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The Nature Conservancy Matador Ranch Land/Science Symposium On Tap June 12

The 9th Annual Matador Ranch Science and Land Management Symposium is set for Wednesday, June 12, from 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM, at The Nature Conservancy Matador Ranch in north central Montana. The symposium offers an opportunity to engage researchers and land managers (private landowners, agency, and non-profit), with presentations focused on current or recently completed research. Examples of presentation topics include land management tools and innovations, and opportunities for cooperation between conservation and ranching communities in the grasslands and sagebrush steppe in the northern Great Plains and beyond. For more information contact Brian Martin at TNC or Jolynn Messerly, Matador Ranch Operations Administrator via email at jmesserly@tnc.org, or 406-673-3344 (Office) or 406-945-0378 (Cell). Presentation titles and short summaries are due by May 17.