August 2009

	Bug Day 2009 Aug 22, 2009 The Idaho Botanical Garden and Orma J. Smith Museum of Natural History present an Entomological Extravaganza! The event will be held at the Idaho Botanical Garden, 2355 N. Penitentiary Road (Off Warm Springs Avenue), Boise, Idaho. Join in the fun as the Garden goes "buggy"! Visit different insect related booths to earn your “Certificate of Bugology”. Play Insect Bingo, go on an Insect Safari, participate in the Insect Olympics, make crafts and get a tattoo. There will be live bugs, edible bugs, and bring your own bug for identification. Meet the expert entomologists and other people in the know about the insects we see crawling along the ground and flying through the air. Sip some Bug Juice to top off the day at this fantastic family event! Telephone contact: 208- 343-8649 Elizabeth Dickey, Education Director via e-mail Eilzabeth Dickey Idaho Botanical Garden

September 2009

	The National Parks: America's Best Idea -- Preview Sept 2, 2009 This six-episode series about our National Parks took over six years to film. A "sneak" preview will be shown from 6-8 pm at the Herrett Center for Arts & Science, 315 Falls Avenue, Twin Falls . Space is limited and the RSVP target was August 26, but check the contact below for possible open seats. Directed by Ken Burns and written and co-produced by Dayton Duncan, the series itself will premiere Sunday, September 27, 2009 at 8:00 p.m. on Idaho Public Television. Filmed in spectacular locales from Acadia to Yosemite, the Everglades of Florida to the Gates of the Arctic in Alaska, the series celebrates the notion that the most special places in the nation should be preserved, not for royalty or the rich, but for everyone. Contact: Phone (208) 373-7328 or via e-mail. e-mail Contact Idaho Public Television

	ISRC Annual Respiratory Conference Sept 3-4, 2009 This annual conference of Idaho Society for Respiratory Care will be held at the Red Lion Inn, Twin Falls, ID. Part of the conference will cover Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), part will cover infant and pediatric topics, and there will be other topics. (Updates on lectures and topics will be included later.) Contact the Conference committee chairman, Michael Allen, via e-mail or visit ISRC meeting web page. e-mail Contact ISRC Meetings

	Fall Meeting -- Idaho Society of Health-System Pharmacists September 25-27, 2009 Meeting to be held in Sun Valley, Idaho. "ACPE Accredited Continuing Pharmacy Education." There will also be a separate technicians program. ISHP primarily supports and represents the interests of those pharmacists and pharmacy technicians who practice in hospitals, nursing homes, institutions, medical clinics and other such "health systems." About one-third of all practicing pharmacists work in these health-systems. ISHP is the only pharmacy association in Idaho that provides ACPE-accredited CE, which is required by Idaho law. XXXXXXXX More information.

October 2009

	Examining Ecohydrological Feedbacks -- AGU Chapman Conference October 4-8, 2009 The primary program of next "Chapman Conference" of the American Geophysical Union will be held in Sun Valley, Idaho. A field trip based in Boise is also planned on Oct 4 -- see the "Travel & Venue Details" link for more information. The purpose of this Chapman conference is to examine the ecohydrological feedbacks of landscape change along elevation gradients in semiarid regions. We will explicitly examine the ecohydrological changes taking place in these landscapes, across elevation and precipitation gradients. Our goal is to help scientists from different disciplinary backgrounds and land managers better understand and address the substantial changes occurring in semiarid landscapes. Travel & Venue Details Conference Web Site

March 2010

	Annual Meeting and Symposium -- IAS March 11-13, 2010 The Annual Meeting and Symposium of the Idaho Academy of Science with be held on the campus of the College of Southern Idaho in Twin Falls. The program is still being developed, but more information should be available shortly. CSI Academic Programs