessions, posters, and workshops will cover a wide variety of ecological topics including:

• ecological restoration and ecological engineering
• estimating ecosystem services
• global change issues including climate change effects and the future of food security
• lake, wetland, river, forest and agro-ecosystem management
• corporate involvement in the environment
• sustainable economics and business practices

Visit the conference website for more information.

EFETAC research ecologist and team leader Kurt Riitters will give a presentation on forest fragmentation as part of the Forest Service's Planning for Growth and Open Space Conservation Webinar Series on October 24. The webinar, titled "Science to Inform Open Space Conservation: Land Use Changes, Forest Fragmentation, and the Wildland-Urban Interface," will begin at 2:00 ET. Visit the Open Space Conservation website for details.

The biannual conference of the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) Landscape Ecology Working Party will be held in Concepción, Chile, November 5-12. The theme is "Sustaining Humans and Forests in Changing Landscapes: Forests, Society and Global Change." Visit the conference website for more information.