ESA Urban Ecosystem Ecology

The 2008 ESA annual meeting will be held in Milwaukee on 3-8 August 2008 at the Midwest Airlines Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  http://www.esa.org/milwaukee/

URBAN EVENTS AT THE ANNUAL MEETING:

ESA Urban Ecology Section Brown Bag Meeting -Tuesday, August 5, 2007: 11:30 AM-1:15 PM, Wright B, Hilton  - Items to be discussed include Executive Council report, elections, next year's field trips/symposia in Albuquerque, NM, awards for student travel and presentations, and other section business.  Bring your lunch. 

FT 9 - Snakes, Canoeing, and Citizen Science at the Urban Ecology Center, Sunday, Aug 3, 9-3:30 PM, West Well St. Entrance, Midwest Airlines Center
http://eco.confex.com/eco/2008/techprogram/S3726.HTM

FT 13: Urban Forestry, Ecosystem Services, and Environmental Justice, Thurs, Aug 7, 8-1 PM, West Well St. Entrance , Midwest Airlines Center
http://eco.confex.com/eco/2008/techprogram/S3730.HTM
$40 Fee includes transportation, breakfast snack and box lunch. Organizer: Charles Nilon, Dept of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia

SYMP 4 - Ecology Education and Outreach Programs at North American Field Stations: Natural Resource Islands to Improve Ecological Literacy and Outdoor Learning Experiences for a K-20+ Urbanized Society, Tuesday, August 5, 2008: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM, 102 C, Midwest Airlines Center http://eco.confex.com/eco/2008/techprogram/S2807.HTM

SYMP 20 - Using Urban Ecological Research as a Tool for Enhancing Ecological Literacy, Thursday, August 7, 2008: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM, 104 A, Midwest Airlines Center
http://eco.confex.com/eco/2008/techprogram/S2725.HTM

COS 121 - Urban Ecology, Friday, August 8, 2008: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM, 102 A, Midwest Airlines Center
http://eco.confex.com/eco/2008/techprogram/S3345.HTM

SS 7 - Studying Chicago Wilderness: An Urban Conservation Model as a Regional Interdisciplinary Laboratory, Monday, August 4, 2008: 8:00 PM-10:00 PM, 104 A, Midwest Airlines Center
http://eco.confex.com/eco/2008/techprogram/S3163.HTM

PS 52 - Urban Ecosystems, Wednesday, August 6, 2008: 5:00 PM-6:30 PM, Exhibit Hall CD, Midwest Airlines Center
http://eco.confex.com/eco/2008/techprogram/S3470.HTM

PS 88 - Latebreaking: Urban Ecology, Friday, August 8, 2008: 8:30 AM-10:30 AM, Exhibit Hall CD, Midwest Airlines Center
http://eco.confex.com/eco/2008/techprogram/S3787.HTM

Travel Awards - This year the Urban Ecosystem Ecology Section sponsored three, student-travel awards of $300/each.  Each applicant was asked to submit his/her abstract, a letter of need, and a letter of reference.  We received a number of great applications which made the decision process very difficult.  This year’s recipients and their presentations are:

Sonja Djuricin, University of California, Irvine
PS 52-175: A comparison of atmospheric methods for determining the sources of atmospheric CO2 in urban ecosystems

Charles Hofer, Rutgers University New Brunswick
PS 52-174: If you build it, will they stay? Using passerine nestlings as bioindicators of heavy metal accumulation at a former brownfield site

Yvette Williams, University of Maryland Baltimore County
PS 52-171: Investigating vegetation dynamics of vacant lots and community gardens in an urban watershed
Please congratulate these students when you visit their posters!

Nominations for Urban Ecology Section Officers - Terms for the current section officers Wayne Zipperer (Chair), Paige Warren (Vice-Chair), and Paul Mayer (Secretary/Treasurer) end after the annual meeting in Milwaukee in August.  Please submit names and contact information of nominees to Wayne Zipperer
(wzipperer@fs.fed.us).  Nominees and voting details will be announced via email to members after the meeting.  Duties of the officers are described in the bylaws available at http://www.esa.org/urbanecosystem/

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