AI is already shaping conservation work. The question is no longer whether it’s used, but how to use it responsibly. Our new Summary & Resources Brief provides practical tools to help organizations evaluate AI use and make values-aligned decisions. NAA Resource Store: bit.ly/NAAResourceS...

📣 Call for Proposals is OPEN The 2026 Natural Areas Conference (NAC26) is now accepting proposals for individual presentations, poster presentations, symposia, and more. Join other natural areas practitioners and researchers in Asheville, NC (Oct 5–8, 2026). Learn more: bit.ly/4ri6wBG

Join us for this 3-part webinar series exploring how conservation science, policy, & GIS shape today’s SWAPs. Hear from experts at Esri, @nationalwildlife.bsky.social & the Georgia DNR 📅 March 17 | April 28 | May 12, 2026 💚 FREE to attend thanks to generous support from Esri 🔗Link in profile

NAA members are invited to discuss how conservation orgs can pursue a balanced approach to AI while remaining mindful of the risks. Join us to explore assessments for meaningful applications, guiding principles to evaluate outcomes, practical recommendations & curated resources. bit.ly/4qkej1B

🌲 Natural Areas: A Key Part of Sustaining Old-growth 🌲 Join us for a webinar to explore opportunities for natural areas managers to serve as key stewards for retaining and recruiting old-growth forests. 📅 Feb 10, 2026 | ⏰ 12 pm ET 🔗 bit.ly/4qBD7m7

Join us for The Science of Saving Plants: Advancing Conservation Through Research and Collaboration on 1/20/26! Learn how The Center for Plant Conservation is expanding practitioners’ collective knowledge while building capacity and streamlining conservation efforts. Learn more: bit.ly/4q9u0cH

New on our YouTube channel! From the 2021 Natural Areas Conference (NAC21) series, this week we’re featuring Molly Martin (The Xerces Society) discussing how plant–pollinator communities respond to fire. 🔥Watch now: bit.ly/3YhZDEL 🔥Explore more from the conference: bit.ly/4qxiVSi

We're proud to announce our 2025 Annual Award recipients! Each of these individuals inspires us with their dedication and belief that caring for natural areas is both a responsibility and a calling. Learn more: bit.ly/48HWzXf

Join us on December 9, 2025, for Plants Out of Place: Communicating Effectively About Invasive Species. Explore how human perspectives shape our understanding and controversies around invasion biology. 🔗: bit.ly/44SXXFz

Don’t miss the latest drop in our Friday video release series! Restoring the Florida Coastal Everglades: Insights from Long-term Ecological Research & Management is now live on YouTube. Watch: bit.ly/4i8nFLe Conference agenda: bit.ly/3tyueBv

Join us on December 9, 2025, for Plants Out of Place: Communicating Effectively About Invasive Species. Explore how human perspectives shape our understanding and controversies around invasion biology. 🔗: bit.ly/44SXXFz

Join us on December 9, 2025, for Plants Out of Place: Communicating Effectively About Invasive Species. Explore how human perspectives shape our understanding and controversies around invasion biology. 🔗: bit.ly/44SXXFz

Check out the latest issue of the Natural Areas Journal - OUT NOW! bit.ly/4fNUKuZ

Join us on December 9, 2025, for Plants Out of Place: Communicating Effectively About Invasive Species. Explore how human perspectives shape our understanding and controversies around invasion biology. 🔗: bit.ly/44SXXFz

TODAY! Join NWF and partners at the Voices for Conservation Rally, where we will celebrate the incredible conservation scientists and stewards of wildlife and habitat, and stand in support of their critical work. Learn more: mobilize.us/s/Iss6D3

Join NWF and partners at the Voices for Conservation Rally, where we will celebrate the incredible conservation scientists and stewards of wildlife and habitat, and stand in support of their critical work. Learn more: mobilize.us/s/Iss6D3

NEW YOUTUBE RELEASE TODAY from the virtual symposium, Nature's Front Line: The Role of Natural Areas in Climate Resilience in Central Appalachian Forests. Check out the Panel Discussion, Part #2: bit.ly/3IB5bpG This symposium is possible thanks to support from the Colcom Foundation.

