Please join us for the 2012 MA-ESA meeting in Blacksburg Virginia on April 14^th (presentations) and 15^th (field trip). Our theme is /Disturbed Environments/, but all submissions are welcome. Please distribute widely. A PDF flyer and call for abstracts is also attached. Thank you. Susan Day (Chair, MA-ESA) ________________________________________________ Online Registration Now Open Abstracts for oral and poster submissions due February 24 Chapter website: www.esa.org/midatlantic <http://www.esa.org/midatlantic> Conference website: www.urbanforestry.frec.vt.edu/MAESA <http://www.urbanforestry.frec.vt.edu/MAESA> Call for Papers: www.urbanforestry.frec.vt.edu/MAESA/documents/2012call.pdf <http://www.urbanforestry.frec.vt.edu/MAESA/documents/2012call.pdf> ** Annual Meeting 2012 (April 14-15) Mid-Atlantic Chapter, Ecological Society of America Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA Conference Theme: "/Disturbed Environments: Ecological Impact and Management"/ · */Abstract submission deadline: 5 pm on Friday February 24^th /*---Submissions may address any aspect of ecology and ecological applications; however, those reflecting the conference theme are particularly welcome. See the Call for Contributed Oral and Poster Presentations <http://urbanforestry.frec.vt.edu/MAESA/documents/2012call.pdf> for details. · */Online reg/**/istration now open: Advance registration ends April 7^th /*---Visit the conference website <http://urbanforestry.frec.vt.edu/MAESA/> for program details, travel, lodging, presentation tips, and registration. · */Program highlights/*: o Morning symposia speakers including Disturbed Environments: The Urban Ecosystem o "An Overview of Mountain Top Removal: The Issues and the Science" Dr. Stephen Schoenholtz, Director of Virginia Water Resources Research Center o Concurrent sessions to include a special track on /Urban Ecology Disturbance Management/ o Student workshop "Getting Funded" with Dr. James Vonesh of Virginia Commonwealth University, presented by the MA-ESA Student Section o Student oral and poster presentation awards, including a travel scholarship for the ESA meeting in Portland o Field Trip to Kayford Mountain <http://mountainkeeper.blogspot.com/p/about.html>, mountain top removal site in West Virginia. Questions? Contact Rima Franklin [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> or Susan Day [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> *//*