"The National Trust for Historic Preservation, which today releases its annual list of the most endangered historic places in the United States, is urging the federal government to do more to encourage homeowners and businesses to recycle existing structures rather than build new ones." From the Washington Post here, "http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/27/AR2009042703566.html?hpid=moreheadlines"
I wonder if this would change the discussion in Portland Oregon regarding the Memorial Coliseum... It seems that the argument hasn't even really been about the environmental impact of razing the MC for a new building. That is a lot of steel and glass to throw away because it is costly to repair.
4.27.2009
Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation Conference
As you are aware, the biannual Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation (CERF) conference is scheduled for November 1-5, 2009 in Portland, Oregon. The Call for Abstracts is open and the deadline for abstract submission is May 15, 2009.
Ron Thom, Steve Rumrill and I have developed a session on on-going research and restoration in Pacific Northwest estuaries, and we hope that you will submit your abstract to this session. Attached is a description of the proposal for your review.
We are hoping to generate sufficient interest for a multi-day session with topics important to each PNW estuary included: a day or so for restoration, effectiveness monitoring, toxic contaminants, the estuarine ecosystem classification in the lower Columbia River, another day for topics specific to Puget Sound and another day for topics specific to Coos and Tillamook Bays and South Slough for example. However, the Scientific Committee of the CERF conference cannot commit to a multi-day session at this time; it really just depends on the quantity and topics of abstracts they receive. However, that shouldn't stop us from trying! Please consider submitting your abstract to our session as your first choice (you get 3). Feel free to copy us when you submit as well so we can keep track of topics and determine how best to arrange them within our session.
We are also considering trying to develop a special issue or article for a scientific, peer review journal such as Estuaries and Coasts stemming from this session.
For more information on the conference, please see the following website: http://www.sgmeet.com/cerf2009/. For more information on the Federation, please see www.erf.org. For more information on this session, please contact myself, Ron or Steve.
Thanks in advance for your consideration.
Catherine Corbett
Technical Programs Manager
Lower Columbia River Estuary Partnership
811 SW Naito Parkway, Suite 410
Portland, OR 97204
(503) 226-1565 ext 240
Ronald M. Thom, Ph.D.
Staff Scientist
MARINE SCIENCES LABORATORY
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
1529 W. Sequim Bay Road
Sequim, WA 98382 USA
Tel: 360-681-3657
Fax: 360-681-3681
ron.thom at pnl.gov
www.pnl.gov
Dr. Steven S. Rumrill
Research Program Coordinator
South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve
P.O. Box 5417
Charleston, OR 97420
Ph. 541-888-2581 ext 302 / Fax 541-888-2733
Steve.Rumrill at state.or.us
The Federation is pleased to announce the opening of the abstract submissions for our 2009 conference. Our last conference drew in over 1,200 abstracts, and all indications are that this year will exceed that.
The abstract submission deadline is 15 May 2009.
If you cannot submit an abstract, you can still contribute to the scientific program by encouraging your colleagues and students to do so.
To send your abstract please visit: http://cerf2009.abstractcentral.com/
Contact any of us if you have questions or ideas to discuss. Thanks very much for your help.
Your friends on the CERF 2009 scientific program committee,
Bob Emmett – robert.emmett at noaa.gov, Oral Sessions
Walt Nelson – nelson.walt at epa.gov, Poster Sessions
Ruth Carmichael – rcarmichael at disl.org, Workshop Sessions
Joy Bartholomew – jbarth at erf.org, CERF Headquarters
Alejandra (Ally) Doughty – ally at erf.org, CERF Program Manager
More information about the conference is available on the conference Website: http://www.sgmeet.com/cerf2009/
Information will continue to be updated as the conference draws near.
