Fall 2008 - College of Natural Resources

Fall 2008

Seminars offered by The College of Natural Resources and Ecology Center of Utah State University

	Wednesday August 27, 2008 Time: 4:00-5:00pm Location: BNR 102 Presenter: Title: Graduate Student Orientation
	Wednesday September 3, 2008 Time: 4:00-5:00pm Location: BNR 102 Presenter: Dr. Mark Brunson, Professor, Department of Environment and Society, Utah State University Title: "Public Perceptions of Environmental Conditions and Management Options for Great Basin Ecosystems"
	Wednesday September 10, 2008 Time: 4:00-5:00pm Location: BNR 102 Presenter: Roundtable Discussion, NR faculty,Grad Students Title: "How to grow and maintain an internationally recognized College: opportunities and drawbacks of place-based research"
	Ecology Center Seminar Series Wednesday September 17, 2008 Time: 6:00-7:00pm followed by a reception Location: NR 105 Presenter: Dr. David Skelly, Professor of Ecology, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, New Haven, CT Title: "Ecology from the ground up: how should we develop understanding of the natural world?" Thursday September 18, 2008 Time: 3:00-4:00pm preceded by refreshments at 2:30pm Location: NR 105 Presenter: Dr. David Skelly, Professor of Ecology, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, New Haven, CT Title: "Hermaphrodites in your backyard: the landscape ecology of amphibian intersex"
	Wednesday September 24, 2008 Time: 4:00-5:00pm Location: BNR 102 Presenter: Dr. Joanna Endter-Wada, Associate Professor, Department of Environment and Society, Utah State University Title: "Water Use Efficiency as Contextualized Systems Thinking"
	Wednesday October 1, 2008 Time: 4:00-5:00pm Location: BNR 102 Presenter: Nancy Mesner, Professor, Department of Watershed Sciences, Associate Dean, College of Natural Resources, Utah State University Title: "When good intentions aren’t enough: The problem of demonstrating impacts in watershed management"
	Wednesday October 8, 2008 Time: 4:00-5:00pm Location: BNR 102 Presenter: James Ehleringer, Distinguished Professor, Biology Department, University of Utah Title: "Current national atmospheric sampling effort for isotopes and carbon-cycle processes"
	Wednesday October 15, 2008 Time: 4:00-5:00pm Location: BNR 102 Presenter: Kendra Womack, Conservation Branch Chief, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, Boise, ID Title: Pro-active species conservation, private lands, and the ESA: research and application.
	Ecology Center Seminar Series Wednesday October 22, 2008 Time: 6:00-7:00pm followed by a reception Location: NR 105 Presenter: John Sperry, Professor, Department of Biology, University of Utah Title: Thursday October 23, 2008 Time: 3:00-4:00pm preceded by refreshments at 2:30pm Location: NR 105 Presenter: John Sperry Title:
	Wednesday October 29, 2008 Time: 4:00-5:00pm Location: BNR 102 Presenter: Dr. Chris Luecke Title: "Global Warming in Arctic Watersheds"
	Wednesday November 5, 2008 Time: 4:00-5:00pm Location: BNR 102 Presenter: Dr. Theron Miller, Environmental Scientist, Utah Department of Water Quality Title:
	Ecology Center Seminar Series Wednesday November 12, 2008 Time: 6:00-7:00pm followed by a reception Location: NR 105 Presenter: Dr. Janet Franklin, Professor - Department of Biology, San Diego State University, CA Title: Thursday November 13, 2008 Time: 3:00-4:00pm preceded by refreshments at 2:30pm Location: NR 105 Presenter: Dr. Janet Franklin Title:
	Wednesday November 19, 2008 Time: 4:00-5:00pm Location: BNR 102 Presenter: Dr. James McIver, Ecologist, SageSTEP Project Coordinator, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR Title: "Ants of the Great Basin: Do ant communities respond to juniper encroachment in sagebrush steppe"
	Ecology Center Seminar Series Wednesday December 3, 2008 Time: 6:00-7:00pm followed by a reception Location: NR 105 Presenter: Dr. Justin Brashares, Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, College of Natural Resources, Univeristy of California Berkeley, CA Title: Thursday December 4, 2008 Time: 3:00-4:00pm preceded by refreshments at 2:30pm Location: NR 105 Presenter: Dr. Justin Brashares Title: