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CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS

Abstract Deadline EXTENDED: Monday, November 16, 2009

> Submission instructions and form

In 2010, Wisconsin Wetlands Association will convene members of the regional wetland community for our 15^th annual wetland science conference, Wetlands in Service, to discuss the latest in wetland science, management, restoration and protection issues. The program for this 2-day conference will have a special thematic focus on the ecological services provided by wetlands and will include a keynote address, topical oral sessions, a poster session, working groups, a banquet and wetland field trips.  Following more than a decade-long tradition, we anticipate that this year’s conference will contribute to a growing regional collaboration for protecting and conserving Wisconsin’s wetlands. 

The concept of “ecological services” is increasingly used in making the case for the preservation of natural systems in general and wetlands in particular. We are focusing on wetland services as this year’s theme to stimulate practitioners, regulators, and researchers to make presentations to help us all understand the state of our knowledge about ecological services provided by wetlands in our region. The concept of ecological services is defined in a number of ways, but we define it as any beneficial contribution to an ecosystem, including human health and welfare. This is a broad theme and we expect that most people interested in and working on wetlands will be able to contribute.

Wisconsin Wetlands Association invites you to submit an abstract for presentation at our 15^th Annual Conference.  We seek proposals for oral presentations or posters on wetlands research, restoration and management projects. We welcome presentations on work done in all wetland community types and from around the Midwest region, as long as the content of the presentation applies to wetlands of Wisconsin. We especially encourage submissions on these topics related to the theme, Wetlands in Service:

1. Floral Diversity: Wetlands as habitat for plants, food and shelter provided by plants.
2. Wildlife & Fisheries Habitat:  Wetlands as exclusive or essential habitat for animals (including mammals, birds, invertebrates, fish, reptiles, and amphibians), threats to biodiversity from invasive species.
3. Flood & Stormwater Attenuation: Flood protection and mitigation, stormwater retention and management, regional effects of wetlands on evapotranspiration, reduction of flood damage.
4. Water Quality Protection: Wetlands as “filters” and as sinks, regulators, and cyclers of nutrients, sedimentation.
5. Shoreline Protection:  Wetlands and their relation to lakes, streams and rivers.
6. Groundwater Connections: Wetland-related impacts on groundwater recharge and discharge, groundwater level changes as they affect wetlands.
7. Recreation and education:  Economic and social impacts of recreation-based tourism, formal and informal educational programming interpreting wetlands.

We also recognize that, to maximize wetland benefits and balance them with other resource demands, we need intelligent and scientifically-based management. Therefore, we also seek presentations that cut across all of the eight areas identified above (or address other ecological services wetlands provide), including presentations on:

• Balancing management impacts on services: When you manage for one service in particular, what are the impacts on other services (how do you measure these impacts, and how do you evaluate the costs and benefits of these choices)? 
• Location, location, location: Where do we need wetlands on the landscape in order to achieve human goals for particular ecological services?

• The contribution of wetlands in atmospheric maintenance and climate regulation
• Wetlands as an adaptive response to the anticipated increase in flooding events associated with global climate change

• Maximizing the water quality benefits of wetlands:  Regulation and policy for clean water
• Maximizing the hydrologic benefits of wetlands: Regulation and policy for water storage and discharge
• Keeping what we have: Regulations on wetland fill and modification and protections against other threats
• Improving and adding to what we have: Restoration and wetland creation

• Watershed management: Including all landscape attributes within a watershed that influence wetlands

We also recognize that often wetland scientists must translate the science behind ecosystem services into terms that can be understood by decision makers and compel them to take action in order to achieve practical results that benefit wetlands and their nearby human communities.  Therefore, we seek presentations or workshops that articulate:

• Techniques and methods for quantifying ecosystem services provided by wetlands.
• Methods/strategies for communicating about wetland ecosystem services to decision makers.
• How and whether ecosystem services (beyond biodiversity) could be incorporated into mitigation performance standards.
• Case studies that illustrate restoration and management of wetlands to improve ecological services.

• How existing wetland protection regulations, policies, and planning tools/processes help maintain or restore wetland ecological services
• Where regulatory environments that affect wetlands might overlap and/or conflict (e.g. floodplain, shoreland, and wetland regulations).

As evidenced by the long list of topics above, this year’s theme is broad and inclusive.  Presentations that speak directly to the theme will have highest priority, but we will also consider presentations on general aspects of wetland ecology and management.  We expect that the conference program will include presentations on a) research, management and restoration projects, b) all wetland community types, and c) a wide variety of ecosystem services provided by wetlands. 

If you would like guidance on how to write your abstract such that the theme connection is clear, please contact us.  If you feel that your work is timely and of interest to the wetland community, but are unsure about its relevance to our 2010 theme, please contact us to discuss options for inclusion of your work at our conference.  All abstract-related inquiries should be directed to Katie Beilfuss (608-250-9971, programs@...).

Oral presentations will be organized into sessions with 20 minutes allotted to each speaker (15 minute presentation, 5 minutes questions).  We will provide a forum for as many presentations as possible given our schedule and space constraints. However, considering the volume of abstract submissions in recent years, we cannot guarantee acceptance. We will have a limited amount of poster space (4’ x 6’ per poster) for authors who would prefer to share their work in this format or in cases where a poster is a more appropriate medium for the presentation.

Instructions for Submitting Abstracts for Oral Presentations or Posters

Download the Abstract Submission Form and Abstract Guidance.

The deadline for submitting abstracts is Monday, November 16, 2009.  To have your wetlands work considered for inclusion in this conference, please complete an Abstract Submission Form with a title, short abstract (limit 250 words), and A/V requirements.  Electronic copies of abstracts are required – submit your abstract by emailing it to programs@....  Presenters will be notified of acceptance by December 15, 2009.   

Note: We ask that presenters register and pay registration fees in order to help cover conference costs.   We encourage presenters to register by January 1, 2009 in order to receive the early bird registration rate.  Presenters will receive a $15 registration discount (the equivalent of one lunch). Registration information will be available online at www.wisconsinwetlands.org/2010conference.htm.

For more information, contact Katie Beilfuss, Outreach Programs Director, at 608-250-9971 or programs@....

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Katie Beilfuss

Outreach Programs Director

Wisconsin Wetlands Association

222 S Hamilton St #1

Madison, WI 53703

608-250-9971

Fax 608-287-1179

www.wisconsinwetlands.org

No matter who you are or where you live, wetlands affect your life.

Mark your calendar:  WWA's 15th Annual Wetland Conference will be held February 11-12 in Eau Claire, WI.  Watch our website (www.wisconsinwetlands.org) for details.