The 11th Biennial Scientific Conference on the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
will be held Oct. 8-10 in Mammoth, Wyo. Registration opens June 1.
Discounted rates are available before Sept. 15.

This year’s conference, “Greater Yellowstone in Transition: Linking Science
and Decision Making,” brings together scientists, managers and other
decision makers to share information on resource challenges and research
needs throughout the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.

Signature lecturers of the conference will be: noted botanist Estella B.
Leopold of the University of Washington, who will deliver the A. Starker
Leopold Lecture; Ian Dyson of Alberta Environment and Water, a leading
advocate and planner of resource management partnerships, who will present
the Superintendent’s International Lecture; and noted local author and
former Yellowstone park historian Paul Schullery, who will deliver the
Aubrey L. Haines Lecture.

Initiated in 1991, the conference series encourages awareness and
application of wide-ranging, scientific work on the region’s natural and
cultural resources.  With the active involvement of professional societies
and other institutions, the conferences provide a forum for hundreds of
researchers, park managers and the general public to share information.

Abstract submissions for presentations and posters will be accepted through
Tuesday, May 15.

For additional information, visit
http://gyesciconf.greateryellowstonescience.org/.  Conference staff may be
reached at yell_conference@nps.gov or by phone at 307-344-7123.