Pre-Conference Ecology Field Trips
EcoSummit 2012 is offering eight exciting pre-conference tours focusing on a variety of topics addressing the conference’s key theme of Ecological Sustainability and Ecosystem Services Restoration. The field trips, which will be based out of the vibrant, cosmopolitan cities of New York, Washington DC, Atlanta, Miami, New Orleans, Chicago and Columbus, will take place between Thursday, September 27 and Sunday, September 30, 2012. City locations were chosen for easy access for international travelers. Each tour will be led by knowledgeable scholars and practitioners.
The tours will include the following 8 sites:
Field Trip 1:
NEW YORK/NEW JERSEY - SOLD OUT
Hackensack Meadowlands and Delaware Bay Salt Marsh Restorations, New Jersey
Field Trip 2:
WASHINGTON DC - CANCELLED
Central Appalachian Mountain Highlands and Canaan Valley, West Virginia
Field Trip 3:
WASHINGTON DC - SOLD OUT
Chesapeake Bay Restoration and Anacostia River Urban Restoration, Maryland and Washington DC
Field Trip 4:
ATLANTA - SOLD OUT
Southern Appalachian Mountains Biodiversity/Smoky Mountains, Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina
Field Trip 5:
MIAMI - SOLD OUT
Everglades Restoration, Florida
Field Trip 6:
NEW ORLEANS - CANCELLED
Gulf of Mexico and Mississippi River Delta Restoration, Louisiana
Field Trip 7:
CHICAGO - SOLD OUT
Laurentian Great Lakes Restoration and Ecological Succession Landmark (Indiana Dunes), Illinois and Indiana
Field Trip 8:
COLUMBUS - SOLD OUT
Western Appalachian Mountain Mineland Restoration and "The Wilds” Conservation Center, Ohio
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Sign up for the field trips when you register as a conference delegate. Seating is limited on tours, so please register soon! (Registration for the conference will open in August 2011). Only delegates attending the EcoSummit are able to sign up for the pre-conference field trips.
Use this as an opportunity to spend additional time in these exciting metropolitan areas before coming to Columbus for EcoSummit 2012.
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