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Upcoming Conferences
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4th National Conference on Coastal and Estuarine Habitat Restoration
Dates: October 11-15, 2008
Venue: Providence, Rhode Island
Estuaries and coasts are an important part of America's economy, history, and living culture. Restore America's Estuaries' 4th National Conference on Coastal and Estuarine Habitat Restoration is the only national conference focused on the goals and practices of coastal and estuarine habitat restoration. The five-day Conference will explore the state-of-the-art in all aspects and scales of restoration, and will be comprised of field sessions, plenary sessions, expert presentations, special evening events, workshops, a poster hall, and a Restoration Exposition.
The 4th National Conference will be held in New England, October 11-15, 2008 at the Rhode Island Convention Center in Providence, RI. Renowned for its natural beauty, history, and cultural offerings, the autumn colors of New England will set the background for this premier event.
The 4th National Conference on Coastal and Estuarine Habitat Restoration will advance the science, scale, pace, practice, and success of habitat restoration at all scales. Past Conference locations include Baltimore in April 2003 (800 attendees), Seattle in September 2004 (1,000 attendees), and New Orleans in December 2006 (1,400 attendees). This is the only National Conference that brings together the entire coastal and estuarine habitat restoration community. It provides a unique blend of people and policy, science and strategy, business and best practices.
For more information about the 4th National Conference and its program, please email conference@estuaries.org.
DEADLINE EXTENDED for submissions to the Student Poster Contest!
Student Poster Proposal Form.
For more information go to: http://www.estuaries.org/?id=138
2008 AWRA Annual Water Resources Conference, November 17-20, 2008, Sheraton Hotel, New Orleans, LA
Dates: November 17 - 20, 2008
Venue: Sheraton Hotel, New Orleans, LA
The conference program committee of the American Water Resources Association's 44th Annual Water Resources Conference invites you to submit your abstract on any of the conference topics outlined below. AWRA's Annual Water Resources Conference provides a multidisciplinary outlet for any subject related to water resources research, education, and management and is a forum for all participants in the water resources community.
Presentations on any topic related to water resources are solicited and are welcomed. Individuals and groups have the opportunity to propose and organize panel discussions or special sessions that consist of linked presentations on a particular topic. In addition, the conference organizers encourage sessions that focus on water resources issues in the New Orleans area, especially those issues that may have national or international significance.
Abstract deadline: May 12, 2008
More information: http://www.awra.org/meetings/NewOrleans2008/
International Marine Conservation Congress
Dates: May 20 - 24, 2009
Venue: George Mason University, VA
The Marine Section of the Society for Conservation Biology will be hosting its first stand-alone meeting, the International Marine Conservation Congress (IMCC), from 20-24 May 2009 at George Mason University near Washington D.C. This will be an interdisciplinary meeting that will engage natural and social scientists, managers, policy-makers, and the public. The goal of the IMCC is to put conservation science into practice through public and media outreach and the development concrete products (e.g., policy briefs, blue ribbon position papers) that will be used to drive policy change and implementation. This meeting will encompass the 2nd International Marine Protected Areas Congress (IMPAC1 was held in Geelong, Australia in October 2005). The IMPAC2 component will consist of an organized cross cutting issue within the IMCC addressing MPAs though the full range of posters, papers, workshops and symposia.
CALL FOR PAPERS
IMCC encourages authors to submit papers that apply to the major themes and tracks below, describing original work, including methods, techniques, applications, tools, issues, reporting research results and/or indicating future directions. Major themes that will be addressed include:
- Global Climate Change,
- Land-Sea Interface,
- Ecosystem-based Management, and
- Poverty and Globalization
Cross-cutting issues encompass topics of global relevance and importance to marine conservation that elate to the major themes. Cross cutting issues include:
- Marine Protected Areas
- Education, Outreach and Capacity Building
- Governance Arrangements
- Fisheries and Aquaculture
- Economics
We anticipate that cross-cut issues will result in proposals on a variety of sub-topics. Potential topics include but are not limited to: networks and system development, MPA and MPA network monitoring and valuation, high seas impacts, ocean resource use and planning, international instruments and trans-boundary relations, human/animal impacts, ecological impacts of ocean acidification, technology, stakeholder involvement, indigenous issues, improving public ocean knowledge, incorporating traditional and local knowledge into decision making, and valuing marine ecosystem services.
In an attempt to tackle the most pressing issues currently facing marine conservation, IMCC will host exciting plenary talks and solicit creative submissions for interactive symposia and workshops. The conservation community will be challenged to go beyond the typical communication of data and propose symposia and/or workshops where talks will be followed by lively, participatory discussions to address a controversial topic or develop innovative solutions to a current conservation challenge. Individuals are imited to presenting only one symposium, workshop, oral, speed, or poster presentation. If your name appears on more than one abstract, make sure you are listed as the presenter for only one of them.
