IALE-North America Newsletter
SUMMER 2023 | VOLUME 38
IN THIS ISSUE:
President’s MessageGreetings, Landscape Ecologists!
After four long years, we were finally able to meet in person once again during our 2023 Annual Meeting held in Riverside, California this past March. It was truly a joyous occasion as we celebrated the return to an in-person meeting format, reconnected with old friends and colleagues, made new friends and connections, and of course, learned about new developments and applications in landscape ecology. Even the rain—the latest in a series of atmospheric rivers to hit the state—failed to dampen our spirits (whoever said “it never rains in Southern California”?!), especially as California’s unusually wet and snowy winter has helped to ease its long-term drought, at least for now. If this was your first IALE-NA conference (and for some, I know it was your first-ever scientific conference!), I hope you experienced the same sense of excitement, enthusiasm, and welcoming spirit that I felt at my first landscape ecology meeting (many years ago now!) but which I believe have become a hallmark of our meetings. |
Dining out with old friends at the 2023 IALE-NA Annual Meeting in Riverside, California Clockwise from top left: Kimberly With, IALE-NA President; Jingle Wu, Landscape Ecology Editor-in-Chief; Nancy McIntyre, IALE-NA Past President; and, Joan Nassauer, Plenary Speaker and Past President (Photo credit: Nancy McIntyre) |
A successful meeting doesn’t just happen by itself. There is a great deal of work that goes on behind the scenes to ensure things run smoothly, much of it due to the efforts of a team of dedicated volunteers that include the Program Chair (Darrel Jenerette) and Host Committee (Francisco Escobedo, Loralee Larios, Bai-lian “Larry” Li, Payton Phillips, Helen Regan, Brooke Rose, and Eric Wood), as well as Leslie Pelch and her team at Delaney Event Management. Importantly, many of these individuals have been involved with the planning of this conference for more than two years, after we made the difficult decision last year to postpone the Riverside meeting to 2023 following the emergence of a new, highly contagious variant of COVID-19 in early 2022. We therefore thank Darrel and the rest of the Host Committee for their hospitality and commitment to hosting this meeting, as well as for organizing a fantastic scientific program that included a stellar slate of plenary speakers: Joan Iverson Nassauer from the School for Environment and Sustainability at the University of Michigan, who spoke about environmental justice and the importance of fine-scale perceptions of nature in urban landscapes; Talia Dotson, Urban Greening Community Organizer from TreePeople, a non-profit organization based in southern California, who discussed the importance of community outreach and communication in urban greening projects (and why we should strive to emulate Wakanda rather than Gotham City; iykyk!); and Alexandra Syphard, Senior Research Ecologist at the Conservation Biology Institute, who talked to us about how the shift to a longer and more intense wildfire season is contributing to dramatic—and perhaps irreversible—landscape change in California. Thank you one and all!
Of course, it wouldn’t be much of a meeting if folks didn’t show up! I would therefore like to thank all the attendees who participated in the meeting sessions, symposia, workshops, networking, and social events. Your support of our annual meeting is critical not only to the future success of our organization, but also to the broader field of landscape ecology. Fully a third of the participants at this conference were students, which underscores the importance of our annual meetings in providing training, networking, and professional development opportunities for the next generation of landscape ecologists. It is for this reason that IALE–North America awarded travel grants to 18 students this year to help defray their costs of attending and presenting their research at the conference. As I consider the leadership of IALE-NA today, I am struck by how many of these individuals had received a similar award to attend one of our annual meetings in the past. Clearly, this has proven to be a wise investment in our future that pays high dividends.
