November 16, 2007 Release

Events for the upcoming Week: Nov. 16-25
(Seminars, Symposiums, Conferences, Events, Field Trips, etc.)

The Society for Conservation Biology holds its next meeting on Monday, November 19^th at 6:15pm in room 1-304. Discussion will focus on new officers for the GA chapter (President, Vice President, Secretary, and Chief Financial Officer as well as various committees) and your ideas for activities, fundraisers, promotions, and speakers.  Refreshments will be served. For more information, or to nominate potential officers, email the Georgia Society for Conservation Biology.

Thanksgiving Holiday – No classes Wed., Nov. 21 – Fri., Nov. 23; Staff holiday Thurs., Nov. 22 – Fri., Nov. 23.

The Forestry Club holds its next meeting Wed., Nov. 28 at 6:45pm in room 1-304. Discussion topic TBD.

A Project Wet Workshop will be held Sunday, Dec. 2nd from 9:00am to 3:00pm at  Flinchum’s for anyone interested in enhancing their environmental education credentials. The cost is $35.00, which includes lunch, Project Wet curriculum and Urban Watersheds Guide. For more information, contact workshop coordinator Denise Carroll. 

The UGA chapter of The Wildlife Society holds its next meeting Wed., Dec. 5 at 6:45pm in room 1-304. Discussion topic TBD.

Senior exit interviews will be held Thurs., Dec. 6 from 5:00-7:00pm in the Dean’s Conference Room. All seniors graduating in December must attend this event! If you have a conflict please contact Emily Saunders as soon as possible. Dinner will be provided. 

Warnell School graduation ceremony for December graduates will be Sat., Dec. 15.  Students and their families are invited to attend the Warnell School's graduation ceremony followed by a reception in the courtyard and Building 4 annex. The reception will begin about 30 minutes after the UGA undergraduate ceremony ends- around 12:00 noon. For more information contact Emily Saunders.

Achievements from the Previous Week: Nov. 9-16

“Thursday Seminar”

You may view the streaming video of Thursday's Seminar "Is wildfire the end of the rainbow?: resilience of fish populations in the face of  natural and human disturbance" by Dr. Jason Dunham, Research Aquatic Ecologist with the USGS Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center  in Corvallis, Oregon on the Warnell School website.

You will need the most recent version of the FREE Quicktime plugin (7.2) and may download it from here.

“In the News”

Timber industry turns scraps into fuel
AJC
Read More Here

Nation’s home-sale woes leave sawmills in the dust
(Sara Baldwin, editor of a Center for Forest Business at UGA
publication, quoted. Paid subscription required to view full article)
Read More Here

“Awards/Appointments”

Kevin McAbee, graduate student in the fisheries program, received the Best Poster Presentation award at the 33rd annual meeting of the Southeastern Fisheries Council in Chattanooga, TN. The poster title was: Spatially realistic models aid management decision-making for a federally threatened species (blackside dace) in the face of geographically varying stressors (Kevin T. McAbee, Nathan P. Nibbelink, James Long (NPS)).

Dr. Pete Bettinger, associate professor of harvest scheduling, Eric Cox (FORSight Resources LLC) and Michael Wing (Oregon State University) received the Working Group Merit Award for their E2 (Land use planning, organization, and management) Working Group in recognition of a significant contribution to the Society of American Foresters Science Program.

“Research Findings/Outreach Service/Publications”

The Fall 2007 edition of The LOG can be found in an electronic version posted on the Warnell School website.

The Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources at The University of Georgia provides UGA students with five degree path programs in forestry and natural resource science and management, include the forestry, fisheries and aquaculture, natural resources recreation and tourism, water and soil resources, and wildlife management and ecology majors. With more than fifty faculty and 23,000 acres of teaching lands, the Warnell School is the southeast’s oldest, and one of the most respected forestry and natural resource education providers in the United States. The school also houses one of the largest study abroad programs in the nation covering all seven continents to provide global learning opportunities for its students. For more information visit the Warnell School website at www.warnell.uga.edu.