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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
In 1981, the journal Ecological Restoration broke new ground with writings about the work of restoring the environment when William Jordan III began publishing Restoration & Management and Notes. The history of this journal, which is sponsored by the University of Wisconsin Arboretum and published by University of Wisconsin Press, thus tracks the emergence of the science and practice of ecological restoration. This history has just been made available online (previously only issues since 2002 were digitized), thanks in part to a gift from funds provided by the Society for Ecological Restoration International in memory of Katherine Louise Schuetz Jordan and William R. Jordan, Jr. This gift recognizes the legacy of Mrs. Jordan, who taught English for many years at both high school and college levels, and Mr. Jordan, who was a forester with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources from 1949-1978. Mr. and Mrs. Jordan were the parents of William R. Jordan III, a founding member of the Society. The back issues are accessible through the Ecological Restoration website ( http://er.uwpress.org/) along with the currently available content published since 2001.
Get Involved/Community-based Restoration
Washington: Kids To Help Restore Isle Habitats Channel Islands Restoration will be using its $25,000 grant to host elementary school field trips to Anacapa Island. The field trips will benefit low-income students from Ventura County. Elementary school children will soon contribute to habitat restoration efforts on Anacapa Island thanks to a grant to promote sustainability and education. http://www.dailynexus.com/article.php?a=20229
FOREST LANDSCAPES AND GLOBAL CHANGE: New Frontiers in Management, Conservation and Restoration - Bragança, Portugal - September 21 to 27, 2010 Abstract Submission Deadline Extended to February 22, 2010 http://www.ipb.pt/iufro2010/
San Francisco Wetland Restoration Monitoring Techniques - May 21 A one day course focusing on field based tools and techniques to properly monitor wetland restorations. This course will provide resources and methods for monitoring and assessing restoration success. In addition we will address restoration management all with an emphasis on salt marshes in the SF bay area. http://www.sws.org/training/details.mgi?Session=2107
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People in the News
Leopold Director Top Pick Declines Position
The search for a new director of the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture is ongoing, as top candidate Frank Louws declined to take the position on Monday.
http://www.amestrib.com/articles/2010/02/12/ames_tribune/news/doc4b758859c9f94418044450.txt |
| New Books & Articles
US: Restored Prairies Resist Non-Native Grasses A team of researchers from the University of Wisconsin, led by John C. Stier, investigated the ability of turfgrasses to compete against established prairie vegetation. Ten different species of turfgrass were transplanted into two restored prairie sites in Wisconsin. Colonies of non-native turfgrasses either declined in size or remained constant in size over two years. One native turfgrass colony tripled in size. The results demonstrate an inability of non-native species to compete in established prairies. The study was published in the January-February 2010 edition of Crop Science. http://www.newswise.com/articles/restored-prairies-resist-non-native-grasses |
| Restoring Natural Capital (RNC)
Putting a Value on Nature Could Set Scene for True Green Economy Much environmental damage has been caused by the way we do business. Is there a way of changing our economic models from being part of the problem into part of the solution? http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/02/10-3 |
| Agro-Ecology
A Review of Vegetated Buffer Efficacy
Agricultural nonpoint source pollution has been listed as one of the leading sources of pollution in rivers and water bodies throughout the world. Environmental regulators and scientists are making concerted efforts to reduce these pollutions using mitigation tools called best management practices (BMPs). As promising and effective BMPs, vegetated buffers are gradually gaining in popularity. However, lack of quantification on their mitigation efficacies limits their implementation in agricultural fields to reduce nonpoint source pollutions.
