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
