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The Xerces Society and the Northwest Biological Assessment Workgroup sponsor an annual workshop on the taxonomy of Pacific Northwest freshwater benthic macroinvertebrates. The workshops are organized to augment training for scientists associated with Pacific Northwest macroinvertebrate taxonomy and to seek consensus on standard levels of taxonomic effort to be applied in biomonitoring studies. Recognized specialists lecture on systematics, taxonomy and ecology of Pacific Northwest taxa, while hands-on sessions complement the lectures and increase interaction among taxonomists.

River jewelwing damselfly
Photograph by Jeff Adams

Odonata in Olympia
Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA
March 16-18, 2007

Guest specialists:
Odonata larvae - Dr. Kenneth Tennessen
Independent Consultant, Odonata, Wautoma, Wisconsin

Odonata adults - Dr. Dennis Paulson
Director Emeritus, Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound

Download a registration form

View the agenda

The workshop will be held in Lab 1, Room 3041 of Evergreen State College
Note: Lab 1 is located in the southwest corner of 'Red Square'

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The Xerces Society has reserved a block of rooms at the Clarion Hotel in downtown Olympia at a discounted rate. To reserve a room, call 1-800-367-7771.

Please contact sarina@xerces.org with any questions

Past Workshops
2006 - Gastropoda, Problem Taxa and NABS certification Exams - Missoula, MT
2005 - Ephemeroptera - Moscow, ID
2004 - Stoneflies and Crustacea - Forest Grove, OR (images)
2003 - Standards Revisited - Olympia, WA
2002 - Molluscs and Worms - Boise, ID
2001 - Standards - Portland, OR (images)
2000 - Aquatic Flies (Diptera) - Ellensburg, WA
1999 - Aquatic Beetles (Coleoptera) - Ellensburg, WA
1998 - Caddisflies (Trichoptera) - Corvallis, OR
1997 - Mayflies (Ephemeroptera) - Corvallis, OR

Contact
Sarina Jepsen (sarina@xerces.org)
Conservation Associate
Xerces Society
4828 SE Hawthorne Blvd.
Portland, OR 97215
phone: (503) 232-6639
fax: (503) 233-6794