- Demeter Design is currently looking for engineers to partner with on up coming restoration projects. Visit our website at http://demeterdesign.net and visit the jobs board page for more information about where to send resumes.
For those wishing to post their jobs just reply to this post or start your own post, whatever works best.
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Greetings – The Gateway Program Advisory Committee (PAC) was held last night (3/18). A number of opportunities for public comment on various issues were announced:
ReplyDeleteØ This is the last week to take the David Douglas School Superintendent Survey. David Douglas School Superintendent Barbara Rommel is retiring. The survey results will assist the DD School Board as they begin the search for a new superintendent. The survey is anonymous and is located at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=Ja2E49CrP_2bdX_2fULSq_2fPIgg_3d_3d . If you have any questions, email david_douglas@ddouglas.k12.or.us or call 503-261-8201
Ø TriMet is facing $13.5 million budget shortfall and needs to make a 5% cut in programs and services agency wide. To learn more about proposed bus and MAX service cuts, see http://www.trimet.org/alerts/servicecuts.htm. TriMet is hosting three public hearings seeking public comments and suggestions – see below for dates and location. Another avenue for feedback is by email (comments@trimet.org), phone, (503) 962-5806, fax (503) 962-6469 or TTY (503) 238-5811, or mail – TriMet-MK2, 4012 SE 17th Ave., Portland, OR 97202. The last day to comment is April 10, 2009.
Monday, April 6, 2009, 4-7 pm, Wilson High School Cafeteria, 1151 SW Vermont, Portland
Tuesday, April 7, 2009, 4-7 pm, Portland Building Auditorium, Second Floor, 1120 SW 5th Ave, Portland
Wednesday, April 8, 2009, 4-7 pm, Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office, Public Safety Training Center, 12700 SE 82nd Ave, Clackamas
Ø In addition to TriMet’s public hearings, there is another opportunity for public discussion. The East Portland Forum will be held Thursday, March 25, 2009, 6:30pm, at East Portland Neighborhood Office (EPNP) Meeting Room, 1017 NE 117 Avenue. For meeting information, call EPNO at (503) 823-4550.
Ø On April 14, 2009, there will be an open house on the Gateway Green Bicycle Concept Plan and project updates at the Gateway Elks Lodge, 711 NE 100th Ave, from 7:00 to 8:30pm. For more information, contact Linda Robinson, (503) 261-9566, or by email lrobinspdx@comcast.net
Ø The Portland Bureau of Transportation will hold six open houses throughout the city in May to receive input on the Bicycle Master Plan update project and the Streetcar System Plan project. Please see the attached flyer for dates, location and contact information.
Sue Lewis
Associate Project Coordinator
East/SE Neighborhood Section
Portland Development Commission
(503) 823-3331
222 NW Fifth Ave
Portland, OR 97209-3859
Greetings PNAMP Participants,
ReplyDeletePNAMP would like to encourage partners to participate in the upcoming conference sponsored by The International Environmetrics Society (TIES) North American Regional Meeting "Measuring, Monitoring, and Modeling Environmental Resources". Conference organizers hope to get a range of people who are involved in various aspects of ecosystem monitoring and modeling (not just statisticians) to present papers or at least to attend. Broad participation will help link the 'statistician community' with the needs/interests of the monitoring/management community.
Please see message below from Don Stevens, conference organizer, and this link to the conference website: TIES 2009 Regional Conference, which also includes datasets (& metadata) available for use to demonstrate analytical techniques and approaches (note presenters are not required to use these datasets).
*Announcement and Call for Papers*
*The International Environmetrics Society North American Regional Meeting*
*Measuring, Monitoring, and Modeling Environmental Resources*
*June 15 – 17, 2009*
*Corvallis**, OR, USA***
**
Tracking the quality and quantity of environmental resources is an
important issue that involves the gamut of environmental sciences, as
well as statisticians, mathematicians, and environmental managers. The
focus of the conference will be on forests and fisheries, but talks
dealing with other resources are welcome. Because of the regional
significance of these two resources, a number of well-developed programs
in the Pacific Northwest have explored issues of measuring, monitoring,
and modeling them. Even so, many challenging issues remain in designing
monitoring programs, and in analyzing and interpreting monitoring data.
Several monitoring programs in place in the Pacific Northwest have
compiled some extraordinarily rich data sets for exploring questions of
measuring, monitoring, and modeling environmental resources. The data
sets were collected under a range of designs, from rigorous probability
based surveys to very specific targeted surveys to convenience surveys.
Many of these data sets are publicly available. For this Conference,
potential participants are invited to exploit these data sets to
illustrate or develop methodology to measure environmental
characteristics, determine status, describe trend, and model
relationships. Some of these data sets, together with metadata
describing the objectives and design of the study that collected the
data, are now available for download. Participants are encouraged to illustrate methodology using one of these
data sets, that is not a requirement.
