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Get Involved / Community-Based Restoration
Seek Leads to Early Projects and Initiatives for History of Restoration
We are interested in documenting projects that represent early attempts at restoration, as defined by SER, or that are related to this form of land management in interesting ways. We are also interested in initiatives related to the development and application of restoration for environmental, educational or scientific purposes, or its use in landscaping, soil rehabilitation, hydrological management and the like. If you have suggestions, please contact me at newacademy@comcast.net, 815-337-6896; or George at George.Lubick@NAU.EDU; 928-523-6211.
Wetland Restoration and Wetland Delineation Short Courses
Professional wetland short courses for practicing engineers, planners, scientists, and resource managers at the Heffner Wetland Building at the Olentangy River Wetland Research Park, Columbus, Ohio. July 9-11, 2008 (3 days) CREATION AND RESTORATION OF WETLANDS with William J. Mitsch and Roy R. "Robin" Lewis, and August 11-15, 2008 (5 days) WETLAND DELINEATION with Ralph W. Tiner, Mark D. DeBrock, Frank Gibbs, and William J. Mitsch.
http://swamp.osu.edu/ShortCourses/index.html
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People in the News
Kingsley Dixon: Smoke Forces Plants to Grow
Imagine if you could force every weed in your garden to germinate at exactly the same time, so rather than wage a war with them all year round you could kill them off all at once. The technology to artificially stimulate germination has been developed in Perth and, although the implications for home gardeners are exciting, the benefits to commercial and agricultural industries are enormous. "It has taken 14 years of investigation, but the discovery is, we believe good news for everyone," says Kingsley Dixon, director of science at Kings Park and Botanic Garden and University of Western Australia professor of plant biology.
http://www.sciencealert.com.au/news/20080204-17130-2.html
New Forest Restoration Project in Latin America
ReForLan (Restoration of Forest Landscapes for Biodiversity Conservation and Rural Development in the Drylands of Latin America) is a new project focusing on the restoration of dryland forest landscapes for biodiversity conservation and rural development in Latin America. The project has received three years of funding (2007-2010) and is working in seven sites around Latin America. There's a write-up about the project in the March 2008 issue of Ecological Restoration.
http://dryforest.blogspot.com/2008/03/reforlan.html
Washington: West Olympia Residence Certified by National Wildlife Federation
A sign mounted on the white picket fence bordering her front yard tells visitors and passers-by that the yard is a National Wildlife Federation-certified wildlife habitat, one of more than 4,000 in the state and 98,000 nationwide, said Roxanne Paul, habitats program coordinator for the nonprofit conservation group. The wildlife federation began the certified wildlife habitat program in 1973 to promote habitat-restoration projects in urban and suburban settings that range in size from an urban balcony to a 1,000-acre sanctuary.
http://www.theolympian.com/environment/story/402457.html
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| New Books & Articles
It's called ReWealth!
A volume of insights, examples and tools needed "to create rapid, resilient, regional renewal in cities and natural areas anywhere in the planet." It sounds like a good idea, simply because the notion of a restoration economy is so huge. And it's important to our industry because so much construction is involved. The sectors of this new economy, says Cunningham, include ecosystem restoration, watershed restoration, fisheries restoration, agricultural land restoration, brownfields remediation and redevelopment, infrastructure renovation, redesign and replacement, heritage restoration and catastrophe recovery.
http://dcnonl.com/article/id27023
Small Desert Beetle Found to Engineer Ecosystems
The catastrophic action a tiny beetle is wreaking on the deteriorating Chihuahuan desert will be revealed in the April edition of the Royal Entomological Society's Ecological Entomology journal. The mesquite girdler Oncideres rhodosticta may only be 13mm long, but it has a big role in shaping the landscape. Research carried out by Benjamin Duval and Walter Whitford at New Mexico State University has revealed that the beetle is speeding up the degradation of grasslands in the Chihuahua desert, the landscape so stunningly depicted in this year's Oscar-winning film No Country for Old Men.
