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August 2010

Conference Calendar New England Region

Here are the latest conferences and workshops in the greater New England area!

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Conferences (in chronological order)

 

Advanced Topics in Salt Marsh Management – Restoration Adapts to Climate Change with Susan C. Adamowicz and David Burdick

Tidal marshes have a long history of impacts from human ignorance and abuse. Recent efforts to restore tidal marshes that aim to reset critical natural processes must now consider climate change. Classroom material will review salt marsh ecology with a focus on stressors and processes that maintain them, and expected changes in climate to provide a foundation to new ideas and conceptual modeling.

Case studies will examine invasive species, hydrologic alterations, barriers to upslope migration, and storm water quality and quantity issues. Field trips will focus on sampling methods needed to assess level of stress and impacts, system ability to maintain marsh status, and responses to climate change.  Accepted restoration techniques will be reviewed and new ones considered and evaluated using conceptual models. Local sites will be used as case studies whenever possible. A substantial portion of most days will be spent in the field. This course is offered for those who have some background or experience in ecology.

Ecostructural Design in Ecological Restoration Projects: Including Soils Restoration

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.  Ecostructural Design (often referred to as bioengineering) being the use of biological materials (plants, fibers, wood, and propagules) in ways that utilize their engineering properties (strength in aquatic locations, structure, longevity, ability to hold soil in place) to stabilize the soil and water interface. 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.

  • Date: September 19–25, 2010 (classroom and field days Sept. 20–24)
  • Location: Humboldt Field Research Institute,  Steuben, ME
  • Contact: (207) 546-2821 or office@eaglehill.us
  • Online registration and information via website: http://www.eaglehill.us

Integrated Ecological restoration of Rivers and Streams, Including, Design of Native Vegetation for Water Quality, in Floodplains, Riparian Zones and Waterways

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 biostructural design 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.

  • Date: September 26 to October 2, 2010 (classroom and field days 27 September to 1 October)
  • Location: Humboldt Field Research Institute,  Steuben, ME
  • Contact: (207) 546-2821 or office@eaglehill.us
  • Online registration and information via website: http://www.eaglehill.us

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.

  • Date: November 13–17, 2010
  • Location: Galveston Island Conference Center, Galveston Island, TX
  • Sponsor: Restore America’s Estuaries

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.

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.

Submit future CALENDAR items to SER-NE Secretary, Sarah Watts Sarah.Watts@tetratech.com at least one month prior to the event. The preferred format for Calendar submissions includes the following items: Conference Title; Brief description; Date; Time; Location; Sponsor(s); Contact: name & phone number.

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