CATSKILL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH & MONITORING CONFERENCE
The next cerm in 2025
We hope you will join us October 22-24, 2025 for the next CERM Conference.
Shared Ground: Collaborative Approaches to Catskills Environmental Research
The Catskill Forest Preserve may be ‘Forever Wild’ but that does not make it immune from stressors introduced from the outside.
CERM Co-Founder Morton Adams, Olive Natural Heritage Society
Join us for CERM 2025 from October 22-24
The Catskill Environmental Research & Monitoring (CERM) Conference brings together researchers and natural resource managers working in the Catskills to share study findings and identify plans to collaboratively meet science needs for the Catskills. The CERM Conference is an opportunity to gather for strategic conversations about environmental research and management. See presentations from CERM 2022 and past conferences.
At each conference we welcome abstracts on the conference theme, or any aspect of environmental research and monitoring in the Catskill region or research from other areas that is relevant to the Catskills. We encourage presentations that review the state of knowledge in a particular area of specialization, identify areas where research or monitoring is lacking, or discuss new research methods that could be applied to the Catskills.
We are accepting poster and platform presentation abstracts through early September 2025.
Conference topics include:
- Ecosystem Carbon Cycling in the Catskills
- Forest Mapping and Regeneration
- Stream Sediment Management & Monitoring
- New Technologies Changing Research
- Human Impacts on Public Lands
- Water Quality & Quantity
- Environmental Management Success Stories
- Biodiversity, Invasives, and Wildlife
Who should attend?
The conference is intended mainly for researchers, students, and resource managers working and studying in the Catskills, but anyone who would like to contribute or learn more about the region is welcome to attend.
Venue: Belleayre Mountain
The rebuilt and modernized Discovery Lodge is located on Belleayre Mountain in the heart of the Catskill Mountains. The Belleayre Mountain resort feature miles of hiking and skying trails and panoramic views of the mountains. Area accommodations range from boutique inns to bread & breakfast style lodges, cabins and short-term rentals. Nearby private and public campgrounds offer options for the adventurous.