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April 2007
Conference Calendar New England Region
Conferences (in chronological order)
2nd National Conference on Ecosystem Restoration (NCER) The Spirit of Cooperation
The purpose of 2nd NCER is to provide a forum for physical, biological, and social scientists, engineers, resource managers, planners and policy-makers to share their knowledge and research results concerning ecosystem restoration throughout the United States. The public forum will exchange information and "lessons learned" on opportunities for and challenges of achieving ecosystem restoration through partnership. Conference participants will have the opportunity to learn about multi-scale ecosystem restoration programs (e.g., Missouri River, Great Lakes, Everglades, San Francisco Bay/Delta, Chesapeake Bay Columbia River, Louisiana Coastal Area, Puget Sound, Mississippi River) and what has contributed to success, as well as lessons learned from these programs. The roles of policy, planning and science in establishing goals and performance expectations for achieving successful and sustainable ecosystem restoration will be explored. Successful partnerships and means to leverage resources will be an important component of these meetings.
Date: April 22-27, 2007
Location: Kansas City, MO, Hyatt Regency Crown Center
Sponsor: USACE, USGS, University of Florida
Website: http://www.conference.ifas.ufl.edu/NCER2007/
Contact: Beth Miller Tipton at bmt@ufl.edu
Fish and Wildlife Conference: Putting the Pieces Together: The Ecosystem Approach to Habitat Conservation and Multi-species Management, and the Importance of Partnerships
Connecticut is pleased to host the 63rd Northeast Fish and Wildlife Conference this year in Mystic on April 22-25. The theme of this years Conference is "Putting the Pieces Together: The Ecosystem Approach to Habitat Conservation and Multispecies Management, and the Importance of Partnerships." The theme addresses a regional ecosystem approach to fish and wildlife management with the integration of comprehensive wildlife conservation strategies with ongoing State and Federal agency programs. Speakers from around the country will present their views and experiences on the subject.
Date: April 22-25, 2007
Location: Mystic Marriott Hotel, Mystic/Groton, CT
Sponsors: USFWS, Ducks Unlimited, National Wild Turkey Federation, and more
Website: www.neafwa.org
New England Estuarine Research Society Spring 2007 Meeting
The Spring 2007 meeting of the New England Estuarine Research Society (NEERS) will be held at the historic Opera House in Boothbay Harbor, Maine. Early May, before the summer tourist crunch, is an ideal time to visit this picturesque coastal tourist/fishing/boat building community.
Date: May 35, 2007
Location: Boothbay Harbor, Maine
Sponsor: Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, Maine DMR, Maine Coastal Program
Website: http://www.neers.org/main/meetings/meetingindex.htm
Contact: NEERS Program Chair Hilary Neckles (207-622-8205 ext. 119) Society for Ecological Restoration International, New England Chapter April 2007
Meadowlands Symposium II
Featuring sessions in renewable energy and urban wetlands. The 2007 Meadowlands Symposium is the second in a series of conferences addressing research on urban wetlands and is sponsored jointly by the Meadowlands Environmental Research Institute and Rutgers University-Newark. The symposium will consist of five sessions on topics including climate change, renewable energy, environmental monitoring, biodiversity, and ecosystem sustainability.
Date: May 1517, 2007
Location: Lyndhurst, New Jersey
Sponsor: New Jersey Meadowlands Commission
Website: http://meri.njmeadowlands.gov/conf_2007.html
Contact: francisco.artigas@njmeadowlands.gov or (201) 460-1700
3rd Sudden Wetland Dieback Workshop
In 2005 and 2006, scientists and resource managers met to discuss a new phenomenon observed in New England salt marshes what has become known as "sudden wetland dieback." It is marked by the rapid death of vegetation (frequently Spartina alterniflora but also Distichlis and S. patens) and loss of organic matter across small to large areas of tidal marshes. These diebacks share some traits with diebacks in the Gulf Coast ("brown marsh") and southeastern states. While dieback is reported in all New England states, the extent is still poorly known. The objectives of this workshop are to develop a series of diagnostics to distinguish SWD from other phenomenon, discuss the involvement of sea level rise at some sites, obtain an update from New England states on recent observations and research efforts, listen to the latest findings of researchers from other regions particularly the mid-Atlantic, visit affected sites on Cape Cod for first hand observations, and recommend next steps.
Date: May 23, 2007, 9 3:30 pm
Location: Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, Wellfleet, MA
Sponsors: USFWS, National Park Service, LISS, CTDEP, Mass Audubon, NEERS
Website: http://wetland.neers.org
Contact: Robert Buchsbaum (rbuchsbaum@massaudubon.org, 978-927-1122 x2703)
Native Phragmites Workshop
A recent survey of the wetlands of Falmouth, MA has showed there are a number of populations of native Phragmites australis growing in two areas of the town. Since these are the only documented native Phragmites populations in Massachusetts, we have offered to run a workshop on recognizing the native haplotype with the hope that participants will look for it on other Massachusetts locales. A series of talks in the morning will be followed by exploration of the native populations in the Great Sippewissett Marsh in West Falmouth.
Date: Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Location: Woods Hole Research Center, Woods Hole, MA
Sponsors: Falmouth Conservation Commission, SER-NE
Contact: Richard Payne at dannas@cape.com
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