Engaging Science in the Practice of Ecosystem-Based Management:

A Symposium for Scientists Conducting Research in Collaboration with the Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve and Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge.

This symposium provides an opportunity for scientists from multiple disciplines to present and discuss research findings and implications for ecosystem-based management in coastal and estuarine systems. Local and regional decision-makers will be invited to discuss management-science connections with participating researchers. All researchers working on-site and in collaboration with the Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve and Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge are invited to submit brief abstracts for oral presentations or posters. Call for Abstracts!

Join John Munro for this exciting seminar! During the last 20 years Northeast North America (as well as regions around the globe) has experienced a huge change its regional flora. The introductions of hundreds of plant species from other continents and not native to North America, to infestation points around developed areas, has caused major loss of wild natural vegetation communities and wildlife habitats. Understanding of the problem and the magnitude of the problem is key to beginning to do something about it. The instructor also speaks to and instructs groups on the dynamics and eradication efforts directed toward exotic invasive plants and leads volunteer groups in eradication work in parks. Check out this and other 2008 Eagle Hill Field Seminars at the Humboldt Institute!

Join John Munro for this exciting seminar! This seminar is designed to bring a combination of new techniques, traditional concepts (European), and new ideas and materials together for the serious ER site planner. The seminar will focus on design concepts that use selected plants native to the local area, use a spectrum of techniques (light to heavy duty), fit the design to the local ecology and conditions, and include both manufactured materials as well as materials available locally. The limitations to bioengineering will be presented as well as the need for repair-oriented protocols for monitoring completed work. Check out this and other 2008 Eagle Hill Field Seminars at the Humboldt Institute!

Join John Munro for this exciting seminar! This seminar/workshop is designed to dig deeply into the concepts of waterway restoration from the broader ecological context and in the mode of Ecological Restoration. The focus on vegetation and native plant community issues as they relate to waterway corridors, rather than on strictly mechanistic and engineering oriented channel design, makes this seminar unusual and better suited to well-defined restoration as a part of the ecological system. Participants in this five day course will learn the vital relationships between the watershed land cover, vegetation, stormwater and the waterway, and how to design plans for the ecological restoration of the waterway corridor. While some bioengineering concepts will be included in the seminar contents, they are not the sole focus of the session. Problem areas or restored waterways will be subject of field trips. Check out this and other 2008 Eagle Hill Field Seminars at the Humboldt Institute!