May 12-13, 2008, Bozeman, MT
The Burton K. Wheeler Center is hosting this conference to explore the future of Montana's agriculture and energy sectors in the face of climate change.
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May 12-15, 2008, Boise, ID
The goal of the conference is to promote a better understanding of this source of lead exposure and to reduce its effect on wildlife and humans.
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May 13-14, 2008, Spokane, WA
Sponsored by the Western Forestry and Conservation Association. Topics include maintaining soil productivity during biomass utilization, protecting hydrological resources, effects of biomass removals on invasive species, lessons from the field, and more.
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May 13-15, 2008, Missoula, MT
Co-sponsored by the National Association of Recreation Resource Planners
and the Organization of Wildlife Planners, Forging a Partnership Between
Recreation and Wildlife Planners will provide a forum for planners in
both fields to learn from each other, generate new ideas for collaborative
approaches to planning, and foster camaraderie among recreation and wildlife
professionals.
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May 15-16, 2008, San Diego, CA
This educational and informative conference will provide insight for shaping attending companies' climate strategies in this new era of carbon management. The two day event provides looks into climate programs across the globe and focuses on helping organizations successfully navigate their company's carbon-friendly course into the future. Sponsored by the California Climate Action Registry and Point Carbon.
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May 15-18 2008, Madison, WI
The theme of this year’s
conference is “Cutting Edge Technologies to Optimize Utilization of Smallwood andWoody Biomass.”
The conference will provide state-of-the-art information on small-tree utilization and foster peer-to-peer learning and will include an international slate of speakers, including researchers,
material and equipment suppliers, manufacturers, and end-users.
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May 19-23, 2008, Tucson, AZ
The U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution of the Morris K. Udall Foundation will be hosting its fifth National ECR Conference at the Doubletree Reid Park Hotel in Tucson, AZ -- May 20-22, 2008. Training events, panel workshops and associated meetings will take place throughout the week of May 19-23, leading into Memorial Day weekend.
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May 21-24, 2008, Grand Teton National Park, WY
The Responsible Energy Development Symposium will bring together leading practitioners and
researchers in wildlife science, resource planning, and wildlife
conservation to pool their ideas and develop a road map for balancing
wildlife conservation and energy development in the Rocky Mountain West.
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May 28-30, 2008, Orlando, FL
The conference will begin by laying a foundation of Nature and the Human Network—exploring how each system each evolved and how each functions today. The conference will address national, regional and local issues required to build a new framework. Conference sessions will provide forums for developing and articulating federal agency ideas for managing Nature and the Network.
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June 4-6, 2008, Boulder, CO
This year's conference theme is "Shifting Baselines and New Meridians: Water, Resources, Landscapes, and the Transformation of the American West". The conference will explore how population growth, climate change, and pressures on our land, water and energy resources are transforming the West and how these changes may foreshadow fundamental changes to our legal and political institutions.
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June 6, 2008, Grand Mound, WA
This workshop will help you understand the law pertaining to timberlands and neighbors as well as strategies and tools to help you manage your timberlands, facilitate operations, plan for the future and address common risks.
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June 6-8, 2008, Pueblo, CO Tracks in Community, Technology, and Transportation, with a special emphasis on rural & agricultural issues. Congressman Mark Udall will be the keynote speaker, and several other VIPs have been invited.
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June 17, 2008, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID
A community education workshop developed in response to the increasing number of families moving to rural areas. Community members who plan, develop, permit, landscape, insure, protect and live in the wildland urban interface need to understand the issues involved in living on the edge.
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June 18-22, 2008, Sitka AK
The Island Institute's 24th Sitka Symposium will feature essayist William deBuys, poet and essayist Alison Deming, Inup[iaq cultural leader Vernita Herdman, and essayist Don Snow for lively and inspiring discussions to explore this fertile ground.
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June 18-19, 2008, Sacramento, CA
Encouraging an awareness of the importance of agriculture in California, this symposium will assist the participants in developing a strategy for the next century in order to promote and fund research and extension work. It will be hosted by the University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources and the California Commodity Committee.
