Everyone’s going Green, but what does it Mean? It’s the hottest idea around for sure. Can you Stay Ahead of the Curve? Of course you can! ELA’s 17th Conference and Eco-Marketplace has the information that you need to stay ahead of the curve. ELA brings together all of the essential information: breakout sessions, interactive zones, the best of service and product providers, as well as an engaged group of attendees. Breakout sessions include topics like rain gardens that really work, healthy soils for healthy trees, plant choices for food productive landscapes, and so much more. Check out the schedule! All sessions are designed to help you create a flexible strategy to integrate the property owners’ needs and objectives into the ecological designs and management plans of their landscapes.

Organized by ELA and co-hosted by the Association of Professional Landscape Designers (APLD), New England Wild Flower Society (NEWFS), NOFA Organic Land Care Program (NOFA AOLCP), and Society for Ecological Restoration, New England Chapter (SER NE). SER-NE Chapter members receive a discounted registration rate!

Contact Sarah Watts (sarah.watts@tetratech.com) for the members-only password.

The Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) will hold its 4th World Conference on Ecological Restoration, "Re-establishing the Link between Nature and Culture," in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico from August 21-25, 2011. SER2011 will bring together experts from around the world to demonstrate how ecological restoration, when conducted using sound scientific methods and a holistic ecosystem approach, can serve as a tool to re-establish the connections between nature and culture and foster global stability by integrating the social, economic and ecological dimensions of human existence. Delegates will include practitioners, researchers, planners/managers, students and volunteers with backgrounds in earth sciences, landscape architecture, ecological engineering, natural resource management, public policy, economics, indigenous cultures and community-based activities.

This meeting will cover the following topics: Biological Sciences, Ecology, Biomedical Sciences, Cell Biology, Plant Biology, Animal Biology, Biotechnology, Microbiology, Biochemistry,  Environmental Sciences, Earth Sciences, GeoSciences, Chemical Science, Agricultural Science, Biotechnology, Education, Other. Deadline (registration, sending abstract) is January 15, 2011. Meeting Announcement and Call for Abstracts http://www.scribd.com/doc/44668962. We will accept your abstract after the deadline with additional fee of $10 for late registration.

• Date: February 12, 2011, 11 AM
• Location: University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts
• Organizers: International organizing committee, including scientists and representatives of some U.S. universities (U.S.A.), Moscow State University (Russian Federation), scientific institutions of Germany, EcoEthics International Union (EEIU), and other national and international scientific organizations; the permanent organizing committee started in 1999, organized over 10 previous conferences of this series.
• Contact: Dr. S. Ostroumov, ar55@yandex.ru; Prof. Baoshan Xing, bx@pssci.umass.edu; Department of Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences, Stockbridge Hall, University of Massachusetts; Amherst, MA 01003-0910
• Website: http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sergei_Ostroumov/blog/6258_PosterSession2011_February12

The Connecticut Association of Wetland Scientists (CAWS) announces its Annual Conference, with Keynote Speaker Michael Klemens, Metropolitan Conservation Alliance — Linking Habitats, the Big Picture of Biology and Ecology and Ecological Resiliency. This full-day event includes continental breakfast, lunch, exhibitors, and several exciting educational presentations. Certificates of Attendance available (.5 CEUs for SWS Recertification; 5.5 hours of continuing education for design professionals).  Management professionals are uncertain how to incorporate ecological patterns and processes into their work.

The 16th Annual Cape Cod Natural History Conference will be held Saturday, March 12, 2011 at the Cape Cod Community College. The conference is organized by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary. Presentation Topics: Abstracts of oral presentation and poster presentations describing research projects and methods/results focusing on the ecology, behavior, status, or distribution of local plants, animals, or natural communities on Cape Cod are welcome. Those not wishing to make oral presentations are encouraged to submit an abstract for a poster presentation. Please submit in abstract form.

Join us for the 11th Northeast Natural History Conference (NENHC) and the historic first meeting of the Association of Northeastern Biologists (ANB). This conference promises to be the largest regional forum for researchers, natural resource managers, students, and naturalists to present current information on the varied aspects of applied field biology (freshwater, marine, and terrestrial) and natural history for the Northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. It will serve as a premier venue to identify research and management needs, foster friendships and collegial relationships, and encourage a greater region-wide interest in natural history by bringing people with diverse backgrounds together.

How citizen-based monitoring can help us understand and address the impacts of climate change on our rivers.

• Are you concerned about the impact of climate change on rivers?  
• Does your organization have a river or stream monitoring program?  
• Are you interested in learning what other organizations, government agencies, and universities are doing to address climate impacts on rivers?
• Would you like guidance in developing a climate change plan for your river or watershed?

The purpose of NCER is to provide an interactive forum for physical, biological and social scientists, engineers, resource managers, planners and policy makers to share their experiences and research results concerning large-scale ecosystem restoration on both national and international levels.

The conference is designed to bring together scientists and engineers, policy makers, planners and partners who are actively involved in or affected by all aspects of ecosystem restoration regardless of project or program size. Participants will interact in an interdisciplinary setting to summarize and review cutting edge science, to create and maintain effective partnerships, and to leverage resources. Individuals interested in planning and management activities such as setting goals, objectives and performance measures by which to measure success should be sure to attend. Participation by federal, state and local agencies, tribal governments, NGO's, private companies, water resource engineers and managers, environmental consultants, policy makers, scientists, researchers, modelers, environmental interest groups and students has been the hallmark of past NCERs and will continue in NCER 2011.

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