THE PRESIDENT, DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS OF
THE EXPLORERS CLUB & ROLEX WATCH U.S.A., INC.
Request the honor of your company at the 2006 Lowell Thomas Awards Dinner DISCOVERIES IN THE TREETOPS
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Cipriani Wall Street, New York City

The Lowell Thomas Dinner awards are presented by Rolex and the President of The Explorers Club, to groups of explorers who have distinguished themselves in unique ways. This year’s honorees have made important discoveries in the world’s “canopies”, from rain forests, to jungles, to the tallest trees nestled in clouds, where a rich biodiversity hangs…in the treetops.

Seating for the dinner is on first-come, first-served basis; seating requests require advance payment.
For reservations, please contact The Explorers Club, Telephone: 212-628-8383; E-Mail: events@explorers.org.
More information or to reserve seats online: http://www.explorers.org/spec_events/ltd/ltd2006/ltd2006.php.

INVITATIONS TO BE MAILED IN AUGUST

91st ESA Annual Meeting in Memphis, Tennessee – August 6-11, 2006

The location of the 2006 ESA meeting is Memphis, Tennessee, the “Birthplace of Rock ‘n’ Roll” and “Home of the Blues”. In ecology, as in the music world, there are people whose ideas and work have become so widely accepted and established that they have achieved the status of icons – the ‘rock stars’ of ecology. This is apparent from the packed rooms of ESA meeting sessions in which these ecological rock stars are presenting. At the same time, there are also always people who bring new ideas or approaches to the study of ecology – the upstarts – and whose ideas may sometimes challenge those of the icons.

Read More

The Association for Tropical Biology (ATB) Annual Meeting:

The annual meeting in 2006 will be held, for the first time ever in China, from July 18-21, 2006. The theme of the meeting will be “Tropical Biology: meeting the needs of changing tropical ecosystems”. Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) will host the meeting at the Harbour Plaza-Kunming.

More Details

The Elmira Star-Gazette takes a look at the second Meg Lowman Treetop Camp at Tanglewood Nature Center:

A close look at nature was a way 12 girls could appreciate the opportunities around them as they attended the second Meg Lowman Treetop Camp at Tanglewood Nature Center and Museum this week.

The camp ended Friday afternoon with a glass-working session, a look at photographs the campers took earlier in the day and a gigantic water balloon fight.

Full Article