Duluth 2022 - Superior Visions: Navigating Complexity Amid Constant Change

Call for proposals is now open for Duluth 2022.

May 11- Advances in Herbicide Application for Invasive Species Control and Lessons Learned from Practitioners 

This meeting is at full capacity. 

State Natural Areas Programs were among the first entities to protect natural areas in North America. Almost 50 years ago, these programs came together and addressed a need for a unifying voice and community where practitioners and academics could share information, techniques, methodologies, good science and even moral support.  Hence the formation of NAA.  Since those days, our community has grown to include other natural areas professionals that work at the federal, regional and non-profit level.

Better Together: Advancing Conservation Through Vision, Tenacity and Adaptability

Meet Glenn Patrick Juday, Ph.D., Professor   Emeritus of Forest Ecology, University of Alaska Fairbanks. Lifetime Member of the NAA since 1983.

Where There's a Will: Protecting the Biodiversity of Northeast Ohio

An interview with Jim Bissell, Ph.D., former Director of Natural Areas, Curator of Botany, Cleveland Museum of Natural History. 2004 Recipient of the George B. Fell Award. Lifetime Member of the NAA  since 1983.

Beavers provide a wide range of ecological benefits, including wildlife habitat creation, pollution filtration, and the attenuation of both drought and flooding. In recent years, researchers have begun to explore another crucial beaver service: wildfire mitigation and post-fire recovery. In this Earth Day symposium, hear from experts from the Northern California Prescribed Fire Council & University of California Cooperative Extension, California State University-Channel Islands, Utah State University, and the Methow Beaver Project. Learn about research, insights, and management recommendations. Participants will develop a greater understanding of how these two keystone ecological processes, beavers and fire, interact on North American landscapes.