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Get Involved / Community-Based Restoration
Canada: Native Species Restoration Program Goes to School
Children in grade four at Hickory Wood Public School in Brampton will soon join thousands of other aspiring ecologists in helping to restore a species gone from Lake Ontario for over a century, thanks to an $84,000 grant from the Friends of the Greenbelt Foundation.
http://www.thebramptonnews.com/articles/4011/1/Native-Species-Restoration-Program-Goes-to-School/Page1.html
Opportunity to Comment on Science Funding in Economic Stimulus Package
This week, House appropriators marked up the proposed $825 billion economic stimulus package, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Bill of 2009. Now is a critical juncture for individual scientists to contact their congressional representative and Senators and express their views on the funding proposed for science in the economic stimulus bill. It is significant that science figures so prominently in the proposed bill and Members of Congress need to know that the scientific community is aware and appreciative of their efforts. To identify your congressional representative and send them an email, type in your 9 -digit zip code on this link of the House website: https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml
California: Zoo Roots & Shoots Group Plants 500th Tree
Since its creation May 2007, the youth-led Sequoia Park Zoo Roots & Shoots group has been working toward its parent group, the Jane Goodall Institute's goal of planting 3000 trees in the US. Working out of Sequoia Park Zoo, the group has been planting trees in a number of zoo exhibits and in the McDaniel Slough Restoration project. On Saturday Jan. 10, a number of group members planted a selection of trees and shrubs in the zoo's Black Bear exhibit. This planting pushed the Sequoia Park Zoo Roots & Shoots group's total number of trees planted to over 500. This major milestone for the group represents a significant amount of hard work and dedication.
http://www.redwoodtimes.com/entertainment/ci_11513429
Conferences & Workshops
SER World Conference in Perth Australia: Call for Abstracts
For individuals interested in presenting a contributed oral or poster presentation, abstracts are now being called. Abstracts will need to address the themes listed on the conference website - please visit http://www.seri2009.com.au/pages/home.html. On-line abstract submission guidelines and the form can be located under the abstract submission link on the conference website - http://www.seri2009.com.au/pages/abstract.html. Please follow the guidelines carefully, and follow the link to the abstract on-line form. Deadline for abstract submission is 4 March 2009.
For a complete listing of conferences related to ecological restoration, please visit:
http://www.globalrestorationnetwork.org/conferences/ |
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People in the News
A Fighter for Conservation
The environment is better off for having Ros Nicholson as an ally. The Pakuranga resident died on January 11 at the age of 80, leaving an indelible mark on natural surroundings. She was an active member of the Forest and Bird Protection Society, the Tamaki Estuary Protection Society, the Native Forest Restoration Trust, the Auckland Volcanic Cones Protection Society and the Tree Council.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/sundaystartimes/auckland/4830694a6497.html
Expert: Arizona Forest Policies Leave Trees, Water Vulnerable to Wildfires
Arizona's ponderosa pine forests have been allowed to grow so dense that they are primed to spawn immense wildfires that threaten not just trees and wildlife but watersheds, a Northern Arizona University forestry expert said Tuesday. Unless the situation is addressed, the conditions could lead to a drastic reduction or even obliteration of those forests in the near future, William Wallace "Wally" Covington, a professor and executive director of NAU's Ecological Restoration Institute, said after addressing the House Environment Committee.
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/fromtopemails/108241.php
CEO of Conservation International on Ecosystem Restoration
In many developing countries, ecosystem restoration will require careful planning and investment. The results will be jobs and opportunity, pride and community success, more abundant food, clean water, and improved health. By helping restore and protect the natural heritage of developing nations throughout the world, the United States will strengthen the bonds of friendship and trust through collaborations that are by their very nature sustainable.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/story/866892.html |
| New Books & Articles
Earth's Seasons Now Arrive 2 Days Earlier
Summer's peak temperature and winter's extreme low have shifted with the cycle of seasons. Not only has the average global temperature increased in the past 50 years, but the hottest day of the year has shifted nearly two days earlier, according to a new study by scientists from the University of California, Berkeley, and Harvard University. Just as human-generated greenhouse gases appear to the be the cause of global warming, human activity may also be the cause of the shift in the cycle of seasons, according to Alexander R. Stine, a graduate student in UC Berkeley's Department of Earth and Planetary Science and first author of the report.
