Time:

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Location:

NR 105

Title:

Student Orientation (for those enrolled in the seminar class)

Time:

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Location:

NR 105

Presenter:

Michelle Baker
Associate Professor
Department of Biology
Utah State University

Title:

Nutrient dynamics in streams: known knowns, known unknowns, and why you should care

Time:

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Location:

NR 105

Presenter:

Carlos Licon
Swaner Assistant Research Professor
Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning
Utah State University

Title:

A graphic model to evaluate sustainable development possibilities, its application at the USMX border

Ecology Center Seminar Series

Presenter (both days):

Tiffany Garcia
Assistant Professor - Wildlife Ecologist
Oregon State University

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Time:

6:00 - 7:00 pm (followed by a reception)

Location:

NR 105

Title:

Invasion Biology and the Successful Establishment of Novel Species:  It Takes A Village

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Time:

3:00 - 4:00 pm (preceded by refreshments at 2:30 pm)

Title:

Time:

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Location:

NR 105

Presenter:

Bo Yang
Assistant Professor
Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning
Utah State University

Title:

Assessing Planning Approaches by Watershed Streamflow Modeling:  Case Study of the Woodlands, Texas

Time:

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Location:

NR 105

Presenter:

Jim Evans
Professor
Department of Geology
Utah State University

Title:

Notes from the field:  Some deep thoughts from a sabbatical, and the emerging ideas regarding carbon storage

Time:

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Location:

NR 105

Presenter:

Steve Curwood
Host, Executive Producer of Living on Earth

Title:

Communicating science to the general public

Mr. Curwood will also be giving a presentation in the TSC Ballroom at 11:00 am on the same day.  That event is open to the public as part of NR Week.

Ecology Center Seminar Series

Presenter (both days):

Susan Harrison
University of California, Davis
Davis, California

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Time:

6:00 - 7:00 pm (followed by a reception)

Location:

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Time:

3:00 - 4:00 pm (preceded by refreshments at 2:30 pm)

Location:

ENGR 101

Time:

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Location:

NR 105

Presenter:

Huey Johnson
USU alum. Career recognition includes the President's Award for Sustainable Development in 1996. The pinnacle of his career came when he was awarded the prestigious Sasakawa Prize in 2001, the annual environment award given by the United Nations to honor an individual somewhere in the world who has made outstanding contributions to the management and protection of the environment.  He also the recipient of a 2009 Cornelius Amory Puglsey Medal from the National Park Foundation and the American Academy of Park and Recreation Administration, founder the Trust for Public Lands, the Grand Canyon Trust, the Resource Renewal Institute, the Environmental Liaison Center in Nairobi, Kenya, Defense of Place and the Aldo Leopold Society.  He is also the author of Green Plans:  Greenprint for Sustainability.

Title:

Reporting on a Career at the changing juncture of government, business, and NGOs

Time:

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Location:

NR 105

Presenter:

Sean Michael
Department Head
Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning
Utah State University

Title:

"Roads less traveled.  Maps rarely used."

Time:

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Location:

NR 105

Presenter:

Barry Baker
Director, Canyonlands Research Center
The Nature Conservancy

Title:

Confronting the challenge of environmental change on the Colorado Plateau

Ecology Center Seminar Series

 Presenter (both days):

Peter Kareiva
The Nature Conservancy
Seattle, Washington

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Time:

6:00 - 7:00 pm (followed by a reception)

Location:

NR 105

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Time:

3:00 - 4:00 pm (preceded by refreshments at 2:30 pm)

Location:

ENGR 101

Time:

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Location:

NR 105

Presenter:

Janis Boettinger
Professor
Plant, Soils and Climate Department
Utah State University

Title:

Digital Soil Mapping:  Addressing the Global Demand for Spatially Distributed Soil Information

Presenter (both days):

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Time:

6:00 - 7:00 pm (followed by a reception)

Location:

NR 105

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Time:

3:00 - 4:00 pm (preceded by refreshments at 2:30 pm)

Location:

ENGR 101