No sooner does one meeting end, then the planning for the next begins. Our 2024 Annual Meeting will be held 1-5 April 2024 at the Omni Hotel in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The 2024 Host Committee is led by Jennifer Koch, from the Department of Geography & Environmental Sustainability at the University of Oklahoma, and includes her departmental colleagues Mike Wimberly, Rebecca Loraamm, Anni Yang, and Chengbin Deng, as well as Jeff Kelly from the OU Department of Biology. The Host Committee is hard at work with initial meeting preparations and will provide updates on our Annual Meeting webpage later this summer. If you haven’t been to Oklahoma before, this represents a golden opportunity to experience the beauty of the Southern Great Plains for yourself! The landscapes are far more scenic and diverse than you might imagine, and field trips affiliated with the conference may include the Wichita Mountains, where you can see herds of bison and Rocky Mountain elk; Great Salt Plains State Park, the remains of a once-vast inland sea and which now provides an important stopover site for migratory birds; and Turner Falls Park, the largest waterfall in Oklahoma located in the Arbuckle Mountain Range, the oldest formation between the Appalachians and Rocky Mountains. For art lovers and history buffs, there are many museums located within Oklahoma City itself, including the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum, National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City Museum of Art, and the First Americans Museum. In short, there is something of interest for everyone, so stay tuned for more details coming soon!
As a final note, I would like to acknowledge the outgoing members of the IALE-NA Executive Committee who finished their terms (and in some cases, more than one) at the end of the 2023 Annual Meeting: Steve Matthews, who served two terms as Secretary; Councillors-at-Large, Kristin Byrd and Yessica Rico Mancebo del Castillo, both of whom served two terms; and, Payton Phillips, one of our Student Representatives. These folks have played—and continue to play—multiple roles within the organization, such as serving on or chairing various standing committees. Their service and dedication to our organization has been exemplary and we owe them a large debt of gratitude. Following the annual election, I am pleased to announce that Li An, Professor of Geography at San Diego State University, was voted President Elect and will be assuming the duties of President at the conclusion of the 2024 Annual Meeting. Also newly elected are Anita Morzillo as Secretary; Councillors-at-Large, Kusum Naithani and Erin Buchholtz, and our newest Student Representative, Richard Magala, who is pursuing a Ph.D. in the Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management at Iowa State University. They join continuing Executive Committee members, Treasurer Jeffrey Hepinstall-Cymerman, Councillors-at-Large Darrel Jenerette and Ilona Naujokaitis-Lewis, and Student Representative Animesh Ghose. Congratulations to our newly elected Executive Committee members, and I look forward to working with all of you this coming year to advance the mission of IALE-North America.
Onward and upward,
Kimberly A. With
President, IALE-North America | 2022-2024
Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66505 USA
[email protected]
Of course, it wouldn’t be much of a meeting if folks didn’t show up! I would therefore like to thank all the attendees who participated in the meeting sessions, symposia, workshops, networking, and social events. Your support of our annual meeting is critical not only to the future success of our organization, but also to the broader field of landscape ecology. Fully a third of the participants at this conference were students, which underscores the importance of our annual meetings in providing training, networking, and professional development opportunities for the next generation of landscape ecologists. It is for this reason that IALE–North America awarded travel grants to 18 students this year to help defray their costs of attending and presenting their research at the conference. As I consider the leadership of IALE-NA today, I am struck by how many of these individuals had received a similar award to attend one of our annual meetings in the past. Clearly, this has proven to be a wise investment in our future that pays high dividends.
No sooner does one meeting end, then the planning for the next begins. Our 2024 Annual Meeting will be held 1-5 April 2024 at the Omni Hotel in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The 2024 Host Committee is led by Jennifer Koch, from the Department of Geography & Environmental Sustainability at the University of Oklahoma, and includes her departmental colleagues Mike Wimberly, Rebecca Loraamm, Anni Yang, and Chengbin Deng, as well as Jeff Kelly from the OU Department of Biology. The Host Committee is hard at work with initial meeting preparations and will provide updates on our Annual Meeting webpage later this summer. If you haven’t been to Oklahoma before, this represents a golden opportunity to experience the beauty of the Southern Great Plains for yourself! The landscapes are far more scenic and diverse than you might imagine, and field trips affiliated with the conference may include the Wichita Mountains, where you can see herds of bison and Rocky Mountain elk; Great Salt Plains State Park, the remains of a once-vast inland sea and which now provides an important stopover site for migratory birds; and Turner Falls Park, the largest waterfall in Oklahoma located in the Arbuckle Mountain Range, the oldest formation between the Appalachians and Rocky Mountains. For art lovers and history buffs, there are many museums located within Oklahoma City itself, including the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum, National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City Museum of Art, and the First Americans Museum. In short, there is something of interest for everyone, so stay tuned for more details coming soon!