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-01/uoc--esn012009.php |
| Restoring Natural Capital (RNC)
A New Economy has Already Begun
The Green Job Corps began at the Ella Baker Center in Oakland, inspired by Van Jones, author of The Green Collar Economy (Harper Collins, 2008). Green collar jobs are "career track jobs," says Van Jones. They're family-supporting gigs that contribute to preserving and enhancing the environment. Installation of solar panels, construction and maintenance of wind turbines, urban agriculture, tree planting in cities, weatherization and retrofitting of buildings, remediation of brownfields (cleaning up abandoned, often-contaminated industrial sites), recycling and reuse of materials - these are jobs that generate local revenue, save energy, clean the environment, and cannot be exported. For the first time in their lives, many impoverished youth are gaining a tangible stake in climate solutions.
http://www.truthout.org/012309B |
Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK)
Traditional Hopi and Western Sciences Braiding Conference Announced
Internationally acclaimed scientists, teachers and artists, including water science pioneer Masaru Emoto, are featured in the film "What the BLEEP Do We Know!?" Quiet Axis creator, painter and environmental/space artist Lowry Burgess of Carnegie Mellon University and artist/muralist Michael Kabotie of the Hopi Tribe will soon gather with Hopi traditional leaders and teachers, including Keeper of the Pipe Jerry Honawa and former Hopi Chairman Vernon Masayesva, to explore what new paradigms of understanding arise from the braiding of Western and traditional Hopi sciences.
http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/38477799.html
Philippines: The Flowering and Fruiting of Some Reforestation Species
Until a few years ago, observations on flowering and fruiting of indigenous species of trees particularly those used in reforestation have not been recorded. Filipino foresters of the past decades casually observed forest trees flower or fruit. Their observations, however; were not printed and thus, when they died, the knowledge they have gathered went with them to their graves. So why do we need to know when forest trees flower or fruit? Well, collecting fruits or seeds could be a very expensive activity without prior knowledge as to what species, when, and where to collect seeds from. Seed collector may come back from the field empty-handed. That is why there is now a handbook for people engaged in reforestation especially those in local government offices and forestry-related agencies. The handbook is produced to solve this problem.
http://www.agribusinessweek.com/the-flowering-and-fruiting-of-some-reforestation-species-in-mount-makiling-and-mount-banahaw/ |
| Agro-Ecology
UK: Successful Restoration of Land around Welwyn Garden City
Quarrying firm Lafarge is trumpeting its restoration of agricultural land on the edge of Welwyn Garden City as a fine example of sustainable land use. Spokesman Andrew Baud told the Review: "As part of its highly successful, long-term programme of restoring quarry workings to agricultural use, Lafarge has recently obtained good yields from arable crops grown on restored areas of the 1,200-acre Panshanger Estate.
http://www.stalbansreview.co.uk/news/4079270.From_gravel_to_the_breakfast_bowl/ |
| Biodiversity & Climate Change
Climate Change Workshop to Feature Leading Scientists
Sea-level rise, severe winter storms, salmon populations, carbon sequestration, invasive plants, and migratory birds are among the many issues of concern to natural resource managers that are affected by changing climate. Climate change and its impact on coastal ecosystems is the focus of a 2-day workshop that will bring together more than 450 scientists, policy-makers, resource managers and others on January 29-30 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in San Francisco.
http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=2116
UK: Environmentalists React Angrily to Shortlisted Projects for Severn Estuary
Environmentalists have reacted angrily to the government's proposed shortlist of projects for what could become the UK's single biggest renewable energy project. Campaigners are dismayed that the smaller, more environmentally friendly ideas for harnessing the power of the tides in the Severn estuary have been sidelined in favour of larger projects that threaten to destroy the local area's biodiversity.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/jan/26/barrage-tidal-severn
Warming Trends Alter Conservation
As climate change begins to transform the environment in the United States and overseas, policymakers and environmentalists are realizing that the old paradigm of setting aside tracts of land or sea to preserve species that might otherwise disappear is no longer sufficient. It was an idea that worked in 1872, when one of the reasons cited for establishing Yellowstone National Park was to help preserve the few remaining buffalo. But as temperatures rise and animals and even plants migrate to more hospitable habitats, fixed boundaries set years ago no longer provide the protection some species need. Experts are exploring new strategies, focusing on such steps as protecting migration corridors, collecting and transplanting seeds, making sanctuary boundaries flexible and managing forests in novel ways.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2009/01/25/ST2009012500606.html
Physical Impacts and Predictions: What Science Can Tell Us
Climate change in arid lands has very likely increased the size and number of forest fires, insect outbreaks, and tree mortality in the western and southwestern U.S., and is projected to cause changes in other natural processes, according to a panel of University of Arizona scientists.
