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 RESTORE is a weekly e-bulletin, published by SER International, linking you to the latest, breaking news stories from around the world keeping you up-to-date on a wide variety of topics related to ecological restoration including the latest funding opportunities. RESTORE is free to SER International members or can be subscribed to for only $20/year by visiting: www.ser.org/content/restoration_network.asp. Please send your news stories and articles to the RESTORE editor at info@ser.org. |
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Get Involved / Community-Based Restoration
Canada: St. Joe's Students Sow Seeds
Taking a break from their morning classes, students inspected, prepared and planted between 1,200 and 1,500 red oak acorns which, years from now, will help rehabilitate local forests. Over the next 14 weeks, they'll monitor and measure the growth of seedlings. By mid-May, the students will take them to an outdoor nursery just south of Aylmer, where they'll grow for another two years before being planted in reforestation programs. http://www.stthomastimesjournal.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1425693
California: Grant Supports Environmental Program for Teachers, Students
Mountains Restoration Trust received a $35,000 grant from the Boeing Company which will fund "Partners for Tomorrow's Environmental Stewards," a program that provides middle childhood students with handson learning experiences about the natural environment and its restoration and preservation. As part of the program, students will work with trained leaders to restore natural areas of Headwaters Corner at Calabasas that have become degraded through the introduction of nonnative plant species. They will also learn the value of the local Mediterranean ecosystem as a global hot spot. http://www.theacorn.com/news/2009/0205/schools/075.html
UK: Ebernoe Children Go Bats to Help Wildlife
A new hedge has been planted at Ebernoe Common in a bid to improve life for bats and other wildlife. On Saturday more than 20 parents, teachers and children from Thomas A Becket Middle School in Worthing joined forces with Sussex Wildlife Trust staff and the trust's West Weald landscape project manager, Rich Howorth. Together they planted the hedge which borders Sussex Wildlife Trust's nature reserve at Ebernoe Common. In total they have 800 saplings of four native British species supplied by the Earth Restoration Service (ERS) which funds schools and provides the saplings so children can experience and learn about conservation work. http://www.midhurstandpetworth.co.uk/news/Ebernoe-children-go-bats-to.4923691.jp
California: Volunteers Replanting the Past
The group's work to protect the space began more than 10 years ago when it first acquired the land. Not wanting to see homes built in the area, it raised $118,000 in private donations to buy a large piece of the land from oil company ARCO. After the sale, ARCO gave the group money for operating expenses. The group has acquired more land, added fencing, signs, a parking lot and a staging area for horseback riding. More recently, it started a major tree-planting project to restore the densely canopied forest that once existed there. http://www.bakersfield.com/102/story/684856.html
Conferences & Workshops
Colorado: Passion to Action - Sustainable Landscaping Symposium 2009
"Muddy Waters: Who Owns the Rain?" on February 12, 8:00 AM-4:00 PM. Keith Bowers, president and founder of Biohabitats, a pioneering ecological restoration company, is a landscape architect with a deep interest in sustainable landscaping. He'll explore ways in which use of rainwater and greywater in the landscape can create vital habitat on site and downstream. Keith will discuss how restoring ecological functioning to all of our landscape is the fundamental path to sustainability, and how healthy soil is crucial to all restoration work. http://www.examiner.com/x-2169-Denver-Conscious-Living-Examiner~y2009m2d9-Sustainable-learning-for-conscious-living
Awards Nominations for SER World Conference in Perth
There is no finer moment at an SER conference than its tribute to individuals and organizations whose exemplary work lead the Restoration movement forward to higher levels of achievement and cultural prominence. The SER Board of Directors, the SER Awards Committee, led by chair Al Unwin, and the SER staff will again be saluting 2009's recipients of the various awards during our Awards Banquet dinner on.... Please join us for a celebration of the excellent work these years recipients have undertaken. Deadline is April 21, 2009. http://www.ser.org/content/nominations_process.asp
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
NOAA Sea Grant Seeks to De-fund Alaska Marine Scientist Rick Steiner
A well-respected University of Alaska marine scientist will have his federal funding cut after a top National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration official complained about his "advocacy" on behalf of marine conservation, according to documents released today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). NOAA's pressure has led university officials to seek elimination of any further NOAA Sea Grant funding for the scientist's work.
http://alaskareport.com/news19/x61950_rick_steiner.htm
Could Gerry Galloway replace JP Woodley as Asst. Sec. of the Army for Civil Works?
