Events - Conserving Gopher Tortoises and Upland Ecosystems

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Conserving Gopher Tortoises and Upland Ecosystems

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10/1/2009 12:00 AM

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10/4/2009 12:00 AM

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The Gopher Tortoise Council presents
Conserving Gopher Tortoises and Upland Ecosystems:
Expanding Horizons and Increasing Support
October 1-4, 2009
Gainesville, FL
Paramount Conference Center

Register Today: http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=186469
Submit Abstracts Today: Abstracts
Conservation of gopher tortoises and their habitat takes a multi-pronged approach – including research, land management, and education. When designed effectively, education and outreach programs can generate engagement in and support for conservation efforts by the public and key decision makers.
The conference will include a special session on how to develop effective gopher tortoise education programs, create marketing materials, and implement proven strategies for public outreach. In addition to general sessions on gopher tortoise conservation, the conference will host in-depth training programs on a wide range of natural resources for educators and field trips to local natural areas.
Researchers, consultants, land managers, educators, policy makers, and students are invited present and attend.
Friday, October 2, 2009
General Session
• Effective training and education programs
• Community Based Social Marketing (CBSM)
• Program evaluation
• Methods for effective outreach efforts
• Creating marketing materials and messages
Saturday, October 3, 2009
General Session
• Gopher tortoise ecology
• Commensal species ecology
• Upland habitat management
• Upland habitat conservation efforts
Educator Training Programs
• Trainings on a broad range of natural resource issues
Sunday, October 4, 2009
• Field Trips

NOW ACCEPTING ABSTRACTS for
• Presentations
• Posters
• Training Programs
August 15, 2009 – Training Program Abstracts Due
August 31, 2009 - Presentation and Poster Abstracts Due

Application for Abstract Submission http://www.annualgtcmeeting.com/
Registration Information: http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=186469

Recent update regarding the meeting:
31’st Annual Gopher Tortoise Meeting is Coming Soon!

We are really excited about this year’s meeting and are hoping that there is high attendance. Here are a couple of quick reminders and announcements.
• September 1, 2009 is the final day the Paramount Conference Center will hold rooms for GTC at the reduced rate. After that GTC does not have a block of rooms reserved. Please be sure to reserve your room today.
• The final Abstract submission date is September 15th. There are plenty of opportunities to present or have a poster. The GTC meeting is a great venue to get your information out. Friday is focused on effective outreach and Saturday is focused on general tortoise, commensals, and upland conservation issues. (www.annualgtcmeeting.com).
• Don’t forget to register ASAP. (www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=186469)
• Finally, please consider attending the Saturday Night BBQ social and Austin Cary. Austin Cary (http://www.sfrc.ufl.edu/Facilities/forest.html)is a great place for our social. It is in the middle of the forest with a nice hall and facility for our BBQ. We have also arranged for some awesome music. We have lined up Lee Staley, a senior at Eastside High School in Gainesville, who began playing American and British Isles fiddle music at the age of seven. He has taken first prize in the youth division of the Florida State Fiddle Contest several times, most recently in May 2009. His teachers have included his father and other Florida fiddle players, and in 2006 he completed an apprenticeship with master Irish fiddler James Kelly of Miami. Lee is often accompanied by his parents Fay Baird (banjo) and Tom Staley (guitar). Both are accomplished musicians who have toured playing old time music throughout Florida and the US.
• Hope to see you there!
If you have questions, contact GTC co-chair Christian Newman (see contact info below):
Pandion Systems, Inc.,
102 NE 10th Avenue
1st Floor, Gainesville, FL 32601
www.pandionsystems.com

352-372-4747 ext. 7001 t
352-359-1334 c
352-372-4714 f

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