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Environmental seminars at UMaine

This page provides a listing of environmentally-related seminars taking place at the University of Maine.

Please check directly with the appropriate department to ensure that the seminar has not been cancelled and to confirm dates and times.

Directions to the University are available from the UMaine website. Visitor parking permits can be obtained from the Student Services Center (Memorial Union), Public Safety, Bear Necessities (Alfond Arena), and the Visitor's Center (Buchanan Alumni House).

If you have any questions, please contact Ruth Hallsworth at 207/581-3196 or hallsworth@maine.edu.

Fall 2008
September l October l November l December

SEPTEMBER

September 12
Dr. Diane F. Cowan, Exec. Director of The Lobster Conservanvy
Community-Based Lobster Science
3:10 pm, 102 Murray Hall
Sponsored by the School of Biology and Ecology Seminar Series
For information: 581-2540

Dr. William Livingston, UMaine Forest Resources
Changing Climate, Changing Forests: Two Decades of Tree Dieback and Decline in Maine
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the School of Forest Resources Seminar Series
For information: 581-2887

September 15
Neil Ringler, SUNY-ESF
Fisheries Ecology and Restoration of a Perturbed Ecosystem: Onondaga Lake, NY.
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Co-sponsored by the Dept of Wildlife Ecology & UMaine Fisheries Club. For information: 581-1340

September 18
Senator George J. Mitchell Lecture on the Environment
1pm, Hauck Auditorium
The Environmental Crisis as a Moral and Spiritual Challenge
2008 Mitchell Lecturer: Mary Evelyn Tucker, Yale University
Tickets are required and can be reserved by calling 207/581-3244.

September 19
Dr. Mary Tyler, with Ryan Cowan, Jenn Lockhart & Molly Harris
Igniting the Spark: Implementing Inquiry-Based Learning in Biology Labs
3:10 pm, 102 Murray Hall
Sponsored by the School of Biology and Ecology Seminar Series
For information: 581-2540

Raja Bhander, UMaine School of Forest Resources
Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) - The Basics
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the School of Forest Resources Seminar Series
For information: 581-2887

September 22
Margaret Guyette, Dept. of Wildlife Ecology
Using Stable Isotopes, Community Structure and Metal Concetrations to Examin Aquatic Communities in the New World Mining District, Montana
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the Wildlife Ecology Seminar Series
For information: 581-1340

September 23
Dr. Jenn Macalady, Penn State University
The Eltimate Extemophiles: the Ancient Roots of Microbial Life in Energy-limited Environments
4:00 pm, 100 Bryand Global
Sponsored by Dept. of Earth Sciences
For information: 581-2152

September 26
Dr. Brian Olsen, UMaine Orono
As Fashion or Fatigues? - Plumage Divergence in the Swamp Sparrow
3:10 pm, 102 Murray Hall
Sponsored by the School of Biology and Ecology Seminar Series
For information: 581-2540

Dr. Melissa Baker, UMaine School of Forest Resources
An Evaluation of Visitor Decisions Regarding Alternative Transportation at Glacier National Park
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the School of Forest Resources Seminar Series
For information: 581-2887

September 27
UMaine Initiatives for Facing Environmental Challenges
10:00am-3:00pm, Minsky Recital Hall, Class of 1944 Hall
Sponsored by the Fullbright Association, ME Chapter and the University of Maine. Lunch will be provided.
RSVP by Sept 12: 581-1572 or buchanan@maine.edu

OCTOBER

October 2
Mark Anderson, Resource Economics and Policy, UMaine
Climate, Economics, Growth, and Happiness
12:30 - 1:45pm, Bangor Room, Memorial Union
Sponsored by the Socialist and Marxist Studies Controversy Series
For information: 581-3860 or douglas.allen@umit.maine.edu

October 3
Dick Hale, UMaine School of Forest Resources, Retired Faculty
Maine Forest History: A Different View
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the School of Forest Resources Seminar Series
For information: 581-2887

October 6
Eric Palkovacs, School of Ecology & Biology, UMaine
Fishes that Construct their Niches: The Impact of Evolution on the Ecology of Temperate Lakes and Tropical Streams
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the Wildlife Ecology Seminar Series
For information: 581-1340

Viewing and Discussion:
The 11th Hour: Turn Mankind's Darkest Hour into its Finest
4:00 pm, 207 Boardman Hall
Sponsored by the Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Seminar Series.
For information: 581-2420

October 10
Jim O'Malley, Huber Resources
Silviculture and Management in the The Nature Conservancy St. John Region Ownership
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the School of Forest Resources Seminar Series
For information: 581-2887