Rumor has it that the Obama adminstration is considering replacing the current Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, John Paul Woodley, with an academic professional who is highly respected in the science and engineering community in Louisiana and around the world. The principal in this (unconfirmed) rumor is Professor Gerald E. Galloway, Jr. This position, the civilian head of the corps and the "ombudsman" between the US Army Corps of Engineers and the White House, is of critical importance to our state as we inch toward a tenuous coastal partnership between the state and the corps, on which the very future of south Louisiana depends. Dr. Galloway, who retired from the corps before becoming a university professor, would be uniquely qualified to steer that maddeningly tradition-bound castle agency toward elevating ecosystem restoration as a fundamental goal, co-equal with navigation and flood control. http://lacoastpost.com/blog/?p=2459
IUCN Looks Ahead to Next Four Years
As the IUCN Council meets for the first time since its election at the World Conservation Congress in October 2008, the President, Commission Chairs and Director General set out their vision for the next four years. "We only have years, not decades to act," said IUCN President Ashok Khosla. "IUCN has a key role to play in these coming years. We should not hide behind any unnecessary hurdles, but get our act together now. Everyone - be it staff, council or commission members or any other IUCN constituency - can contribute innovative ideas." In line with the One Programme approach adopted by IUCN, the six IUCN Commissions chose to present their work on climate change. http://cms.iucn.org/news_events/?uNewsID=2620
North Smithfield Nature Refuge Abounds with Wildlife
Hiking the Florence Sutherland Fort & Richard Knight Fort Nature Refuge is a delight. Hiking the 235-acre refuge with Scott Ruhren is especially delightful. Ruhren is senior director of conservation programs at the Audubon Society of Rhode Island, and teaches botany and ecology at the University of Rhode Island. In his job at Audubon, he tries to walk the group's wildlife refuges as often as possible, particularly when an environmental restoration project is under way. http://www.projo.com/outdoors/content/WK-Fort_Refuge_Hike_02-05-09_H0D6NAV_v13.263ef50.html |
| New Books & Articles
Canada: B.C. Report Urges Ecological Approach to Watershed Management
Wild salmon face "unprecedented threats" ranging from climate change to development and require the protection of a new agency dedicated to taking an ecological approach to all watershed activities that might threaten fish habitat, a report commissioned by the B.C. government recommended Thursday. After four years of study, the B.C. Pacific Salmon Forum also concluded that farmed and wild salmon can co-exist, but recommended limits on salmon farming, including a cap on production in the Broughton Archipelago at current levels of 18,500 tonnes per year and managing farms to meet sea-lice limits on young wild salmon. http://www.vancouversun.com/news/regional/report+urges+ecological+approach+watershed+management+limits+aquaculture+protect+wild+salmon/1257337/story.html
Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World
"Using mushroom mycelia as tools for ecological restoration is a new concept borrowed from the age-old methods of nature. After forest fires, when burned habitats begin to recover, the species that appear amid the ash and cinders are mushrooms, particularly morels and cup fungi, which can appear in a matter of weeks. The fast-growing and quick-to-decompose mushrooms emerge where seemingly no life could survive. As these succulent mushrooms mature and release spores, they also release fragrances that attract insects and mammals, including mushroom hunters." http://infopatriots.blogspot.com/2009/02/mushrooms-and-our-purpose-in-life.html |
| Restoring Natural Capital (RNC)
Environmental Restoration: Smart Economic Stimulus for Oregon
Economists increasingly view natural ecosystems as economic infrastructure - or green infrastructure - that provide multiple and previously undervalued services to society. These "ecosystem services" include things like provision of clean air, water and healthy habitat for wildlife and people; ecological processes like pollination or carbon sequestration; public health and safety from storage of floodwaters to slope stability and reduced landslide hazard. As the products of nature, ecosystem services are often extremely costly to replace with human engineered systems. http://www.blueoregon.com/2009/02/environmental-restoration-smart-economic-stimulus-for-oregon.html