Join us on December 9, 2025, for Plants Out of Place: Communicating Effectively About Invasive Species. Explore how human perspectives shape our understanding and controversies around invasion biology. 🔗: bit.ly/44SXXFz

NEW YOUTUBE RELEASE TODAY from the virtual symposium, Nature's Front Line: The Role of Natural Areas in Climate Resilience in Central Appalachian Forests. Check out the Panel Discussion, Part #1: bit.ly/46Am64Q This symposium is possible thanks to support from the Colcom Foundation.

Early bird rates end TOMORROW! Join us at 12 p.m. on October 16, 2025, for White-Tailed Deer Management in Natural Areas: Exploring New Approaches to an Old Problem. Learn more: bit.ly/4mF3Pcg

NEW YOUTUBE RELEASE TODAY from the virtual symposium, Nature's Front Line: The Role of Natural Areas in Climate Resilience in Central Appalachian Forests. Check out the series: bit.ly/3IwxmWE This symposium is possible thanks to support from the Colcom Foundation.

Join us on September 30, 2025, for a webinar featuring a panel of practitioners from Missouri, Virginia and Arkansas who will highlight creative ways to address their needs for locally sourced, genetically appropriate seed. Learn more: bit.ly/4llfSL9

Natural Areas Association (NAA) seeks applicants for its board of directors. Apply today to support a growing organization that serves land-management practitioners who protect biodiversity in ecologically significant landscapes. Learn more: bit.ly/3KQI4Vz

Check out the latest open-access article from the Natural Areas Journal: bit.ly/3I3Jo9L

Join us on September 30, 2025, for a webinar featuring a panel of practitioners from Missouri, Virginia and Arkansas who will highlight creative ways to address their needs for locally sourced, genetically appropriate seed. Learn more: bit.ly/4llfSL9

DUE TODAY! Do you know an individual/group who has significantly advocated for and advanced research, methods, or policy approaches that advanced the identification/protection of natural areas? Honor these valuable contributions by submitting a nomination for NAA's annual awards. bit.ly/40kmy1s

Do you know an individual/group who has significantly advocated for and advanced research, methods, or policy approaches that advanced the identification/protection of natural areas? Honor these valuable contributions by submitting a nomination for NAA's annual awards. Due TOMORROW! bit.ly/40kmy1s

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN! This 3-hour virtual symposium convenes leading practitioners who have spent decades focused on high white-tailed deer populations as a leading cause of reductions in local biodiversity and a major factor in the prevention of forest regeneration. Learn more: bit.ly/4mF3Pcg

The sound science and programs that protect our wildlife, air, and water are being quickly and drastically eliminated by the federal government–threatening the species and people we love. Join the National Wildlife Federation and partners at 1 p.m. ET TOMORROW! Register/Learn more: bit.ly/3HUqcei

Join us TODAY for a webinar on utilizing low-tech process-based restoration (LTPBR) techniques, including “gully stuffing,” to restore hydrologic and ecologic processes to riverine systems. Learn more: bit.ly/3U9sY1L

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN! This 3-hour virtual symposium convenes leading practitioners who have spent decades focused on high white-tailed deer populations as a leading cause of reductions in local biodiversity and a major factor in the prevention of forest regeneration. Learn more: bit.ly/4mF3Pcg

Check out the latest issue of the Natural Areas Journal - OUT NOW! bit.ly/4fNUKuZ

Join us on September 30, 2025, for a webinar featuring a panel of practitioners from Missouri, Virginia, Arkansas, and Kansas City, who will highlight creative ways to address their needs for locally sourced, genetically appropriate seed. Learn more: bit.ly/4llfSL9

Check out our latest YouTube release, Long-Term Research to Support Prairie Conservation in a Changing World, presented by John Blair, Ph.D., Director, Konza Prairie Biological Station; Distinguished Professor, Division of Biology, Kansas State University: bit.ly/4fLKkw0