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-03/w-sdb032708.php
Ecologists Go Holistic to Measure Ecosystem Health
When it comes to measuring ecosystem health, top predators such as tigers get all the ink. Their numbers are relatively easy to measure, they are sensitive to pollution - and they are great for publicity. However, a more holistic analysis suggests that prey species may be a better overall indictor of health. Tobias Roth and Darius Weber at the Swiss Biodiversity Monitoring Programme in Basel, analysed data on plant, bird and butterfly species richness from across Switzerland. They compared the richness of sites where birds of prey had been spotted to areas where they were absent.
http://environment.newscientist.com/article/dn13558-ecologists-go-holistic-to-measure-ecosystem-health.html
Techniques for Wetland Construction and Management
I want to alert you to a new publication SP-316 entitled, Techniques for Wetland Construction and Management. This work stemmed from the Trinity River Initiative, conversations with members of the Trinity Basin Conservation Foundation, and from lessons in the field with co-author Carl Frentress (retired TPWD waterfowl biologist and current Senior Wildlife Biologist with Advanced Ecology, Inc.). If you would like to have magazine-style copies, they can be purchased ($3.50) from the Texas AgriLife Extension Service Bookstore or the electronic file can be at no cost by clicking the title above.
http://wild-wonderings.blogspot.com/2008/03/new-publication-provides-land-managers.html
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| Restoring Natural Capital (RNC)
Making Biodiversity Conservation Pay Off
As the world wakes up to the accelerating loss of biological diversity, businesses are increasingly viewing biodiversity conservation as a potential profit center, says a new collaborative report from one of the world's largest conservation organizations and one of the world's largest international oil, gas and chemicals companies. Issued Thursday, the report from the IUCN-International Union for Conservation of Nature and Shell International Ltd. calls for policy reforms to increase the commercial rewards for conserving biodiversity.
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/mar2008/2008-03-31-01.asp
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Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK)
Dennis Martinez: Land Grab on a Global Scale
We do not want victimhood. We want parity and compensation through recognition of our substantial contributions to your wealth. It is not an "ethnic" issue. Indigenous peoples are the miner's canary. It is about the survival of all humans and it is about the loss of the collective heritage of our species. It is all of our lands and all of our assets that are being stolen by economic criminals. They benefit and we pay.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/357294_ecocultural02.html
Satellites Take Sustainability to New Heights
Shell Canada has incorporated Earth Observation data into its Sustainable Development Report, demonstrating the potential of satellites to provide a global and cost-effective way to measure objectively the sustainability of business activities. Traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) documented by the Fort McKay First Nation (FMFN), whose traditional territory borders Shell's leases, was integrated with the satellite imagery with the aim of improving the ability of the community to monitor developments and reclamation on or near their traditional territories.
http://tkbulletin.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/this-week-in-review-shell-integrates-tek-with-satellite-imagery/
Indigenous Knowledge and Our Planetary Crisis
Our traditional indigenous knowledge is grounded in the way we orally recount the stories of our peoples throughout innumerable and multifaceted life experiences. These stories are constitutive of and structure our existence as nations and peoples. They tell of how life came to be and how we are to conduct ourselves as we interact with the physical and social world. We are to interact on the basis of spiritual and natural laws, with profound respect for the energetic basis and biological fabric of life.
http://www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1096416912
International Polar Year (IPY): Global Change in Our Communities
SACNAS is proud to announce featured activities on Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) at this year's conference. The goal is to provide a forum for TEK scholars to engage in discourse with polar and climate scientists, sharing information about changing environments in the Arctic, other indigenous communities internationally, and throughout the U.S. with each other and the polar science research community.
http://polarmeetings.blogspot.com/2008/03/international-polar-year-ipy-global.html
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| Agro-Ecology
Sudden 'Ecosystem Flips' Imperil World's Poorest Regions
Canadian and Swedish researchers probe links between agriculture and environmental degradation like toxic algae blooms. Modern agriculture and land-use practices may lead to major disruptions of the world's water flows, with potentially sudden and dire consequences for regions least able to cope with them researchers at the Stockholm University-affiliated Stockholm Resilience Centre and McGill University have warned.