Restoration Institute to Present at 2009 ThinkTEC Innovation Summit
Experts from the Clemson University Restoration Institute will discuss how environmental preservation and job creation go hand-in-hand during a presentation Wednesday at the ninth annual ThinkTEC summit in North Charleston. The institute's director of business development, Elizabeth Colbert-Busch, and restoration ecology director Gene Eidson will be joined by Liz Kress, principal engineer with Santee Cooper. http://www.clemson.edu/newsroom/articles/2009/february/ThinkTEC2009_CURI.php5
Eco-nomics: Environmentalism Meets Economics
Now that our economy appears to be at rock bottom, we have the opportunity to rebuild our system from the ground up. We have the chance to use our current crisis as a catalyst for green economic growth, and the potential to be part of a historic shift from short-term thinking to long-term management. From state lawmakers promoting environmental policy to citizens choosing not to drive to work once a week or buying local produce, we all have the opportunity to set the course to sustainability. By applying "eco-nomics" to our recovery plan we can change the global energy culture, preserve natural capital and promote a renaissance of sustainability. http://www.starbulletin.com/editorials/20090206_Eco-nomics_Environmentalism_meets_economics.html |
Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK)
Alaska Natives and the Forest Service Forge Partnership
The Forest Service in Alaska recognizes the importance of building strong working relationships with Alaska Native tribes and corporations beyond the legal requirements. The ecological and cultural knowledge of Alaska Natives can help the Forest Service make better informed decisions in general. As adjacent landowners to the Chugach National Forest, Native corporations are also critical in helping to protect the health and sustainability of ecosystems in Southcentral Alaska. To foster strong relations, Chugach National Forest employees have been partnering with Alaska Native tribes and corporations on several projects on the Kenai Peninsula and throughout Prince William Sound and the Copper River Delta. Current collaborative projects include improving moose browse habitat, planning and conducting culture camps, and internships.
http://www.turnagaintimes.com/current%20issue/2-5-09/Resources.html
Film Review: An Ode To Marang Buru
Restoration of ecology and reviving the local economy is gaining much importance for development planners now. In the face of this discussion film "An ode to Marang Buru" is a marvelous compilation and design by Ambuja Kumar satapathy, a film maker based in Bhubaneswar. Corresponding a link of forest and culture the film is to be seen with the mind of a cultural anthropologist and through the eyes of a sociologist, though it means many a things to manya people.
http://www.orissadiary.com/ShowEntertainmentNews.asp?id=10609
King 5 on Nisqually Estuary Restoration
A small tree is struggling for a foothold in the Nisqually River Delta, and it's not alone.
There are thousands of them growing up in protective white pipes, reclaiming the lands occupied by their ancestors more than a century ago. "Some of the trees we have here are western red cedar, we have a Sitka spruce, a cottonwood, a red alder," said James Slape of the Nisqually Fish Commission. The Nisqually Tribe is using historical documents and maps to identify and replant the trees that were cleared from the delta by settlers carving a new world in the Puget Sound tidelands
http://www.nwifc.org/2009/02/king-5-on-nisqually-estuary-restoration/ |
| Agro-Ecology
California: Workshop to Focus on Habitat Restoration
Called "Wildlife Habitat Restoration on Vineyards, Agricultural Lands & Beyond," it seeks to promote habitat improvements and restoration on local vineyards, ranch and farmlands, parks and open space preserves and other appropriate properties. Research shows that many bird species are suffering huge population declines because of a loss of breeding grounds. Increasing shifts caused by climate change also continue to worsen the problem, say Audubon officials.
http://www.thereporter.com/news/ci_11656748
North Dakota: Improving Regional Rivers with Forests
Landowners along the North Branch of the Park River in Walsh County will meet Feb. 19 to discuss a project to plant trees, shrubs and grasses along a 9.3-mile stretch of the river northwest of Grafton. Meanwhile, civic leaders in Cavalier, N.D., are working to protect property - including buildings - in danger of falling into the Tongue River because of severe stream bank erosion.
