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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt;background:white'><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>DEADLINE for Proposals - May 18<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt;background:white'><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Natural Areas Conference, October 23-25<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Indiana Memorial Union - Bloomington, Indiana<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;user-select: text;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;user-select: text;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>We are looking for proposals for <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>symposia, individual oral presentations, posters, field workshops, </span></strong>and<strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> pre-conference workshops.</span></strong> Student scholarships are available, and there is a student paper and poster competition, as well as student career programming. This year's theme is <em><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Building Resilience: The Future of Natural Areas</span></em>, and you can view a list of conference themes below by visiting our conference page at naturalareas.org/conference.php<strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Just confirmed:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> Closing Plenary speakers will be former National Parks Director Jonathan Jarvis and Dr. Gary Machlis, co-authors of The Future of Conservation: A Chart for Rough Water. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Nominations for the George S. Fell and Carl N. Becker Stewardship Awards are open until May 18 as well. Go to naturalareas.org/awards.php<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:12.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Conference themes include:<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type=disc><li style='line-height:12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Land Management in Light of Climate Change<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style='line-height:12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Collaborative Approaches to Conservation<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style='line-height:12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Native Plant Materials in Natural Areas Management<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style='line-height:12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Pollinators in Natural Areas Management<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style='line-height:12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Migration Corridors and Assisted Migration<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style='line-height:12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Private Land Conservation<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style='line-height:12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Karst Conservation<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style='line-height:12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Fire Ecology<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style='line-height:12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Genetic Diversity & Biodiversity<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style='line-height:12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Invasive Species<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style='line-height:12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Restoration Ecology<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style='line-height:12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Working Landscapes Conservation<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style='line-height:12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Urban and Wildland Interface Issues<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style='line-height:12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Endangered Species Conservation<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style='line-height:12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Monitoring Species Populations and Natural Areas<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style='line-height:12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Maximizing Data and Technology to Inform Natural Areas Management<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style='line-height:12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The Role of Focal Species in Conservation Planning<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style='line-height:12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Communicating the Importance of our Work<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style='line-height:12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The Role of Humanities in Conservation<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Kate Luce Angell <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Communications and Outreach Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="mailto:kangell@naturalareas.org"><span style='color:#0563C1'>kangell@naturalareas.org</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>412-925-2537<br><br></span><u><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:#0563C1'><o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.naturalareas.org/"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=80 height=56 style='width:.8333in;height:.5833in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D3DBE3.F241E420" alt="Natural Areas-Assocation-COLOR_email"></span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Call for Proposals Open Now!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Please plan to join us for the 2018 <br>Natural Areas Conference in Bloomington, IN<br>October 23-25, 2018. <br><a href="https://naturalareas.org/"><span style='color:#0563C1'>https://naturalareas.org/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>