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-04/mu-sf040208.php
Agriculture and Biodiversity: Challenges and Opportunities for Agri-business
Agriculture is one of the key motors of the global economy. It is a source of foods, fibres and, increasingly, fuel. It provides livelihoods and subsistence for the largest number of people worldwide. It is vital to rural development and therefore critical to poverty alleviation. Biodiversity and the ecosystem services it supports are crucial for successful agriculture. Agriculture relies on biodiversity for pollination, the creation of genetically diverse plant and crop varieties, development of robust, insect or disease-resistant strains, crop protection and watershed control. In short, agriculture has a high level of dependence on the whole range of ecosystem services.
http://www.businessgreen.com/business-green/analysis/2212873/agriculture-biodiversity
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| Biodiversity & Climate Change
Canada Must Adapt To Climate Impact On Forests
Canada must prepare for the impact of global warming on its forests, such as increased fires in the west and ice storms in the east, the country's forest ministers said Tuesday. Canada's lumber and paper industry must also address its declining competitiveness and use trees for non-timber products such as biochemicals, the provincial and federal officials said in a draft report on the future of the country's forests.
http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/47742/story.htm
Warming World Holds New Threats for Aussie Wildlife
Climate change is likely to transform many of Australia's natural landscapes, according to a new study by CSIRO scientists. The report, Implications of Climate Change for the National Reserve System, was prepared for the Federal Government, and released today by Environment Minister Peter Garrett. Author Dr Michael Dunlop says climate change is forcing environmental scientists to rethink their approach.
http://www.csiro.au/news/ps411.html
Al Gore Launches Massive Ad Campaign on Climate Crisis
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Al Gore on Monday launched a 300-million-dollar advertising campaign aimed at raising awareness in the US about the dangers posed by global warming. Gore's organization, The Alliance for Climate Protection, said the ad blitz was the largest ever for a public policy issue and was aimed at increasing pressure on political leaders to act urgently to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide, methane and other greenhouse gas pollutants.
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/195769,al-gore-launches-massive-ad-campaign-on-climate-crisis.html
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Australia: Rescuing the Barmah Forest
Around 225 km north of Melbourne, on the Murray River flood plain between Echuca and Tocumwal, lies one of Australia's ecological jewels - Barmah Forest, part of the world's largest river red gum forest. It is home to more than 200 different birds, and is significant internationally as a wetland breeding ground for water species. There are also abundant mammals, reptiles and frogs. The oldest stands of red gums date back over 400 years, and their rotten limbs and hollows provide important habitat.
http://www.sciencealert.com.au/features/20080104-17124.html
Georgia: Joint DNR, Forest Service Burns Benefit Rare Species
Recent prescribed fire collaborations between the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and the U.S. Forest Service will help restore rare species such as the smooth purple coneflower and Bachman's sparrow in Georgia. Approximately 4,000 acres were burned during a three-day period in mid-March in habitats ranging from the upper Piedmont to the Blue Ridge ecoregions. The burns were designed to improve habitat for several rare species; restore oak, shortleaf pine and pitch pine woodlands; and reduce fuels that could feed wildfires.
http://www.dawsontimes.com/news30534/joint-dnr-forest-service-burns-benefit-rare-specie.shtml
Rwanda: Forest Corridor to Evict Settlers
Government officials Wednesday disclosed the possibility of relocating people settled within an area set aside for a woodland corridor to link Gishwati and Nyungwe forests. Frank Rutabingwa, the head of national forestry project (PAFOR), said the plan on how the exercise will be carried out ready.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200803270410.html
Texas: Reliant Energy Partners with Environmental Agencies to Restore 1,170 Acres of Columbia Bottomlands
Reliant Energy announced today that it has entered into an innovative agreement with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to preserve and restore 1,170 acres in the Columbia Bottomlands forest in Brazoria County. Reliant Energy is providing approximately $300,000 to assist the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in its effort to preserve and protect the Columbia Bottomlands. The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation is matching Reliant's funding, bringing the total investment to almost $600,000. These funds will be used to acquire additional land that will be reforested, decreasing the impact of carbon emissions on the environment. As the native hardwood trees on this land mature, they will sequester, or hold, more than 154,400 tons of carbon, helping to reduce greenhouse gases.
