Union of Concerned Scientists (USC) Vision for Healthy Farms in the 21st Century
 Agriculture is at a crossroads. While highly productive in the U.S., it is also destructive of the environment, vulnerable to climate change, and highly resource intensive. UCS is launching its vision for healthy farms, including a briefing paper explaining the changes that are needed in the way we farm, and a web feature that illustrates the components of a healthy farm and farm environment.

US: Historic Study Will Find out How the Mississippi River Can Really Help Coastal Restoration
 The Mississippi River Hydrodynamic and Delta Management Study is a massive, $25 million, five-year project begun in 2011 that seeks to provide detailed information about the building materials that today's river can offer restoration projects. The restoration effort relies centrally on diversions, places where the levees lining the Mississippi River will be breached to allow sediment-rich waters to flood and replenish adjacent basins, creating coastal marsh and new land. Currently, nine such diversions are planned between New Orleans and the Gulf. Planned since 2004, the study lately has taken on new urgency, as a result of evolving insights into the river's capacity.

In Post-Tsunami Japan, A Push to Rebuild Coast in Concrete
 In the wake of the 2011 tsunami, the Japanese government is forgoing an opportunity to sustainably protect its coastline and is instead building towering concrete seawalls and other defenses that environmentalists say will inflict serious damage on coastal ecosystems.

California: Fighting to Save the Endangered Marbled-Murrelet
 A psychological warfare program centered on vomit could help save the marbled murrelet, an endangered seabird that nests in California's old-growth redwood forests. The marbled-murrelet population is down by more than 90 percent from its 19th-century numbers in California, thanks to logging, fishing and pollution. Yet even though the state's remaining old-growth redwood trees are now protected, the murrelets continue to disappear. The culprit: the egg-sucking, chick-eating Steller's jay. With cash earmarked for murrelets from offshore-oil-spill restoration funds, California's Redwood National and State Parks have the rare ability to fund research studies and restore habitat. A two-pronged approach will teach the black-crested jays to avoid murrelet eggs on pain of puking.

Southern US: Good-Bye Fire Ants, Hello Crazy Ants
 In a new study published in Biological Invasions, researchers from the University of Texas at Austin have concluded the forward migration of Tawny crazy ants through the country's southern region will likely wipe out the dreaded red fire ant. In the 1930's the fire ant tore through local ecosystems on its way to becoming one of the most notorious insect species. The southern United States looks like it's headed for an ecological disaster as the non-stinging Tawny crazy ants from South America continue their northern march. Although fire ants wreaked havoc, causing close to $750 million in annual damage to agricultural assets, crazy ants will cause intensified economic concerns.

Indonesia: Sei Betung - The Spirit of Restoration in Action
It takes more than two hours to travel from Medan to Besitang district, Langkat regency, North Sumatra. West of this district is the Mount Leuser National Park (TNGL) wildlife sanctuary. The park is in critical condition as deforestations runs rampant, waterfalls have been drained by palm oil estates, and local communities have been forced to buy clean water to meet daily needs. Over the past year, the restoration team at TNGL has gained sweeping support for their tireless restoration efforts. The situation has made local residents aware of the need to conserve, rehabilitate and restore the degraded area of the park.

3er Diplomado Online "Restauración del Bosque de Niebla"- Julio 19 - Noviembre 20
La 3ra edición del Diplomado aporta herramientas y conocimientos de excelencia académica, desde las bases de la restauración para este tipo de bosque hasta las valiosas experiencias de expertos de todo el continente americano. Los alumnos de ediciones anteriores han apreciado mucho el incluir un concepto equilibrado entre teoría, práctica y actividades, todo ello en un modelo flexible y autodidacta que permite al alumno ser arquitecto de su propio conocimiento. El Diplomado es organizado por Pronatura Veracruz A.C., el Instituto de Ecología, A.C. y Natureserve con el apoyo financiero de US Fish and Wildlife Service, programa Wildlife Without Borders.

Minnesota: 2013 Society of Wetland Scientists Annual Meeting- June 2-3

Massachusetts: NOAA-CSC Workshop - Project Design and Evaluation- June 4

California: Riparian Ecology and Restoration- June 5-7, 2013

Arizona: Wetland Restoration & Creation Workshop - June 11-12

Colorado: Crew Leader Training in Ecological Restoration - Red Rocks and Echo Lake- June 22

Massachusetts: Hands-On Wetland Restoration Workshop for Professionals - June 25-26

Missouri: The Annual Grassland Restoration Network Workshop- July 16-18

Int. River Symposium: River Management Young Achievers Award - Applications Due July 5

2013 International Congress for Conservation Biology- July 21-25

5^Th National Conference on Ecosystem Restoration (NCER) - July 9- August 2

Vienna: 5^th European River Restoration Conference - September 11-13

SER2013: 5^th World Conference on Ecological Restoration- October 6-11, 2013
SER will hold its 5^th World Conference on Ecological Restoration in Madison, Wisconsin, USA, on October 6-11, 2013. This event marks the 25^th Anniversary of SER and will celebrate the conference theme of "Reflections on the Past, Directions for the Future."

SER-Texas Annual Conference- November 1-3
SER Texas will hold its annual chapter meeting November 1-3, 2013 in Junction, Texas.

Michigan: 2014 Science, Practice & Art of Restoring Ecosystems Conference- January 2014

Quebec - Responsible Management of Peatlands: Implications of the Industrial Sector- Feb 2014

SER 2013 Conference Listing on the Global Restoration Network (GRN)

For more listings, visit SER's Calendar of Events. Posting to the Calendar is a member benefit.

