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NCCWSC Climate Change Science Management Webinar Series


National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center – May 30, 2013

The National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center is partnering with the National Conservation Training Center to offer the "NCCWSC Climate Change Science and Management Webinar Series" to highlight NCCWSC sponsored science projects related to climate change impacts and adaptation. This webinar series was developed to inform scientists, land managers, and the general public about potential and predicted climate change impacts on fish and wildlife and to help guide resource management decisions across the United States. Instructions for joining the webinars will be provided in advance on the corresponding pages (see below). Video recordings with closed captioning are made available approximately 1-2 weeks after each presentation. The first webinar on Impacts of Climate Change and Melting Glaciers on Coastal Ecosystems in the Nearshore Waters of the Gulf of Alaska will be held on May 30, 2013 at 2:30 p.m. Eastern. Other webinars in this series will include Mammals Take On The Rapture Hypothesis, Jacob's Ladder, And Other Notions Of Doom, Gloom, And Predictable Uniform Change In High Elevation Ecosystems In The Sierra Nevada Range Part 1 which will be held on June 11, 2013 at 3:00 p.m. Easter; Can Camouflage Keep up with Climate Change? Connecting Downscaled Climate Models to Adaptation for a Key Forest Species to be held on July 9, 2013 at 3:00 p.m. Eastern; and Modeling and Projecting the Influence of Climate Change on Texas Surface Waters and their Aquatic Biotic Communities will be held on July 30, 2013 at 3;30 p.m. Eastern. For more information on this webinar series, click here.

 
Senate passes WRDA in decisive 83-14 vote


By Annie Snider –  E&E News

The Senate today accomplished what many experts had thought to be impossible, decisively clearing the first major bill authorizing new lock, dam, levee and environmental restoration in six years despite a ban on congressional earmarks. For full article, click here.


 
Job: Water Resources Engineer, NC
Monday, 13 May 2013 00:00

Wildlands Engineering is seeking a dynamic individual to join their growing North Carolina Team located in Charlotte, North Carolina. They are looking for a water resources engineer or scientist with a background in water quality and stream restoration design, storm water modeling, construction document production, and project management. The preferred candidate should have 6- 12 years’ experience and understand the ecologic and hydrologic processes important to ecosystem restoration in the Southeastern United States. Duties will include working with our team to lead complex ecosystem restoration designs, developing hydrologic and hydraulic models, and working with water quality best management practices design. Experience with AutoCAD Civil 3D/Land Desktop and/or Microstation V8, report writing, and hydraulic and hydrologic modeling is expected. A graduate degree in a related field and/or professional licensure as a Professional Engineer is preferred. Please send resume and cover letter by June 14, 2013 to: Charlotte Kinney, 1430 S. Mint Street, Suite 104, Charlotte, NC 28203 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , fax: 704-332-3306.

 
Montanna
Monday, 13 May 2013 00:00


MT: CSKT works to restore Has Sandhill Cranes wetland
By Kindra McQuillan –  Missoulian – May 9, 2013

MT: On Our Radar: Compensation for Yellowstone Spill
The New York Times – January 20, 2012

 
Missouri


MO: Town under siege by river seeks buyout
By Jim Salter – Yahoo! News – April 25, 2013

MO: Levee district donates wetlands to Chesterfield for parkland
By Mary Shapiro – Suburban Journals – October 24, 2012

 
Kansas


KS: Climate change deniers strike out – even in energy-rich Kansas
By Kevin Knobloch –Christian Science Monitor – April 18, 2013

KS: Wetlands advocates look for new ways to stop construction of South Lawrence Trafficway as legal battle ends
By Chad Lawhorn – LJWorld.com – October 13, 2012

KS: Summit Focuses on Getting word out about Kansas nature, wetlands
By Michael Pearce – The Wichita Eagle – April 29, 2012

KS: Wetlands manager honored by Kansas Wildlife Federation
By Elvyn Jones – LJWorld – February 25, 2012

 
West Virginia


WV: Herbicides likely source of growing intersex fish problem
By Neal Augenstein –  WTOP – June 6, 2013 – Video

WV: Canaan Valley Institute restores fish habitat, wetlands areas on historic Cheat Mountain
Hampshire Review – May 16, 2013

WV: Green Bank Students Build Wetland
By Suzanne Stewart – The Pocahontas Times – April 25, 2013

WV: W.Va. congressional delegation blasts D.C. Circuit decision
By Steve Davies – ESWR.com – April 25, 2013

WV: EPA Settles Clean Water Act Case for Wetlands Violations in West Virginia
Contact: Donna Heron – EPA – November 29, 2012

WV: Judge scraps EPA veto, greenlights mountaintop coal project
E&E – March 23, 2012



 
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