SCB2008 Call for Symposium, workshops, Discussion groups, and short courses submission deadline extended

The Society for Conservation Biology informs you that the submission deadline has been extended until Monday 29 October 2007, due to technical difficulties, now resolved.

If you haven't submitted yet you can still submit!

The 22nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology will be hel d in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA.

The title of the meeting is From the Mountains to the Sea and will examine  three extended themes:
- Land Conservation and Terrestrial Diversity
- Freshwater Ecosystems, and
- Coastal and Marine Conservation

As always, contributions from all fields of conservation research and pract ice are welcome.

General information on the meeting is available here:
http://www.conbio.org/2008

Details for the call can be found at the conference site:
http://www.conbio.org/2008/call

The next call (for contributed papers, posters, and speed presentations) will be open soon and the submission deadline will be January 16 2007.

For more information about the meeting, please send an email to 2008@conbio.org 

Advanced Ageing and Sexing of Passerines with Peter Pyle, May 19 - 23, 2008

Please join the San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory (SFBBO) and Ventana  Wildlife Society (VWS), in cooperation with the Institute for Bird  Populations (IBP), for an advanced ageing and sexing of passerines  workshop on May 19-23, Monday - Friday, 2008. Peter Pyle, IBP  Biologist, and author of The Identification Guide to North American  Birds, Part I, will be the primary instructor. The action-packed week  will consist of presentations, study of specimens, field mist-netting,  banding, and processing at multiple locations on the central coast of  California, and field trips to renowned birding locations. Participants  will be trained in a synthesis of methods pertaining to identification,  ageing, and sexing of landbirds in the hand and in the field.  Participants should already be familiar with bird handling and basic  mist-netting and banding techniques. Cost is $750 ($650 early  registration, by April 7th). Breakfasts and lunches are included;  lodging not provided. For more information and a registration form  please see our website at  http://www.sfbbo.org/activities/education.php  or contact Jessica Griffiths at the Ventana Wildlife Society  (jessicagriffiths@ventanaws.org).