IUCN/SCC Otter Specialist Group Bulletin
©IUCN/SCC Otter Specialist Group

Volume 9 Pages 1 - 16 (March 1994)

Congress Announcements
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RIVER OTTER SYMPOSIUM
21 September 1994
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

The Wildlife Society, as a result of a landmark decision, is hosting the First Annual Conference on 20-26 September 1994 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. As part of this conference, the Wildlife Society and the River Otter Alliance will be holding the "River Otter Symposium" on 21 September 1994. This will be the first conference on the Nearctic River Otter since the one held in Columbia, Missouri in 1984, hosted by the Missouri Department of Conservation.

The symposium will last approximately a half day and individual presentations are allowed to be 15-30 minutes in duration (including questions). Presentations on the following topics are encouraged: 1) populations parameters and status, 2) conservation and management strategies, 3) geographic distribution, home range, and territory size, 4) ecology and biology, 5) reintroduction and restocking programs, 5) harvest and mortality factors, and 6) habitat parameters and other important topics.

If you are interested in attending, contact Paul Polechla, Department of Biology and Wildlife, Kuskokwim Campus, P 0 Box 368, Bethel, Alaska 99559, USA; preferably by fax at + 1 907 5434527. Provide him with (1) your name, mailing address, and fax and phone numbers; (2) the proposed title of your presentation.

Please do not delay. The information is needed immediately.

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