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Please contact Aviva Glaser at <a href="mailto:GlaserA@nwf.org">GlaserA@nwf.org</a> with questions.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>America’s Grasslands: Status, Threats, and Opportunities<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>A conference co-hosted by the National Wildlife Federation and South Dakota State University<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Call for Papers and Posters</b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Conference Date: August 15-17, 2011<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Location: Sheraton Sioux Falls Hotel and Convention Center, Sioux Falls, South Dakota<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Deadline for Abstracts: April 8, 2011 <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i>America’s Grasslands: Status, Threats, and Opportunities</i> will bring together researchers, natural resource professionals, agricultural producers, policy experts and conservationists to discuss the status of North America’s grassland ecosystems, current threats, opportunities for conservation and the outlook for these ecosystems in a changing climate. The conference will be immediately followed by a Grasslands Policy Summit on August 17-18, sponsored by the National Wildlife Federation and Ducks Unlimited.<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>The planning committee is issuing this call for presentations and posters on a range of topics related to grasslands. We are interested in both summary presentations as well as presentations on new and innovative research around the following topics: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:39.1pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>Status of North American grassland ecosystems and grassland-dependent wildlife<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:39.1pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>Climate change and grasslands (topics might include impacts of climate change and adaptation needs)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:39.1pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>Threats to North American grasslands (topics might include invasive species and agricultural management regimes)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:39.1pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>4)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>Energy development and grasslands (topics might include wind, biomass, oil, and transmission)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:39.1pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>5)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>Grasslands and greenhouse gas mitigation<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:39.1pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>6)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>Grasslands and grazing (topics might include maintaining grasslands for grazing, grazing management, etc.)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:39.1pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>7)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>Grasslands in federal policy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:39.1pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>8)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>Other relevant issues related to grasslands <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:6.0pt'><b><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Conference Structure<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'>Oral presentations will be approximately 15-20 minutes long, followed by five minutes for questions. There will also likely be facilitated discussion time for each topic area consisting of comments, questions, and answers. Accepted posters will be prominently displayed throughout the conference area and there will be several opportunities during breaks for viewing and interaction with authors. Those presenters chosen will be required to submit a short paper of approximately two pages to be included in the conference proceedings to be released after the conference.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Submission Guidelines <o:p></o:p></b></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'>Title of presentation<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'>Contact person with affiliation and email address<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'>Presenter and affiliation<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'>Other author(s) and affiliation(s)<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'>Selected topic area<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'>Presentation or poster? <o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'>Abstract of 350 words or less<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:6.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:6.0pt'>Abstracts are due April 8<sup>th</sup>. Notification of acceptance will be made by April 29<sup>th</sup>. Abstracts from students and from all professional sectors addressing the topic areas are encouraged. All submissions and questions must be sent to Aviva Glaser at <a href="mailto:GlaserA@nwf.org">GlaserA@nwf.org</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Aviva Glaser<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Agriculture Policy Coordinator, Climate and Energy Program<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>National Wildlife Federation<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>901 E St. NW, Suite 400<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Washington, DC 20004<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>202-797-6616<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:GlaserA@nwf.org">GlaserA@nwf.org</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>