https://www.agronomy.org/news-media/releases/2010/0215/324/ |
| Biodiversity & Climate Change
Peatlands juggle with carbon dioxide and methane, global warming wins the contribution of peatlands to fluctuation in atmospheric content of carbon and methane has long been a matter of debate. How seriously should they be taken in the context of global warming? Peat bogs sequester vast amounts of carbon by preventing plant material from decaying in the presence of oxygen. A byproduct of this is methane. So while the bogs take care of the carbon, they blast methane into the atmosphere. http://www.downtoearth.org.in/full6.asp?foldername=20100228&filename=sci&sec_id=12&sid=1
'Rewilding' the World: A Bright Spot for Biodiversity As burgeoning human populations place greater pressure on wild areas, a strategy is emerging for preserving threatened lands and wildlife. Known as 'rewilding,' it involves expanding core wilderness areas, connecting them via corridors that allow humans and animals to co-exist, and protecting and reintroducing top predators. http://www.e360.yale.edu/content/feature.msp?id=2239 |
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UK: Rare Species Recorded in Highlands Forest The charity said surveys had found the rare mining bee Andrena marginata, as well as water voles and pine martens. Trees for Life has been using wild boar in an effort to restore woodland. Executive director Alan Watson Featherstone said: "The discoveries being made at Dundreggan are confirming the estate's importance as a habitat rich in biodiversity and as a perfect site for forest restoration." http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/8513016.stm
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| Wetland Restoration
Illinois: Wetland Restoration Project Underway at Messenger Woods The mitigation project, funded through the O'Hare Modernization Program and the Illinois State Highway Toll Authority, will entail a 90-acre habitat restoration in the Messenger Woods Nature Preserve, according to forest preserve officials. The piece of land was originally a wetland and grazing area that grew in over time, causing flooding problems for neighbors and marring the wildlife habitat of the area, according to Andrew Hawkins, superintendent of planning and development for Forest Preserve District of Will County. http://www.homerhorizon.com/Articles-c-2010-02-11-204492.114125_Wetland_restoration_project_underway_at_Messenger_Woods.html
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River & Watershed Restoration
Australia: Grant to Help Restore River A Mid North Coast environmental rehabilitation project has been awarded a grant of close to $100,000. The Orara Valley River Care Groups Management Committee Inc., was granted $99,999 by the Environmental Trust to restore and rehabilitate land along Bucca Creek and the Orara River north of Nana Glen. http://www.coffscoastadvocate.com.au/story/2010/02/17/grant-to-help-restore-river/
India: A River Restoration Project - Destruction in the Name of Development Mr. T.K. Ramkumar, Advocate and Environmental Activist, expressed his concerns regarding the nature of these clean up initiatives by the government. He said that from past experience it is evident that any restoration plan or cleanup plan is always coupled with some other development plan. It is nothing but a dirty strategy to reclaim land and destroy urban slums to transform the waterways and their environs into high-end estate for commercial exploitation, posing threats to their sustainability in the long run. He called the entire state of affairs a 'social tragedy'. http://www.indiadevelopmentblog.com/2010/02/transportation-and-restoration-projects.html |
| Grassland Restoration
Canada: Grant Funds Restoration Project at the Rocky Mountain Trench A $266,000 community gaming grant from the B.C. Government will contribute to the East Kootenay grassland restoration in 2010. Work is well underway on the first grant-funded contract, a thinning project on Cutts Pasture, a high-priority restoration site along Highway 93, south of Elko. http://www.bclocalnews.com/news/84266952.html |
| Desertification & Arid Land Restoration
38 Percent of World's Surface in Danger of Desertification "Despite improvements in the LCA, it has a methodological weakness, which is a lack of environmental impact categories to measure the effect of human activities such as cultivation or grazing on the soil", Montserrat Núñez, lead author and a researcher at the Institute of Agro Food Research and Technology (IRTA), tells SINC. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-02/f-sf-3ow020910.php |
| Coastal & Marine Restoration
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| Funding Opportunities
