"New Strategies for Urban Natural Resources" Conference Being Planned
An innovative conference entitled “New Strategies for Urban Natural Resources: Integrating Wildlife, Fisheries, Forestry and Planning” is being planned in Chicago for May 2007.
Hosted by a division of Informa (whose business units include Taylor & Francis Publishing, Lewis Publishers, and CRC Press), this event will bring together individuals from a broad cross-section of disciplines, departments, agencies and professional associations. The primary objective of this conference is to provide a forum for attendees to discuss research findings, present case studies, share methodologies, and form cross-disciplinary networks.
We’re looking for input so the meeting can be tailored to your needs and interests. After reading through the tentative list of topics below, we’d like you to complete a brief survey located on the webpage listed at the bottom of this note. After completing the survey, if you have any questions about the conference, please feel free to contact me using any of the methods listed below. Thank you for your help and interest.
Kieran Lindsey, Conference Program Committee Member
The Wildlife Information Group
P.O. Box 1443
Cedar Crest, NM 87008-1443
Tel: (505) 286-3699 or (505) 238-5454
lindsey@wildlife-info.org
Possible Session Topics
- Managing urban wildlife
- Positive/negative impacts of wildlife
- Population dynamics
- Special urban habitat considerations
- Zoonotic disease considerations
- Invasive species
- Endangered species
- Water quality
- Watershed planning
- Forest certification issues
- Carbon sequestration
- Multiple-use urban landscapes
- Pollution reduction
- Urban sprawl
- Regional and local conservation planning
- Nature-friendly communities
- Stormwater Best Management Practices
- Urban public lands
- Urban nature preserves
- Urban landscape aesthetics
- Landscaping for wildlife
- Nature-friendly ordinances
- Co-management issues
- Nuisance wildlife regulations
- Overlapping legal jurisdictions
- Small community involvement, relevance
- Social and economic impacts
- Human/nature relationships
- Public-private partnerships
- Urban landscapes as outdoor classrooms
- Career options/opportunities in urban ecosystem management
- Preparing natural resource professionals for urban careers
Web Survey
Survey responses are anonymous unless you voluntarily provide us with your name and address information, and all transmissions are encrypted through Verisign Security. Because of the software used for survey design, survey participant’s should use only Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (5.0 or higher) to access the questionnaire. If you have any problems with the web survey, please contact Dr. Kevin Hunt at kmhunt@cfr.msstate.edu. Thank you in advance for your cooperation, please complete the survey at:
https://hdclel.cfr.msstate.edu/Surveys/Urban/Ue_survey.aspx