http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20080327005710&newsLang=en
New Zealand: Forest Restoration Funded by Outsiders
Seventy percent of funds collected to restore Puketi Forest comes from outside Northland, according to Puketi Forest Trust chairman Gary Bramley. Speaking at the recent Puketi Forest open day, he challenged the local community, especially tourism and business interests, to rectify this.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/northland/4452618a22379.html
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| Wetland Restoration
Uganda: Wetlands Encroachers Face Eviction
AN estimated 500 people living in about 21 wetlands in Kampala will be evicted this month when the environmental body, Nema, resumes its clampdown on squatters. "All those who settled and constructed structures in wetlands will be affected," Mr George Lubega, Nema's wetland specialist said in an interview with the Daily Monitor on Sunday.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200803312060.html
Utah: North Zone Wetlands Restoration is Up for Public Discussion
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service published a draft restoration plan and Environmental Action Statement detailing proposed actions to be taken at the Lakepoint Wetlands. The actions are intended to restore natural resources the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service asserts were impacted by contaminated groundwater, surface waters and sediments at the North Zone Wetlands. The public is invited to review and comment on the draft restoration plan and Environmental Action Statement.
http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695264608,00.html
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River & Watershed Restoration
Chile: Environmentalists Defend Patagonian Wilderness from Dams
Robert Kennedy, senior attorney for the U.S.-based Natural Resources Defence Council (NRDC), is in Chile to support opponents of a plan for building five dams in the southern region of Patagonia. In his half-hour meeting with President Michelle Bachelet Monday, the environmentalist and son of assassinated U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy (1925-1968) offered the president the NRDC's technical assistance in developing non-conventional renewable sources of energy like wind, solar, mini-hydraulic, geothermal and tidal energy, as well as contacts with foreign investors.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=41819
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| Grassland Restoration
Kansas: Prairie Restoration Worth the Hard Work
I returned Easter Sunday from a four-day trip to Kansas after visiting my mother and spending a little time working on our small piece of prairie. Who would have thought that prairie restoration would involve so much cutting, burning and spraying? In Kansas things are just starting to turn green, making it a good time to control invasive cool season grasses like brome and fescue before the more desirable warm season grasses start growing. Fire has been used as a cheap management tool for centuries to provide new green growth for grazing and to help control undesirable weeds, invasive trees and certain grasses.
http://www.timesrecordnews.com/news/2008/mar/27/howell/
Wisconsin: Burn to Target Invasive Species
A prescribed burn will be conducted in early April on approximately 150 acres in Delavan Township. Tallgrass Restoration LLC, a contractor located in Milton that specializes in natural areas management, will be performing the prescribed burn on land north of Jackson Creek, east of North Shore Road and south of Mound Road in Delavan Township. The burn is tentatively set for the first full week of April, but weather conditions may push the burn back 1-2 weeks.
http://www.theweekextra.com/news/2008/04/burn-to-target-invasive-species.html
Kansas: Opportunities Addressed at State of County
Eastern Commissioner Craig Porter used his final county address - he previously announced he would not run for another term - to boast a prairie restoration project around Smithville Lake. The 10-year project intends to restore 2,300 acres in and around the lake's trails to its native grassland from 200 years ago. "It's one of the best projects and one of the best things we do as a county parks department," Porter said.
http://www.kccommunitynews.com/articles/2008/03/26/smithville_herald/news/doc47e93b6a8ba0f505288259.txt
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| Desertification & Arid Land Restoration
Local Communities Use Science to Regreen Tanzanian 'Desert'
Two decades ago former President Julius Nyerere characterized it as the "Desert of Tanzania." Today much has changed in Shinyanga and Tabora provinces, a dryland region in western Tanzania. Gradually and steadily, residents are reclaiming large parcels of land through the efforts of their communities and public sector agencies. They are rehabilitating once-thriving dryland ecosystems using science-based agroforestry techniques.
http://www.worldagroforestrycentre.org/news/default.asp?newsid=B0D0F644-86F1-49D2-AB48-231827F9E830
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| Lake Restoration
California: Salton Sea Restoration Council Wins Trip to Senate Appropriations Panel
A new agency to oversee restoration of the Salton Sea passed muster Tuesday in its first state legislative review, but it still appears to face plenty of work before it becomes a reality. The state Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee approved the bill by Sen. Denise Ducheny, D-San Diego, to create the Salton Sea Restoration Council with 14 local and state voting members.
