To download a copy of the 2009 fall conference program and abstracts, click here.
SAMAB's Annual Conference will be held on November 17-19, 2009 in Asheville, North Carolina at Crowne Plaza Resort Hotel. The theme for this year's conference is “Climate Change in the Southern Appalachians.”
To view the detailed agenda for the 2009 conference, click HERE.
To print out a registration form, click HERE.
Without glaciers to melt and seas to rise, the effects of climate change may be less dramatic in the southern Appalachians than elsewhere, but predicted changes in temperature and water availability that do occur will have profound effects on our ecosystems, resources, and communities. What choices should we make now—in our resource management, community planning, and research agendas—to be better prepared and more resilient in light of climate change? This year’s SAMAB Conference will focus on what we know and how we can respond to climate change and variability in the southern Appalachians.
The keynote speaker will be Sam Pearsall (who recently joined the Environmental Defense Fund as the Southeast Regional Director for Land, Water and Wildlife; he was previously Director of Science for The Nature Conservancy’s North Carolina chapter). The title of Sam's talk will be:“Climate Disruption and the Southern Appalachians: Is Adaptation Possible?”
The aims of this SAMAB conference are to offer concise, accurate information about climate change in the southern Appalachians; and advance the planning in the region that will improve our resilience, and explore how we can direct resource management and community development to respond to the effects of climate changes.
The 2009 SAMAB Fall Conference is being held at Crowne Plaza Resort Hotel, Asheville,Tennessee.
The SAMAB Fall Conference provides a one-of-a-kind opportunity for people to cross state and institutional lines to come together and examine how climate change will affect our region and how we might mitigate these effects with good information, planning, and management. You are invited to submit an abstract for a presentation, poster, or panel discussion. The deadline for submission is Friday, August 14, 2009.**
The themes for this year's conference sessions are:
Abstract submissions should include the following information:
Send abstracts to:
Nancy Herbert, Conference Chair
US Forest Service
Southern Research Station
200 W.T. Boulevard
Asheville, NT 28804-3454
nherbert@fs.fed.us
**If your idea is good, but your time is limited, email for an extension.
A PDF version of the Announcement and Call for Participants postcard is available here.
The links below give information and highlights from previous conferences: