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Contact: Jan Fiderio 603.283.2107 jfidero@antioch.edu

March 28, 2011 for Immediate Release

CAM Net 2011 Rendezvous set for April 16-17 at Antioch University New England

Management innovation in lobster fisheries, New England forestry, is on program

(Keene, NH) - The fifth annual Collaborative Adaptive Management Network (CAMNet) Rendezvous will be held Saturday and Sunday, April 16-17, at Antioch University New England (AUNE).

The theme of the conference, Adaptive Governance in the Face of Environmental and Social Change, emphasizes emergent, place-based approaches to natural resources management. Attendees will look at innovation in three areas – fisheries, forestry and climate change action – during these panel sessions:

The Maine Lobster Fishery and New England Groundfishery. Panelists share lessons from the recovery of the Maine lobster fishery, how science informs management of this resource, and how management decisions are made.
Conservation and M anagement Across Boundaries and at Different Scales in the Northeast. Panelists give examples of collaborative, place-based approaches to resource conservation in New England community forestry.
Climate Adaptation. The panel explores adaptive governance and climate change on local, regional and state scales.

The keynote speaker is Kevin Moriarty, regional director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Other speakers include Ted Ames of Penobscot East Resource Center in Maine, Scholar in Residence at the Bowdoin College Coastal Studies Center and a MacArthur Fellow; and Lynn Scarlett, former deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior.

Charles Curtin, core faculty member in AUNE’ s Department of Environmental Studies, and Herman Karl, retired from the U.S. Geological Survey, are co-chairs of the planning committee for the conference and are also on the program. Jim Gruber, core faculty member in AUNE’ s Department of Environmental Studies, is on the local advisory committee.

Curtin proposed Keene as this year’s location to the CAMNet board. “ I wanted to bring the meetings that had largely been out West in the past to New England, where there are more locally-based examples of collaborative conservation and science,” Curtin said.

Sponsors of the conference are AUNE, PBS& J, the U.S. Geological Survey and the Platte River Recovery Implementation Program.

CAMNet began in 1999 as a network of practitioners, scientists, researchers and others who use adaptive management, which constantly adjusts to new scientific and socio- economic information, to solve problems in natural resources.

Find more information on the conference and registration here.

Find out more about CAMNet here.

About Antioch University New England (AUNE)
This is Antioch University New England's forty-seventh year as an institution of higher education. Located in Keene, New Hampshire, AUNE offers rigorous, practice-oriented, values-based master's, doctoral and certificate. Degrees in education, leadership and management, environmental studies and psychology reflect a dedication to activism, social justice, community service and sustainability. Antioch University New England is the oldest and largest of Antioch University's graduate campuses. For more information about Antioch University New England, visit our web site at: www.antiochne.edu.

About Antioch University
Antioch University is a five-campus university located in four states. Each campus has its own distinct academic programs, community life and regional or national identity. Antioch University is founded on principles of rigorous liberal arts education, innovative experiential learning and socially engaged citizenship. The multiple campuses of the University nurture in their students the knowledge, skills and habits of reflection to excel as lifelong learners, democratic leaders and global citizens who live lives of meaning and purpose. For more information about Antioch University's campuses, its university-wide PhD program, or the Antioch Education Abroad program, www.antioch.edu.

Last Updated: 4/10/11