Ohio: WRP Wetland Restoration Assistance- Due May 31, 2013
The Ohio State Office is requesting proposals to provide implementation of restoration activities on eligible Wetland Reserve Program properties. Applicants will be responsible for assistance to NRCS and landowners in implementing WRP restoration plans. Performance may include any part or all operations necessary to construct, provide inspection, and/or provide management activities for various wetland restorations, enhancement and creation practices; and other related conservation practices that meet NRCS standards and specifications.

Pennsylvania: CFA Offering Abandoned Mine, Watershed, & Greenways Grants - Due July 31, 2013
The Commonwealth Financing Authority is now accepting applications for grants under the Act 13 Marcellus Legacy Fund. Program cove abandoned mine drainage abatement and treatment, watershed restoration and protection, water quality data, greenways, trails and recreation and orphan and abandoned well plugging programs. Applications are due July 31 and will be considered at the CFA's November 13 meeting. For more information, contact Brian Eckert or Matthew Karnell at 717-787-6245 to discuss potential projects before commencing the application process.

US: Sustain Our Great Lakes Offers Funding for On-the-Ground Habitat Restoration & Enhancement
Sustain Our Great Lakes is a public-private partnership that works to sustain, restore, and protect fish, wildlife, and habitat in the Great Lakes basin by leveraging funding, building conservation capacity, and directing partners and resources toward key ecological issues. Administered by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, the program is accepting applications for competitive funding to be awarded through the 2013 funding cycle. In 2013, grant funding will be awarded in three categories - habitat restoration, delisting of beneficial use impairments within Great Lakes areas of concern, and private landowner technical assistance. Approximately $5 million to $9 million is expected to be available in grants ranging from $25,000 to $1.5 million.

US: Wildlife Restoration Program- Region 5 Grants- Applications Due August 31, 2014
WR provides Federal grant funding to the 50 States, Commonwealths, and territories for the selection, restoration, rehabilitation, and improvement of wildlife habitat; wildlife management research; wildlife population surveys and inventories; land acquisition; hunter education and safety programs; coordination; development of facilities; facilities and services for conducting a hunter education and safety programs; and provisions for public use of wildlife resources.

WWF-US: EFN Reforestation Grants- Applications Due September 1, 2013
 EFN, with generous funding from the UPS Foundation, has launched a special grant opportunity focused on Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR). FLR is defined as a planned process that aims to regain ecological integrity and enhance human wellbeing in deforested or degraded forest landscapes. (WWF and IUCN 2000.) Local organizations from select WWF-US priority ecoregions must meet all of the eligibility criteria to be considered for a grant. Applications must be completed online and submitted to the EFN Conservation Workshop Grants by September 1, 2013.

US: DEP Grants to Restore & Protect Coastal Zones in Pennsylvania- 2013 Applications Open
The Department of Environmental Protection has awarded more than $900,000 in annual coastal zone management grants to organizations dedicated to protecting and preserving Pennsylvania's coastal zones along Lake Erie and the Delaware Estuary. The agency is now accepting applications for 2013. Coastal zone management grants support programs that measure the impact of various pollution sources; improve public access; preserve habitats; and educate the public about the benefits of the state's coastal zones.

USDA Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)
 USDA's CRP has a 25-year legacy of successfully protecting the nation's natural resources through voluntary participation, while providing significant economic and environmental benefits to rural communities across the United States. Rather than wait for a general sign-up (the process under which most CRP acres are enrolled), producers whose land meet eligibility criteria can enroll directly in this "continuous" category at any time.

US: Emergency Forest Restoration Program
The USDA Farm Service Agency's (FSA) Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP) provides payments to eligible owners of nonindustrial private forest (NIPF) land in order to carry out emergency measures to restore land damaged by a natural disaster.

Earth Island Institute: Supporting Community-Based Wetland Restoration Initiatives
Through the Small Grants Program, Earth Island Institute has been able to support locally based restoration efforts to do just that. Small grassroots efforts to restore the coastal habitats of Southern California, which have been depleted by an astounding 98%, have been slowly working to bring our wetlands back from the brink of extinction. By supporting and empowering the new restoration leaders, we are ensuring the collective success of restoring some of the earth's most fragile ecosystems.

The Gulf of Mexico Foundation's Community-based Restoration Partnership Funding for the 2012 cycle of the Gulf of Mexico Foundation's Community-based Restoration Partnership (CRP) is now available. The CRP has reached a milestone by providing grants for now more than 75 different projects in coastal areas throughout the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. By restoring a total of about 15,000 acres over the past decade, these CRP projects have improved a wide variety of habitat types, including coastal dunes, coral reefs, oyster reefs, marshes, seagrass beds, mangrove forests and artificial reefs.

 Terra Viva GrantsDirectory develops and manages information about grants for agriculture, energy, environment, and natural resources in the world's developing countries. 

 California: Ecosystem Restoration on Agricultural Lands (ERAL)
 Grant funding applications are accepted on a year-round basis. The WCB meets four times each year, normally in February, May, August, and November to consider approval of funding for projects.

 Tamarisk Related Grant Opportunities
 Tamarisk Coalition, a non-profit advancing the restoration of riparian lands throughout the American west, posts current funding and training opportunities applicable to riparian restoration on the Riparian Restoration Connection.