<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">SNRI Requests</b> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:snrirequests@ucmerced.edu">snrirequests@ucmerced.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Nov 21, 2023 at 5:14 PM<br>Subject: 2024 Sierra Nevada Science Symposium call for abstracts (due 12/18/23)<br>To: <br></div><br><br><div class="msg-1770882794324982924">
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<p class="m_-9050766813502830229xxxmsonormal" style="margin:0in"><span style="color:#212121">Please consider presenting at this year’s Sierra Nevada Science Symposium and share with your relevant grad students and researchers. We hope not only to have a good showing of SNRI/UC Merced
research, but also to provide fruitful networking opportunities among faculty, academic researchers and agency researchers & managers.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="m_-9050766813502830229xxxmsonormal" style="margin:0in"><span style="color:#212121">Thank you for your consideration, see the website and information below, and please don’t hesitate to reach out to me or any of the other organizers with questions.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Molly</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#0070c0">Molly Stephens, PhD | Executive Director, UC Merced Sierra Nevada Research Institute | </span><a href="mailto:mstephens3@ucmerced.edu" title="mailto:mstephens3@ucmerced.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0070c0">mstephens3@ucmerced.edu</span></a><span style="color:#0070c0"> |
209.761.1165 | <a href="http://snri.ucmerced.edu" target="_blank">snri.ucmerced.edu</a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="m_-9050766813502830229xxxmsonormal" style="margin:0in"><span style="color:#212121">Dear colleagues,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_-9050766813502830229xxxmsonormal" style="margin:0in"><span style="color:#212121">We invite submission of abstracts for individual contributed presentations for the</span><span class="m_-9050766813502830229apple-converted-space"><span style="color:#212121"> </span></span><span style="color:#212121"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#212121">2024 Sierra Nevada Science Symposium<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#212121">“Sierra Nevada Past Present Future: Management in Changing Environments.”<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#212121">University of California, Merced Conference Center<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#212121">Meeting Date: March 5-6, 2024<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#212121;background:yellow">Abstract Submission Deadline: 12/18/2023</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#212121"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="color:#212121">The symposium agenda will feature a keynote speaker for each of three eras (past, present, & future), lightning talks, invited talks, time for brainstorming and networking, and panel discussions.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="color:#212121">We seek presentations from a range of disciplines - potential themes include: traditional ecological knowledge, science communication, science policy and decision making, collaborative and convergence science, climate change, adaptive
management and more. We encourage presenters to consider how their research intersects with the broader framework of “time” and “change” (e.g., climate, environment, policy, human, other) and the themes above.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b><span style="color:#212121">See the</span></b><span class="m_-9050766813502830229apple-converted-space"><b><span style="color:#212121"> </span></b></span><b><span style="color:#212121"><a href="https://snri.ucmerced.edu/events/2024-sierra-nevada-science-symposium" title="https://snri.ucmerced.edu/events/2024-sierra-nevada-science-symposium" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0078d7">symposium
website</span></a></span></b><span class="m_-9050766813502830229apple-converted-space"><b><span style="color:#212121"> </span></b></span><b><span style="color:#212121">for abstract submission and stay tuned for more information on registration and agenda.<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<p class="m_-9050766813502830229xxxmsonormal" style="margin:0in"><b><span style="color:#212121">Hope to see you there!<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="m_-9050766813502830229xxxmsonormal" style="margin:0in"><b><span style="color:#212121">Sincerely,
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<p class="m_-9050766813502830229xxxmsonormal" style="margin:0in"><b><span style="color:#212121">The 2024 Symposium Planning Committee<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="m_-9050766813502830229xxxmsonormal" style="margin:0in"><span style="color:#212121">Anne Pfaff, USGS<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_-9050766813502830229xxxmsonormal" style="margin:0in"><span style="color:#212121">Breezy Jackson, UC Merced NRS<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_-9050766813502830229xxxmsonormal" style="margin:0in"><span style="color:#212121">Chad Anderson, YOSE<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_-9050766813502830229xxxmsonormal" style="margin:0in"><span style="color:#212121">Christy Brigham, SEKI<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_-9050766813502830229xxxmsonormal" style="margin:0in"><span style="color:#212121">Jeniffer Amezquita-Marin, UC Merced NRS<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_-9050766813502830229xxxmsonormal" style="margin:0in"><span style="color:#212121">Laura Van Vranken, SEKI<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_-9050766813502830229xxxmsonormal" style="margin:0in"><span style="color:#212121">Linda Mutch, SIEN<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_-9050766813502830229xxxmsonormal" style="margin:0in"><span style="color:#212121">Mitzi Thornley, YOSE<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_-9050766813502830229xxxmsonormal" style="margin:0in"><span style="color:#212121">Molly Stephens, UC Merced SNRI (email <a href="mailto:mstephens3@ucmerced.edu?subject=SIEN%202024%20Sierra%20Science%20Symposium%20inquiry" target="_blank"><b>mstephens3@ucmerced.edu</b></a> for inquiries)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_-9050766813502830229xxxmsonormal" style="margin:0in"><span style="color:#212121">Sheri Shiflett, YOSE<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_-9050766813502830229xxxmsonormal" style="margin:0in"><span style="color:#212121">Sylvia Haultain, SIEN<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#323336;background:white">About the Symposium:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#323336;background:white">The Sierra Nevada Science Symposium unites Yosemite, Sequoia, and Kings Canyon National Parks, Devils Postpile National Monument, the US Geological Survey,
the Sierra Nevada Inventory & Monitoring Network, university researchers and the broader science community to celebrate the history of science, learn more about current work, and look toward the future of research in the Sierra Nevada parks. We aim to: CELEBRATE
the strong relationships between land managers, scientists, and the research community; COMMUNICATE recent research results and current resource issues in the parks; CONSIDER the future of park research and management. By placing the Symposium on the UC Merced
campus, we seek to expand and solidify regional scientific collaborations and partnerships to address challenges posed by climate change and other resource threats, and to encourage and support more research within these parks to further scientific knowledge
and inform management decisions. The theme this year is Sierra Nevada Past, Present, Future: Management in Changing Environments. The symposium agenda features a keynote speaker for each era (past, present, future), lightning talks, invited talks, time for
brainstorming and networking, and panel discussions.</span></p>
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