Conference Special Events
Northeast Natural History Conference 2012 Botany Awards
The New York Flora Association is pleased to announce the Northeast Natural History Conference 2012 Botany Awards. Awards will be given in three distinct categories: best botany-related poster presentation, best student botany-related oral presentation, and best overall botany-related oral presentation. A prize will be given to the winner in each category. Presentations will be judged for significance of ideas, creativity, quality of methodology, validity of conclusions drawn from results, and clarity of presentation. For more information, please contact the New York Flora Association at info@nyfa.org.
Traditional Ecological Knowledge/Ethnoecology Lunchtime Forum
Come get to know other colleagues interested in traditional ecological knowledge and ethnoecology. Join us for conversation and sharing of projects. Participants are encouraged to bring their own lunch. Monday, 12:30 to 1:30 pm.
Immersion Ecology Lunchtime Forum
This forum will be led by Jay Westerveld of the NY Natural History Council, who will give a presentation (see title and description below) that examines strategies that can be broadly applied to conserving biota. A discussion period will follow the talk. Wednesday, 12:30 to 1:30 pm.
"Immersion Ecology": Emerging Strategies in Ecological Field research and Conservation Management
In the face of new and growing challenges in ecological field research and conservation, a suite of new solution methodologies logically follows. As new information mounts, historical paradigms of mixed success such as head-starting, habitat sustainability and improvement and population surveying obviate revision. Promising new developments from a growing body of field experience are compared to and contrasted against past models, examining past "hits and misses" in an effort to coalesce a more effective and streamlined approach to conservation and field research measures. Development concepts such as "immersion ecology", behavioural neutrality, Isonatural Head-starting, artificial/fortified hibernacula, prey-based staging, remote real-time habitat monitoring/analysis, aerial reconnaissance/new ephemeral-pool surveying, pool-infection avoidance measures, reintroduction/introduction/translocation, "virtual trespassing" via satellite freeware, herbivory exclosures, etc., are introduced and discussed. Examples of field successes and failures are discussed.
Other 2012 NENHC special events will be listed here as they are confirmed.