The Esri Conservation Program is pleased to announce that Dr. J. Michael Fay has agreed to be Esri's new Africa Grants coordinator. Dr. Fay will be traveling all across the African continent exploring and identifying worthy conservation GIS projects, practitioners, and needs. He will be able to make Conservation GIS grants of Esri software, online training, and books directly to any person or program. Dr. Fay's work will also take in the development of new conservation GIS methods, models, and sources.

For more information, contact Charles Convis, Esri Conservation Program coordinator (e-mail: ecp2@esri.com; tel.: 909-793-2853, ext. 1-2488, Web: www.conservationgis.org).