For more information.... http://www2.cedarcrest.edu/imcc/index.html?CFID=7809874&CFTOKEN=34585378
IMPORTANT DATES
1st Call for symposia and workshops: 1 April - 1 June 2008, decisions by 15 July 2008
2nd Call for 1500 word submissions: 1 August - 15 September 2008, decisions by 30 October 20081st Call for oral presentations, speed presentations, and posters: 1 September - 15 October 2008, decisions by 30 November 2008
2nd Call for 1500 word submissions: 1 December 2008 - 15 January 2009, decisions by 1 February 2009
Early bird registration: 15 November 2008 – 15 February 2009
All presenters must register for the IMCC by the end of early bird registration: 2/15/09
For paper selection criteria and other information:
Please email IMCCprogram@conbio.org
Sarah Wilson
IMCC Communciations Committee
Ocean Institute
Manager, Cooperation in Research and Education
(949) 496-2274 ext. 337
Revolutionay Times: Changing the Wave of Change
Dates: July 19-23, 2008
Venue: Boston, Massachusetts
CZ09
Our coastal and ocean landscape is changing, whether it's the climate, shoreline, habitat, or even the people setting and implementing policy. Join us for Coastal Zone 09 from July 19 to 23, 2009, in Boston, Massachusetts, as we explore the many facets of change and share tools and information to help in managing our changing coastal and ocean resources.
For more information : http://www.csc.noaa.gov/cz/index.html
For more information on upcoming conferences go to http://depts.washington.edu/mpanews/conflist.html
Highlights
Upcoming Events:
Operation Wallacea
Find out about opportunities for short-term expeditionary study abroad experiences with UMB faculty and the tropical conservation research organization Operation Wallacea.
Click here for more information.
Fellowship Opportunities:
COSEE-China
A chance to travel to Beijing for an international COSEE planning meeting in March, 2010.
Click here for more information.
Research News:
- Ground penetrating radar and historical properties-Dr. Allen Gontz and students, working in Lexington MA are the secrets held inside the walls of the Monroe Tavern...click here for video
- Sept. 24, 2009 Dr. Ellen Douglas will serve as a member of the American Water Resources Association panel "Beyond Stationary: Climate Change and water resources management" in Washington DC
- Aug. 2009 Green Boston Harbor website goes live-click here for more information
Internship Opportunities:
US Geological Survey - Northborough MA office (http://ma.water.usgs.gov) seeks a summer intern for Summer 2009 to work on a national synthesis project on potential sources, fate and transport and potential effects of chloride in surface- and ground-water resources in the conterminous U.S. Undergraduate and graduate students are eligible. Send a resume followed by a transcript to Greg E. Granato, ggranato@usgs.gov
Cumulative Entertainment and Impingement Impact in MA. click here
Submerged Cultural Resources Internship Mastone. click here
National Life Jacket Wear Rate Study 2009
JSI Research and Training Institute, a non-profit research organization, has been awarded a grant by the U.S. Coast Guard to collect data on life jacket wear rates across the country. 2009 will be our 12th year of data collection for this project. This posting concerns teams that we are recruiting for our Pennsylvania activities. One team of two people each will be needed for data collection each weekend during July and August. Each team will observe twice at 2 lakes over the course of a weekend. The team positions itself unobtrusively on land at each site for blocks of 4 hours: one member observes activity through high-powered binoculars, while the other records the information on data collection sheets. The team members switch roles often. There is no interaction between JSI’s observers and the public.
Candidates for these positions should ideally demonstrate experience in research and an affinity for outdoor recreation. They should have experience with boating activities. They should demonstrate a willingness to work in the outdoors for periods of up to 10 hours a day and not have any severe allergies to sun exposure or insects. They should not have sensitivity to nausea when looking through binoculars for long periods of time.
Team members are paid $100 for each site, as well as meal, lodging and travel expenses. JSI project staff will train all team members and supply all necessary equipment and data collection tools.
Participants will be recruited to work in teams of two who live near each other. Team members can be friends or spouses, but both team members will need to meet recruiting requirements. The team will need to have access to a car in good working order, or one team member will need to be at least 25 years of age so that a car can be rented. Teams must be available to work for at least 4 full weekends during the two month period of July and August, both Saturday and Sunday, and be able to attend a training in Boston, date TBD in June 2009. They must be eligible to work in the US. They must have at least one working cellular phone and consistent access to an electronic mail address in order to communicate with project staff.
