Natural History of the Gila: 

A Southwestern New Mexico Symposium

 

Friday, October 6 and Saturday, October 7, 2006

Global Resource Center, Western New Mexico University

Silver City, New Mexico

 

cosponsored by: Gila Conservation Education Center, Western New Mexico University,

The Nature Conservancy of New Mexico, Native Plant Society of New Mexico,

 Southwestern New Mexico Audubon Society, T & E, Inc.

 

Proceedings of this symposium will be published in a special edition of the New Mexico Botanist.

 

 

Please join researchers from regional universities, federal and state agencies, and conservation organizations in exploring the relevant issues in southwest New Mexico.

 

 

Friday, October 6

 

8:00 - 9:00 am            Registration at the Global Resource Center, Western New Mexico University Campus

 

9:00 - 9:30 am            Keynote Speaker : Marcia R. Andre:Forest Supervisor, Gila National Forest

 

9:45 - 12:15                Three concurrent sessions cover a wide range of topics including herpetology, hydrology, ornithology, ichthyology, botany, fire ecology, anthropology and more.  

Click here for list of titles and presenters.

 

12:15 to 1:15 pm        Lunch (Optional at the WNMU campus cafeteria)

 

1:30 – 4:30 pm            Concurrent sessions continue.

 

5:00 - 8:00 pm            Social Gathering and idea sharing at the Buckhorn Opera House in historic Pinos Altos, NM.

 

Saturday, October 7 

(staying overnight? please click here for a full list of Silver City lodging option )

Field trips:

Gallinas Canyon:Botanical Highlights of the Mimbres & Black Range with Bob Sivinski    

Fish Fauna of the Gila/San Franscisco River basin with Dr. David Probst

Stream Restoration with Van Clothier

Environmental impacts of ORVs in the Gila NF with Chris Kassar

Birds of the Gila with Dr. Roland Shook

 

REGISTER!