Join us on August 26, 2025, for a webinar on utilizing low-tech process-based restoration (LTPBR) techniques, including “gully stuffing,” to restore hydrologic and ecologic processes to riverine systems. Learn more: bit.ly/3U9sY1L

Check out today’s YouTube release, Ethnobotany and the Engagement of People in Prairie Restoration and Conservation, presented by Kelly Kindscher, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Kansas Bio Survey & Center for Ecological Research: bit.ly/457xynJ

SAVE THE DATE! Join us for a three-hour virtual symposium to explore the role of white-tailed deer management in promoting forest health and biodiversity, while showcasing innovative, forward-looking strategies from practitioners across the field. More details and registration coming soon.

Join us on September 30, 2025, for a webinar featuring a panel of practitioners from Missouri, Virginia, Arkansas, and Kansas City, who will highlight creative ways to address their needs for locally sourced, genetically appropriate seed. Learn more: bit.ly/4llfSL9

Join us on August 26, 2025, for a webinar on utilizing low-tech process-based restoration (LTPBR) techniques, including “gully stuffing,” to restore hydrologic and ecologic processes to riverine systems. Learn more: bit.ly/3U9sY1L

NOW AVAILABLE & OPEN ACCESS! Invasive Species Compendium: An Offering to Aid in Your Work and a Call to Action, a special publication from NAA's Natural Areas Journal. 79 manuscripts curated from over 10 years of work! Learn more/get access to this resource. Link in profile.

Join us on September 30, 2025, for a webinar featuring a panel of practitioners from Missouri, Virginia, Arkansas, and Kansas City, who will highlight creative ways to address their needs for locally sourced, genetically appropriate seed. Learn more: bit.ly/4llfSL9

Join us on August 26, 2025, for a webinar on utilizing low-tech process-based restoration (LTPBR) techniques, including “gully stuffing,” to restore hydrologic and ecologic processes to riverine systems. Learn more: bit.ly/3U9sY1L

The latest Natural Areas News is here! Timely updates, science-backed insights, and conservation wins in one place. Stay connected to the people and practices protecting our natural areas. Learn more: bit.ly/4khl6Gd

NOW AVAILABLE & OPEN ACCESS! Invasive Species Compendium: An Offering to Aid in Your Work and a Call to Action, a special publication from NAA's Natural Areas Journal. 79 manuscripts curated from over 10 years of work! Learn more/get access to this resource. Link in profile.

Join NAA for a webinar to explore a case study from the California Channel Islands. Learn about Cal-IBIS, the California Islands Biodiversity Information System, and how data sharing across regions and disciplines can accelerate conservation. Learn more: bit.ly/4cIMKJW

What is #EcologicalConservatism? Zinnen et al. (2025) take an in depth look at #Conservatism, an important concept underlying #Floristic Quality Assessment (FQA). #FQA inputs are coefficients of conservatism (C-values), but what do they really mean?? bioone.org/journals/nat... (Image shows Figure 1)

What is Ecological Conservatism? Zinnen et al. (2025) take an in depth look at Conservatism, an important concept underlying Floristic Quality Assessment (FQA). FQA inputs are coefficients of conservatism (C-values), but what do they really mean?? bioone.org/journals/nat... (Image is Figure 1)

What's your preferred method for treating #stiltgrass? In the new #NaturalAreas Journal #InvasiveSpecies Compendium Frey & Schmidt (2015) discuss their use the #grass-specific #herbicide #Sethoxydim. Check it out! Find the compendium here: (link in bio) bit.ly/AccessNAAISC

Featuring many articles including Frey & Schmidt (2015) discussing their use the #grass-specific #herbicide #Sethoxydim. Check it out! Find the compendium here: (link in bio) bit.ly/AccessNAAISC Have another preference? NAJ is always looking for new submissions!

How does #restoration influence #invert communities on #coastaldunes? Key take home from Reading et al. (2025) in the latest #NaturalAreas Journal: You'll find more #invertebrates and greater #diversity on restored dunes! #coastal #dune #insects #lighttrap #pitfall bioone.org/journals/nat...