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BOISE STATE NEWS RELEASE/January 28, 2008

National Conference on Environmental History to be Held in Boise March 12-15

The American Society for Environmental History will hold its annual conference in Boise March 12-15. Boise State University is co-hosting the conference with sister research institutions Idaho State University and University of Idaho. All sessions will be held at the Boise Centre on the Grove, with field trips offered to several locations throughout the valley. A complete schedule of conference activities is available at www.aseh.net/conferences/current-conference.

Interested participants can register for the conference at http://printing.boisestate.edu/aseh. Reduced fees for early registration are in effect until Feb. 15. Early registration fees range from $95 for non-ASEH members to $40 for students or those registering for a single day. Special events such as the keynote banquet, field trips or discussion lunches are extra. Call (208) 426-4309 or e-mail lisabrady@boisestate.edu for more information.

In addition to panel discussions on topics ranging from environmental histories of Japanese internment camps to ecosystem management, the conference includes two special workshops: “No Longer on the Fringe: The Wildland Urban Interface as History,” from 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. March 12 at the National Interagency Fire Center; and “Using GIS for Environmental History: Teaching and Research,” from 8:30 a.m.-noon March 14 at the Idaho Water Center. There will also be a plenary session on “Climate Science and Environmental History” from 5:30-7 p.m. March 13 at the Basque Cultural Center, 601 Grove St.

Keynote speaker Mark Kurlansky will speak on “The Last Fish Tale” at 7:30 p.m. March 15 at the Boise Centre on the Grove. Kurlansky is the author of a number of popular books on environmental history, including “Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World,” and “The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell.” He also authored “The Basque History of the World” and “The Chosen Few: The Resurrection of European Jewry.”

Participants also may sign up for one of several field trips, ranging from a walking tour of Boise and the Greenbelt to a bus ride to Idaho City to explore the area’s historic mining history.

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Media Contact: Kathleen Craven, University Communications, (208) 426-3275, kcraven@boisestate.edu

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