http://www.mydesert.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080326/NEWS0701/803260323/-1/newsfront
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| Coastal & Marine Restoration
Louisiana: Plan Plugs River Energy into Coastal Restoration
Green Corridor, a new nonprofit environmental group, said it was the solution to shore up Louisiana's vanishing coastline, which is disappearing at a rate of one football field every 30 minutes. The project faces major obstacles: It will cost an estimated $1 trillion and take 15 years to implement. Green Corridor began in the wake of Hurricane Katrina as the brainchild of St. Bernard design engineer and inventor Eric Orgeron. It recently picked up support from Mardi Gras aficionado and environmentalist Blaine Kern.
http://www.neworleanscitybusiness.com/viewStory.cfm?recID=30398
Florida: Beach-Restoration Budget Bleaker
Rather than budgeting $20 million for beach restoration in 2008-09, Florida's latest estimate sets the state's total contribution at $1.1 million. "I always try to find some good news in all this," Okaloosa County Beach Projects Coordinator Jim Trifilio said this week. "Lately there hasn't been much." Last month, Trifilio told the county's Tourist Development Council that Gov. Charlie Crist had proposed cutting the annual $30 million beach restoration budget by $5 million, then taking another $5 million out of the fund to help pay for Department of Environmental Restoration operations.
http://www.thedestinlog.com/news/beach_4045___article.html/restoration_million.html
Massachusetts: Audobon Ponders Oyster Restoration
http://www.wickedlocal.com/brewster/news/x79615952#comments
California: State Announces Fisheries Restoration Grant Awards
The California Department of Fish and Game Department announced the recipients of its Fisheries Restoration Grant Program for 2007-08, which totals nearly $10 million. The funds will be used for projects throughout the state to restore critical habitat for native salmon and steelhead populations, which have shown a decline in many areas throughout California, according to a DFG news release. The National Marine Fisheries Service provided approximately $7 million toward the total grant amount.
http://eurekareporter.com/article/080326-state-announces-fisheries-restoration-grants
An Idea Whose Time has Come
Marine reserves should be studied as ways to manage the ecosystem. From dams that wrecked salmon runs to rock-fish restrictions that some regard as being unsupported by the facts, government actions have for decades given coastal residents no reason to cheer. It's no wonder Gov. Ted Kulongoski's marine reserve plan has met with reactions ranging from suspicion to outright hostility.
http://www.dailyastorian.info/main.asp?SectionID=23&SubSectionID=392&ArticleID=50187&TM=30342.13
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Wildlife Restoration
Gray Wolf Hunts Planned After De-Listing
Good news for gray wolves in the northern Rocky Mountains: They no longer need federal protection. The bad news for the animals? Plans are already in the works to hunt them. Federal Endangered Species Act protection of the wolves was lifted Friday in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming, giving those states management of the estimated 1,500 gray wolves in the region. Even though environmentalists plan to sue the federal government next month to restore wolf protections, hunts are already being scheduled by state wildlife agencies to reduce the wolf population to between 900 and 1,250.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jmSJaXK31YrNGq5R4cZzXdFJqmnAD8VN18BG2
New Zealand: Threatened Species Benefit From Funding Boost
Projects involving blue penguins, yellow-eyed penguin, kokako, protection of coastal seabird habitat, and kowhai and kanuka forest restoration are just some of the projects throughout the country which will benefit from the latest funding round of the National Biodiversity Funds.
Conservation Minister Steve Chadwick and Environment Minister Trevor Mallard today announced that nearly $2 million will be made available to 83 projects working to protect biodiversity on private land as a result of the allocations.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0803/S00477.htm
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| Extractive Industries
Tennessee: Chestnuts Used to Restore Strip Mines
In a double-barreled approach to environmental restoration, Appalachian mountains scarred by strip-mining are being planted with American chestnut trees, a species that has been all but wiped out in the U.S. by a fungus. For the past 30 years or so, federal regulations essentially said that once a forested mountainside was scraped open and the coal extracted, mine companies had to smooth the soil over and seed it with grass.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jc5phvCKGgErRZeOt0gsXCF5kmuwD8VOIE600
Study Finds that Damaged Land Can Restore Itself
There is widespread interest in restoring land damaged by gravel-sand mining, but the high costs of such projects can be off-putting. A new study published in Restoration Ecology offers remarkable new evidence that these damaged environments can be effectively restored within a matter of years, and at virtually no cost.
