Slide projectors and overheads will be available in all session venues. Poster sessions and exhibits will be open to the general public from 12 noon to 5 pm on Saturday, June 10 and Sunday, June 11. Governor Marc Racicot and UM President George Dennison will open the plenary session on Saturday morning, June 10, followed by special keynote addresses from Dan Simberloff, Michael Soul , Jamie Rappaport Clark and Jack Ward Thomas. We have selected eight symposia , and we anticipate a total of eight concurrent sessions of symposia and contributed papers in the sessions. In addition, there will be a wide variety of workshops and organized discussions .
Field trips are available before and after the meeting.
The Montana Natural History Center has done a great job of organizing field trips from alpha-wolves to Zen meditation that take advantage of Missoula's central location between Glacier and Yellowstone National Parks. We hope that many students and international colleagues will attend the meeting. We have encouraged their participation by subsidizing student registration and by finding funds for travel scholarships .