UMass Amherst: Department of Environmental Conservation

Seminar Series

University of Massachusetts – Amherst
College of Natural Sciences
Department of Environmental Conservation
Fall 2011 Seminar Series

Fridays from 12:20 to 1:10 in Holdsworth Hall Room 202 (unless otherwise noted)

Date	Speaker	Affiliation	Title
9/23	Paul Barten	University of Massachusetts Amherst – Dept. of Environmental Conservation	Learning with the James Bay Cree in the Boreal Forest of Northern Quebec
9/30	Steve Whitman	A/CP, Planning Consultant and Educator	Permaculture – An Ecological Approach to Ecosystem Design
10/7	Eve Vogel	University of Massachusetts Amherst – Dept. of Geosciences	Divvying up the Watershed: Water Policy on the Columbia River
10/14	David Damery	University of Massachusetts – Amherst – Dept. of Environmental Conservation	Green Building in Uganda
10/21	David Bloniarz	U.S. Forest Service	Assessing Storm Damage in Urban Landscapes
10/28	Kristina Stinson	Harvard Forest	Predicting Ragweed Allergy Hotspots in Response to Global Climate Charge
11/4	Rodney Rountree	Marine Ecology and Technology Applications, Inc.	Fish Farts and Other Poorly Understood Underwater Sounds
11/18		Life Sciences Graduate Research Symposium
12/2	Michael Dosmann	The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University	Modern-day Plant Exploration
12/9	Raul Raudales and Rich Trubey	Mesoamerican Development Institute	Alleviating Rural Poverty and Biodiversity Development Institute

** Life Sciences Graduate Research Symposium 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Campus Center 101

Last updated September 12, 2011 by Roxann Cormier