As a final note, I would like to acknowledge the outgoing members of the IALE-NA Executive Committee who finished their terms (and in some cases, more than one) at the end of the 2023 Annual Meeting: Steve Matthews, who served two terms as Secretary; Councillors-at-Large, Kristin Byrd and Yessica Rico Mancebo del Castillo, both of whom served two terms; and, Payton Phillips, one of our Student Representatives. These folks have played—and continue to play—multiple roles within the organization, such as serving on or chairing various standing committees. Their service and dedication to our organization has been exemplary and we owe them a large debt of gratitude. Following the annual election, I am pleased to announce that Li An, Professor of Geography at San Diego State University, was voted President Elect and will be assuming the duties of President at the conclusion of the 2024 Annual Meeting. Also newly elected are Anita Morzillo as Secretary; Councillors-at-Large, Kusum Naithani and Erin Buchholtz, and our newest Student Representative, Richard Magala, who is pursuing a Ph.D. in the Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management at Iowa State University. They join continuing Executive Committee members, Treasurer Jeffrey Hepinstall-Cymerman, Councillors-at-Large Darrel Jenerette and Ilona Naujokaitis-Lewis, and Student Representative Animesh Ghose. Congratulations to our newly elected Executive Committee members, and I look forward to working with all of you this coming year to advance the mission of IALE-North America.
Onward and upward,
Kimberly A. With
President, IALE-North America | 2022-2024
Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66505 USA
[email protected]
2024 Meeting Update: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
The University of Oklahoma to host IALE-NA Annual Meeting from 1-5 April 2024 in Oklahoma City (OKC)
Myriad Botanical Gardens with the Devon Tower and downtown Oklahoma City in the background. Photo Credit Josh DeLozier.
We are excited to announce Oklahoma City, OK, USA, as the location for the 2024 Annual Meeting of IALE-North America. This will be IALE-NA’s first visit to Oklahoma and the first time in 10 years for IALE-NA to return to the south-central Great Plains. Early spring in Oklahoma City is a beautiful time of the year with typically mild weather. Oklahoma City has gone through a significant transformation to make space for pedestrians, increase urban parks, and re-invigorate the downtown area, even installing a streetcar system. The conference hotel is right across the street from the Paycom Center – home venue of the NBA team Oklahoma City Thunder—and right next to the newly constructed Scissortail Park. We are thrilled to welcome IALE-NA to this renewed city and to show the progress that has been made.
Meeting Theme: Data Science in Landscape Ecology
As more and bigger datasets become available, many opportunities but also challenges to managing, analyzing, and distributing data emerge. Data science is particularly important for landscape ecology research as this field often uses spatially and temporally explicit data, considerably increasing the data volumes and the complexity of the applied methods. The Data Science in Landscape Ecology theme will foster conversations on the history, advancement, and potential future directions that new tools and techniques provide to our discipline.
Next Steps: In-person Meeting and Call for Symposia/Workshops
After several years of travel limitations and uncertainties related to COVID-19, we are happy to return to an in-person meeting format. Our Call for Symposia and Workshops will go out in early September. We will also provide more information on field trips, abstract submission, and registration details soon.
Let's unlock the power of data science in landscape ecology! Join us in OKC!
