Cochairs have been enlisted for three of the four Special Sessions at the 72nd North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference, which will be held next March in Portland, Oregon.

Jim Gladen, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation (jgladen@rmef.org), will cochair Conservation and the Fuels Game, with chair Tom Franklin (tfranklin@iwla.org). Evan Smith, The Conservation Fund (esmith@conservationfund.org), will cochair The Future of Wildlife of Private Forest Land: Going Out on a Limb, chaired by Susan Stein (sstein@fs.fed.us). Ron Regan, Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife (ron.regan@anr.state.vt.us), will cochair with chair John Cooper (John.Cooper@state.sd.us) Targets of Opportunity: State Wildlife Action Plans. Casting a Broader Net for Fisheries Management, is chaired by Virgil Moore (vmoore@idgf.state.id.us).

The Special Sessions were annotated in the June issue of the newsletter, and can be reviewed there. Persons who wish to be considered for presenting at any of the sessions, should contact the chair or cochair as soon as possible before the September 15 deadline for submission of abstracts.