39th Annual Natural Areas Conference; Call for Papers

39th Annual Natural Areas Conference: Call for papers

Keeping Natural Areas Relevant and Resilient
Registration opens in June

Concurrent Sessions will likely include:

• Natural Area Program Relevance and Resiliency
• Coastal and Marine Issues
• Broadening the Base: Marketing and Communications
• Invasive Species Tracks
• Managing Cultural Resources on Natural Areas
• Cave and Karst Management
• Rare Species Conservation
• Measuring Success of Natural Area Programs
• Land Conservation

Full conference registration includes participation in the mid-conference (Thursday) field trip of your choice. All attendees of mid-conference field trips will receive a boxed lunch. Below is a tentative list of field trips. It will be finalized before registration opens in June.

Pre-conference Field Trips (subject to change)

• Caves and karst lands of western Virginia
• Clinch River canoe float in southwest Virginia
• Buffalo Mountain Natural Area Preserve and Southern Blue Ridge
• Coastal Plain sinkhole ponds
• Chesapeake Bay shorelines
• Longleaf pine restoration at its northern limit

Conference Field Trips (subject to change)

• Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge
• Eastern Shore of Virginia National Wildlife Refuge
• False Cape State Park and Natural Area Preserve
• Savage Neck Dunes Natural Area Preserve
• Zuni Pine Barrens
• Blackwater River canoe float
• Chesapeake Bay ecotour (boat trip)
• Eastern Shore Marshes ecotour (kayak trip)
• Grafton Ponds Natural Area Preserve
• Wreck Island Natural Area Preserve
• North Landing River Natural Area Preserve
• Migratory Bird Habitat Restoration on the Eastern Shore