Welcome to the July newsletter. I hope you enjoy the first newsletter to be uploaded on the new website. This issue contains lots of information about rangeland happenings including reports from the recent ARS Conference in Alice Springs and the Annual General Meeting held in May. Don Burnside has also written a fitting tribute to David Wilcox, Inaugural President of the ARS, following his passing earlier this year.
Welcome to our new ARS President, David Phelps. In this article David highlights some recent and upcoming events of interest to our readers.
I am very pleased to report that the most recent ARS Conference, held in Alice Springs in April, was a great success. Find out what you missed by reading the reports from the Organising Committee and from Andrew Ash and Kate Forrest, who were given the task of summarising the major themes discussed at the Conference.
On April 11 2015, David Wilcox AM died and thus we lost one of the giants of rangeland science and management in Australia, and a pivotal figure in the history and life of the Australian Rangeland Society.
At the Annual General Meeting of the Society in May, a number of changes were made to the ARS Council including the changeover of President from John Taylor to David Phelps. Meet all the new and returning members of Council here.
Ron Hacker’s update from the Publications Committee includes information on the new website, new Associate Editors for The Rangelands Journal and the upcoming move to digital production only for the Range Management Newsletter
Are you planning some rangelands-related research or looking to attend a rangeland-related conference in 2017? Have you thought about applying for an ARS Award? Potential applicants are encouraged to check the guidelines and see if they qualify – applications are due before 30 November.
There are a number of conferences coming up in the next year which may be of interest to ARS members.
The 2014 Annual General Meeting of the Australian Rangeland Society was held on the 27 May 2015. The President’s Report and Financial reports tabled at this meeting both give an excellent review of the Society’s operations during the 2014 year.
We would like to welcome the following people to the Australian Rangeland Society
2015 membership subscriptions were due by 1st April.
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