http://www.grandforksherald.com/articles/?id=105672 |
| Biodiversity & Climate Change
Birds Movements Reveal Global Warming Threat in Action
Analyses of citizen-gathered data from the past 40 years of Audubon's Christmas Bird Count (CBC) reveal that 58 percent of the 305 widespread species that winter on the continent shifted significantly north since 1968, some by hundreds of miles. Movement was detected among species of every type, including more than 70 percent of highly adaptable forest and feeder birds. Only 38 percent of grassland species mirrored the trend, reflecting the constraints of their severely-depleted habitat and suggesting that they now face a double threat from the combined stresses of habitat loss and climate adaptation.
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/birds-movements-reveal-global-warming-threat-in-action,710632.shtml
Philippines Receives $73-Million US Environment Grant
The Philipphines stands to benefit from a $73-million grant from the United States aimed at supporting environment and energy programs over the next six years. Representatives of both governments yesterday signed an "affirmation of commitment" for the bilateral assistance agreement in Malacaņan Palace. Under the agreement, the United States Agency for International Development will support efforts to conserve biodiversity and sustainably manage natural resources; promote clean and renewable energy; mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change; and improve access to water and sanitation services.
http://www.bworldonline.com/BW021109/content.php?id=053 |
| Wetland Restoration
UK: Restoration Drive to Bring Carr Back
A restoration scheme is being drawn up for one of the rarest habitats in the world - which happens to be on the edge of Newcastle. Prestwick Carr lies between Dinnington, Ponteland and Newcastle Airport and is one of the few lowland raised mires left in the UK. The word carr means a wet area or peat bog, and the Prestwick site was formed when depressions left after the last Ice Age filled with water to form a mosaic of ponds, meres, swamp, fen and bogland. The animals and plant life which colonised such a mix of habitats made the area a magnet for 19th Century naturalists.
http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2009/02/07/restoration-drive-to-bring-carr-back-61634-22873817/
New Mexico: ED Awarded More than $1 Million for Wetland Restoration Projects
The Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $1,036,113 to the New Mexico Environment Department to support and implement four wetland restoration and conservation projects. The first project, located in San Vicente, will survey, restore, and protect more than 30 acres of degraded wetlands. One objective of the second project is for further development of rapid assessment of wetlands in the State. The third project, located in Cebolla County, involves demonstrating innovative methods for restoring agricultural lands to natural wetland habitat. The final project involves implementing restoration and conservation measures by working with Curry County landowners to protect more than 150 acres and restore 60 acres of playa wetlands.
http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/13DBAE15F7846D7F85257554005E57C0
Taiwan: Artificial Wetlands are Great Outdoor Destinations
Wetlands play a role in environmental restoration and serve as a habitat for many life forms, he said. "In Taipei County's Daniaopi (打鳥埤) Artificial Wetland, for example, we recently spotted painted snipes, magpies and brown shrikes, all of which are protected bird species," Shieh said. The wetland used to be a landfill, Shieh said, adding that it now processes 11,000 tonnes of wastewater before it flows into the Dahan River (大漢溪). Other wetlands, including the nation's latest - Kaohsiung County's 120-hectare Old Steel Bridge Artificial Wetland (舊鐵橋) - host Taiwanese pheasant-tailed jacanas, also a protected species.
