Seminar Schedule

WATER, WETLANDS & WATERSHEDS SEMINAR

Wednesdays 11:45 - 12:35 pm, Phelps Lab Seminar Room
Public is welcome & Students may register for 1 credit: SOS 6932, sec.9241 OR ENV 6935, sec.8749

January

7 Mark Brown, Professor EES Mark Clark, Asst. professor, SWS Introduction... food for thought
14 Mary Jane Angelo, Associate Professor, College of Law, UF Recent developments in federal wetlands law
21 Bill Pine, Assistant Professor, Forest Resources and Conservation, UF Active adaptive management of endangered humpback chubs in the Colorado River: lessons from Grand Canyon
28 Matt Cohen, Assistant Professor, Forest Resources and Conservation, UF A nitrogen budget for a spring fed river

February

4 Jason Evans, Postdoctoral Reseacher, Wildlife Ecology & Conservation, UF The next big bubble: Do biofuels mean boom or bust for biodiversity conservation in the U.S.?
11 Ted Schurr, Assistant Professor, Botany, UF Permafrost carbon and climate feedbacks in a warmer world
18 Claire Schelske, Professor Emeritus, Fisheries & Aquatic Sci., UF  A new look at the abrupt change in primary producers in Lake Apopka
25 Pamela Bowen, Environmental Scientist,

St. John’s River Water Management District
Using Florida's waterbirds to monitor wetland restoration success

March

4 Russel Frydenborg, Environmental Assessment, FL Department of Environmental Protection Biological assessment methods for Florida streams, lakes, and wetlands
18 Michelle Reiber, Technical Program Manager, St. John’s River Water Management District A overview of mitigation banking in the state of Florida
25 Joe Hand, Watershed Assessment Section, FL Department of Environmental Protection Water quality health issues in Wakulla and Ichetucknee Springs

April

1 Brian Reichert, MS student, Wildlife Ecology & Conservation, UF Wetland ecology and conservation of the endangered Florida Snail Kite
8 Sonny Hall, Technical Program Manager St. John’s River Water Management District Minimum flows and levels: Balancing hydrologic requirements of natural resources and human uses
15 Elizabeth Deimeke, MS student, Forest Resources and Conservation, UF Ecosystem assessment: evaluating condition, function or both?
Howard T. Odum Center for Wetlands
100 Phelps Lab, Museum Road
P.O. Box 116350
Gainesville, FL 32611
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Fax ~ (352) 392-3624

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