• Understanding the Bay-Delta: A Tour -- June 19-21, San
Francisco Bay and Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, Calif. On a
three-day tour by bus, houseboat and ferry, UC Cooperative
Extension and state and federal resource people will discuss
significant features in the Delta and Bay region, where key state
water issues have involved UC Davis researchers and alumni.
Media contact, Judy Wheatley, Water Education Foundation, (916)
444-6240, wateredfdn@aol.com.
• Ecology, Conservation and Management of Vernal Pool
Ecosystems -- June 19-21, Sacramento, Calif. About 400 people
are expected to tackle the preservation and planning issues of the
unique and threatened habitat of vernal pools. UC Davis
researchers will give the keynote address as well as papers on soil-
forming processes, grazing and diversity, invertebrate biodiversity,
and specialist pollinators of showy flowers. Contact: Bill Hull,
Western Section, The Wildlife Society, (510) 465-4962.
• Neurobehavioral Teratology Society -- June 23-26, Keystone,
Colo. Researchers will discuss the latest findings about effects of
drugs and environmental chemicals on brain development in
fetuses and infants and latent impacts upon aging brain function.
Other presentations update the effects of cocaine and
environmental tobacco smoke. Media contact: Mari Golub,
adjunct professor in the UC Davis medical school, (916) 752-5119,
msgolub@ucdavis.edu.
• Pacific Division, American Association for the Advancement
of Science -- June 23-27, San Jose State University, Calif. UC
Davis researchers will speak at sessions on agriculture and air
quality; water conservation in horticulture; California population,
agriculture and the environment; and native plant conservation.
Media contact: Alan Leviton, (415) 752-1554.
• From Cumulative Impacts Toward Sustainable Solutions:
Critical Methodologies for the Study of Ecosystem Health --
Sept. 9-11, Davis, Calif. Sponsored by the UC Davis Center for
Ecological Health Research, program highlights will include an
overview of ecological risk assessment and ecosystem health,
distribution and transport of air pollutants in California
ecosystems, and endocrine disorders in fish and their related
effects. Media contact: Cheryl Smith, (916) 752-5028,
csmith@ucdavis.edu.
• American Association for the Advancement of Science --
Feb. 13-18, 1997, Seattle, Wash. Many UC Davis researchers are
expected to participate in this popular annual meeting discussing
scientific developments and public policy issues. Media contact:
Robin Perkins, AAAS, (202) 326-6440, rperkins@aaas.org.