Meeting Announcements

• February - 2010 SBDN Annual Meeting/Colloquium
• March - 2010 Big-Eared Bats Symposium
• June - 90^th American Society of Mammalogists
• July - 9^th Annual Bat Blitz
• October - 40^th North American Society for Bat Research

15^th ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SOUTHEASTERN BAT DIVERSITY NETWORK AND 20^th COLLOQUIUM ON CONSERVATION OF MAMMALS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES
February 18-19, 2010
Asheville, NC

Program Dates
SBDN general meeting, Thursday afternoon, February 18, 2010
SBDN Board meeting, Thursday morning, February 18, 2010
SOCIAL Thursday night, February 18, 2010
COLLOQUIUM all day Friday, February 19, 2010

For registration form, meeting information and updates, go to our 2010 Meeting information page.

We look forward to seeing you in Asheville NC, February 2010!

BIG-EARED BATS SYMPOSIUM 2010
March 9 - 10, 2010
Athens, Georgia

Mark Your Calendars!

The Southeastern Bat Diversity Network will host a Symposium on Conservation and Management of Big-eared Bats (Corynorhinus) in the Eastern United States in Athens, Georgia on March 9-10, 2010. The program will include one and a half days of invited and solicited presentations (oral and poster) covering the three taxa of big-eared bats in the eastern United States (Ozark Big-eared Bat, Virginia Big-eared Bat, and Rafinesque's Big-eared Bat). The symposium will target land managers, researchers, natural resources administrators, and students interested in the biology, ecology, conservation, and management of eastern big-eared bats.

For more information, visit the symposium web site at http://warnell.forestry.uga.edu/big_eared_bats/ or contact Steven Castleberry at scastle@warnell.uga.edu.

2010 ANNUAL ASM
June 11 - 15, 2010
Laramie, WY

The 2010 meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists will be held at the University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming. Registration and abstract submission will open 1 February. For information on tentative agenda, online registration, lodging, etc, visit the 2010 Annual ASM web site.

9^th ANNUAL BAT BLITZ
July 25 - 29, 2010
Fort Mountain State Park
Chattahoochee Natl. Forest
Chatsworth, GA

Get your gear ready for the 9^th Annual Bat Blitz ! The blitz will take place in Fort Mountain State Park which is 7 miles east of Chatsworth on Highway 52 ( additional park description and Google map here ). The blitz is sponsored by Georgia's Department of Natural Resources, USDA Forest Service and SBDN. It will be hosted by Trina Morris whom you can contact at katrina.morris@dnr.state.ga.us. Please, visit our 2010 Bat Blitz page for updates. Thanks!

40^th ANNUAL NASBR
October 27 - 30, 2010
Denver, CO

Please, check back later for more info or visit NASBR.