National Environment Studies and

Two afternoon breakout sessions consisting of 1) eight moderator led sessions, 2) two contributed oral sessions, and 3) two professional development workshops for student attendees

Arkansas BBQ Social

FRIDAY

Registration

Contributed Poster Session

Keynote Address

Keynote Address Breakout

Two afternoon breakout sessions consisting of 1) eight moderator led sessions, 2) two contributed oral sessions, and 3) two professional development workshops for student attendees

SATURDAY

Jonesboro to Memphis International Coaches

Field Trips of Surrounding Area

SUNDAY

Jonesboro to Memphis International Coaches

Abstract Submissions

Abstracts are Now due bY April 30 2008

Call for Contributed Oral and Poster Abstracts

3^rd Annual National Environmental Studies and Sciences Summit
Jonesboro, Arkansas
May 22-24, 2008
We invite submission of abstracts for contributed oral and poster presentations at the 3^rd Annual National Environmental Studies and Sciences Summit. The meeting will be held May 22-24, 2008, in Jonesboro, Arkansas at Arkansas State University.

Abstracts that address all aspects of environmental studies and sciences are welcome including submissions reporting interdisciplinary work, that address communication with broad audiences, or that explore ways of teaching environmental topics at any level, especially addressing innovations in career, curricula, and research agendas.

Note: We invite nominations for student presentations: posters on innovations in research, community service and environmental education. Following these poster presentations, these students are strongly encouraged to discuss their innovations during a breakout session as to how their innovations help improve the current trend in that area. All student presentations will be considered for best presentation awards.

Please adhere to the following guidelines in preparing and submitting your abstract.

Call for Contributed Oral and Poster Abstracts

CLICK BELOW TO SUBMIT AN ABSTRACT

Abstract Submission Form (Requires Adobe Acrobat 7.0 or Later)

Note, if you have problems, you are welcome to submit an abstract via an MS Word Document to: achristian@astate.edu

Abstract Submission Problems: email Dr. Alan Christian at: achristian@state.edu

Registration Information

Professional pre-registration has been set at $150.00

On site professional registration has been set at $200.00

Student pre- registration has been set at $75.00

On site student registration has been set at $125.00

Web page registration will be available from 3 March 2008 to 15 May 2008

Registration Page Link (Secure Server; Requires Internet Explorer 6.0 to 7.0)

Note, if you have problems, you are welcome to submit registration information via an MS Word Document (please copy and paste from submission page) to:

kmarshall@astate.edu

Registration Problems: email Kimberly Marshall at: kmarshall@astate.edu

Accommodations Information

There are two options for lodging accommodations: 1) reduced rate university single occupancy residence hall rooms and 2) traditional hotel rooms. University resident hall rooms must be reserved through the registration page, while the traditional hotel rooms you need to call to make reservations

Reserve Through Registration Page Only

ASU New Graduate Resident Hall Rooms

Block of 80 Rooms:

Phone Number: 870-972-3134

Location: ASU Campus

Reservation Questions: Ask for Kimberly Marshall

Conference Rate: $19.00 plus 8% tax / night

Held until: 30 April 2008

On Your Own For Reservations

Quality Suites

Quality Suites Jonesboro - Web Page

Block of 45 Rooms: 25 Double, 20 Singles

Phone Number: 870-802-3212

Location: 2909 Kazi Street

Reservation Code: Environmental Studies and Science Summit

Conference Rate: $69.99 plus 12% tax / night

Held Until: 20 April 2008

Holiday Inn

Holiday Inn Jonesboro - Web Page

Block of 45 Rooms

Phone Number: 870-935-2030

Location: 3006 South Caraway Road

Reservation Code: Environmental Studies and Science Summit

Conference Rate: $75.00 plus 13% tax / night

Held until: 20 April 2008

Holiday Inn Express

Holiday Inn Express Jonesboro - Web Page

Block of 45 Rooms: 45 Double

Phone Number: 870-932-5554

Location: 2407 Phillips Drive

Reservation Code: Environmental Studies and Science Summit

Conference Rate: $85.00 plus 13% tax / night

Held until: 20 April 2008

Field Trip Information

We are offering 4 field trips, 1 on Friday, 23 May, and 3 on Saturday the 24th of May. More detailed information will follow, but they are:

Forrest L. Wood Crowley’s Ridge Nature Center

Friday, 23^rd May 2008, 5:30 to 7:30 pm (First come basis; Min: 10, Max 80;)

The Crowley’s Ridge Nature Center offers visitors the chance to experience and explore a unique piece of North America and its wildlife. This diverse site offers a trail and boardwalk about a quarter-mile long through wetlands, forest and prairie. It offers a view of a prairie and a seasonally flooded bottomland forest that once dominated the natural landscape of the Delta. The Center also provides an interactive movie that reveals the natural forces that formed the 200-mile-long ridge dividing the otherwise flat Arkansas Delta. It introduces visitors to Arkansas’ native wildlife and habitat, much of which still roams our wooded areas. http://www.crowleysridge.org/

The Nature Center will open exclusively for our Summit tour and we will travel 10 minutes from ASU campus to reach the Center.