Dr. David Hiebeler, Dept Math & Statistics, UMaine
SPEED: Spatial Ecological and Epidemiological Dynamics
3:10 pm, 102 Murray Hall
Sponsored by School of Biology & Ecology Seminar Series
For information: Dr. Frank Drummond, 581-2989 or First Class

October 17
Keith Cooper, Dept. of Biochemistry & Microbiology, Rutgers Univ.
Impacts of Legacy and Emerging Contaminants on Coastal Aquatic Ecosystems.
11:00am, Arthur St. John Hill Auditorium, Rm 165 Barrows-ESRB
Jointly hosted by: School of Biology & Ecology, School of Marine Sciences, Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Environmental and Watershed Research
For information: 581-2579

Dr. Kevin Fraser, University of New Brunswick
Altitudinal Migration in Neotropical Birds: New Insights from Stable Isotope Analysis
3:10 pm, 102 Murray Hall
Sponsored by the School of Biology and Ecology Seminar Series
For information: 581-2540

October 20
Keith Nislow, University of Massachusetts, Amherst and USFS
Causes and Consequences of Variation in Survival, Growth, and Dispersal During Early Life History in Salmonid Fishes
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Co-sponsored by the Dept of Wildlife Ecology & UMaine Fisheries Club. For information: 581-1340

Prof. Connie Woodhouse, University of Arizona
Title tba
4:00 pm, 207 Boardman Hall
Sponsored by the Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Seminar Series.
For information: 581-2420

October 23-24
Climate Change 21
Wells Conference Center

October 24
Dr. Keith Hobson, Environment Canada, Canadian Wildlife Service, Saskatchewan
Tracking Animal Migration with Stable Isotopes
3:10 pm, 102 Murray Hall
Sponsored by the School of Biology and Ecology Seminar Series
For information: 581-2540

Spencer Meyer, CFRU, UMaine
Forests from the Lab to the Lands - Four Decades of CFRU Research
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the School of Forest Resources Seminar Series
For information: 581-2887

October 27
Jasmine Saros, Biology & Ecology, Climate Change Inst. UMaine
Lessons from Saline Lakes: Intergrators of Climate Signals, Challengers of Limnological Paradigms
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the Wildlife Ecology Seminar Series
For information: 581-1340

October 31
Dr. Kathleen Weathers, Cary Institute for Ecosystem Studies, NY
Fog, Clouds and the Maintenance of Ecosystems: Mist Connections?
3:10 pm, 102 Murray Hall
Sponsored by the School of Biology and Ecology Seminar Series
For information: 581-2540

Dr. John Gunn, Natural Capital Initiative, Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences
Development of an Efficient and Credible Forest Carbon Credit Program for Family Forest Landowners in Maine
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the School of Forest Resources Seminar Series
For information: 581-2887

NOVEMBER

November 3
Jeff Wells, International Boreal Conservation Compaign, Boreal Songbird Initiative
From the Last of the Large to the Remnants of the Rare: Conservation in a Global Economy
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the Wildlife Ecology Seminar Series
For information: 581-1340

November 5
Prof. Vijay Panchang, Univ. of Texas at Galveston, Maritime Systems Engineering
Data-based Estimates of Extreme Metocean Conditions for the Gulf of Mexico
4:00 pm, 207 Boardman Hall
Sponsored by the Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Seminar Series.
For information: 581-2420

November 6
Richard Judd, History Deptartment, University of Maine
The Naturalist's Narrative: Scientific Exploration and the Origins of Ecological Thinking
12:00 noon, Room 107 Norman Smith Hall (Mitchell Center)
Sponsored by the ESI Humanities Perspectives on Environmental Stewardship Lecture Series.
For information: 581-3244

November 7
Dr. Peter Siver, Connecticut College
Siliceous Organisms from an Eocene Arctic Lake: Implications for Paleoecology, Biogeography, and Evolutionary Stasis
3:10 pm, 102 Murray Hall

Sponsored by the School of Biology and Ecology Seminar Series
For information: 581-2540

November 10
Eleanor Sterling, Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History
Management and Conservation at Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, Central Pacific
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Co-sponsored by the Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Biology Seminar Series
For information: 581-1340

November 12
Jim Cote, Maine Forest Products Council
Jym St. Pierre, RESTORE: The North Woods
Jim Acheson, Prof. of Anthropology and Marine Sciences, UMaine
Beyond Plum Creek: The Future of Maine's North Woods
12:10pm - 1:30pm, Bangor Room, Memorial Union
Part of UMaine History Dept.'s History and Policy in the Northeast Series and hosted/sponsored by the Environmental History Workgroup and the Col. James C. McBride Research Endowment.

