The Natural Areas Association (NAA) is an engaged community of peers and colleagues who form a resource that can respond to questions, propose ideas, share methodologies and advance best practices. Natural Areas News is just one of the many ways we share reliable science, emerging challenges, best practices, and celebrate achievements.

NAA 2021 Year in Review

NAA is proud that we were able to continue to serve all of you through quality virtual programming that featured thought-provoking and practical scientific content through monthly webinars, symposia and the Natural Areas Conference. 

Peregrine Falcons Return to Finger Lakes, NY

Success for a decades-long project of The Cornell Lab of Ornithology to restore the Peregrine Falcon to their upstate New York habitat. The Peregrine Falcon has returned home!

Tom Smith VDCR Retires January 1, 2022

Tom Smith, Deputy Director of Operations, Virginia Department of Conservation & Recreation has retired. Click here to learn more as Tom reflects on his long career and considers what he would like to do next.

Dr. Eric Menges - Retired, But Not Done!

Eric Menges, Ph.D., retired from Archbold’s Plant Ecology Program on June 30, 2021, but he is far from done as he continues to serve as editor of the Natural Areas Journal and on the NAA Science Advisory Committee. 

Tennessee Department of Natural Areas Savage Gulf Prescribed Burn

Jason Miller, NAA Member, has shared a video showing the program's most recent prescribed burn. Tennessee Department of Natural Areas Savage Gulf Prescribed Burn, December 9, 2021

Member News

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NAA Member: Francis Kilkenny - U.S. Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station, Effects of Climate Change on Invasive Species, 2021

Team Member: Ohio Department of Natural Resources protects more land along the Olentangy State Scenic River, December 2021

Team Member: Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, Western Ridged Mussel Among Species Imperiled by Climate Change, December 2021

Team Member: Pacific Southwest Research Station & NAA Member, Hugh Safford, Postfire restoration framework for national forests in California, 2021

NAA Member: Edward Dekeyser, North Dakota State University - School of Natural Resources has published the following articles:

  • October 2021, Natural Areas Journal - Smooth Brome (Bromus inermis) Phenological Variability under Controlled Greenhouse Conditions
  • April 2021, Plants - Kentucky Bluegrass Invasion in the Northern Great Plains and Prospective Management Approaches to Mitigate Its Spread 
  • April 2021, Wetlands Ecology Management, Upland burning and grazing as strategies to offset climate-change effects on wetlands
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