Warnell School to Host 2008 SEPARC Annual Meeting
Document Actions
Registration for the 2008 SEPARC Annual Meeting is now open!
"Tools for Amphibian and Reptile Conservation"
February 21-24, 2008
The University of Georgia
Athens, GA
The Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources is proud to host the 2008 Southeastern Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (SEPARC) Annual Meeting. Events for the 2008 meeting are organized around the theme "tools for amphibian and reptile conservation", and will include an organized symposium covering land use and management, habitat protection, coastal conservation, relocations and headstarting, emerging infectious diseases, tools for monitoring and inventory, and outreach.
The 2008 meeting will also offer a range of workshops on land acquisition and management for conservation, web tools for inventory and monitoring, detection and diagnosis of diseases, estimating species detection for assessing and planning wildlife inventories and research, and how to be effective at outreach.
To continue to promote the importance of research and participation by graduate students and other professionals, there will be a poster presentation and social. All participants are encouraged to submit abstracts and present their work at the meeting.
The 2008 meeting will also feature Sunday field trips to The Jones Center at Ichauway, Savannah River Ecology Lab, Pigeon Mountain, and Ft. Stewart. Finally, no trip to the classic city is complete without some soul food, so all 2008 meeting registrations will include a ticket to the SEPARC Soul Food Banquet.
_Registration Costs_
Before January 15, 2008
Students........................$35
Professional..................$70
After January 15, 2008
Students........................$35
Professional..................$85
*Registration includes participation in symposium, poster session, workshops and one ticket to banquet. Hotel fees are not included, but can be paid for in conjunction with registration (see website). Registration can be paid through the Georgia Center for Continuing Education Conference Center and Hotel by credit card or check. Field trips may have costs paid independent of meeting registration and must be paid by cash or check.
To view a tentative meeting agenda, get information on preparing and submitting an abstract, review workshops and field trips, or get registration and hotel information, please visit the SEPARC website.
To recommend a symposium topic or speaker please Email John Maerz.
If you would like to plan and lead a field trip, please Email John Jensen.
Exhibitors and potential sponsors should visit the meeting website and Email Pam McNair.