<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=iso-8859-1"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">SE Mass Regional Conservation Forum Registration Deadline Extended to 12:00 pm, 4/11.<br><div> <br>Join your colleagues--scientists, conservationists, policy makers, land managers, educators, and more at the <br><br><div>Southeastern Massachusetts Regional Conservation Forum<br>Woods Hole Research Center (WHRC)<br>149 Woods Hole Road<br>Falmouth, MA<br><div>April 12, 2014, 9:00 am to 3:30 pm</div><div><br></div><div>Featured speakers: </div><br>Tim Simmons, Restoration Ecologist, Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program.<div><br></div><div>Topic: The Ecological Significance of Pine Barrens Management, Challenges and Opportunities</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">Heather Goldstone, Science Editor, WCAI Radio, the Cape and Islands NPR Station. Goldstone holds a Ph.D. in ocean science from M.I.T. and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.<div><br></div><div>Topic: The Psychology of Science Communication</div><div><br></div><div>You will have the opportunity to:</div><div><br></div><div>· Introduce your organization and present your work*</div><div>· Share the challenges you face with your fellow conservationists </div>· Hear from other experts about how they have faced similar issues<br><div>· Explore the ways we can share data, pool resources to work cooperatively</div><div>· Develop strategy to strengthen conservation efforts in the region</div><div><br></div><div>Participate in Roundtable discussions with a focus towards regional cooperative action initiatives. Topics:</div><div><br></div><div>· How can we manage habitat for declining species more effectively?</div><div>· How can we restore lands and accommodate the needs of all constituents?</div><div>· How do we best manage Pine Barrens?</div><div>· How can we cooperatively build citizen conservation programs?</div><div>· How can we improve the way we communicate pro-environment messages and implement change?</div><div><br></div><div>This Forum is designed to prioritize and strengthen regional cooperative conservation efforts in southeastern Massachusetts.</div><div><br></div><div><div>View the Forum Agenda and Roundtable Descriptions Here: <a href="http://pinebarrensalliance.org/Documents/forumagenda.pdf">http://pinebarrensalliance.org/Documents/forumagenda.pdf</a></div></div><div><br></div><div>Cost: $10, to cover morning refreshments, lunch and coffee breaks.</div><div><br></div><div>Register by 12:00pm, April 11, 2014 via PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=RAY2QSNS89TH2">https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=RAY2QSNS89TH2</a></div><div><br></div><div>Or make arrangements to pay at the Forum contact SEMPBA at 774-773-9982 or email <a href="mailto:sempba@pinebarrensallilance.org">sempba@pinebarrensallilance.org</a>.</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><div>Find out more about this interactive Forum at the Southeastern Massachusetts Pine Barrens Alliance (SEMPBA)** Forum Webpage <a href="http://pinebarrensalliance.org/forumone.html">http://pinebarrensalliance.org/forumone.html</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>Or contact SEMPBA at <a href="mailto:sempba@pinebarrensalliance.org">sempba@pinebarrensalliance.org</a>; or stop by the SEMPBA Community Conservation Center, 204 Long Pond Road, Plymouth, MA 02360; Office Phone (774) 773-9982.</div><div><br></div><div>*Forum participants are invited to send up to three PowerPoint slides depicting your group's work for the Forum Introductory segment. SEMPBA will combine the slides into a single presentation and show them as you introduce your group. After the Forum, we will place the presentation on the SEMPBA website to highlight the participating groups.</div><div><br></div><div>**The Southeastern Massachusetts Pine Barrens Alliance (SEMPBA) is anon-profit volunteer organization dedicated to preserving the globally rare eco-region of southeastern Massachusetts. Our goal is to foster a regional approach to initiatives that will bring greater human and economic resources to the region to strengthen conservation efforts and raise awareness. We believe that by building an alliance of environmental groups for the sharing of resources and information, establishing a clearinghouse for research data, and serving as facilitators for conservation groups, businesses and government agencies, we can best serve the environment and the environmental community.</div><div><br></div><div>Check out the free SEMPBA Regional Conservation Directory - <a href="http://pinebarrensalliance.org/directory.html">http://pinebarrensalliance.org/directory.html</a></div></div><div><br><div>For inclusion in the SEMPBA Regional Directory, email the SEMPBA Data Specialists at <a href="mailto:sempba@pinebarrensalliance.org">sempba@pinebarrensalliance.org</a>.</div><div><br></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></div></body></html>