Your OKC Host Committee – Jennifer Koch, Mike Wimberly, Jeff Kelly, Anni Yang, Rebecca Loraamm, and Chengbin Deng
Meeting Theme: Data Science in Landscape Ecology
As more and bigger datasets become available, many opportunities but also challenges to managing, analyzing, and distributing data emerge. Data science is particularly important for landscape ecology research as this field often uses spatially and temporally explicit data, considerably increasing the data volumes and the complexity of the applied methods. The Data Science in Landscape Ecology theme will foster conversations on the history, advancement, and potential future directions that new tools and techniques provide to our discipline.
Next Steps: In-person Meeting and Call for Symposia/Workshops
After several years of travel limitations and uncertainties related to COVID-19, we are happy to return to an in-person meeting format. Our Call for Symposia and Workshops will go out in early September. We will also provide more information on field trips, abstract submission, and registration details soon.
Let's unlock the power of data science in landscape ecology! Join us in OKC!
Your OKC Host Committee – Jennifer Koch, Mike Wimberly, Jeff Kelly, Anni Yang, Rebecca Loraamm, and Chengbin Deng
IALE-NA 2023 Awards Update
Congratulations to the following award winners from the IALE-NA Annual Meeting!
Best Student Presentation
The Best Student Presentation Award recognizes scientific merit and presentation skill of a student at the annual meeting. To give us time to compile scores, the previous year’s winners are announced during the current conference. We had two winners for the 2022 conference. Katherine Hayes (University of Colorado Denver) won for her presentation “Short-Interval Reburning Changes Fuel Structure and Fire Behavior of Boreal Forests.” Additionally, Thomas Smith (University of Florida) won for “Biodiversity Across Scales in a Fragmented World: Experimental Tests of How Habitat Loss, Fragmentation, Patch Size and Matrix Quality Impact Communities”.
The Awards Committee would like to thank to this year’s judges, who graciously donate their time to evaluate the talks and posters!
Student Travel Awards
Eighteen Student Travel Awards were supported this year with funding provided by IALE-NA to help cover travel and registration fees. The 2023 recipients were:
Outstanding Paper in Landscape Ecology Award
The purpose of the Outstanding Paper in Landscape Ecology Award is to recognize papers published during the past two years that make an outstanding contribution to the field of landscape ecology. Papers are nominated by the IALE-NA membership. The recipient of the 2023 Outstanding Paper Award was Steven DiFalco, Anita Morzillo, and Debarchana Ghosh for the paper “Interpolating resident attitudes towards exurban roadside forest management” in Landscape Ecology. An honorable mention was awarded to Federico Riva and Lenore Fahrig for “Landscape-scale habitat fragmentation is positivity related to biodiversity, despite patch-scale ecosystem decay” in Ecology Letters.
Distinguished Service Award
The award for Distinguished Service recognizes individuals who have contributed exceptionally to IALE-NA in terms of time, energy, and dedication that advanced the mission of IALE-NA in an extraordinary manner. The recipient of this year’s award was Dr. Yolanda Wiersma (Memorial University of Newfoundland). Dr. Wiersma has a long and remarkable history of service to IALE-NA. Dr. Wiersma was elected councillor-at-large from 2014 to 2016 and served as membership liaison from 2016 to 2018. In addition, Dr. Wiersma has served on the policy committee, the equity, inclusion, and diversity committee, and the communications committee. Over the last several years, Dr. Wiersma has served as the communication committee chair and has exceptionally publicized IALE-NA awardees. Dr. Wiersma consistently acknowledges others’ contributions by submitting award nominations. Dr. Wiersma has also been instrumental in organizing and planning various aspects of IALE-NA conferences, often going above and beyond.
Thank you Dr. Wiersma for your years of excellent service to IALE-NA!
