Conference Announcement
Park Science in the Arctic
2008 Alaska Park Science Symposium
Beringia Days 2008 International Conference
National Park Service
14-16 October 2008
Fairbanks, Alaska
For further information please go to:
http://nps.arcus.org
The 2008 Alaska Park Science Symposium will be held in conjunction with
Beringia Days 2008 International Conference on 14-16 October 2008, in
Fairbanks, Alaska. This International Polar Year event includes three
days of speakers and presentations, a poster session, and an open public
cultural event.
The theme of the meeting is "Natural and Cultural Heritage of Greater
Beringia." The conference will focus on parks and protected areas (e.g.,
preserves, monuments, and refuges) in Greater Beringia, including
Alaska, Chukotka, and the Yukon Territory, from the Lena River in
Siberia to the Mackenzie River in Canada, and from the North Pole to the
Aleutian Islands. National Park Service areas in the Alaskan Arctic
include Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, Cape Krusenstern National
Monument, Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, Kobuk Valley
National Park, and Noatak National Preserve.
The 2008 Alaska Park Science Symposium will be the third in a biannual
series of scientific conferences that are place-based, focused on parks
and protected areas in specific areas of Alaska, and that draw
scientists and scholars from many disciplines with work occurring in or
relevant to these areas.
The National Park Service manages the Shared Beringian Heritage Program,
which supports a wide range of cultural exchanges, research, and
international meetings focused on the Beringia region. The Beringia Days
International Conference has been held annually since 1996 to recognize
and celebrate the contemporary and historic value of the region's shared
ecological and cultural heritage.
For more information, please go to:
http://nps.arcus.org/
or contact:
Lois Dalle-Molle
Alaska Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit
National Park Service
Phone: 907-455-0635
E-mail: lois_dalle-molle [at] nps.gov
Robert A. Winfree
Alaska Regional Office
National Park Service
Phone: 907-644-3516
E-mail: robert_winfree [at] nps.gov