April 14-19, 2024
Albuquerque, NM
We are pleased to announce an impressive presentation line-up for the 2024 National Conference on Ecosystem Restoration (NCER). Visit our Detailed Agenda & Posters page for more information!

Introduction

"Strengthening Restoration Through Collaboration"

The National Conference on Ecosystem Restoration (NCER) planning committee invites you to join us in Albuquerque, New Mexico! NCER features four days of presentations dedicated to both small and large scale ecosystem restoration. The conference opens Monday with a full day of talks focused on the region in which we are meeting - the desert southwest – where communities and ecosystems are on the front lines of climate change and drought. During the summer of 2022, the Rio Grande dried in Albuquerque for the first time in 40 years, while New Mexico’s largest wildfire in recorded history raged in the Santa Fe National Forest. In the neighboring Colorado River Basin, drought and climate change have sparked emergency water management negotiations while the largest reservoir in the United States is at its lowest level since 1937. In the face of these challenges, innovative partnerships have emerged to address dire threats, conserve, and restore ecosystems, and more effectively allocate water for fish, wildlife, and people. Where better for the ecosystem restoration community to gather, learn from each other, and advance and strengthen restoration through collaboration than in the face of unprecedented change?

Concurrent sessions on Tuesday through Thursday feature technical talks on large-scale and small-scale restoration in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems from across the country. Sessions are designed to provoke new ideas by engaging audience participants and facilitating interdisciplinary dialogue among experts, furthering our understanding of restoration challenges, lessons-learned, and future opportunities. Attendees will have a chance to make new connections, establish collaborations, discover potential new approaches, and gain valuable experience — just a few of the many benefits of participating in NCER!

The Albuquerque area also offers a variety of opportunities for field trip visits, and our downtown location boasts numerous places to gather and enjoy the nightlife along Route 66 — so plan to have some fun while you’re here!

We would also like to recognize and acknowledge that NCER 2024 will be happening on the ancestral, traditional, and contemporary lands of the Pueblo, Diné (Navajo), Apache, and other displaced Indigenous Peoples. Please take a moment to read our Full Land Acknowledgment.


A premier gathering of ecosystem restoration professionals from across the country, NCER is a collaborative effort, and we invite you to join us at the 2024 conference.

Should Acts of God or natural or public health emergencies prevent this event from being held in-person, conference sessions will be held virtually via Zoom.

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