A Symposium on

Ecosystem Management Research in the Ouachita and Ozark Highlands

October 26-28, 1999

Hot Springs, Arkansas

 [ Ouachita Mountains ]

Sponsored by USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station

The 1999 Symposium on Ecosystem Management Research in the Ouachita and Ozark Highlands will be held on 26-28 October, 1999, at the Arlington Hotel in Hot Springs AR.  Two optional field tours are being scheduled for 29 October.  Procedures for Symposium registration are now on-line!  At this time, all those interested in attending are encouraged to reserve the dates for the meeting.

Approximately 70 papers and posters will be presented at the symposium. Proceedings of the Symposium will be published as a Southern Research Station General Technical Report.

The agenda is being organized along the following lines of research:

For more information about the Symposium, contact Dr. Jim Guldin, Project Leader, Southern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, P.O. Box 3516 UAM Station, Monticello, AR 71656-3516. Guldin can be reached by phone at 501-623-1174 (Hot Springs duty station) or 870-367-3464 x 10 (Monticello, AR), or by e-mail at jguldin/srs_monticello@fs.fed.us.

We look forward to seeing you at the Symposium!

 

[ New! ] Former USDA Forest Service
Chief Dale Robertson to present keynote address

The Southern Research Station is proud to announce that F. Dale Robertson, retired Chief of the USDA Forest Service, will present a keynote address at the upcoming Symposium on Ecosystem Management Research in the Ouachita and Ozark Mountains. In his address, entitled 'The history of ecosystem management in the USDA Forest Service', Robertson will recount the origins of two efforts that got underway during his tenure: new perspectives and ecosystem management. A native of Bald Knob, AR, Robertson is a graduate of the Arkansas A&M (now University of Arkansas at Monticello). His work experience includes service on the Ouachita National Forest. One of the highlights of his career was the 'Walk in the Woods' in the Ouachita's Winona Ranger District with then-Senator David Pryor. Their discussions resulted in the declaration of the Ouachita as a 'Lead Forest' in the New Perspectives program. They also led to the establishment of an extensive research program by the Southern Research Station, the results of which will be presented during the course of the Symposium.

The Symposium will convene in Hot Springs, AR on Tuesday, 26 October, with Robertson's keynote address; papers and posters will be presented through Thursday afternoon, 28 October.

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