The Platte River near Lincoln, NE

Image courtesy of Nebraska Division of Travel and Tourism

You are cordially invited to join us in Lincoln, Nebraska for the 2006 joint meeting of the AAG Great Plains-Rocky Mountain Division and the West Lakes Division. Geographers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in collaboration with colleagues in the West Lakes Division are structuring a full program of invited and contributed papers (oral and poster papers) and field trips. Contributed papers on any topic related to geography are invited. It is not necessary to be a member of AAG to participate in the conference. In addition to paper and poster sessions, we are planning a number of special events including:

• opening reception at the University of Nebraska State Museum (http://www-museum.unl.edu/)
• plenary speakers including Dr. James R. Shortridge, University of Kansas, and Mr. Joel Sartore, photographer for National Geographic magazine
• selected papers published in a special issue of the journal Great Plains Research
• field trips focused on:
  • historical and urban geography of Lincoln
  • Nebraska City, the Arbor Day center and orchards and the Lewis & Clark museum
  • physical geography of the Lincoln area including Spring Creek Prairie and unique saline wetland
  • agricultural geography of eastern Nebraska including a visit to the James Arthur vineyard
  • ethnic landscapes of small town Nebraska
• student "breakfast with a mentor"
• student paper competition
• Geography Bowl

For additional information, please see the conference web site at http://calmit.unl.edu/aag/ or contact: