Merging Trails: Culture, Science, and InnovationLast Call - Contributed Abstracts
62nd Annual Meeting
Society for Range Management
February 8-12, 2009
Albuquerque, New Mexico
http://www.srmmeetings.org

This is the last call for contributed abstracts for papers or posters for the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Range Management (SRM) in Albuquerque, New Mexico, scheduled from February 8 - 12, 2009. The theme of the meeting is "Merging Trails: Culture, Science and Innovation". .

Instructions for submission of abstracts for contributed presentations and posters are detailed at http://www.srmmeetings.org.

Contributed abstracts for both oral presentations and posters should be submitted online by September 1, 2008, at http://www.srmmeetings.org. Authors with accepted abstracts will be notified by November 1, 2008. We require abstracts for contributed oral presentations, posters, and accepted special sessions and symposium presentations. Abstracts will be published on the web.

If you have any questions concerning contributed abstracts please contact any of the Program Co-Chairs:

Kirk McDaniel at kmcdanie@nmsu.edu
Allen Torell at atorell@nmsu.edu
Kris Havstad at khavstad@nmsu.edu

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