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Society for Ecological Restoration International
May 2007 Conference Calendar
New England Region
Conferences (in chronological order)
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 3–5, 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)
Spring Ephemerals Workshop
Half-day workshop in Boxford with John Dick (Hancock Assoc.).
Date: May 4, 2007
Location: Boxford, MA
Sponsor: Association of Massachusetts Wetland Scientists
Website: htttp://www.amws.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
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 – 4 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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