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Missourian to discuss conservation crises at North American wildlife conference
MDC
2/7/03
One of the Conservation Department's top wildlife research officials will talk about threats to the continent's forests, fish and wildlife.
JEFFERSON CITY - When the North American Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies meets in Winston-Salem, N.C., next month, Missourian Diana Hallett will help the group learn to cope with resource management crises.
Hallett heads the administrative arm of the Missouri Department of Conservation's new Resource Science Division and serves on the executive committee of The Wildlife Society as its past president. The focus of her presentation on March 29 will be "Crises in Conservation: A State Perspective." She and her co-authors, Rick Thom and Ollie Torgerson, will present proactive solutions to emerging disease outbreaks, fresh-water shortages and biodiversity destruction as examples of conservation challenges.
Sharing the podium with Hallett will be Mark Rey, who oversees the USDA Forest Service and the Natural Resources Conservation Service. He will discuss how to meet large-scale conservation challenges.
Hallett holds bachelor's and master's degrees in zoology and wildlife biology from the University of Missouri-Columbia. She worked for the USDA Forest Service, the Mark Twain National Forest and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources before joining the Conservation Department as a wildlife research biologist in 1979.
"Continued learning is crucial for continued excellence in wildlife stewardship," said Hallett. "Our future depends upon our collective vision. As a society of practicing wildlifers we should share that vision across continents. Global connectivity is key to natural resource health and welfare.
Hallett lists her principal professional interests as integrating research across disciplines, agroecosystems, adaptive approaches to wildlife management and continuing education for wildlifers.
The 68th Annual North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference will take place March 26 through 29 at the Adams Mark -- Winston Plaza Hotel. Other sessions will focus on:
--Academic and timber industry perspectives on coping with conservation crises;
--The National Wildlife Refuge System: A Century of Conservation;
--Human/Wildlife Conflicts in Urban and Suburban North
merica;
--Natural Resources Policy: Science Under the Microscope;
--Bird Conservation: Winging It, or Banding Together?
--Conservation on Private Lands: The Buck Stops Where?
More information about the conference is available online at http://www.wildlifemanagementinstitute.org.
- Jim Low -
MDC
2/7/03
One of the Conservation Department's top wildlife research officials will talk about threats to the continent's forests, fish and wildlife.
JEFFERSON CITY - When the North American Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies meets in Winston-Salem, N.C., next month, Missourian Diana Hallett will help the group learn to cope with resource management crises.
Hallett heads the administrative arm of the Missouri Department of Conservation's new Resource Science Division and serves on the executive committee of The Wildlife Society as its past president. The focus of her presentation on March 29 will be "Crises in Conservation: A State Perspective." She and her co-authors, Rick Thom and Ollie Torgerson, will present proactive solutions to emerging disease outbreaks, fresh-water shortages and biodiversity destruction as examples of conservation challenges.
Sharing the podium with Hallett will be Mark Rey, who oversees the USDA Forest Service and the Natural Resources Conservation Service. He will discuss how to meet large-scale conservation challenges.
Hallett holds bachelor's and master's degrees in zoology and wildlife biology from the University of Missouri-Columbia. She worked for the USDA Forest Service, the Mark Twain National Forest and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources before joining the Conservation Department as a wildlife research biologist in 1979.
"Continued learning is crucial for continued excellence in wildlife stewardship," said Hallett. "Our future depends upon our collective vision. As a society of practicing wildlifers we should share that vision across continents. Global connectivity is key to natural resource health and welfare.
Hallett lists her principal professional interests as integrating research across disciplines, agroecosystems, adaptive approaches to wildlife management and continuing education for wildlifers.
The 68th Annual North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference will take place March 26 through 29 at the Adams Mark -- Winston Plaza Hotel. Other sessions will focus on:
--Academic and timber industry perspectives on coping with conservation crises;
--The National Wildlife Refuge System: A Century of Conservation;
--Human/Wildlife Conflicts in Urban and Suburban North
merica;
--Natural Resources Policy: Science Under the Microscope;
--Bird Conservation: Winging It, or Banding Together?
--Conservation on Private Lands: The Buck Stops Where?
More information about the conference is available online at http://www.wildlifemanagementinstitute.org.
- Jim Low -