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2009/02/11/2003435778
UK: Ditch Digger Enlisted to Re-create Floodplain
The largest ditch-digging machine in the UK has been enlisted to help re-create floodplain land in Northumberland. The machine is working on the Fenton Floodplains project near Wooler. Owned by the RSPB, the giant American big wheel rotary ditcher is the only one of its kind in the UK and this is the first time it has been used in the North of England. Travelling at less than one mile per hour it is creating a new floodplain habitat for redshank, curlew, lapwing and snipe along the River Till in Northumberland.
http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2009/02/07/ditch-digger-enlisted-to-re-create-floodplain-61634-22873814/ |
River & Watershed Restoration
Connecticut: Trout Fans Focus on Norwalk River Restoration
In Ridgefield, the Mianus chapter is active in restoration on the Norwalk River, completing projects north of Topstone Road and Simpaug Turnpike. The chapter is a founding member of the Norwalk River Watershed Initiative, and works with local and state environmental agencies, as well as area nonprofit organizations, to monitor and improve the water quality in the Norwalk River.
http://www.acorn-online.com/joomla15/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19818:trout-fans-focus-on-norwalk-river-restoration&catid=52:rfd-people&Itemid=767
Arkansas: Family Foundation Adds to UALR's Effort to Restore Coleman Creek
UALR has received another $10,000 gift from the Chamberlin Family Foundation, bringing to $40,000 the amount the conservation-minded family has donated towards the restoration of Coleman Creek. The family's donations will purchase native trees and plants for UALRs project to restore Coleman Creek which flows through campus and connects to the Fourche Creek Wetlands.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29053013/ |
| Grassland Restoration
Canada: Workshop Explores Methods to Protect Grassland Species
A workshop was held in Penticton Wednesday to explore a new provincial approach to co-ordinating recovery actions for grassland species at risk. On hand was traditional ecological knowledge specialist Richard Armstrong of the Penticton Indian Band. "A lot of species at risk are on Indian reserves," he told the crowd of about 60 at the Ramada Inn. In many cases, he said, reserves are the only areas left for some species to survive.
http://www.bclocalnews.com/okanagan_similkameen/pentictonwesternnews/news/39172779.html |
| Desertification & Arid Land Restoration
Desertification Reversed in Northern Ethiopia
Some of the most severe cases of land degradation in semi-desert areas could be reversed with the right policies, researchers in Ethiopia have concluded. A study of a dry region in the north of the country, whose population had increased ten-fold and whose land had become highly degraded, found that local people have nevertheless managed to coax it back into recovery.
http://www.scidev.net/en/news/desertification-reversed-in-northern-ethiopia.html |
| Lake Restoration
India: Call to Conserve Chilika Ecosystem
Conservation and restoration of the ecosystem of Chilika, the largest brackish water lagoon in the country with its rich biodiversity and aquatic resources, could be possible by participation of local community, said a senior official of Chilika authority. "The stakeholders have a major role to play in conservation of any wetland in the world and the chilika can get a fresh lease of life by participation of the local communities," said chief executive of the Chilika Development Authority (CDA), Sudarshan Panda.
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/008200902061352.htm
California: Workshop Looks at Concepts, Costs of Lagoon Restoration
A $3.2 million plan for restoring Buena Vista Lagoon could be done in two years, and construction - to cost anywhere from $40 million to $120 million - could be completed two to four years after that. But that's a best-case scenario. Deborah Ruddock from the state Coastal Conservancy presented that time frame Tuesday night in Oceanside City Council chambers during a town hall-style meeting about the lagoon-restoration project.
http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/feb/07/1mc7lagoon195211-options-offered-buena-vistas-fate/?zIndex=49385 |
| Coastal & Marine Restoration
Florida: Ruppia Planted in Caloosahatchee to Restore Aquatic Habitat
In an attempt to jump-start regrowth of grasses in the Caloosahatchee, SCCF planted hundreds of widgeongrass shoots at six sites along the river - widgeongrass is also known as Ruppia for its scientific name, Ruppia maritima. The shoots were planted inside 3-meter-diameter exclosures made from PVC pipe and plastic mesh. "We're using exclosures to keep out the grazers - ducks, manatees, turtles, grass carp," Bartleson said. "When Ruppia is at low densities, the grazers just graze it down. You also get bioturbation - cownose rays and ducks tear up the bottom, and the grass floats away." SCCF chose to plant widgeongrass instead of other grass species because it grows and colonizes fast and can tolerate a wide range of salinity.