Total time: 2 hrs

Cost: $10

Includes transportation to and from the Nature Center

Blanchard Springs Caverns of the Ozark – Saint Francis National Forrest

Saturday, 24 May 2008, 8/9 am to 3/4 pm (First come basis: 15 min; 30 max):

Blanchard Spring Caverns is one of Arkansas’s great natural wonders. This cave is full of every kind calcite formation that can be found in limestone caves. You will get to witness small delicate snow white coral like formations to large flowstones and stalagmites. The guided tour will take you though two major rooms in the upper levels of the cavern. The Cathedral room is large enough to hold more the three football fields! You may also have a chance to observe unique and rare cave life such as cave crickets and salamanders usually only found in a few caves worldwide! The Temperature is a constant 58 degrees and Fahrenheit with humidity close to a 100% so guests should dress accordingly. This tour is handicap accessible which covers four/tenths of a mile with many areas to sit and rest on the way. There will be a total of fifty stair steps on the entire tour; person with disabilities may avoid steps by taking alternative trails bypassing some formations. Persons with wheel chair must have two guest accompanying him/herself during the tour and give advance notice to the Summit Committee.

The Blanchard Spring Caverns field trip will take approximately the whole day. Costs cover round trip transpiration from Jonesboro, a box lunch, admission into the cave and guided dripstone tour. For more information on Blanchard Spring Caverns’ Dripstone tour please visit them online at: http://www.fs.fed.us/oonf/ozark/recreation/dripstone_tour.html

Total time: ~7-8 hrs

Cost: $30

Includes transportation to and from field site, admission, and a boxed lunch

Cache River Bird Watching Field Trip

Saturday, 24 May 2008, 6 am to 11 am (First come basis; min. 10, max. 15)

This field trip will be a bird watching, canoeing, and lecture field trip to the Cache River at State Highway 17. This will be a 1.5 hour trip to the Cache River, 2 hours of bird watching and a lecture on the history of the recent Ivory Billed Woodpecker discovery, and a 1.5 hour trip back to Jonesboro. Participants will leave early in the morning on the 24th and return around noon. Led by Dr. James Bednarz.

Total time: ~5 hrs

Cost: $40

Includes transportation to and from field site, canoe, and a boxed breakfast and lunch

Judd Hill Plantation

Saturday, 24 May 2008, 9 am to 1 pm ( First come basis: 15 min;40 max):

The Judd Hill Plantation, in Poinsett County, Arkansas, is a showcase active farming operation that has been in continuous cotton production since the 1920s. It epitomized the evolution of agriculture in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain, commonly known as the Delta, during the twentieth century. The plantation was purchased in the mid-1920s for its valuable timber; and its owners soon drained the land, cleared the timber and utilized the rich alluvial soil for cotton and other crops. The cotton plantation currently has modern irrigation techniques and mechanized technology and boasts trial varieties of cotton. This plantation was left in trust to Arkansas State University by the heir of the original owner and is used for extensive agricultural and environmental research.

This tour will travel 25 minutes to Judd Hill Plantation and will stop along the Dixie Cotton Gin to observe an operational cotton gin. http://www.juddhillplantation.org/

Total time: ~4 hrs

Cost: $25

Includes transportation to and from field site and a steak lunch
on the Plantation grounds.
Lunch is compliments of the Mr. Mike Gibson and Judd Hill Foundation.

Airport Information

The nearest major Airport is Memphis International (MEM) Airport in Memphis, TN, which is approximately 80 miles from Jonesboro, Arkansas.

Memphis International Airport Web Page

Jonesboro does have a municipal airport (JBR) which is currently serviced by flights from Dallas / Fort Worth.

AIRPORT TRANSPORTATION INFORMATION

We will be providing, for a fee of $25 each way ($50.00 round trip), travel from Memphis International Airport on Wednesday 21 May 2008, and to Memphis International Airport on Saturday and Sunday (24th and 25th) via chartered coaches. These coaches will run 2 to 3 times per day, so there will likely be 2-4 hours of waiting at the Memphis Airport.

Initial charter shuttles needs should be reported on the registration form.

There is an alternative shuttle service, Sonrise Shuttle, that provides an alternative shuttle service to and from Memphis.

Sonrise Shuttle Schedule and Web Page