SER Calendar of Events
2012 Tamarisk Symposium
Date(s):	February 15-17, 2012
Location:	Grand Junction, Colorado
Details:	2012 Tamarisk Symposium February 15-17, 2012 Two Rivers Convention Center Grand Junction, Colorado Please join the Tamarisk Coalition (TC) and Colorado State University Extension Office for the 6th Tamarisk Symposium. This conference, held every two years, is considered the preeminent conference on the tamarisk and related riparian restoration issues and will bring together nearly 250 land and resource managers, researchers, public and private sectors and others from throughout the West.
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Great Basin Native Plant Selection & Increase Project
Date(s):	February 21-22, 2012
Location:	Salt Lake City, Utah
Details:	MEETING LOCATION: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH GUEST HOUSE AND CONFERENCE CENTER FORT DOUGLAS BALLROOM 110 South Fort Douglas Blvd, Salt Lake City, UT 84113 LODGING: A block of rooms is reserved at the University Guest House under: “Great Basin Native Plant Meeting” for Monday February 20—Wednesday 22, 2012 Reservations: 1-888-416-4075 http://www.universityguesthouse.com/ Special rate: $95/night (king OR two queens) Complimentary Hot & Continental Breakfast Please reserve rooms by January 31, 2012 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21 1:00 PM—5:00 PM Plant Materials WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22 8:00 AM—4:00 PM Seed Tech and Production Native Plant Horticulture Wildfires, Restoration and Crested Wheatgrass Diversification Business Meeting Registration is free!
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Mangrove Ecology, Management and Restoration Training Course
Date(s):	March 1-3, 2012
Location:	Hollywood, Florida, USA
Details:	The tenth annual "Mangrove Forest Ecology,Management and Restoration" training workshop will be held at the Anne Kolb Nature Center, in Hollywood, Florida, USA, March 1-2, 2012. The training site is within a 500 ha mangrove restoration project at West Lake Park operated by Broward County. The awardwinning project was designed by Roy R. "Robin" Lewis III, who will be teaching the course. Mr. Lewis has taught this very successful course in Cuba, Nigeria, Thailand, Vietnam, India and Sri Lanka.
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20th High Altitude Revegetation Workshop
Date(s):	March 6-8, 2012
Location:	Fort Collins, CO, USA
Details:	You are cordially invited to the Twentieth High Altitude Revegetation Workshop to be held March 6-8, 2012, at the Lory Student Center on the Colorado State University Campus, Fort Collins, Colorado. The High Altitude Revegetation Committee, through Colorado State University, conducts biennial workshops and annual field tours to promote understanding of reclamation and revegetation techniques and problems that occur when fragile, high-elevation ecosystems are modified by human activities or natural events. This information is valuable for rehabilitating disturbances at all elevations.
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Restoration on the Edge
Date(s):	March 23-24, 2012
Location:	Brooklyn, New York
Details:	The 7th Annual SER Mid-Atlantic Conference, Restoration on the Edge: Exploring the frontiers of restoration, collaboration, and resilience in changing ecosystems, will be held at Brooklyn College in New York City on March 23-24, 2012. This year, we are joining forces with our friends and collegues in the SER New England chapter.
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Urban Wetland Restoration Course
Date(s):	April 30-May 2, 2012
Location:	Halifax, Nova Scotia
Details:	Fern Hill Institute for Plant Conservation, in collaboration with the Nova Scotia Department of Environment, is organizing a wetland restoration training course bringing the expertise of Kevin L. Erwin, Consulting Ecologist Inc.(http://www.environment.com/) to bear on the local situation. A steady loss of wetland, wetland function and infiltration capacity has accompanied growth and development in most municipalities around the province. This three day Urban Wetland Restoration course will teach participants how to begin to reverse this trend. A day of classroom lecture and discussion with wetland guru, Kevin Erwin, and local ecologists will instill the theory and practice of wetland restoration. Lectures are based on case study of local, Canadian and international examples. Two days of field trips throughout HRM will demonstrate restoration opportunities and techniques. Discussion, argument and group exercises will provide participants practical experience min designing solutions in real world restoration problems.
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Restoration 2012: Beyond Borders
Date(s):	May 15-18, 2012
Location:	Victoria, B.C., Canada
Details:	SER Northwest Chapter, SER British Columbia Chapter, and the Washington/British Columbia Chapter of American Fisheries Society join forces for Restoration 2012: Beyond Borders. The conference will explore state of the art restoration and management of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems on May 15 – 18, 2012 at the University of Victoria in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
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University at Buffalo’s Workshop Series in Stream Ecosystem Restoration
Date(s):	June/July 2012
Location:	Buffalo, New York
Details:	2012 Draft Schedule (Updated!)
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SER Europe Chapter: 8th European Conference on Ecological Restoration
Date(s):	September 9-14, 2012
Location:	Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
Details:	SER Europe Chapter announces its 8th European Conference on Ecological Restoration, "Near-Natural Restoration." September 9-14, 2012 Èeské Budìjovice (Budweis), Czech Republic The aim is to provide a state-of-the-art overview of restoration ecology as a scientific discipline and its interaction with practical restoration projects. The conference brings together scientists, practitioners, stakeholders and policy makers.
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EcoSummit 2012
Date(s):	September 30 - October 5, 2012
Location:	Columbus, Ohio, USA
Details:	EcoSummit 2012 - Ecological Sustainability Restoring the Planet’s Ecosystem Services EcoSummit 2012 will bring together the world's most respected minds in ecological science to discuss restoring the planet's ecosystems. Come hear Nobel Prize laureate Elinor Ostrom, Pulitzer Prize winners E.O. Wilson and Jared Diamond, Kyoto Prize winner Simon Levin, Stockholm Water Prize laureates Sven Jørgensen and Bill Mitsch, and many others in the first conference ever linking the Ecological Society of America (ESA), The International Association for Ecology (INTECOL) and the Society for Ecological Restoration International (SER). 70 symposia and 11 workshops with almost 600 participants from over 55 countries have been accepted for the EcoSummit 2012 Program. The symposia and workshops cover a wide variety of ecological topics, including ecological restoration, ecosystem services, climate change issues, and lake, wetland, and river management and will be presented over the entire week of the conference in parallel sessions.
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2012 Annual SER Texas Conference
Date(s):	November 2-4, 2012
Location:	Weslaco , TX
Details:	THE 2012 ANNUAL TxSER CONFERENCE November 2nd - 4th, 2012 Estero Llano Grande State Park 3301 S. International Blvd. (F.M. 1015) Weslaco , TX 76549 Join us in the Rio Grande Valley for the 2012 Annual TXSER Conference, November 2nd - 4th, in an area that hosts one of the most spectacular convergences of birds on earth. Network and find new exciting ways to contribute to ecological restoration through presentations, speakers and field trips in this unique region. This year's conference will be held at the amazingly diverse Estero Llano Grande State Park, a 176-acre refuge in Weslaco, which attracts a fantastic array of South Texas wildlife with its varied landscape of shallow lakes, woodlands and thorn forest. Through field trips of the surrounding area we will learn of the restoration efforts that have been implemented by various organizations such as Texas Parks & Wildlife, The Nature Conservancy & U.S. Fish & Wildlife. This is a conference to remember! Visit http://txser.org/ for more information.
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