August 14, 2009

In the Spotlight - Upcoming Annual Organization of Fish and Wildlife Information Managers Meeting

OFWIM Annual Conference & Business Meeting, September 14 - 17, 2009

The Organization of Fish and Wildlife Information Managers (OFWIM) is a non-profit organization whose goal is to promote the management and conservation of natural resources by facilitating technology and information exchange among fish and wildlife information managers.

The OFWIM holds an annual technical meeting in conjunction with its business meeting. Since the needs and interests of its members are quite diverse, topics vary widely from year to year. The theme this year is "Doing More With Less: Leveraging Resources and Technology Through Partnerships".

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Learn about Other Upcoming Meetings and Conferences Using the WDIN Event Calendar

If you are interested in staying current on upcoming wildlife disease related meetings, visit the Wildlife Disease Information Node searchable Event Calendar. The calendar can be browsed month-by-month or searched for specific meetings. Click on a meeting title and get information directly from the conference web site.

Is an Important Meeting Missing?

If you notice our calendar is missing an important meeting, please help your wildlife professional colleagues and email us the meeting url at wdin@usgs.gov.

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Note of Thanks!

Thanks to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution - Marine Mammal Center for responding to our call out to readers to share known wildlife disease manuals that we missed in last week's In the Spotlight segment. Their manual, Marine Mammal Necropsy: An introductory guide for stranding responders and field biologists [pdf], was added to the listing.