http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/press/pressitem.asp?ref=1661
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| Invasive Species
New Zealand: Plague of Stoats Decimating Takahe
A plague of stoats is decimating the wild population of one of New Zealand's rarest birds and a new plan has been formulated to save them from extinction. Scores of the native takahe have been wiped out by feral stoats and Phil Tisch from the Department of Conservation says it has been a shock and a surprise.
http://ecologicalnz.wordpress.com/2008/03/31/plague-of-stoats-decimating-takahe/
Colorado: Group Targets Invasive Trees at Riverbend Ponds
FRCC students and volunteers work to get rid of Russian olive tree Chainsaws loudly interrupted nature Tuesday afternoon at Riverbend Ponds Natural Area as volunteers and members of a Front Range Community College class worked together to eliminate invasive trees. The group was targeting the area's Russian olive trees, said professor Jim Choun, who teaches the invasive species class at FRCC.
http://www.coloradoan.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080326/NEWS01/803260338/1002/CUSTOMERSERVICE02
Illinois: Forest Preserve District Uprooting Invasive Species
Bit by bit, Kane County is helping some of its strangled forests breathe again. The county's forest preserve district is working to clear out invasive species, a process that is painstaking but made easier in the past year by the county's decision to hire a private contractor, said Drew Ullberg, director of natural resources for the district.
http://www.kcchronicle.com/articles/2008/03/26/news/local/doc47ea204b87ae4686918445.txt
Colorado: Restoration Group Fights Non-native Plants
As Wildlands Restoration Volunteers gears up for projects near Longmont this season, the Boulder-based land stewardship group will need plenty of local volunteers to get their hands dirty. "Our focus this year, actually, is on wildlife habitat and the protection of rare and threatened species," director Ed Self said. "Invasive plants are one of the greatest threats to wildlife."
http://www.timescall.com/News_Story.asp?id=7576
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| Funding Opportunities
Mississippi: Healthy Forests Reserve Program Closes April 4, 2008
USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service Chief Arlen Lancaster has announced the signup for the Healthy Forests Reserve Program. The signup is available in Mississippi through April 4. HFRP protects and enhances forested wildlife habitat for threatened and endangered species, and other declining populations of fish and wildlife habitat.
http://www.sunherald.com/160/story/454970.html
Research Experience for Undergraduates Grant Closes May 1, 2008
Peninsula College and Western Washington University are pleased to announce up to 16 openings for our National Science Foundation-supported Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program in Port Angeles, Washington, home of Olympic National Park and the Elwha Ecosystem Restoration Project, the world's largest dam removal and fisheries restoration project. Applications are due May 1, 2008, for 16 positions that will get a stipend of $6,200 for the 08-09 school year, and students may either earn credit and/or work toward a degree with Peninsula College (www.pc.ctc.edu) or Western Washington University's Huxley College of the Environment on the Peninsula.
http://www.wwu.edu/huxley/departments/offcampus/index.shtml
2009 Multistate Conservation Grant Program Closes May 2, 2008
The Multistate Conservation Grant Program (MSCGP) is soliciting Letters of Intent (Due by midnight EDT Friday, May 2, 2008) for the 2009 cycle of this competitive grant program. For more application information and materials please visit the MSCGP website. The MSCGP is intended to address regional or national level priorities of state fish and wildlife agencies. It was established in 2000 by the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Programs Improvement Act, which amended the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act and the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act. Up to $6,000,000 is available each calendar year for one to three year projects (CFDA Number 15-628).
http://www.fishwildlife.org/multistate_grants.html
Fulbright Scholar Program for US Faculty and Professionals Closes August 1, 2008
The Fulbright Scholar Program is offering 109 lecturing, research or combined lecturing/research awards in environmental science during the 2009-2010 academic year. Awards range from two months to an academic year. Faculty and professionals in environmental science may apply for awards specifically in their field or for one of the many "All Discipline" awards open to any field. The application deadline for Fulbright traditional lecturing and research grants worldwide is August 1, 2008. U.S. citizenship is required. For other eligibility requirements, detailed award descriptions, and an application, visit our website at www.cies.org, or send a request for materials to apprequest@cies.iie.org.
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