MN SCB Headed to North American Congress for Conservation Biology

Chapters will be featured prominently at the inaugural North American Congress for Conservation Biology.  For instance Minnesota SCB is one of the chapters that will highlight its work before one of the plenary sessions.  We have a lot to share ... in the allotted threes minutes!  Wish us luck.

This meeting is "being recognized as as the most important meeting for conservation professionals and students working in North America.  The biennial NACCB provides a forum for presenting and discussing new research and developments in conservation science and practice, and addressing today's conservation challenges. Most importantly, these conferences connect our regional community of conservation professionals and serve as the major networking outlet for anyone interested in North America conservation. While this regional conference format is relatively new to SCB we believe these biennial congresses are critical to our success as conservation professionals working in North America and expect to attract well over 1,000 participants to the first North America Congress for Conservation Biology."(from conference website).

Minnesota Chapter representatives want to help bring this meeting to you!  Let us know which symposia you would like to attend virtually and we will try to send updates on them.  Email Andy about the ones you are interested in.

Here is the symposium schedule: 

SYM#	DAY & TIME	SYMPOSIUM TITLE	ORGANIZER(S)
SYM8	Monday 16th 3:00-5:00PM	Pikas in Peril? Distribution, Population Trends and Resilience of the American Pika (Ochotona princeps)	Andrew T. Smith, Erik A. Beever
SYM9	Monday 16th 3:00-5:00PM	Towards Conservation Assessments for Climate Adaptation: Presentation and Evaluation of a Framework	O.J. Schmitz, Anne Trainor, Paul Beier
SYM10	Monday 16th 8:30-1:00PM	Conservation vs. Sacrifice: Weighing the Consequences of Utility-scale Renewable Energy Development in the California Deserts	James Andre, Margaret Fusari
SYM12	Monday 16th 3:00-5:00PM	Monitoring for a Changing Planet: What Can Climate-informed Monitoring Teach Us and Why Do We Need It?	Lara Hansen, Carolyn Lundquist
SYM13	Monday 16th 8:30-1:00PM	How Can Conservation Science Create a Bio-Logical Capitol and Biological Capital?	John Fitzgerald
SYM14	Monday 16th 3:00-5:00PM	Floodplain Conservation to Sustain Urban, Agricultural and Natural Communities: Case Studies from Two Coastal California Watersheds	Sasha Gennet, Kirk Klausmeyer
SYM15	Tuesday 17th  8:30-1:00PM	Cultivating a Role for Wildlife Conservation in Energy Development	Megan T. Cook, Gabriela Chavarria
SYM16	Monday 16th 8:30-1:00PM	One Health: Recognizing How Human and Wildlife Health are Connected	Gabriela Chavarria, Megan T. Cook
SYM18	Monday 16th 8:30-10:30AM	Identifying and Protecting Resilient Ecosystems: New Directions for Conservation in a Changing World	Catherine Burns, Mark Anderson
SYM19	Monday 16th 8:30-1:00PM	Moving Beyond Fortress Conservation: New Approaches for a Changing World	James R. Miller, Diane M. Debinski
SYM20	Tuesday 17th 8:30-10:30AM	Managing Novel Ecosystems: Bridging the Gap Between Research and Practice	Jeffrey Corbin, Marilyn Jordan, Myla Aronson
SYM21	Tuesday 17th 8:30-10:30AM	Conservation Value of Non-native Plant Species: The Science of Exceptions	Deborah Rogers
SYM22	Tuesday 17th 3:00-5:00PM	The Art and Science of Climate Change Planning	Marni Koopman, Brian R. Barr,  Dominick A. Della Salla
SYM23	Tuesday 17th 3:00-5:00PM	Bridging the Gaps: Linking the Sources, Flows, Recipients and the Benefits of Ecosystem Services	Brendan Fisher
SYM26	Tuesday 17th 8:30-1:00PM	Science as a Second Language: Getting Science Used by Policymakers, Practitioners, and the Public	Christina Swanson, Andrew Gunther
SYM27	Tuesday 17th 11:00AM-1:00PM	Tools for Planning for Climate Change in Coastal and Marine Ecosystems	Sarah Carr
SYM28	Wednesday 18th 8:30-1:00PM	Delivering Conservation Through the Collaborative Forum of the Landscape Conservation Cooperatives (LCCs)	Stephen Zylstra, Doug Austen, Sean Finn
SYM29	Wednesday 18th 8:30-1:00PM	Connecting People to Freshwater Conservation through Citizen-engaged Science and Analysis of Ecosystem Services	Paul L. Angermeier, Anna L. George
SYM31	Tuesday 17th 3:00-5:00PM	Climate Change Adaptation through Natural Community Conservation Plans (NCCPs) in California	Brenda S. Johnson
SYM32	Wednesday 18th 3:00-5:00PM	Public Participation in Scientific Research: Key Issues and Findings to Bridge the Gap Between Conservation Science, Education and Communities	Heidi Ballard, Alycia W. Crall
SYM33	Tuesday 17th  3:00-5:00PM	Conservation Development: Challenges and Opportunities for Integrating Private Land Conservation with Residential Development in North America	Sarah E. Reed, Liba Pejchar, Miranda H. Mockrin
SYM34	Wednesday 18th 8:30-1:00PM	Applied Science for Conserving California's Bay Area Ecosystems in the Face of Climate Change	Lisa Micheli, David Ackerly
SYM35	Monday 16th 3:00PM-5:00PM	Conservation in the Anthropocene	Peter Kareiva, Michael Shellenberger, Ted Nordhaus
SYM36	Wednesday 18th  8:30-1:00PM	The Future of Conservation Planning	Vicky Meretsky, Robert Fischman
SYM37	Wednesday 18th 3:00-5:00PM	The Causal Effects and Mechanisms of Protected Areas on Poverty	Paul J. Ferraro
SYM38	Wednesday 18th 8:30-1:00PM	Geospatial Approaches to Support Pelagic Conservation Planning and Adaptive Management	Pat Halpin, Daniel Dunn, Jason Roberts, David Hyrenbach, Lisa Wedding
SYM39	Wednesday 18th 3:00-5:00PM	Monitoring Strategies in an Era of Rapid Climate Change	Peter Dratch, John Gross