The Natural Areas Journal is one of the leading voices in natural areas management and preservation. The Journal, published quarterly by the Natural Areas Association, provides a forum for communication among persons involved in the identification, preservation, protection and management of natural areas and natural diversity. Subscribers include: land and resource managers; federal, state and local government agencies; NGO managers and administrators; conservationists, botanists, conservation biologists, restoration ecologists, researchers, educators and students. The Natural Areas Journal includes peer-reviewed articles on applied conservation biology, ecological restoration, invasive and exotic species management, ecosystems, habitat protection, fire ecology and management, natural areas research and management, and biological and bio-diversity monitoring. Also published in the Natural Areas Journal are editorials, conference and workshop announcements, state and federal natural area activities, and book reviews.