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ASWM has been a valuable source for wetland-related news for over 10 years. It publishes the monthly "Wetland Breaking News," which is widely read as a national publication. News items are also posted under major topic categories, for example, climate change, Gulf oil spill, state wetland program news and job postings. These can be found in the drop-down menu below "News," or select a news topic from the list below, then select a news article to read. In  addition to publishing WBN, the Association also offers original content with announcements, legal analysis, quirky wetland stories and more on its weekly blog, The Compleat Wetlander.
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Monday, 20 February 2012 17:51 |
Flaglerlive.com - February 19, 2012Last Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that would compel the federal Bureau of Land Management to lease potentially up to half a million acres of federal land in Utah, Colorado and Wyoming to oil companies to “research” and explore oil shale and tar sands development, two largely unproven or prohibitive technologies. A wind production tax credit, meanwhile, failed to pass the House. Canada is developing tar sands at immense environmental and energy costs: it takes burning a barrel of oil to produce three barrels of oil from tar sands (so marketable production is two barrels for every three produced). Tar sands production in Canada consumes enough energy to heat nearly all the homes in the country. Oil shale has never been produced effectively despite a century of experimenting because, as Elizabeth Kolbert described it in an article on synthetic fuels for The New Yorker, it “involves basically rewriting genealogical history.” That history also involves bleak experiments by Exxon Mobil thatresulted in mass layoffs. During debate over the bill, Kathy Castor, D-Fla., proposed an amendment that would have done just that: it would have prevented drilling within 5 miles of any of the Great Lakes or the Everglades. The amendment failed on a 241-176 vote, with 17 of Florida’s House members, including Mica and Sandy Adams, rejecting it. For her speech, and full article, click here. |
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Monday, 20 February 2012 14:59 |
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The Department of Ecology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana is seeking applicants with a strong background or interest in food web- and production-ecology of streams and rivers. The student will develop a dissertation project related to food web quantification in the Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers in eastern Montana. Research will be conducted in the context of understanding the efficacy and limits to stocking of endangered Pallid Sturgeon. The student will be based in the laboratory of Dr. Wyatt Cross, but will work closely with Dr. Christopher Guy, agency biologists and managers, and another PhD student focusing on population dynamics of Pallid Sturgeon.
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Monday, 20 February 2012 14:43 |
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State of Utah has a position for an Environmental Scientist III in Salt Lake City, Utah. The incumbent in this position will serve as the primary expert in wetlands, 401 certification and wetland criteria development. Working with minimum supervision incumbent will compile and evaluate 2011 impounded wetland data to evaluate the effects of flooding on MMI water quality indicators; analyze data collected as part of the Willard Spur study within the context of Wetland Program Plan goals and incorporate applicable findings into assessment tools; benchmark with effective 401 programs developed by other states; develop draft rules, guidance documents, applications, and outreach materials; conduct outreach, finalize materials and conduct rule making for 401 certification program; compile remote sensing images and land-use GIS layers; evaluate potential alternative reference site selection criteria through modeling relationships among land use measures and water quality indicators; apply finalized reference selection criteria methods to previously sampled GSL wetlands. For more information and to apply, click here. Search job# 9134619. Closing date is March 4, 2012.
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Thursday, 16 February 2012 17:36 |
By Anna McKie – The Observer – February 11, 2012The boom of the bittern is being heard across Britain once again, after more than a century in which the bird has hovered on the edge of extinction. Noted for its foghorn-like call or "boom", the bittern has made a recovery in numbers that the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) described last week as "a phenomenal success". However, experts warn that the bird, one of Britain's rarest, still faces severe threats posed by climate change. "Bitterns are not out of danger yet," said Grahame Madge of the RSPB. "On the other hand, this is a very encouraging trend." For full story, click here.
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Thursday, 16 February 2012 17:16 |
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Wetlands International has a vacancy for a Technical Officer Water and Climate Change Adaptation. The role will provide technical leadership and support to the delivery and development of programs focused on water resources management and climate change adaptation with emphasis on developing countries. Deadline to apply is March 2, 2012. For more information, click here.
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