Extensive forest areas of the Southwest have undergone great changes over the past century as a consequence of livestock grazing, logging, road building, and fire suppression, said Thomas Swetnam, director of the UA's Laboratory for Tree-Ring Research.
http://uanews.org/node/23581 |
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Philippines: DENR to Reforest 4,868-hectare Area
Under the program, 4,868 hectares of timberland are targeted for reforestation. It was reported, however, that 4,011 hectares or 76 percent of the targeted area had been planted to seven million seedlings of assorted indigenous species, including fruit tree seedlings and bamboo cultivars. To ensure that the land to be reforested is fully planted to trees, the schedule for the first year of activities is devoted to the planting of seedlings, while the second and third years are set for maintenance and protection management. The goal is to have at least 80 to 85 percent survival rate of the seedlings planted.
http://www.mb.com.ph/PROV20090127146635.html
North Carolina: Restoration Collaboration in the Nantahala and Pisgah NFs
Ecosystem restoration is key to addressing many of today's natural resource management challenges. Through restoration, ecological systems are returned to their natural resilience and sustained. The National Forests in North Carolina have been working with partners organizations and research scientists to identify and work toward restoration goals for the Nantahala and Pisgah National Forests.
http://www.cs.unca.edu/nfsnc/restoration/restoration.htm |
| Wetland Restoration
New York: Proposal Takes Aim at Restoring Tuscarora Wetland
The wetland restoration was among four projects approved Tuesday by the Niagara River Greenway Commission at a meeting in the Beaver Island State Park clubhouse on Grand Island. At a cost of $197,000, the Tuscarora project will involve the creation of an open water, forested wetland for the purposes of re-establishing native plant species and a sustainable fishery.
http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/2136971/
Canada: B.C. Government Destroying Habitat of Endangered Species
The B.C. Government is bringing in fill to dump on unique Burns Bog habitat after sending a landfill operator to jail for the same offence. During the 1990s, the B.C. Government charged a Delta landfill owner with placing waste on 7 acres of Burns Bog. In 2004, the landfill owner was fined $715,000 and sentenced to jail for 21 days. Subsequently, the landfill owner lost land and business worth several million dollars. The court erroneously claimed the area of landfill was the location where the rare and endangered sub-species of the Southern Red-backed Vole was found in B.C. for the first time since 1948. In fact, the endangered voles were found in the area where the B.C. Government is now dumping fill for construction of the South Fraser Perimeter Road.
http://stopgateway.wordpress.com/2009/01/25/bc-government-destroying-habitat-of-endangered-species/
North Dakota: Committee Nixes DU Land Purchase
A governor's committee will recommend that a tract of land in Kidder County not be sold to Ducks Unlimited. The Natural Areas Advisory Committee voted 6-2 in opposition to the sale of a 598-acre wetland and grassland area to the waterfowl group. The land, located in South Merkel Township, consists of 317 acres of native prairie, 189 acres of crop land in the Conservation Reserve Program through 2017 and 112 acres of wetlands plus a five-acre site with buildings which have been sold.
http://www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2009/01/22/news/topnews/174603.txt
Illinois: MCCD Gets $103,000 Grant to Buy Wetlands
The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, administered by Ducks Unlimited Inc., gave the county a $103,000 grant to assist in the purchase of a 53-acre parcel north of Route 173 and east of Lange Road. The grant money will go toward last year's $634,000 purchase of the land that has become part of the 380-acre Goose Lake Conservation Area in McHenry County Conservation District. The area is home to nine state-endangered and state-threatened bird and plant species. Ducks Unlimited is working with conservation partners in McHenry and Lake counties to protect and restore vital wetland habitats.