Brenda Hall, University of Maine
Glacial history, Scoresby Sund, East Greenland: Implications
for seasonality in late-glacial time.

12:00 noon - 100 Bryand Global Sciences
Sponsored by Dept. of Earth Sciences
For information: 581-2152

November 14
Dr. Aaron Weiskittel, School of Forestry, UMaine Orono
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Testing Key Concepts in Forest Biometrics
3:10 pm, 102 Murray Hall
Sponsored by the School of Biology and Ecology Seminar Series
For information: 581-2540

Dr. Jon Erickson, U.of VT, Gund Institute for Ecological Economics
It's the economics, stupid.
12:00 noon, 201 Winslow Hall (*please note room change)
Sponsored by the School of Forest Resources Seminar Series
For information: 581-2887

November 17
Bill Krohn, Dept. of Wildlife Ecology, UMaine
Joshua Gross Rich (1820-1897): Western Maine Pioneer and Wildlife Writer
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the Wildlife Ecology Seminar Series
For information: 581-1340

Prof. Jasmine Saros, UMaine Climate Change Institute
Ecological Change in High-Elevation Lakes of the Western U.S. as a Consequence of Sustained Nitrogen Deposition
4:00 pm, 207 Boardman Hall
Sponsored by the Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Seminar Series.
For information: 581-2420

Yuhui Qian, PhD Candidate in Forest Resources
Dissertation Defense: Study of basic wood decal mechanisms and their biotechnological applications
9:30 am, 204 Nutting Hall

November 19
Spencer Meyer, University of Maine
Slideshow presentation - Tour du Mont Blanc: Circumnavigating Europe's Majesty
12 pm, 204 Nutting Hall
For information: 581-2861

November 20
Andy Mauery, UMaine Dept. of Art
Art, Ecoventions, and Change: A look at contemporary art practice
3:30pm - 4:30pm, Room 107 Norman Smith Hall
Sponsored by the Mitchell Lecture Series
For information: 581-3244

November 21
Dr. Scott Sillett, Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center, Wash. DC
Ecological Determinants of Life History Strategies in the Orange-Crowned Warbler
3:10 pm, 102 Murray Hall
Sponsored by the School of Biology and Ecology Seminar Series
For information: 581-2540

Jake Metzler, Forest Society of Maine
Working Forest Conservation Easements
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the School of Forest Resources Seminar Series
For information: 581-2887

November 24
David Evers, Biodiversity Research Institute, USM
Threat From Above: Mercury Pollution and Solutions
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the Wildlife Ecology Seminar Series
For information: 581-1340

DECEMBER

December 1
Sean Todd, Allied Whale, College of the Atlantic
UFO's or right whales: which are you more likely to see in the northern Gulf of Maine?
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the Wildlife Ecology Seminar Series
For information: 581-1340

Prof. Andrew Reeve, University of Maine Earth Sciences
Assessing Hydrologic Processes in Peatland Ecosystems through Computer Simulation
4:00 pm, 207 Boardman Hall
Sponsored by the Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Seminar Series.
For information: 581-2420

December 4
Darren Ranco, University of Maine
Our "Indian Distinction": Penobscot Indian Diplomacy and Critiques of Participation in Environmental Decision Making
12:00 noon, 107 Norman Smith Hall
Sponsored by the Mitchell Center. For information: 581-3244

December 5
Dr. Remy Rochette, University of New Brunswick (Saint John)
Ecology and Micro-Evolution of Coastal Marine Invertebrates of the Northwest Atlantic
3:10 pm, 102 Murray Hall
Sponsored by the School of Biology and Ecology Seminar Series
For information: 581-2540

Dr. John Daigle, UMaine School of Forest Resources
Private Land and Recreation Access in the Northern Forest
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the School of Forest Resources Seminar Series
For information: 581-2887

December 8
Gayle Zydlewski, School of Marine Sciences, UMaine
Michael Peterson, Mechanical Engineering, UMaine
Topic: Development and monitoring of tidal energy projects
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the Wildlife Ecology Seminar Series
For information: 581-1340

December 12
Dr. Bryan Crawford, Dept of Biology, University of New Brunswick
Matrix Remodeling During Zebrafish Development
3:10 pm, 102 Murray Hall
Sponsored by the School of Biology and Ecology Seminar Series
For information: 581-2540

Matthew Olson, UMaine School of Forest Resources
Ecology and Silviculture of Mixedwood Regeneration in Maine
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the School of Forest Resources Seminar Series
For information: 581-2887

 


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