To apply for this position, send an email application to Heather Lisinski with the following information for each team member: your relationship to each other; a statement about your past experience with research, outdoor recreation and boating; your age; your access to a car or whether you would need to rent a car; your complete residential address(s) during the June-August 2009 period, telephone numbers and email addresses. Also a statement as to your reasons for being interested in working on this study.
For more information please contact:
Heather E. Lisinski
Research Associate/Project Manager
JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc.
44 Farnsworth Street
Boston, MA 02210
(617) 385-3683 direct office phone
(617) 482-0617 fax
hlisinksi@jsi.com
News Archive
- 2009 Dr. Ellen Douglas publishes "The impact of agricultural intensification and irrigation on land-atmosphere interactions and Indian monsoon preciptation - A mesoscale modeling perspective" in Global and Planetary Change doi: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2008.12.007
- 2009 Dr. Ellen Douglas served as a panelist for the Climate Change symposium
- 2009 EEOS students and faculty to present research at the 2009 Northeastern Section Geological Society of America Meeting
- 2009 Dr. Ellen Douglas discusses the impact of global warming on Boston .... click here to view
- 2009 EEOS students present to Campus Master Planning Committee their vision for a "green" campus ... click here for presentation
- EEOS Assistant Professor John Duff moderated a panel discussion on "International Law of the Sea" at the United Nations-Nippon Foundation Law of the Sea Fellowship in Tokyo, Japan on April 13, 2009. Prof. Duff also delivered a presentation on US Ocean Policy at the meeting.
- EEOS GIS Specialist Helenmary Hotz was awarded a Public Service Grant for "Integrating GPS and GIS to Develop a Geographic Education Model for ALternative High Schools." Other members of the team are Prof. John Looney, Prof. Curtis Olsen and PhD Candidate Jun Zhu. GPS units will be provided through the Location in Education program, sponsored by Geospatial Information and Technology Association (GITA).
- Francesco Peri, a Masters student in the Computer Science Department and an Employee in the EEOS Department has been awarded the Randall Malbone Fellowship by the Computer Science Departmnet. The fellowship was endowed by his parents in his honor. The fellowship is awarded each year to one or more students, usually graduate students based on their superior academic performance. This year we awarded three Melbone Fellowships, including one to Francesco. Francesco is graduating with a perfect 4.0 GPA and has been an outstanding student in our program
- The William Joiner Center for the Study of War and Social Consequences is pleased to announce the Son ca Lam is the recipient of the 2009 Grace Paley Award. She has served as a core member of Asian American Studies Outreach (AASO). She is also pursuing a double major in Environmental Studies and Comparative Ethnic Studies.
- Wiki for the GIS courses added-all GIS staff and students can participate http://St-helens.geogsvr.umb.edu/wiki
- Congratualations to Dr. Chen and the CESN team for receipt of a $462,249 grant from the Department of Energy
- Gwen Richards (EEOS undergraduate honors student) and Dr. Juanita Urban-Rich presented a poster "Windows Around the World" at the Northeast Undergraduate Research Development Symposium at the University of New England in Biddeford Maine in March.
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EEOS Undergraduate Students receive prestigious scholarships
Jennifer Tuccinardi and Sara Salome, EEOS undergraduates, are recipients of the 2009 New England Geospatial Information & Technology Association scholarships. Only two scholarships were awarded this year and both went to UMass Boston EEOS GIS students. Jennifer Tuccinardi was awarded the Ed Forrest Scholarship, a $2000 cash award and a paid internship at National Grid in Lowell, MA. Sara Salome was awarded the Hank Emery Scholarship, a $2000 cash award. Sara will also be doing a paid internship at NSTAR, Dorchester, MA.
- EEOS scientists Meng Zhou and Yiwu Zhu are participating in an exciting cruise in the Southern Ocean to study the behaviors and interacts of humpback whale and krills (http://www.harbor1.umb.edu/SOwhale09.htm). This is part of an NSF funded collarborative project between UMB and researchers at Duke University.
- Summer 2009- Dr. Ellen Douglas' paper in Journal of Hydrology makes a big splash click here for more information
- Dr. Anamarija Frankic and students work to restore Boston Harbor rivers one oyster at a time...click here for information.
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Dr. Ellen Douglas has been invited to serve on the Commonwealth’s Coastal Zone and Ocean Subcommittee which provides input and advice to the Advisory Committee charged with the state’s Global Warming Solutions Act. Dr. Douglas was identified as a key individual to provide insight and expertise into this process. Dr. Douglas and members of the subcommittee will analyze strategies for adapting to the predicted impacts of climate change in the Commonwealth.
