{"id":189,"date":"2015-09-16T18:52:40","date_gmt":"2015-09-16T18:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/?p=189"},"modified":"2015-09-23T19:01:56","modified_gmt":"2015-09-23T19:01:56","slug":"a-few-news-items-from-scbna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/index.php\/general\/a-few-news-items-from-scbna\/","title":{"rendered":"A few news items from SCBNA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News from the North America Section of SCB<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>North America Section to Sponsor Conference on Science and Management<\/strong><br \/>\nThe North America Section is proud to sponsor the <a href=\"http:\/\/nau.edu\/uploadedFiles\/Centers-Institutes\/Merriam-Powell\/Biennial_Conference\/_Forms\/Biennial_Conference_Agenda.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">13th Biennial Conference of Science &amp; Management on the Colorado Plateau &amp; Southwest Region<\/a>.\u00a0The meeting theme is <em>Multi-disciplinary Approaches to Assess and Respond to Climatic, Social and Technological Changes<\/em>.\u00a0The meeting runs from October 5-8.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/nau.edu\/Merriam-Powell\/Biennial-Conference\/Registration\/\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to register and to learn more about the meeting.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bring NACCB 2018 to Your Area<\/strong><br \/>\nInterested in bringing the next North America Congress for Conservation Biology (NACCB) to\u00a0your neck of the woods?\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/who-we-are\/\" target=\"_blank\">Contact us<\/a> to learn how to prepare a bid. NACCBs require a venue that can hold 1,200 attendees. We prioritize meetings in cities that have active SCB Chapters or who are interested in forming a Chapter. Hosting a meeting is a great way to further development of the science and practice of conservation biology in your region.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Strength in Numbers: Join SCB NA<\/strong><br \/>\nDid you know that all members of SCB can join up to two Sections for free? If you&#8217;re not already in the North America Section, please join us. It&#8217;s easy to do. You&#8217;ll get access to our newsletter and opportunities available to Section members and elevate the voice of conservation science in North America. <a href=\"http:\/\/conbio.org\/groups\/join-a-group\" target=\"_blank\">Join today<\/a>!<\/li>\n<li><strong>SCB NA Board Welcomes New Board Members\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nAs of the 2015 Section election, SCB NA has added a greater variety of expertise to our board as well as more representation from Canadian members. See who is on the board <a href=\"https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/who-we-are\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>SCB NA Wants your input on the Section&#8217;s Strategic Plan<\/strong><br \/>\nSCB NA is preparing it&#8217;s first-ever Section strategic plan to guide its\u00a0work through 2020. Section leaders are seeking comments from SCB NA membership on the draft plan. View the plan <a class=\"NA Strategic Plan Draft\" href=\"http:\/\/conbio.informz.net\/CONBIO\/data\/images\/NA%20Newsletter\/09.2015_Draft%202020%20NA%20Section%20Strategic%20Plan.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. Submit your feedback via <a href=\"https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/who-we-are\/\" target=\"_blank\">the email\u00a0forum<\/a>on the NA Section Blog.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News from the North America Section of SCB North America Section to Sponsor Conference on Science and Management The North America Section is proud to sponsor the 13th Biennial Conference [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}