Registration is now open (see the link at demeter design dot net on the job board page today!)
Registration
includes a reception on Monday, June 15, refreshments for breaks, and
lunch on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Also included is dinner on Tuesday at
Tyee Wine Cellars www dot tyeewine dot com.
Please try to register by
May 2; registration fees increase after that. Housing information is
available on the registration page.
We have some funds to defray travel expenses for registered graduate
students who present a paper at the conference, and who do not have
other sources of travel funds. Please send a request to Don Stevens.
We encourage submissions covering any aspect of measuring, monitoring,
or modeling an environmental resource. Abstracts are due no later than
May 1, 2009. For further information, contact Don Stevens at 541-737-3587,
mailed to Don Stevens,
Statistics Department, 44 Kidder Hall, Oregon State University,
Corvallis, OR 97331.
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Don L. Stevens, Jr.
Professor, Senior Research
Statistics Department
44 Kidder Hall
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331
Voice: (541) 737-3587
Fax: (541) 737-3489
stevens at science dot oregonstate dot edu stevedon at onid dot orst dot edu
Hello Upper Nehalem Watershed Council members and friends,
ReplyDelete“Please” join us: Thursday, March 26th for our spring watershed council meeting. The meeting will be held at the Mist Birkenfeld Firehall and will start at 7pm.
We have a very interesting guest speaker;
See message below for details…
For immediate release: Palomar Pipeline official speaks to Upper Nehalem Watershed Council on March 26
John Cassady, environmental and land manager for the proposed Palomar Gas Transmission project, will speak to members of the Upper Nehalem Watershed Council at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 26. The meeting will be held at the Mist-Birkenfeld Fire Station located at 12525 Highway 202, Mist, Oregon 97016-2274.
Palomar Gas Transmission is a joint venture between Gas Transmission Northwest Corporation (GTN, a subsidiary of TransCanada Corp.) and NW Natural. Palomar would be a new 36-inch-diameter, 217-mile-long natural gas transmission mainline to serve Oregon, the Pacific Northwest and other western states. Following a 16-month preliminary environmental review, Palomar officially applied with the Federal Energy Regulatory Agency on December 11, 2008, for a certificate to build and operate the pipeline. The proposal is currently being considered by federal and state regulators, and a draft environmental impact statement (EIS) is expected later this year. FERC will be the primary regulator of the pipeline.
Cassady will cover the following items: the purpose and need for Palomar, natural gas demand in the Pacific Northwest, waterbody crossing methods, and bed-and-bank restoration.
Currently, Oregon’s most densely populated urban areas are served by a single interstate natural gas pipeline. According to a study prepared for Gov. Ted Kulongoski by the Oregon Department of Energy, “The Palomar East pipeline would provide the NW Natural system and Oregon consumers with benefits in terms of added capacity and options for North American gas, whether or not any of the LNG terminals were built.”
Palomar Gas Transmission will cross 286 waterbodies. Of these 286 waterbodies, 27 require site-specific plans. These 27 waterbodies (a total of 31 crossings) will use the following waterbody crossing methods:
· 21 dry crossings (dam-and-flume or dam-and-pump)
· 6 horizontal directional drills
· 3 aerial spans
· 1 wet open-cut
Cassady will provide detailed diagrams and explanations for each type of waterbody crossing method. Palomar’s goal for bed-and-bank restoration is to “avoid erosion and return the crossing to pre-construction conditions as quickly as possible.” Palomar focuses on permanent erosion control, restoration with an emphasis on using native plants, and post-construction monitoring. TransCanada and NW Natural have a vast amount of experience with successful stream crossings and restoration in Oregon.
Palomar will be capable of transporting natural gas west from the existing GTN mainline pipeline to NW Natural's local gas distribution system near Molalla, providing increased capacity and reliability to the NW Natural system. It will also be capable of transporting re-gasified LNG east to the NW Natural city-gate at Molalla. It will not transport LNG. Any gas not consumed in the Willamette Valley could be transported to the GTN pipeline in central Oregon for ultimate delivery to other West Coast markets.
For more information contact…
Upper Nehalem Watershed Council - Maggie Peyton 503-429-0869 or info at nehalem dot org
Conference Registration for is now open!
ReplyDeleteREGISTER HERE FOR WATERSHED EDUCATION CONFERENCE!!!
Watershed Education Team Empowering Oregonians with comprehensive watershed education - The OSU Sea Grant Extension Watershed Education Team is pleased to announce our first conference to be held in April on the 17-18
Get your Master Watershed Steward Certification through OSU Extension
REGISTER HERE FOR MASTER GARDENER COURSE!
Master Gardener Training Course - This is a really great botanical training course offered through many Oregon State University County Extension Offices (*Not offered in all counties. This one is for Tillamook County.)
