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The following is the list of seminars that were scheduled in 2006-2007 in the Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University.

September 2006
September 5 The multiple axes of the biology and management of an overabundant speicies: The lesser snow goose
     Evan Cooch, DNR, Cornell
September 12 Exploring agriculturally based environmental learning in southern Africa.
     Nikki Kohly, Rhodes University
September 19 Evaluating indicators and governance models to support co-system based management in the Gulf of Main
     Kathy Mills, DNR grad student, Cornell
September 26 Ecosystem management in the Great Lakes
     Jim Kitchell, University of Wisconsin-Madison
 
October 2006
October 3 Evaluation of biodiversity conservation projects and programs: A critical evaulation of the state of the art
     Nick Salafsky, Foundations of Success
October 10 Fall Break
     No Seminar
October 16 Keel-billed toucans in a human dominated landscape in southern Mexico
     Catherine Graham, SUNY @ Stony Brook, 7 PM, Fuertes Room, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
October 17 The influence of current and historical factors on biodiversity
     Catherine Graham, SUNY @ Stony Brook
October 17 An Artist's View of the History of Life
     Ray Troll, Alaska Artist, 7 PM, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
October 19 A Sea of Sharks from A to Z
     Ray Troll, Alaska Artist, 4 PM, Morison Room, Corson-Mudd Hall
October 24 Fish Worship and the art of Ray Troll
     Ray Troll, Alaska Artist, 7 PM, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
October 31 Individual differences, movement, and demography of an avian model disease system.
     Chris Jennelle, Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University
 
November 2006
November 7 Change in Ithaca's flora since the 1800's
     Peter Marks, EEB, Cornell.
November 14 New approaches in embedded networked sensing for terrestrial ecological observatories
     Michael Hamilton, University of California at Riverside
November 21 Thanksgiving Break
     No Seminar
November 28 Environmental education in local and exotic contexts: Youth forge broader communites for learning
     Jamila Simon, DNR, grad student, Cornell
 
December 2006
December 5 Undergraduate Seminars
     Co-sponsored by Arnot Teaching & Research Forest and Cornell Biological Field Station
December 12 Creating opportunities for youth development, civic engagement and science education through environmental action
     Tania Schusler, DNR, grad student, Cornell
 
January 2007
January 30 The role of native and introduced plant species in structuring aquatic communities
     Bernd Blossey, DNR, Cornell
 
February 2007
February 6 2006 Great Lakes waterbird mortalities from botulism
     Ward Stone, NYSDEC pathology laboratory
February 13 The economic effects of irrigation pricing: An application to the El Angel Watershed, Carchi, Ecuador
     David Lee, AEM, Cornell
February 20 Out with the old, in with the new: A Tale of two Fishes
     Randy Jackson, DNR
February 27 Revisiting the role of zooplankton in a subtropical lake: A merging of approaches
     Gideon Gal, Yigal Allon Limnological Laboratory, Israel
 
March 2007
March 6 Litigating to protect the environment
     Steve Roady, EarthJustice
March 13 The Ethics of Wildlife Fertility Control
     Jim Tantillo and Bruce Lauber, DNR
March 20 Spring Break
     No Seminar
March 27 Improving Maple Syrup Production
 Bruce Chabot, EEB, Cornell
 
April 2007
April 3 States, settlement expansion and conservation: A comparative analysis of conservation efforts in reaction to suburban sprawl and tropical deforestation
     Tom Rudel, Department of Human Ecology, Rutgers University
April 10 How density dependent reproduction affects harvest strategies to control structured populations: theory and application
     Elise Zipkin, DNR, grad student, Cornell
April 17 Cornell Biological Field Station: 50 years of research
     Ed Mills and Randy Jackson, DNR
April 24 Insights from the Fort Drum Black Bear project: Population estimation, habitat preference and aversive conditioning
     Mike Wegan, DNR, grad student, Cornell
 
May 2007
May 1 Novel weapons and exotic plant invasion: Alleopathy, antibiotics and herbivore defense
     Ray Callaway, University of Montana @ Missoula

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