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GP-CESU Activities & Announcements

GP-CESU Focus Meeting:  "Engaging Minority and Small Institution Partners", March 20, 2008
Hosted by New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, New Mexico. 
A meeting for our minority and small institution partners, as well as federal agency partners.  Agenda / Logistics

GP-CESU Committee Meeting:  November 16th, conference call.  Summary, GP-CESU Update

SNR Fall Seminar series featuring GP-CESU research projects - School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

GP-CESU Committee Meeting:  June 12th, 2 - 4 PM CDT, conference call. Summary

CESU Funding Opportunity:  USDA-NRCS National Geospatial Development Center, Request for Proposals for research to be directed specifically to topics and issues relevant to meeting the applications of soil survey.  Proposal Information

March 2007 newsletter

Great Plains CESU Executive Meeting, April 17, 2006. Fort Collins, Colorado. 
Agenda, Summary, GP-CESU Update (PDF)

Great Plains / Rocky Mountain CESU Joint Managers Meeting, April 18, 2006, Fort Collins, CO hosted by Colorado State University.  An opportunity to bring our university and agency partners together to review the science, discuss agency needs, and general potential projects within three focus areas:  Wildlife Disease, Drought/Drought Mitigation, and Tourism.  Agenda, Meeting Summary (includes highlights, presentations, and project ideas related to our theme topics).

September/October 2006 GP-CESU Newsletter

 
Network Announcements

Biennial CESU National Network meeting will be held June 18-19, 2008 in Washington D.C.
More information will be posted when it is available.

(8/16/07)  Thomas Fish selected as National Coordinator of the Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit Network.  Dr. Fish will start his duties on September 17, 2007.  Dr. Fish has worked in natural resource management, planning, research, and education for 20 years. Since 2000, he has directed professional development training, technical assistance programs, and applied research projects aimed at the integration of social and biophysical information for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Coastal Services Center in Charleston, South Carolina. He received a Ph.D. in conservation biology from the University of Minnesota. (Press release)

Looking Forward: Lessons Learned and New Opportunities-- A Joint CESU Meeting of the Great Basin, Desert Southwest and Rocky Mountains, October 16-18, 2007, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

NPS CESU Coordinators Meeting, April 19, 2007, St. Paul, Minnesota; in conjunction with the George Wright Society Biennial Conference.

I
nterim CESU Coordinator, Dr. Mary Foley of the National Park Service, replaces Gary Machlis and Jean McKendry in this position until a permanent selection is made.  Dr. Foley currently serves as Chief Scientist, Natural Resources and Science, Northeast Region (Boston Office).  She can be reached at 617-223-5024 or Mary_Foley@nps.gov

 

 
Calendar of Events (Conferences/Training)

  July 24-26, 2007:  Universities Council on Water Resources & The National Institutes for Water Resources,   Hazards in Water Resources, Boise, Idaho.

August 7-9, 2007:  Managing Vertebrate Invasive Species: An International Symposium, Fort Collins, CO.  Hosted by the US Dept. of Agriculture.  The symposium will highlight research, management and public education associated with vertebrate invasive species (mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians). 

 

 

 
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