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June 23-25, 2008, Missoula, MT
Western Forest Conservation and Nursery Association will put on this two day conference.
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July 16-18, 2008, Berkeley, CA
The 4th IWA Young Water Professionals International Conference will provide a forum for young researchers
and professionals working in water and wastewater research, technology
and management to present their work and meet their peers from all over
the world.
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July 25-27, 2008, John Day, OR
The Eastern Oregon Renewable Energies Non-profit presents Solwest Fair the last full weekend of each July. SolWest is an occasion for learning, networking, and supporting all types of renewable energy. This three-day event offers engaging activities for all ages and knowledge levels. Participants from around the western region and beyond come to join the SolWest community and learn about energy efficiency, solar and wind energy, alternatively fueled vehicles, and more.
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July 26-30, 2008, Tucson, AZ
Dozens of workshops, tours, educational sessions, and special events. Topics will include soil resources and management, water resources and management, conservation in urban settings, adaptive management of conservation efforts, conservation education, tools and technologies, and conservation and environmental policy and program design.
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September 7-10, 2008, Dallas, TX
The WateReuse Association, the American Water Works Association, and the Water Environment Federation invite you to attend and participate in the 23rd Annual WateReuse Symposium – the world’s preeminent conference devoted to water reuse and desalination.
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September 7-11, 2008, Butte and Anaconda, MT
The Summit began in Leadville, Colorado as a grassroots gathering of people from mining towns with emphasis on "communities talking to communities." The format allows attendees to share information and learn about how other communities have overcome mining-related challenges and how they have moved forward with their own community planning process.
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September 9-11, 2008, Sioux Falls, SD
Hear from experts on these and other subjects: Pre-European extent of riparian forests; management in today's economy; restoration possibilities and techniques; invasive species management, benefits - wood products, bioenergy, carbon credits; and building local work groups.
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September 15-19, 2008, Missoula, MT
The Western International Forest Disease Work Conference (WIFDWC) provides a forum for information exchange among forest pathologists in western North America. The primary objectives of the organization are: To exchange information on forest pests and related matters through periodic meetings and other appropriate means,To promote education, research and extension activities in forest pathology,To sustain and improve the health of western North America's forests
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September 16-18, 2008, Utah State University, Logan UT
The theme of this year's conference is "Frontiers in Aspen Restoration." Interest in western aspen forests and their restoration and management remains high. The conference will cover aspen biology and ecology, possible effects of climate
change on aspen forests, trends in aspen management, monitoring, human
dimensions of aspen ecosystems, and other topics.
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September 17-20, 2008, Portland, OR
Accelerating changes in the global climate are changing the way water
is managed in the American West. This conference will discuss projects of the coming water environment, the nature of the impacts to be expected, and the ways in which global and regional changes affect Western irrigation drainage and flood control.
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September 18-21, 2008, Pittsburgh, PA
Rally is the largest land conservation training and networking event in
America. Join us in Pittsburgh, as the city celebrates its 250th
Anniversary. Each year, more than 2,000 people attend Rally, including
land trust professionals, landowners and local conservation leaders -
all dedicated to protecting farms, forests, trails, parks and natural
areas in their communities.
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September 22-27, 2008, Jackson Hole, WY
This conference commemorates the 20th anniversary of the 1988 fires in Yellowstone and the northern Rocky Mountain area. The event is presented by the International Association of Wildland Fire in association with the National Park Service.
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September 23, 2008, Cottage Grove, OR
This workshop will help you understand the law pertaining to timberlands and neighbors as well as strategies and tools to help you manage your timberlands, facilitate operations, plan for the future and address common risks.
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October 18-22, 2008, 2008, Chicago, IL
WEFTEC®, the Water Environment Federation's Annual Technical Exhibition and Conference, is the largest conference of its kind in North America and offers water quality professionals from around the world with the best water quality education and training available today. WEFTEC is recognized as the largest annual water quality exhibition in the world.
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