http://www.nwherald.com/articles/2009/01/27/52279127/index.xml |
River & Watershed Restoration
New Jersey: Efforts Underway to Restore Alloways Creek's Habitats
The New Jersey Audubon Society is working to restore wetlands and natural habitats along the Alloways Creek here on the border of Quinton and Lower Alloways Creek townships on the Barr family farm. The family, with the help of the Audubon Society, has received funding from various organizations for the multi-year project.
http://www.nj.com/sunbeam/index.ssf?/base/news-4/1232787020118910.xml&coll=9
Florida: Kissimmee River Rediscovers its Origins
Paul Gray, an old friend of Richard's, wanted to show me the new good things. Gray is the biologist who studies the Everglades on behalf of the National Audubon Society. On a cold morning, he cranked the engine of the airboat and went looking for Richard's river. "You can't fix the Everglades,'' he told me, "without fixing the Kissimmee River first.'' That's what Richard always said. And that's what is more or less happening as the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan creaks along. Parts of the river are starting to look like a river again.
http://www.tampabay.com/features/humaninterest/article970054.ece
UK: Environment Agency Criticises Fine after Thames Water Poisoned River
Chlorine from sewage works wiped out decades of restoration to turn chalk stream into a popular fishery in one day, says agency. The first officials knew about one of Britain's worst pollution incidents in recent years was when residents began to report the river Wandle had turned "milky" and dead and distressed fish were everywhere. Local people tried to rescue the chub, roach, dace and barbel, plunging them into buckets of clean water. But they were too late: one man rescued a large number of eels, but they bled to death through their gills.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/jan/27/wandle-thames-pollution |
| Lake Restoration
Wisconsin: Public Comment Begins on Lake Tomah Project
The Lake Tomah restoration project will begin later this year, and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) will be accepting public comments on the project until Feb. 9. The two-year project to restore the 251-acre lake was approved by the City Council in August. The fishery is dominated by carp, an invasive, bottom-rooting species that is a major contributor to poor habitat conditions. There is little in the way of aquatic vegetation in the lake.
http://www.tomahjournal.com/articles/2009/01/26/news/03lake.txt
Spending Billions to Repair Great Lakes would Multiply in Payoff
After years of talk, the Great Lakes should now get their due. Congressional advocates from both parties have sought the billions necessary to repair decades of damage and neglect. It's a regional job, too big for any one state to finance -- Michigan has 3,200 miles of freshwater shoreline -- and should fall to the federal government. Events are converging to make that happen.
http://www.mlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/01/spending_billions_to_repair_gr.html |
| Coastal & Marine Restoration
Plan to Restore 2,500 Acres of Coastal Marsh in Southwest Louisiana
Today, Governor Bobby Jindal announced that Louisiana's Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) is signing a cooperative agreement with Ducks Unlimited, a leading conservation organization, to restore and protect nearly 2,500 acres of coastal marshland in Southwest Louisiana. A combined $3.26 million in state funds, federal grant money and private donations will be used to construct 250,000 linear feet of marsh terraces in areas that were once healthy marsh, but have become open water due to the effects of saltwater intrusion and wave action, largely from Hurricanes Rita and Ike.
http://www.cenlamedia.com/alb/index.php/site/article/plan-to-restore-2500-acres-of-coastal-marsh-in-southwest-louisiana/
California: Navy Plans to Clean Up Contaminated Marshlands
The Navy plans to clean up some of the contaminated marshlands at Moffett Field as well as remove the toxic siding at Hangar One, signaling a victory for environmental groups. The Navy's proposed plan to decontaminate and restore the marshlands is currently in a public comment period, and about 20 citizens attended a public meeting Thursday to ask questions. The plan concerns Site 25, a 230-acre area in the northwest corner of Moffett Field that's home to marshland and a storm water retention pond. The pond is a blocked-off section of the Bay designed to hold storm water runoff from Moffett Field. Sediment and water samples from there have lead, zinc and the pesticide DDT, as well as the PCB contaminant that's caused controversy for Hangar One.