http://www.news-press.com/article/20090209/GREEN/902090359/1085/NEWS01
Alaska: Debate Persists about Long-term Effects of Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
If you ask Exxon, local animals are all on the road to recovery. The company insists the spill caused no long-term damage to the region. "The exposure to the remaining oil is very small and is decreasing," said Paul Boehm, a chemical oceanographer and petroleum chemist consulting for the oil company in Alaska. Boehm's job includes gauging how much oil remains in the Sound. He says nearly all that's left is weathered patches of nontoxic oil residue and that the oil is in places or depths where critters like otters don't dig and ducks and their food sources aren't exposed. The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustees Council disagrees. The council is charged with using the nearly $1 billion Exxon agreed to pay for restoration efforts in a 1991 settlement, and it pays for the continuing killer whale studies in the Sound.
http://www.adn.com/exxonvaldez/story/682335.html
Florida: Once Destroyed, Nature Cannot Always be Restored in its Entirety
Florida has a long, sad history of altering its landscape, but more recently has become a leader in preserving and restoring its environment. Even as Florida's fiscally conservative Legislature wrestled with a huge budget shortfall, our leaders still managed to set aside funds to purchase natural areas before they are developed. Perhaps they understand that in the long run, it's much cheaper to preserve nature than to repair it once it has been destroyed by development.
http://www.jacksonville.com/community/shorelines/2009-02-04/story/once_destroyed_nature_cannot_always_be_restored_in_its_entiret
Maryland: Invest in Restoration, Not Asian Oysters
Everyone agress on the need to restore the Chesapeake Bay's oyster population, both for the ecological effects and commercial possibilities. The disagreement - raging for years now - is over what restoration should look like and what its goal should be. Maryland, Virginia and federal officials are now considering whether to introduce a foreign oyster species into the Bay in hopes of saving an industry that has been dying since the parasitic diseases Dermo and MSX arrived in the watershed.
http://hamptonroads.com/2009/02/invest-restoration-not-asian-oysters |
Wildlife Restoration
Alaska: We Don't Have to Choose between Development and Bison
The goal is to restore North America's largest land mammal to the meadows and boreal forests of Interior Alaska where these magnificent animals once roamed. First release into the wild could come as early as 2010. Alaska Fish and Game Commissioner Denby Lloyd calls the wood bison restoration project "one of the most significant conservation initiatives in decades." But this project, which enjoys enormous public support, is under assault over unfounded fears that it cannot coexist with resource development. Concerns have been raised that wood bison restoration might impede oil and gas drilling and other natural resource development projects, due to the U.S. Endangered Species
http://www.adn.com/opinion/compass/story/685117.html
New Jersey: Warren County Scouts Help Audubon Restore Wildlife Habitat in Harmony
A 13.5 acre wildlife habitat area on Montana Road is undergoing restoration with help from a local boy and his Boy Scout troop. Noah Sena, 15, of Harmony, recently contacted the New Jersey Audubon Society to help with the habitat restoration as part of his Eagle Scout project.
The scouts have been helping in a variety of ways, including brush management and species control on a three-acre area of the habitat. This involves hours of hand-clearing invasive non-native vegetation from the Audubon property.
http://www.nj.com/warrenreporter/index.ssf/2009/02/warren_county_scouts_help_audu.html |
| Extractive Industries
Papua New Guinea: Digging in Neptune's Kingdom - The First Deep-Sea Mining Project
On the brink of this quest, Nautilus Minerals is just steps away from testing the waters. Using technology developed by the offshore oil industry, the Canadian mining company is embarking on the world's first deep-sea mining project. Known as Solwara I, which means "sea" in Solomon Sea Creole, Nautilus's first deep-sea project will commercially exploit gold and copper deposits found 1,500 meters below the sea floor near deep-sea hydrothermal vents in the Bismarck Sea off Papua New Guinea (PNG). Also called black smokers, these vents shoot out boiling hot water sending large concentrations of copper, manganese, nickel and gold across the seafloor-more so than anywhere found on land.
http://mediaglobal.org/article/2009-02-05/analysis-digging-in-neptunes-kingdom-the-first-deep-sea-mining-project |
| Funding Opportunities
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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