Distinguished Landscape Ecologist
The Distinguished Landscape Ecologist Award recognizes individuals whose long-term scientific contribution has helped to define the field of landscape ecology. The recipient of this year’s award was Dr. Paul F. Hessburg, Senior Research Ecologist with the USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. In addition to his work with the USDA Forest Service, Dr. Hessburg is a Courtesy Full Professor at several academic institutions, including the University of British Columbia, the University of Washington, Oregon State University, and Washington State University. One of Dr. Hessburg’s nominees described his career as “highly diverse,” with demonstrated research interests spanning various topics strongly allied with landscape ecology. Dr. Hessburg’s research on how multiple interacting processes, including insects, disease, wildfire, logging, and vegetation dynamics, influence ecosystems has greatly expanded the capacity of landscape practitioners to develop strategies and tactics to restore landscapes and adapt them to climate change. Dr. Hessburg has also contributed to pioneering landscape assessment projects, including the Eastside Forest Ecosystem Health Assessment, the Interior Columbia River Basin Ecosystem Management Project, the LANDFIRE project, and the Northwest Forest Plan Science Synthesis.
2023 US-IALE Awards Committee
Jennifer Costanza (Co-Chair), Betty Kreakie (Co-Chair), Caitlin Cunningham, Sarah Goslee, Dan Kashian, Emily Minor, and Ilona Naujokaitis-Lewis
Best Student Presentation
The Best Student Presentation Award recognizes scientific merit and presentation skill of a student at the annual meeting. To give us time to compile scores, the previous year’s winners are announced during the current conference. We had two winners for the 2022 conference. Katherine Hayes (University of Colorado Denver) won for her presentation “Short-Interval Reburning Changes Fuel Structure and Fire Behavior of Boreal Forests.” Additionally, Thomas Smith (University of Florida) won for “Biodiversity Across Scales in a Fragmented World: Experimental Tests of How Habitat Loss, Fragmentation, Patch Size and Matrix Quality Impact Communities”.
The Awards Committee would like to thank to this year’s judges, who graciously donate their time to evaluate the talks and posters!
Student Travel Awards
Eighteen Student Travel Awards were supported this year with funding provided by IALE-NA to help cover travel and registration fees. The 2023 recipients were:
- Behnoosh Abbasnezhad (University of Georgia)
- Gabrielle Ayres (Northern Arizona University)
- Jen Baron (University of British Columbia)
- Maria Chadid Hernandez (University of Northern British Columbia)
- Mahalia Clark (University of Vermont)
- Nadeesha Dilrukshi Illeperuma Archichige Done (University of South Dakota)
- Jess Dong (The Ohio State University)
- Damani Eubanks (University of Maryland)
- Logan Hysen (California State Polytechnic University—Humboldt)
- Hana Matsumoto (University of Oregon)
- Danial Nayeri (California State Polytechnic University—Humboldt)
- Christina Perella (North Carolina State University)
- Payton Phillips (Temple University)
- Sakshi Saraf (University of South Dakota)
- Mary Anne Schoenhardt (Queen’s University)
- Andrew Shannon (North Carolina State University)
- Sean Sutor (Texas Tech University)
- Pan Zhang (University of Connecticut)
Outstanding Paper in Landscape Ecology Award
The purpose of the Outstanding Paper in Landscape Ecology Award is to recognize papers published during the past two years that make an outstanding contribution to the field of landscape ecology. Papers are nominated by the IALE-NA membership. The recipient of the 2023 Outstanding Paper Award was Steven DiFalco, Anita Morzillo, and Debarchana Ghosh for the paper “Interpolating resident attitudes towards exurban roadside forest management” in Landscape Ecology. An honorable mention was awarded to Federico Riva and Lenore Fahrig for “Landscape-scale habitat fragmentation is positivity related to biodiversity, despite patch-scale ecosystem decay” in Ecology Letters.