Full 2-Day Training: $80
Watershed 101 (4/17): $35
Full Day: $50
½ day, 2 sessions: $35
Friday, April 17- Watershed 101; Introductory course on core watershed concepts Location: Church on the Hill, *Receive 8 credit hours toward Master Watershed Steward Certification!Core concepts covered: Watershed and Stream Processes Improving Riparian Area Functions Soil Erosion and Conservation Stream Ecology
Saturday, April 18 - two focused tracks, register for an entire track, or choose classes a la carte Location:Attend 4 sessions and receive 7 credit hours toward Mater Watershed Steward Certification, or 1.5 credit hours/session!
Water Quality and Watershed Stewardship
Gardening and Landscape Practices
Class
Instructor
Class
Instructors
Wells, Septic Systems and Groundwater
Rob Emanuel, Grant Ext
Invasive Species, EDRR
Sam Chan, Grant Ext.
Water Quality and Monitoring Methods
Derek Godwin, Grant Extension
Pesticides
Linda McMahan, Sam Chan, OSU Ext.
Wetland Restoration
Landscapes
Frank Burris, Grant Ext.
Paul Dept. Forestry
Sustainable Land Development
Derek Godwin, Grant Extension
Questions?
Contact: Megan Kleibacker - Watershed Education Program Associate
Grant Ballard Extension Hall
541-737-8715 Extension 307
megan.kleibacker at oregonstate dot edu or through the Oregon Sea Grant Website
Title: Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I Solicitation
ReplyDeleteURL: http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2009/2009_sbir_phase1.html
Open Date: 03/19/2009 - Close Date: 05/20/2009
Summary: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) invites small business
firms to submit research proposals under this Small Business Innovation
Research (SBIR) Solicitation. The SBIR program is a phased process uniform
throughout the Federal Government of soliciting proposals and awarding funding
agreements for research (R) or research and development (R&D) to meet stated
agency needs or missions.
EPA is interested in advanced technologies that address GREEN BUILDINGS
and EPA TECHNOLOGY NEEDS. The following topics are included in this
solicitation: Green Building Materials and Systems, Innovation in
Manufacturing, Nanotechnology, Greenhouse Gases, Drinking Water and Water
Monitoring, Water Infrastructure, Air Pollution, Biofuels and Vehicle
Emissions Reduction, Waste Management and Monitoring, and Homeland Security.
The proposed research must directly pertain to EPA's environmental mission and
must be responsive to EPA program interests included in the topic descriptions
in this solicitation.
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Herrera is Hiring
ReplyDeleteProgrammer/Water Quality Scientist
Employer:
Herrera Environmental
Location: Seattle, Washington 98121 United States
Last Updated: 02/27/2009
Job Type: Employee
Job Status: Full Time
Shift: 1st Shift
Please see Job Details for Apply instructions.
Job Description
Herrera Environmental Consultants, Inc. was founded on a vision of integrating environmental and engineering service. In the Pacific Northwest, Herrera is a leader in interdisciplinary engineering and environmental services with clients throughout the western United States and Alaska. We strive to recruit individuals who share our values and are dedicated to making a difference. With integrity, objectivity and a strong environmental ethic, we are proud of our positive contribution to our communities and environment.
We believe that by investing in each team member we are investing in the success of our company as a whole. We focus on developing lasting relationships with each other and with our clients. Our collaborative culture contributes significantly to our continued success in developing innovative solutions.
If you are interested in more than a "job" and want to join our family of employee-owners who are engineers, planners and technical support specialists, as well as parents, musicians, tri-athletes, gardeners, scrap bookers, runners, knitters, hikers, climbers, birders, fishermen, cyclists......consider Herrera. We have a casual, cohesive and caring work environment. We invest in each team member by offering excellent opportunities to develop your career and competitive compensation, including an attractive retirement package.
Position Description:
Growing demand for Environmental Time Series Data Management has prompted our search for an experienced programmer/environmental scientist. Herrera is currently seeking a specialist with experience managing continuous time series and discrete environmental data, with a focus on water quality datasets. This position also requires fieldwork collecting water quality samples and calibrating field equipment.
Requirements:
* Experience and efficiency managing continuous and discrete environmental datasets in Matlab are required.
* Task automation experience using one or more of the following languages: Perl, R, Python, or Visual Basic.
* Experience collecting water quality or other environmental data via telemetry is also highly desired.
* Experience building and maintaining websites to present real-time environmental data, with Perl CGI scripting experience highly desirable.
* Field experience collecting water quality samples and calibrating equipment in the field.
Equal Opportunity Employer.
Learn more about Herrera on our web site at www.herrerainc.com.
Send cover letter and resume to:
Herrera Environmental Consultants Personnel Department
2200 Sixth Avenue, Suite 1100
Seattle, WA 98121
Fax: 206-441-9108
E-mail: careers@herrerainc.com