The University of New Mexico’s Department of Geography will host a lecture by Kurt Menke, a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) specialist with the Earth Data Analysis Center (EDAC).
In his lecture titled, “Conservation GIS in New Mexico,” Menke will discuss the role of Geographic Information Systems and Geospatial Analysis in Conservation in New Mexico.
The lecture will be held Tuesday, Feb. 10, from 7 to 8 p.m. at the UNM Science and Technology Research Park auditorium located at 800 Bradbury S.E. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Menke’s numerous projects at EDAC range from local to global and cover a broad range of topics including transportation, communications, natural resource management and health care.
Menke also works independently with several non-profit conservation groups focusing on GIS as it applies to ecological conservation initiatives. He has worked with the New Mexico Wilderness Alliance, the Wildlands Project, The Re-Wilding Institute, the Border Cats Working Group, the Southern Rockies Ecosystem Project and Forest Guardians, helping them to design maps and conduct spatial analyses to promote their conservation efforts.
Recent accomplishments include the completion of a statewide Bureau of Land Management Wilderness Inventory document that included more than 200 detailed maps and numerous statistics, completion of the New Mexico Highlands Wildlands Network Vision and the Southern Rockies Wildlands Network Vision. Menke also currently serves as Secretary of the New Mexico Geographic Information Council.
Contact: Steve Carr (505) 277-1821
Posted by kwentworth at February 5, 2004 10:58 AM