MASSWILDLIFE COSPONSORS NATURAL COMMUNITIES SYMPOSIUM IN APRIL

On April 1, MassWildlife’s Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program and the Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences will be hosting a symposium entitled, “Natural Communities Symposium: From Classification To Conservation” at Stonehill College in Easton from 8 AM – 12:30 PM. Participants will learn about protecting biodiversity through the “natural communities” concept from scientists who have designed natural community classification systems throughout the northeast and from land managers who have applied these systems in the field. A highly regarded panel of conservation biologists, botanists, and others will discuss regional natural community classifications and how the classifications are being applied to conservation and land management.  For details on speakers and topics, as well as symposium updates, please visit www.conservationmapper.org.  This symposium is free, thanks, in part, to a grant from the Massachusetts Environmental Trust.  Registration for the symposium is required, deadline is March 22^nd. To register, or for additional information, contact: Beth Brazil at Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences, 508/224-6521 or bbrazil@manomet.org.