[PCA] CONFERENCE: Species Introductions & Reintroductions (Starkville, MS)

[Olivia Kwong]

http://www.cfr.msstate.edu/wildlife/symposium/

Species Introductions & Re-introductions:
Opportunities & Challenges
April 8-9, 2010
Starkville, MS

One of the critical issues facing natural resource managers today 
concerns the opportunities of re-establishing species to their former 
range and the challenges of species that have been introduced to ranges to 
which they are not native. This issue extends across aquatic and 
terrestrial environments and thus the American Fisheries Society and The 
Wildlife Society have partnered to co-host a symposium that addresses the 
ecological, social and economic issues concerning species introductions 
and re-introductions, planned or not planned, desired or not desired. We 
hope that this will be the first of many cooperative ventures between AFS 
and TWS.

Invited speakers will bring all participants to common ground on the topic 
and submitted papers by scientists will be presented to bring participants 
up to date on the ecological, social and economic impacts of 
introductions. The symposium will conclude with a panel discussion on the 
strategy that the two professional societies (AFS, TWS) should implement 
to be proactive on species introductions and re-introductions.

Call for Abstracts

We invite natural resources professionals and students to submit abstracts 
for consideration for the first cooperative symposium of the American 
Fisheries Society (AFS) and The Wildlife Society (TWS). Abstracts must be 
submitted electronically via the symposium website by February 1, 2010. 
Abstracts will be reviewed by an editorial panel and authors of selected 
abstracts will be invited to submit a paper for publication in the 
symposium proceedings and give a 20-minute presentation (15 minutes for 
presentation, 5 minutes for questions) at Mississippi State University in 
Starkville, MS. An itinerary of presentations will be developed and you 
will be notified of the specific date/time assigned for your presentation.