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March 2007
Conference Calendar New England Region
Conferences (in chronological order)
Climate Change Effects on New England Spruce-Fir Forests: Evidence from Past, Implications for the Future
Matthew Landis of Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont, will speak.
Date: March 2, 2007
Location: Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA
Sponsor: New England Botanical Club
Website: http://www.rhodora.org/
Contact: Ray Angelo (617) 308-3656
Ecological Landscaping Association’s 13th Annual Winter Conference and Eco-Marketplace
Last year’s audience of over 350 people from throughout the Northeast was filled with motivated, educated, and enthusiastic green industry professionals and concerned community members looking for information, products, and services critical to their business success and the creation of healthy landscapes. Over 85% are buyers or strongly influence purchasing decisions.
Date: March 2–3, 2007
Location: Mass. Mutual Center, Springfield, MA
Sponsor: Ecological Landscaping Association’s
Contact: ela.info@comcast.net, or call (978) 874-1373 or (617) 436-5838
Massachusetts Association of Conservation Commissions (MACC) 2007 Annual Environmental Conference
The MACC Annual Environmental Conference (AEC), held the first Saturday of March every year at Holy Cross College in Worcester, attracts approximately 1,000 participants. It is currently in the planning stages.
Date: Saturday, March 3, 2007
Location: College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA
Sponsor: MACC
Contact: ken.pruitt@maccweb.org
Connecticut Conference on Natural Resources
The 1st Connecticut Conference on Natural Resources (CCNR) is a multidisciplinary conference bringing together individuals working with natural resource and environmental management in Connecticut to share research, information, and ideas. The sentiment "many resources: one environment" reflects the conference vision that while many may focus their efforts on the conservation of particular natural resources, Connecticut has but one environment, and we all work and live much too close together to not gather and interact with one another. The conference features a mix of professional and informal forums to promote information exchange, networking, a sense of community regarding Connecticut’s natural resources, and recognize achievements of dedicated individuals and groups.
Date: March 9, 2007
Location: University of Connecticut, Storrs/Mansfield, CT
Sponsor: UCONN, Dept of Natural Resources Management and Engineering
Website: http://www.ccnr.uconn.edu/
Contact: Jason.vokoun@uconn.edu, (860)-486-0141 Society for Ecological Restoration International, New England Chapter March 2007
Massachusetts Audubon, 12th Annual Cape Cod Natural History Conference
Presentation topics may include: professional or personal studies or observations concerning the identification, ecology, behavior, status, or distribution of local plants, animals, or natural communities.
Date: Saturday, March 17, 2007
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Location: Cape Cod Community College — West Barnstable, Massachusetts
Sponsored by: Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
Contact: Melissa Lowe, Education Coordinator at mlowe@massaudubon.org, or (508) 349-2615
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 Multispecies 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 year’s 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
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 15–17, 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 Society for Ecological Restoration International, New England Chapter March 2007
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)
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