UVM CONSERVATION BIOLOGY DISCUSSION GROUP

FALL 1998 SCHEDULE

Note New Location:  Room 122 Marsh Life Science Building

September 15:  Forestry and Conservation – A Maine Perspective with Dr.
Bernd Heinrich, Biology professor at UVM and author of dozens of articles
and books including Ravens in Winter, A Year in the Maine Woods and The
Trees in My Forest.

September 22:  Putting Conservation Biology into Action with Tom Butler,
editor of Wild Earth magazine, and John Davis, Biodiversity Chairman for
The Foundation of Deep Ecology and co-founder of The Wildlands Project.

September 29:  Bats of Vermont with Dr. Steve Trombulak, professor at
Middlebury College, conservation biologist and author of numerous
scientific and conservation articles, and co-editor of The Future of the
Northern Forest.

October 6:  Conservation Challenges and Planning in the Adirondacks with
Mike Dinunzio, Director of Research and Education for The Adirondack Council.

October 13:  Amphibians in Clay Plain Forests with Mark Ward, Field
Naturalist Program, University of Vermont.

October 20:  Dolphin Conservation in Australia, with Rachel Smolker, writer
and dolphin biologist.

October 27:  Restoring the Eastern Timber Wolf to the Northern Forest—A
Vision for the Future, with Kristin DeBoer, Program Coordinator for
RESTORE: The North Woods.

November 3:  Adirondack Lakes—Beyond Acid Rain with Curt Stager.  Acting
Assistant Dean and Associate Professor of Biology at Paul Smith’s College, NY.

November 10:  Loon Conservation and Biology in Vermont and Minnesota with
Eric Hanson, Loon biologist for Vermont Institute of Natural Science.

November 17:  To be announced.

November 27:  Ecological Reserve Design in New Hampshire with Mike Stevens,
Assistant Director of Science & Stewardship for the NH Nature Conservancy
and graduate of the Field Naturalist Program.

December 1:  To be announced.

December 8:  Following the Bears—Connecting landscape in Vermont with Nancy
Bell, VT representative for the Conservation Fund and bear researcher.

Tuesdays from 12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
Everyone is welcome.  Bring your lunch

Questions: Call 656-0423