http://www.mercurynews.com/peninsula/ci_11543226?nclick_check=1 |
Wildlife Restoration
UK: Wildlife Returns to Prairie Land near Cambridge
What was a typical East Anglian prairie of monoculture wheat and little wildlife has changed dramatically. The landscape has been transformed, government "Wildlife Target Species" have flourished and the CRT's stand for wildlife-friendly farming has been vindicated. Planting includes 1.5 miles of new hedgerows, all done by volunteers; a Millennium Wood; new "traditional" hay meadows planted on the flood plain of the local brook, one with seed from the village green; and the wildlife increases have been simply remarkable.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/4307714/Wildlife-returns-to-prairie-land-near-Cambridge.html |
| Extractive Industries
Ohio: Reforestation of Strip Mine to Begin
The first step of a planned reforestation was set in motion recently when representatives from the Little Beaver Creek Land Foundation joined with local environmental experts to visit a 460-acre parcel of land set in Madison Township, about a mile from state Routes 7 and 30. The land, which was recently acquired by the Columbiana County Park District, was strip mined from at least 1965 through 1994 and bears only sparse grass and shrubs that stand out amongst the surrounding forest, something both the park district and the foundation are hoping to change. Dr. Patrick Angel of the Appalachian Regional Reforestation Initiative said significant compaction of the soils from heavy mining equipment over many years prevented the natural growth process and said it could take hundreds of years before any trees could grow under the current conditions.
http://www.salemnews.net/page/content.detail/id/509760.html
Madagascar: Nickle Mine May Undermine Conservation Efforts
One of the world's largest nickel mines will have adverse impacts on a threatened and biologically-rich forest in Madagascar, say conservationists. The $3.8 billion mining project, operated by Canada's Sherritt, will tear up 1,300 to 1,700 hectares of primary rainforest that houses nearly 1,400 species of flowering plants, 14 species of lemurs, and more than 100 types of frogs. Many of the species are endemic to the forest.
http://news.mongabay.com/2009/0122-madagascar_mine.html
Nevada: Tribal Attempt to Halt Gold Mine Fails in Court
A federal judge has decided not to grant an injunction sought by the Western Shoshone Tribe and four other plaintiffs to stop construction one of the largest open pit gold mines in the United States - the Cortez Hills Expansion Project on Mt. Tenabo. Barrick Gold based in Canada, the world's largest gold mining company, has been granted a permit to construct and operate the mine in an area that the tribes' lawsuit states is "located entirely within the territory of the Western Shoshone Nation."
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jan2009/2009-01-26-094.asp |
| Invasive Species
Sex Smell Lures 'Vampire' to Doom
A synthetic "chemical sex smell" could help rid North America's Great Lakes of a devastating pest, scientists say. US researchers deployed a laboratory version of a male sea lamprey pheromone to trick ovulating females into swimming upstream into traps. The sea lamprey, sometimes dubbed the "vampire fish", has parasitised native species of the Great Lakes since its accidental introduction in the 1800s. The work is reported in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7838850.stm
Minnesota: The Buckthorn Stops Here
The whir of brush saws echoes daily through Kelleher Park in Burnsville as workers cut down the invader: buckthorn. Cropping up in thickets of prickly shrubs and small trees, this pest has been slowly choking off the undergrowth of plants and wildlife in this rare bur oak savannah. So with the help of a state grant and volunteers, an unusual forest restoration project is under way to chop down and chip up the buckthorn and haul it to St. Paul, where a biomass plant will burn it to produce electricity. http://www.startribune.com/local/south/38067459.html?elr=KArks:DCiUHc3E7_V_nDaycUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU |
| Urban Restoration
North Carolina: Creek Receives Restoration Grant
Boone has committed $5,000 for a grant to further restore Kraut Creek, a stream that makes its way through downtown Boone and the campus of Appalachian State University. George Santucci, executive director of the National Committee for the New River, asked for the monetary commitment at the Boone Town Council meeting Jan. 15.