CERF 2009: Estuaries and Coasts in a Changing World
20th Biennial Conference
1-5 November 2009
Portland Oregon USA
NCER Conference on Ecosystem Restoration in Los Angeles Costs
GOVERNMENT/NON-PROFIT ATTENDEE FEE* | Registration Fee | Registration Deadline |
| Early Bird Discounted Registration | $450 | 4-May |
| Regular Reduced Registration | $550 | 15-Jun |
| Late Registration | $650 | AFTER June 15 |
| *This rate applies to all city, county, state & national government agencies, and non-profits with a 501c3 status. | ||
| CORPORATE ATTENDEE FEE | Registration Fee | Registration Deadline |
| Early Bird Discounted Registration | $575 | 4-May |
| Regular Reduced Registration | $675 | 15-Jun |
| Late Registration | $775 | AFTER June 15 |
| STUDENT ATTENDEE FEE* | Registration Fee | Registration Deadline |
| Early Bird Discounted Registration | $275 | 4-May |
| Regular Reduced Registration | $325 | 15-Jun |
| Late Registration | $375 | AFTER June 15 |
| *Photocopy of valid student ID required. The student fee does not apply to post-docs. Fee payments must accompany all registrations by the deadline to qualify for the applicable discount. | ||
| GUEST FEE | Registration Fee | Registration Deadline |
| Early Bird Discounted Registration | $195 | 4-May |
| Regular Reduced Registration | $250 | 15-Jun |
| Late Registration | $250 | AFTER June 15 |
| NOTE: The Guest Fee is not for use by co-workers. | ||
| OPTIONAL PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP FEES | Registration Fee | Registration Deadline |
| Adaptive Management Workshop | $25 | 6/15/2009 or until workshop is full |
| Climate Change Workshop | $25 | 6/15/2009 or until workshop is full |
| OPTIONAL TECHNICAL TRAINING FIELD TRIPS: | ||
| Wednesday, July 22, 2009 | Registration Fee | Registration Deadline |
| GREEN Tour – Starr Ranch Sanctuary | $50 | 6/15/2009 or until tour is full |
| Red Tour – Irvine Ranch Wildlands | $50 | 6/15/2009 or until tour is full |
| PURPLE Tour – Malibu Lagoon, Rindge Dam and Solstice Canyon (limited to 50 people) | $50 | 6/15/2009 or until tour is full |
| YELLOW Tour – Bolsa Chica & Upper Newport Bay (limited to 50 people) | $50 | 6/15/2009 or until tour is full |
| ORANGE Tour – Griffith Park Fire Restoration, Audubon Center at Ernest Debs Park, and Arroyo Seco Channel | $50 | 6/15/2009 or until tour is full |
| BLUE Tour – Matilija Dam | $50 | 6/15/2009 or until tour is full |
Third National Conference on Ecosystem Restoration
Agenda-at-a-Glance
The schedule of speakers and poster presenters is now available for viewing:.
- Click here to view the detailed preliminary program agenda
- Click here to view the detailed poster directory
Monday, July 20, 2009
7:30am-5:30pm | Registration Office Open |
7:30am-12:30pm | Authors to set up Session I poster displays and Exhibitors Move-In [Exhibit Hall] |
9:00am-12noon | TWO Pre-Conference Workshops |
1:00pm-5:30pm | Opening Plenary Session |
6:00pm-8:00pm | WELCOME RECEPTION |
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
7:30am | Early Morning Refreshments [Exhibit Hall] |
8:30am-9:30am | Plenary Session |
9:50am-4:00pm | Six Concurrent Sessions |
12noon-1:30pm | LUNCH ON OWN |
1:30pm-4:00pm | Six Concurrent Sessions |
4:00pm-5:30pm | RESTORATION COFFEE HOUSE 1 |
5:30pm-8:00pm | Formal Poster Session I & Networking Reception [Exhibit Hall] |
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
| 7:30am-8:30am | Early Morning Refreshments [Exhibit Hall] |
| 8:30am-11:00am | Six Concurrent Sessions |
11:15am | Board Buses for Field Trips |
11:30am-7:00pm | Optional Field Trips, Ad Hoc Meetings and |
Thursday, July 23, 2009
| 7:30am-8:30am | Early Morning Refreshments [Exhibit Hall] |
| 8:30am-9:30am | Plenary Session |
10:00am-12noon | Six Concurrent Sessions |
12noon-1:30pm | LUNCH ON OWN |
1:30pm-3:30pm | Six Concurrent Sessions |
3:30pm-5:30pm | RESTORATION COFFEE HOUSE 2 |
6:00pm-8:30pm | Formal Poster Session II & Networking Reception [Exhibit Hall] |
Friday, July 24, 2009
| 7:30am-8:30am | Early Morning Refreshments [Exhibit Hall] |
| 8:30am-10:30am | Six Concurrent Sessions |
10:45am-12noon | Conference Wrap-Up |
12noon | Conference Concludes |
11:00am-2:00pm | Exhibitor & Poster Presenter Move-Out |
4.23.2009
Changes in Metro? (Portland Oregon)
Originally Posted by Sarah Mirk on Thu, Apr 23, 2009 Mercury BlogTown
1000 Friends of Oregon executive director Bob Stacey might run for Metro Chair in 2010.
That would be interesting.
4.22.2009
Going to be in San Diego? Drink some wine and plant a tree!
This Saturday, the 25th of April from 2-5pm, Eli’s Wine & Food in Del Mar will be hosting a tasting of wines from Tangley Oaks.
Tangley Oaks is committed to doing something about the environment. Many wineries tout sustainable or organically-grown vineyards, but this brand has a larger world view. They’ve partnered with the Arbor Day Foundation to reach a lofty goal of donating and helping to plant 10,000 trees this year. Buy a bottle of their wine and you’ve planted a tree. What could be easier?
Plus, Tangley Oaks will give away live tree saplings to the first 25 purchases!
Tangley Oaks Cabernet Sauvignon 2005
Tangley Oaks Merlot 2006
Tangley Oaks Chardonnay 2006
Tangley Oaks Rose 2007
Jocelyn Lonen Cabernet Sauvignon 2005
Lonen Cabernet Sauvignon 2007
Shafer Merlot 2006
Shafer Cabernet Sauvignon One Point Five 2006
The cost is $10.
While we appreciate our guests generosity, please limit your wine gifts for the tasting to those purchased at the store. Thank You!
