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August 17, 2022 | Conferences, RRF

Covid Policy

COVID Policy 2022 Annual Meeting Fort Lauderdale, Florida USA RRF and our local host organizations recognize that the COVID virus, in one variant or another, will be a part of the environment at our upcoming meeting. Unfortunately, following the Governor of Florida’s recently issued executive orders (21-81 and 21-102), prohibiting government, businesses, and non-profits from… Continue reading

July 4, 2022 | Journal of Raptor Research, RRF

JRR Impact Factor Increase!

Great news from The Journal of Raptor Research! JRR’s journal impact factor jumped significantly to 1.518, with a ranking of 10 out of 29 (Q2) in the category of Ornithology. Thanks to the entire editorial staff for their hard work in improving the quality of science published in JRR. Now is a great time to… Continue reading

March 3, 2022 | Journal of Raptor Research, RRF

Journal of Raptor Research: Call for papers on Asian raptors

The Journal of Raptor Research is planning a special issue on the ecology and conservation of Asian raptors. Papers presented at the 2022 ARRCN virtual conference should be submitted for this issue, but all other relevant manuscripts are invited as well. Manuscripts addressing any aspect of the ecology and conservation of any Asian raptor species are… Continue reading

February 3, 2022 | Conferences, RRF

2022 Conference

Mark your calendars! Planning has begun for our first in-person meeting since Fort Collins way back in 2019! The meeting will take place in Fort Lauderdale on October 4th-9th. It will be a joint meeting with the Florida Ornithological Society and will be co-hosted by the Tropical and South Florida Audubon Societies. We haven’t worked… Continue reading

November 2, 2016 | RRF

RRF membership renewals in fall 2016

OSNA Membership Renewal Season Changes: As announced in an email from OSNA on October 11, OSNA’s membership database for the Association of Field Ornithologists, Raptor Research Foundation, Wilson Ornithological Society and American Ornithological Society (formerly AOU and COS), will move to a new cloud-based membership management system, MemberSuite. This new system will provide members with… Continue reading

November 2, 2015 | Conferences, RRF

Sacramento Conference Abstract and Program Book Available

The abstract and program book is now available online for this week’s annual conference in Sacramento, California. For more information on conference events and how to attend, visit https://raptorresearchfoundation.org/conferences/current-conference.

December 3, 2014 | Publications, RRF

November 2014 Edition of Wingspan Available

Read the newest Wingspan Newsletter online on the RRF website!

March 6, 2014 | Publications, RRF

March 2014 Edition of Wingspan Available

Read the newest Wingspan Newsletter online on the RRF website!

April 17, 2012 | Board, RRF

RRF Director Dr Fabrizio Sergio awarded the 2012 Watson Raptor Science Prize!

Congratulations to our Eurasian Director, Dr Fabrizio Sergio, who has been awarded the 2012 Watson Raptor Science Prize! This annual prize, established in the name of the late Donald & Jeff Watson, was set up to recognise the most outstanding, peer-reviewed scientific publication on raptor ecology, based on research undertaken in Europe. Fabrizio won for… Continue reading

November 18, 2011 | RRF

RRF Response to the Society for Ornithology

In response to the recent email about the proposed Society for Ornithology, the Raptor Research Foundation wrote a formal response and shared its perspectives with the rest of the OSNA community. RRF has rejected the concept of the SFO outright. Background information on the SFO can be found in the October 2011 Ornithological Newsletter and… Continue reading