Distinguished Service Award
The award for Distinguished Service recognizes individuals who have contributed exceptionally to IALE-NA in terms of time, energy, and dedication that advanced the mission of IALE-NA in an extraordinary manner. The recipient of this year’s award was Dr. Yolanda Wiersma (Memorial University of Newfoundland). Dr. Wiersma has a long and remarkable history of service to IALE-NA. Dr. Wiersma was elected councillor-at-large from 2014 to 2016 and served as membership liaison from 2016 to 2018. In addition, Dr. Wiersma has served on the policy committee, the equity, inclusion, and diversity committee, and the communications committee. Over the last several years, Dr. Wiersma has served as the communication committee chair and has exceptionally publicized IALE-NA awardees. Dr. Wiersma consistently acknowledges others’ contributions by submitting award nominations. Dr. Wiersma has also been instrumental in organizing and planning various aspects of IALE-NA conferences, often going above and beyond.
Thank you Dr. Wiersma for your years of excellent service to IALE-NA!
Distinguished Landscape Ecologist
The Distinguished Landscape Ecologist Award recognizes individuals whose long-term scientific contribution has helped to define the field of landscape ecology. The recipient of this year’s award was Dr. Paul F. Hessburg, Senior Research Ecologist with the USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. In addition to his work with the USDA Forest Service, Dr. Hessburg is a Courtesy Full Professor at several academic institutions, including the University of British Columbia, the University of Washington, Oregon State University, and Washington State University. One of Dr. Hessburg’s nominees described his career as “highly diverse,” with demonstrated research interests spanning various topics strongly allied with landscape ecology. Dr. Hessburg’s research on how multiple interacting processes, including insects, disease, wildfire, logging, and vegetation dynamics, influence ecosystems has greatly expanded the capacity of landscape practitioners to develop strategies and tactics to restore landscapes and adapt them to climate change. Dr. Hessburg has also contributed to pioneering landscape assessment projects, including the Eastside Forest Ecosystem Health Assessment, the Interior Columbia River Basin Ecosystem Management Project, the LANDFIRE project, and the Northwest Forest Plan Science Synthesis.
2023 US-IALE Awards Committee
Jennifer Costanza (Co-Chair), Betty Kreakie (Co-Chair), Caitlin Cunningham, Sarah Goslee, Dan Kashian, Emily Minor, and Ilona Naujokaitis-Lewis
Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity (EID) Committee Update
The Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity (EID) committee had submitted a proposal, led by Dr. Kusum Naithani, to the NSF BioLEAPS program (Leading Culture Change Through Professional Societies of Biology). If funded, the proposal will provide five years of funding to implement many of the action items in the EID Strategic Plan. The purpose of this Bio-LEAPS IMPLEMENTATION project is to test approaches to achieving culture change within IALE-NA with respect to inclusion of individuals of historically underserved and under-represented groups in STEM (IHUGS). The project addresses the Strategic Plan goals to (1) Expand capacity by cultivating a dedicated volunteer base from IALE-NA and other professional societies that support landscape ecologists, the project seeks to generate sustainable funding for long-term equity, inclusion, and diversity (EID) efforts initiated by volunteers; (2) Foster a diverse and representative community: Through the implementation of a strategic recruitment program, the project aims to increase participation of underrepresented minority (URM) members by establishing an ambassador program, mentorship network, and outreach events in collaboration with societies serving URM communities; (3) Enhance opportunities and recognition: To ensure members from all backgrounds are provided equal opportunities, the project will focus on improving the accessibility of conference activities and websites, increasing diversity among award recipients, and offering culturally competent mentorship programs; (4) Champion participation: By creating inclusive networking opportunities and developing a Leadership Exploration Program for early-career landscape ecologists, the project endeavors to effect systemic change in the future leadership of landscape ecology. By leveraging these strategies, the project seeks to create a more equitable, and inclusive landscape ecology community, where individuals from all backgrounds have equal opportunities to contribute, grow, and lead.
Communications Committee Update
IALE-NA Ambassador Program
The Ambassador Program aims to promote membership in IALE-NA to colleagues, collaborators, peers, students, and current under-represented groups in IALE-NA to increase the diversity and size of our IALE-NA membership. If interested, please see our Ambassador’s “cheat sheet” and promotional flyers in English, Spanish, and French.