http://theapp.appstate.edu/content/view/4567/42/
Virginia: Saving Huntley Meadows Park
Nearby development and its runoff have altered one of the last nontidal wetlands in Northern Virginia. Deposits of silt have transformed what had been a picture-postcard enclave of marshes into a muddy, often waterless expanse of debris. King rail, hooded merganser and pied-billed grebes no longer breed in what used to be a bird-watcher's dream. Murky, sediment-choked ponds have deprived once-abundant crayfish of their food supply. The county is planning to restore the wetland by building an earthen dam, adding spillways and then controlling the flow of water into the area to reflect the natural ebb and flow of rainfall and drought.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/19/AR2009011902642.html |
| Funding Opportunities
California: Land Grant Opportunities Available - Closes January 30, 2009
Land funding opportunities exist for property owners, and public workshops will be held about land-related topics. Applications are being accepted through Jan. 30 for funding riparian restoration projects. Highest ranking is given to projects along the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers. Land must be privately owned and there is no cost-share requirement. The voluntary program provides funding to restore marginal or flood-prone farmland to riparian buffers. The program provides annual incentive funding to help with the cost of habitat management and the loss of income due to idling farmland. Technical assistance is also provided.
http://www.chicoer.com/news/ci_11047564
Louisiana: Fellowship in Environmental and Evolutionary Biology - Closes February 1, 2009
Doctoral (or MS) Graduate Students needed to conduct dissertation research on the restoration ecology of barrier island plant communities in Louisiana. Although doctoral students are preferred, exceptional, well-qualified students interested in pursuing a Masters degree in Biology are also encouraged to apply. The successful applicant must be enthusiastic and self-motivated, have a strong interest in plant restoration ecology.
http://www.ucs.louisiana.edu/~pll6743/biogradstudies.htm
Wisconsin: Habitat Projects on Ontonagon River Watershed - Closes February 1, 2009
Beginning Jan. 1, Upper Peninsula Power Co., a subsidiary of Integrys Energy Group, will accept applications for grants to fund habitat improvement projects and studies in the Ontonagon River watershed. Grant requests must be less than $10,000. All grants would need to be matched by a 25 percent contribution from in-kind or other sources. The deadline for applications is Feb. 1. The grants will be funded by a portion of the Mitigation Enhancement Fund, which UPPCO maintains for the Bond Falls Project as part of the Bond Falls Settlement Agreement. The goal of the MEF is to provide tangible, measurable improvements to the aquatic and terrestrial environments in the Ontonagon River watershed.
http://www.uppco.com/info/ontonagon_guidelines.asp
New York: Doctoral Program in Ecosystem Restoration - Closes February 1, 2009
The State University of New York at Buffalo (UB) encourages recent graduates of undergraduate or masters programs to apply to its new doctoral degree concentration in Ecosystem Restoration through Interdisciplinary Exchange (ERIE). The ERIE program provides Ph.D. students with the technical, professional and personal skills needed to become leaders in the emerging field of ecosystem restoration through its focus on innovative and interdisciplinary research in environmental science, engineering, and policy. The research at UB's ERIE program is rooted in a number of nationally-recognized Great Lakes watershed and stream restoration efforts occurring in western New York State.
http://www.erie.buffalo.edu/
Wisconsin: Watershed Group Taking Applications for Funding - Closes February 2, 2009
Applications for the Root-Pike Watershed Initiative Network's next funding cycle are due Feb. 2. Root-Pike WIN funds locally initiated projects with up to $10,000 to protect, restore, and sustain the ecosystem of the Root River and Pike River watersheds. Grant projects can focus on activities that improve public access to the rivers, on studies that advance knowledge of water quality and biology, on educational programs that improve public understanding of the rivers, or on restoration work such as removing invasive plants.
http://www.journaltimes.com/articles/2009/01/19/local_news/doc49751f606ee1e157429373.txt
Pennsylvania: Sinnemahoning Creek Watershed Restoration Grant Program - Closes
February 14, 2009
The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) has announced that approximately $3.6 million is available to develop and implement projects that benefit fishing, boating, and aquatic resources in Cameron, Elk, Potter and McKean counties, with primary emphasis on projects within the Sinnemahoning Creek Watershed upstream from the confluence of the First Fork of Sinnemahoning Creek.
