Tours will be on July 25th. The headquarters hotel is the Renaissance Worthington. The conference includes workshops, concurrent sessions, symposia, posters, plenary sessions, and technical tours designed to raise the awareness of conference participants to recent developments in the science and art of natural resource conservation and environmental management on working land – the largely privately-owned land comprising working farms, ranches, forests, and rural and urban communities.

The primary focus of training and presentations at the conference is on the science and art of natural resource conservation and environmental management in agroecosystems. We also welcome and encourage reports of knowledge gained from management of parks, wildlife refuges, and other land uses that contribute to earth's ability to provide the necessary complement of ecosystem services.

This year, the reception in the Exhibit Hall (with the silent auction, poster presenters, cash bar, and appetizers) will be held on Monday beginning at 5:00 p.m. – immediately following the last set of presentations and symposia sessions for the day. We will be hosting the conference welcome reception on Sunday evening at the Botanical Research Institute of Texas. Both events are included with a standard attendee registration.