You do not have to do a lot to act as an Ambassador! Some simple ideas include:
If you would like more resources or have questions about the Ambassador program, please contact the Ambassador coordinator: [email protected]. If you do engage in Ambassador work and have stories to share, please send us an email!
In 2023, we welcomed Dr. Florencia Sangermano, an Assistant Professor in the Graduate School of Geography at Clark University in Worcester MA, joined the Communications Committee as our Spanish Liaison.
Travis Heckford
Communications Committee Co-Chair
You do not have to do a lot to act as an Ambassador! Some simple ideas include:
- Like many landscape ecologists, you probably also attend other disciplinary conferences (e.g., geography, wildlife biology, urban studies). Consider printing out the flyers and leaving them on a display table at a conference you are attending.
- When discussing landscape-themed work with collaborators and students, consider giving them copies of the flyers and encouraging them to attend an IALE-NA meeting .
- When giving a landscape ecology-themed talk, consider mentioning the inspiration you get through membership in our society at the end of a talk, with our website (www.ialena.org) and Twitter handle (@iale_na) prominently displayed.
- If you are affiliated with an organization or work with a partner that has some kind of newsletter (e.g., natural history society, conservation organization, government agency), consider asking the editor if you can contribute a short write up about what landscape ecology (and by extension IALE-NA as a society) can bring to that audience.
If you would like more resources or have questions about the Ambassador program, please contact the Ambassador coordinator: [email protected]. If you do engage in Ambassador work and have stories to share, please send us an email!
In 2023, we welcomed Dr. Florencia Sangermano, an Assistant Professor in the Graduate School of Geography at Clark University in Worcester MA, joined the Communications Committee as our Spanish Liaison.
Travis Heckford
Communications Committee Co-Chair
Help Wanted!
We urgently need members to serve on or Chair the following committees:
Policy Committee
The Policy Committee leads the Regional Chapter in facilitating the use of landscape ecology knowledge by landscape policy makers and decision makers. It functions as an interface between landscape ecology experts and policy makers/decision makers. The Policy Committee promotes increased use of landscape ecology knowledge in policy and application, collaboration with larger science societies that have complementary goals and ongoing staff and program resources, and promotes the use of Annual Meetings to further synthesize policy-relevant science and training for effective communication on policy issues.
Sponsorship Committee
The Sponsorship Committee seeks to increase revenue and lower registration fees for the Annual Meeting by obtaining sponsorship from a wide variety of organizations such as government agencies, companies, and educational institutions that support landscape ecology.
Interested in getting involved in one of these (or other) committees? Contact current IALE-NA President:
Kimberly A. With
President, IALE-North America | 2022-2024
Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66505 USA
[email protected]
The Policy Committee leads the Regional Chapter in facilitating the use of landscape ecology knowledge by landscape policy makers and decision makers. It functions as an interface between landscape ecology experts and policy makers/decision makers. The Policy Committee promotes increased use of landscape ecology knowledge in policy and application, collaboration with larger science societies that have complementary goals and ongoing staff and program resources, and promotes the use of Annual Meetings to further synthesize policy-relevant science and training for effective communication on policy issues.
Sponsorship Committee
The Sponsorship Committee seeks to increase revenue and lower registration fees for the Annual Meeting by obtaining sponsorship from a wide variety of organizations such as government agencies, companies, and educational institutions that support landscape ecology.
Interested in getting involved in one of these (or other) committees? Contact current IALE-NA President:
Kimberly A. With
President, IALE-North America | 2022-2024
Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66505 USA
[email protected]
Stay in Touch!
- Website: www.ialena.org
- Facebook: www.facebook.com/ialenorthamerica
- Twitter: @iale_na
- IALE Website: www.landscape-ecology.org
- IALE Current Newsletter: https://www.landscape-ecology.org/Bulletin