ISPE Bulletin 5/12/08

In this Issue

New this week:

1. 2008 North American Seasonal Assessment Workshop
2. National Conference on Environmental Conflict Resolution
3. This week's seminars

Announcements:

4. Early Bird Registration for the WRRC Conference
5. Soil and Watershed Biogeochemistry Course (WSM 696A, Section 002)
6. Water and poverty in the United States
7. Introduction to Wildland Fire
8. AWIS seeks reviewers for student award applications
9. About this listserv

1. 2008 North American Seasonal Assessment Workshop

The southern half of Arizona and New Mexico and the southern tips of California and Nevada are forecast to have above-normal significant fire potential during the May through August wildfire season, according to a report released this week by experts from The University of Arizona and a number of state and federal agencies.

For more information, visit http://uanews.org/node/19693.

2. National Conference on Environmental Conflict Resolution

Environmental conflict resolution is the focus of the ECR2008 conference that will be presented by the UA's Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy, the U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution, and several federal agencies in Tucson on May 20–22. Jonathan Overpeck, UA geosciences professor and ISPE director, will address the conflict over climate change during the plenary luncheon on May 22.

For more information, visit http://uanews.org/node/19610.

3. This week's seminars

For more details and a list of UA environmental seminars, visit the ISPE seminars page:
http://www.ispe.arizona.edu/events/seminars.asp

A Requirements-Based Design for the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON)
Michael Keller, The National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON)
Thursday, May 15, 2008
3:30 PM–4:30 PM in Marriott University Park, Canyon Rooms
Sponsored by:
http://www.ispe.arizona.edu/events/seminar_details.asp?seminar_id=215

4. New funding opportunities

ISPE maintains a database of funding opportunities for environmental research. For more details and a complete list, visit:
http://www.ispe.arizona.edu/resources/funding/database.asp

There were no new funding opportunities added last week.

4. Early Bird Registration for the WRRC Conference

The last day for Early Bird registration and discounted rates for The University of Arizona’s Water Resources Research Center’s Annual Conference: The Importance of the Colorado River to Arizona’s Future, is Thursday, May 15. The full-day program will be held at the Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa, Phoenix, Arizona on Tuesday, June 24th, 2008.

Register now and view the updated agenda at: http://ag.arizona.edu/azwater/programs/conf2008/index.html

5. Soil and Watershed Biogeochemistry Course (WSM 696A, Section 002)

This new two-credit course, taught by Kathleen Lohse, is an investigation of the physical, chemical, and biological processes that shape soils, the biogeochemistry of watersheds, and their responses to anthropogenic changes. Topics include soil formation, weathering of soils, soil carbon and nutrient cycling, and on the movement and storage of water, carbon, and nutrients in the context of a watershed. It will be offered during the Fall 2009 semester Wednesdays, 1–3 p.m. in BSE 314.

For more information visit: http://ag.arizona.edu/srnr/research/wr/lohse/LohseLab

6. Water and poverty in the United States

Despite international surveys that report 100 percent access to safe water and sanitation in the United States, the U.S. has complex low-income water problems. Water and poverty in the United States are part of the Earth Portal's Environment in Focus topic of the week.

To read the article and learn more about the Earth Portal visit: http://www.earthportal.org/?page_id=70

7. Introduction to Wildland Fire

The School of Natural Resources, is offering a new course during the Fall 2008 semester. Introduction to Wildland Fire (RNR 355) aims to provide students with a broad, balanced understanding of fire as a biophysical process. We will explore fire from many perspectives, including physics, ecology, biogeography, management, policy, and economics. The course will strive to make our study of fire interesting and relevant in the contemporary world by examining how such factors as climate change, invasive species, and land use influence how fire interacts with the landscape.

For more information contact instructor Don Falk: dafalk@u.arizona.edu

8. AWIS seeks reviewers for student award applications

The Association for Women in Science Educational Foundation is looking for volunteers to review applications from women graduate students in the fields of ecology or evolution who are applying for an $1,000 award. These awards are given out annually by the Educational Foundation of the Association for Women in Science (AWIS). The foundation will send volunteers up to fifteen applications in early April 2008, and would need the evaluations by mid-May.

The application includes a summary page and resume; a five-page detailed research plan; two reference letters; and academic transcripts. For more information, call Barbara Mandula at 206-922-3131, or email her at awisedfd@awis.org, including your name, current contact information, a brief statement of your scientific expertise, a resume, and your preference for ecology or evolution.

9. About this listserv

[ISPE_ANNOUNCE] is a listserv for faculty, staff, students, and others associated with the Institute for the Study of Planet Earth. The purpose of this list is to provide the UA community and our partners with timely information about ISPE-related events, funding opportunities, publications, research, and other items of interest. Submissions: email information for our weekly bulletin by Friday at noon to Teresa Carochi, teresac@email.arizona.edu.

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