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March 2010 Conference Calendar New England Region |
The months are flying by, and I’m sure the shortest month will go especially fast! Snow and cold weather are here, but so are some great workshops and conference opportunities! Take a look!
Conferences (in chronological order)
1st Annual Soil Health Conference
Gain an Understanding of Soil Health Connections to: Stormwater Runoff Impacts, Climate Change and Soil Ecosystem Services, Stream Erosion and Impacts on Aquatic Environments, Groundwater Recharge-Quantity and Quality, Sustainable Agriculture.
Who Should Attend? Planners, Engineers, Environmental Commissions, Farmers, Educators, Developers, Landscape Architects, Conservationists . . . Anyone that deals with SOIL as part of their job!
Date: Tuesday, March 9, 2010, 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM
Location: The Enterprise Center, Burlington County College, Mount Laurel, NJ
Sponsors: NJ Association of Conservation Districts, USDA-NRCS, USGS
Contact: (609) 267-7410 or email pevans@bscd.org
Website: www.sjrcd.org/soilhealth/ or www.enterprisebcc.net
Environmental Landscape Design: Learning from Experience
Lawn alternatives, reforestation, and habitat creation – these and other responses to new environmental priorities have only recently become prominent. Consequently, design protocols are sparse, and not well tested by time. This conference features designers, growers and ecologists whose long experience with native plants can shed light on the real world challenges of environmental design.
Date: March 16 and 17, 2010, 8:30 AM – 5 PM
Location: Connecticut College, New London, CT
Sponsor(s): Connecticut College Arboretum, Morris Arboretum, New Directions in the American Landscape
Contact: Glenn Dreyer, glenn.dreyer@conncoll.edu
Website: if available http://www.conncoll.edu/green/arbo/9930.htm
Maine Water Conference
Topics for this year include:
Providing Safe Drinking Water in Uncertain Times;
Historical and Extreme Hydrologic Events in Maine
From urban streams to pristine sites: prioritizing research, funding, conservation
Regional partnerships for Watershed Planning
Legislative roundtable
Maine Water Quality Data: Overview, Availability, Challenges
Public outreach and education: communicating water resources and environmental information
State of the Maine Environment
Date: Wednesday, March 17, 2010, 7:30 AM – 4:00 PM
Location: Augusta Civic Center, Augusta, ME
Contact: Ruth Hallsworth at hallsworth@maine.edu (207) 581-3196
Website: http://www.umaine.edu/waterresearch/mwc/index.htm
15th Annual Cape Cod Natural History Conference
Request for Presentation: professional or personal studies or observations concerning the identification, ecology, behavior, status, or distribution of local plants, animals, or natural communities and studies pertaining to local environmental issues. Proposal deadline: January 15, 2010.
Date: Saturday, April 3, 2010
Time: 9:00 am– 3:00 pm
Location: Cape Cod Community College — West Barnstable, Massachusetts
Sponsored by: Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
Contact: Melissa Lowe, Education Coordinator (508) 349-2615 or mlowe@massaudubon.org
Fourth Passaic River Symposium
It is time to reconvene at the biennial Passaic River Symposium to discuss all aspects of environmental issues relevant to the Passaic River Basin. We will gauge progress made in addressing problems, learn about new efforts, and discuss remaining challenges. The three previous symposia (see archived materials at the web site) attracted nearly 300 participants each – this fourth symposium promises to be equally attractive. The "Lower Passaic River Restoration Project" will be prominently featured in the Symposium, including the "Phase 1" sediment removal by the Diamond Alkali site and the "Focused Feasibility Study" addressing the lower 8 miles. Projects and issues in the upper River and tributary watersheds will also be examined. Abstract submittal deadline: Wednesday, March 10, 2010; notification of acceptance: on or about April 1, 2010.
Date: Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Location: Montclair State University Conference Center, Montclair, NJ
Sponsor: Passaic River Institute or Montclair State University
Contact: Dr. Kirk R. Barrett, PE, PWS, Director of the Passaic River Institute, call (973) 655-7117 or email kirk.barrett@montclair.edu
Website: www.csam.montclair.edu/pri/conferences
5th National Conference and Expo on Coastal and Estuarine Habitat Restoration – Preparing for Climate Change: Science, Practice, and Policy
RAE's national conference brings together the best and the brightest in the coastal habitat restoration community—diverse stakeholders from across the country, including top representatives from federal, state, and local governments; corporations and businesses; non-profits; grassroots organizations; tribal associations; and education—all united in the search for solutions to the needs of our coastal ecosystems. Our 2010 conference focus, Preparing for Climate Change, while a concern for all coastal regions, has particular resonance for coastal Texas and Galveston, still recovering from the damage inflicted by Hurricane Ike in 2008. Proposal Deadline is March 2, 2010!
Date: November 13–17, 2010
Location: Galveston Island Conference Center, Galveston Island, TX
Sponsor: Restore America’s Estuaries
Website: http://www.estuaries.org/conference/
4th National Conference on Ecosystem Restoration
The purpose of NCER is to provide an interactive forum for physical, biological and social scientists, engineers, resource managers, planners and policy makers to share their experiences and research results concerning large-scale ecosystem restoration on both national and international levels.
The conference is designed to bring together scientists and engineers, policy makers, planners and partners who are actively involved in or affected by all aspects of ecosystem restoration regardless of project or program size. Participants will interact in an interdisciplinary setting to summarize and review cutting edge science, to create and maintain effective partnerships, and to leverage resources. Individuals interested in planning and management activities such as setting goals, objectives and performance measures by which to measure success should be sure to attend. Participation by federal, state and local agencies, tribal governments, NGO's, private companies, water resource engineers and managers, environmental consultants, policy makers, scientists, researchers, modelers, environmental interest groups and students has been the hallmark of past NCERs and will continue in NCER 2011.
Date: August 1–5, 2011
Location: Baltimore, MD
Contact: Beth Miller-Tipton, 352-392-5930
Website: www.conference.ifas.ufl.edu/NCER2011
News & Information
Check out SERI’s Global Restoration Network for a searchable database of environmental restoration projects and a listings of restoration-related conferences: http://www.globalrestorationnetwork.org/
Attention all New England employers: The Society for Ecological Restoration International - New England Chapter (SER- NE) has created the Job Listing Marketplace. Job postings and requests to be on this e-mail announcement list should be sent to april.moulaert@gmail.com. Note that this is a free service of SER-NE. SER-NE assumes no responsibility for accuracy of listings.
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