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Joyce Bender served the Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission for 31 years. She is the 2018 recipient of the Carl N. Becker Stewardship Award and NAA Member since 1988.

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.

Member News - June 2021

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NAA Team Member: Bill Holimon and the Arkansas Natural Heritage Program announce their newest natural area acquisition, Blue Mountain; the last remaining mountain in the Maumelle Pinnacles chain.
Reed Noss and Bonnie Heidel are long-time NAA members and co-authors on article: Vascular plant extinction in the continental United States and Canada, Conservation Biology, August 2020 . The number of presumed extinct plants from the continental United States and Canada is much greater than previously recognized.
NAA Member, Patricia De Angelis, Ph.D. FWS, & and Anastasiya Timoshyna, Strengthening Sustainable International Trade in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants: Updates from the 18th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CITES and potential future directions, May 2020.
NAA Member, Andrea Kramer, Director of Restoration Ecology and David Byron Smith Family Curator of Natural Areas Associate Conservation Scientist announces the launch of Chicago Botanic Garden‘s new synthesis center, sCORE (Synthesis center for COnservation and REstoration). Dr. Kramer is SEEKING COLLABORATORS and data examining understory vegetation responses to rapid canopy loss in the Great Lakes region. Learn how you can join in!
News from NAA Team Member, Ohio Department of Natural Resources: Prairie Revival on the Banks of the Darby Creeks, Spring 2021.
News from NAA Team Member: University of Georgia, State Botanical Garden of Georgia, Preserving pollinators, preserving a neighborhood, May 10, 2021.
News from NAA Team Member, Nancy Smith, Western New York Land Conservancy awarded a grant to help create the Western New York Wildway, May 6, 2021.
News from NAA Team Member, Washington State Department of Natural Resources. Annual Forest Health Highlights Report Illustrates Challenges Facing Washington Forests, May 6, 2021.
News from NAA Team Member, Central Indiana Land Trust. The National Resources Commission dedicated Ginn Woods as a state nature preserve. It is the second largest old growth forest remaining in Indiana and a place of uncommon biodiversity. And it is now protected forever.

The Natural Areas Journal

The Natural Areas Journal is the flagship publication of the Natural Areas Association is the leading voice in natural areas management and preservation.

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Current Issue:

VOL. 41 NO. 2 | APRIL 2021

Popular Open-Access Articles:

April 2021 - Priority Species Lists to Restore Desert Tortoise and Pollinator Habitats in Mojave Desert Shrublands

Jan 2 021 - A Sampling-Based Approach to Estimating the Minimum Population Size of the Federally Threatened Colorado Hookless Cactus

Nov 20 20 - Current and Future Carbon Storage Capacity in a Southeastern Pennsylvania Forest

Sep 20 20 - Toward Improving Pollinator Habitat: Reconstructing Prairies with High Forb Diversity

THE NATURAL AREAS JOURNAL

The Natural Areas Journal is a peer-reviewed, internationally recognized professional journal for scientists and natural areas professionals.

STEWARDSHIP IN ACTION - FIELD WORKSHOPS

We hold these events in various locations to allow our community members to share regionally specific information, strategies and tools for natural areas management.

NATURAL AREAS CONFERENCE

The Natural Areas Conference will be coming to Duluth, Minnesota in 2022. Duluth is located right on the shore of Lake Superior, the largest of the Great Lakes.