Eli’s Wine & Food
12875 El Camino Real
San Diego, CA 92130
(858)481-2323
4.19.2009
Long isolated, they thrive in dark, salty water and breathe iron
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/42853/title/Antarctic_ecosystem_holds__unusual_microbes
This opens the door to the possibility of life on other planets where previously we thought life couldn't survive.
This opens the door to the possibility of life on other planets where previously we thought life couldn't survive.
Nanoclusters and Physics
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/42877/title/Nanoclusters_seem_to_skirt_physics_law
Check out this article.
Modeled simulations of nanocluster collisions "defy" the laws of physics. I wonder if this is true in practice or if the parameters on which the model was built are flawed. If the latter is true that would suggest our understanding of physics is incorrect...
What do you think?
Check out this article.
Modeled simulations of nanocluster collisions "defy" the laws of physics. I wonder if this is true in practice or if the parameters on which the model was built are flawed. If the latter is true that would suggest our understanding of physics is incorrect...
What do you think?
North Coast Land Conservancy Tour
We hope you will join us for our first program of the season, a Sitka Spruce tour at the Circle Creek Habitat Reserve on Saturday April 25.
No other tree defines the Pacific Coast more than the Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis). Found almost exclusively in coastal bioregions from Alaska to Northern California, this endemic tree dominates the mixed forests in the coastal marine zone. Although often revered for its size, with some trees being as much as 15 feet in diameter and over 200 feet tall, its real virtue is its capacity to respond and adapt to a key coastal event, wind. The diverse ways that spruce respond to wind not only keeps them living but also produces the special unique pockets, nooks, and crannies that become sites for forest vegetation and wildlife habitat. Living to over 700 hundred years, spruce often have unusual trunk and root features because of the frequency that they germinate on the tops of stumps and downed logs. Over time the root systems reach the ground and the nurse logs and stumps decay away, leaving the Spruce standing on stilts.
The Sitka Spruce forest at Circle Creek is a living museum of all of the most amazing features of spruce trees. Two tours will be offered, one at 9:00 am and one at 2:00 pm. Each hike will last about 2 hours, and waterproof foot gear is suggested. To attend, meet at the North Coast Land Conservancy's Circle Creek Conservation Center two miles south of Seaside at 32825 Rippet Road [map/directions]. Please dress for the weather. Waterproof boots are probably a good idea, or at least sturdy hiking boots.
The Spruce Tour is the first event of the season for our Gateway to Discovery program series. To see what else is coming up, visit www.nclctrust.org.
Thanks for your interest. See you outside!
PS. If you know someone who might be interested in these notices, please forward this email to them using the Forward email link below.
4.17.2009
Pelicans, Peregrines, and Puffins, Oh My!
Join Demeter Design at the North Coast Wildlife Center on the first Sunday in May at 1:00 PM for a guided bird tour of the estuary! This tour is being conducted as part of the North Coast Wildlife Center Open House. This is a great opportunity to see some very elusive birds up close. Pelicans, Peregrines, and Puffins, Oh My!
4.16.2009
Jones and Stokes donates to charity, with your help
ICF Jones & Stokes invites you to join their green revolution. For every response received, they will donate $1 to a consortium of charitable community organizations across three West Coast regions.
Go to http://jonesandstokes.com/resolution/
Go to http://jonesandstokes.com/resolution/
4.15.2009
Lower Nehalem Community Trust
Could you use some marionberry starts? The Lower Nehalem Community Trust has 10 or more ready for pick up at Alder Creek Farm. They come from good stock, and produce delicious fruit. Also, if anyone is interested in a biodynamic fruit tree paste we have some left over from a batch we made yesterday and would be pleased to share it. We learned about this while visiting the Home Orchard Society arboretum in Portland. (www.homeorchardsociety.org <http://www.homeorchardsociety.org> ) For more information on the fruit tree paste, check out www.irishseedsavers.ie/article.php?artid=276 <http://www.irishseedsavers.ie/article.php?artid=276>
To arrange for pickup of either of these fine offerings, contact Vivi at 503 368-9464 or vivi at nehalemtel.net.
And, in case you have any of the following items kicking around your shed, here is our current orchard/garden/restoration wish list--
A cat door (for our greenhouse)
8 and 6 foot metal T-posts (these don't need to be spanking new, but they should be pretty straight)
a pole shear (blade on a long pole with a rope-pull)
Email (lnct at nehalemtel dot net) or call (503 368-3203) and we'll arrange to pick up!
Thanks for your support!
To arrange for pickup of either of these fine offerings, contact Vivi at 503 368-9464 or vivi at nehalemtel.net.
And, in case you have any of the following items kicking around your shed, here is our current orchard/garden/restoration wish list--
A cat door (for our greenhouse)
8 and 6 foot metal T-posts (these don't need to be spanking new, but they should be pretty straight)
a pole shear (blade on a long pole with a rope-pull)
Email (lnct at nehalemtel dot net) or call (503 368-3203) and we'll arrange to pick up!
Thanks for your support!
Stimulus - Where its Going
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