http://www.fish.state.pa.us/promo/grants/sinn/00sinn.htm
National Ecosystem Services Research Partnership Opportunity - Closes February 15, 2009
Ecosystem services are vital for public health and the well-being of human communities. Improved understanding of ecosystem services across institutional, spatial, and temporal scales is crucial for designing management strategies and institutional and governmental policies intended to increase and sustain the value of ecosystem services. The ESRP is focused on understanding the present and future ecological dynamics of ecosystem services to create a solid scientific foundation for environmental decision-making. Approximately 200 EPA scientists with an annual in-house budget of $62 million are associated with this program and will participate in the Partnership; EPA funding will primarily support this in-house research effort. http://www.epa.gov/ord/esrp/pdfs/ESRP-CRADA-Brochure.pdf
NSF Postdoctoral Scholar in Tropical Ecosystem & Global Change Science - Closes February 15, 2009
The NSF-funded Partnership for International Research and Education (PIRE) at the University of Arizona invites applications for the Amazon-PIRE Postdoctoral Scholar in tropical ecosystem and global change science. We seek outstanding candidates interested in investigating tropical ecosystem structure, physiology, and biogeochemistry, how these respond to climatic variability and change, or how such responses scale from individual to landscape to region. Candidate backgrounds within a broad range of scientific disciplines, including ecology, plant physiology, remote sensing, hydrology, atmospheric science, geosciences, meteorology or climate dynamics, or an interdisciplinary combination of these, are welcome.
http://www.b2science.org/
Maine: Pollution Fine to Fund Gulf of Maine Restoration - Closes February 15, 2009
Funding for environmental restoration projects along the Maine coast will be awarded on a competitive basis, with individual grants expected to range between $35,000 and $300,000. The deadline for applications is Feb. 15, and the first grants are to be awarded this summer, according to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, a nonprofit organization created by Congress to distribute such grants.
http://news.mainetoday.com/updates/036926.html
US: Five Star Restoration Program - Closes February 16, 2009
The Five Star Restoration Program seeks to develop community capacity to sustain local natural resources for future generations by providing modest financial assistance to diverse local partnerships for wetland, riparian, and coastal habitat restoration. The National Association of Counties, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), the Wildlife Habitat Council, in cooperation with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Southern Company, and our newest partner Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), are pleased to solicit applications for the Five Star Restoration Program.
http://www.nfwf.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Search&template=/CM/HTMLDisplay.cfm&ContentID=10936
Restoration Ecology and Conservation Biology Paid Internships - Closes February 17, 2009
The Institute for Applied Ecology will be hiring up to nine interns this summer for field work and related activities. Our paid positions are intended to provide field experience to individuals considering conservation biology or restoration ecology as a career. Internships are partially supported by the Native Plant Society of Oregon, and interns are encouraged to write short articles for the NPSO Bulletin. We encourage you to visit our website, www.appliedeco.org for more information on these projects.
New Mexico: Collaborative Forest Restoration Program - Closes March 2, 2009
The Community Forest Restoration Act of 2000 (Title VI, Public Law 106-393) established a cooperative forest restoration program in New Mexico to provide cost-share grants to stakeholders for forest restoration projects on public land to be designed through a collaborative process (the Collaborative Forest Restoration Program). Projects must include a diversity of stakeholders in their design and implementation, and address specified objectives, including: wildfire threat reduction; ecosystem restoration, including non-native tree species reduction; reestablishment of historic fire regimes; reforestation; preservation of old and large trees; increased utilization of small diameter trees; and the creation of forest- related local employment.
http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/spf/cfrp/rfp/index.shtml
Gloria Barron Wilderness Society Scholarship - Closes March 31, 2009
The Wilderness Society is now accepting applications for the 2009 Gloria Barron Wilderness Society Scholarship. This $10,000 scholarship is awarded annually to a graduate student in natural resources management, law or policy programs. The scholarship seeks to encourage individuals who have the potential to make a significant positive difference in the long-term protection of wilderness in North America.
http://wilderness.org/content/gloria-barron-scholarship-guidelines
National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program - Closes June 26, 2009
The National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program provides States with a means of protecting and restoring these valuable resources. Projects can include (1) acquisition of a real property interest (e.g., easement or fee title) in coastal lands or waters from willing sellers or partners (coastal wetlands ecosystems) for long-term conservation or (2) restoration, enhancement, or management of coastal wetlands ecosystems for long-term conservation.
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