California: Bureau of Reclamation Seeks Klamath River Watershed Restoration Projects - Closes February 22, 2010 The Bureau of Reclamation's Klamath Basin Area Office, working in partnership with other Federal and State agencies, announces the availability of approximately $750,000 in Reclamation funds for the Klamath Basin Restoration Project in 2010. The goal of the program is to identify and provide funding for projects that will improve conditions for fish species listed under the Endangered Species Act that may be affected by the Klamath Reclamation Project including threatened coho salmon, endangered shortnose, and Lost River suckers. http://yubanet.com/california/Bureau-of-Reclamation-Seeks-Klamath-River-Watershed-Restoration-Projects.php
Minnesota: Grants Available to Improve Area Lakes - Closes March 1, 2010 In January, the supervisors finalized the proposal and officially adopted the Lake Emma Township Healthy Lakes Partnership Grant Program for 2010. The township is offering lake associations two-to-one grant funding ($1 township funds with a 50-cent match) for lake and stream protection or lakeshore restoration projects that will take place in 2010. Matches can be comprised of volunteer labor, in-kind services, donated materials and/or cash. Lake associations are invited to seek interested property owners for shoreland habitat improvement, shoreland restoration, inventorying and assessment projects, AIS prevention and outreach projects. http://www.parkrapidsenterprise.com/event/article/id/22120/
New Mexico: Forest Service Seeks Collaborative Forest Restoration Grant Proposals - Closes March 1, 2010 The U.S. Forest Service is seeking grant proposals for forest restoration projects on public and tribal lands in New Mexico by 5 p.m., MST, Monday, March 1, 2010. "Approximately $3.5 million will be awarded under the Collaborative Forest Restoration Program this year in New Mexico," said Southwestern Regional Forester Corbin Newman. "The Forest Service will provide grants of up to $360,000 for projects that will be implemented in 4 years or less." The program encourages different organizations to collaborate on the design, implementation and monitoring of restoration projects on public and tribal lands. Grant money is available for projects on federal, tribal, state, county or municipal lands in New Mexico. http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/news/releases/2010/100108-cfrp-grantproposals.shtml
NOAA Announces Estuary Habitat Restoration Project Funding - Closes March 16, 2010 The Estuary Habitat Restoration Council is soliciting project proposals for estuary habitat restoration projects. The Council is seeking projects that achieve cost-effective restoration while promoting partnerships among agencies and between public and private sectors. Projects will be evaluated for their support of the Estuary Habitat Restoration Strategy. http://cheqbaypartners.wordpress.com/2010/01/20/noaa-announces-estuary-habitat-restoration-project-funding/
Montana: Funding for Conservation and Restoration projects - Closes April 2, 2010 After a one-year funding hiatus, nearly $1 million is available once again for restoration and conservation projects through the Montana Fish and Wildlife Conservation Trust. Of that amount, $515,500 must be spent on projects between the Upper Missouri River basin and Holter Dam, according to the legislation that created the trust. http://www.helenair.com/news/local/article_1982c29a-193a-11df-b214-001cc4c002e0.html
California: Watershed Restoration Grant Proposals Now Being Accepted - Closes April 8, 2010 The California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) is accepting proposals for fisheries restoration projects in California's coastal watersheds through April 8, 2010. Approved projects will propose measures consistent with DFG's Steelhead Restoration and Management Plan for California and the Recovery Strategy for California Coho Salmon, and NOAA's Southern California Steelhead Recovery Plan Public Review; Draft Version. http://yubanet.com/california/Watershed-Restoration-Grant-Proposals-Now-Being-Accepted.php
Montana: Applications Available for Clark Fork Restoration Grants - Closes April 9, 2010 Applications for grant proposals to restore the Upper Clark Fork River Basin are now available. We are starting the eleventh year of the grant program aimed at returning the Basin to a healthy ecosystem. This year, $7.5 million is available to fund grant projects approved by the governor. Grant applications for over $25,000 must be received by Friday, April 9, 2010. Grant applications for $25,000 or less may be submitted on a continuous basis throughout the year. Applicants requesting more than $25,000 must use a long-form application, and there is a short-form application for applicants requesting $25,000 or less. http://www.clarkforkchronicle.com/article.php/20100212214329156
Australia: River Prize - Closes May 14, 2010 Nominations are sought from individuals and organisations engaged in best practice river and catchment management and restoration from across Australia. (Australian river and catchment management groups may enter both the national and international Riverprize awards). Previous entrants are encouraged to apply again. http://www.riverfoundation.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29&Itemid=47 | |
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