The following is the list of seminars scheduled for 2008-2009 in the Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University. Except where noted (*), seminars are held from 3:30-4:30 PM, in Fernow 304. Panel discussions (as indicated) are 3:30-5:00 PM, also in Fernow 304. For a printable (PDF) version of the Spring 2009 Seminar Schedule, click here.
September 2008 September 2 Adaptive management '101': What it is, what it isn't, and why you need to know the difference
Evan Cooch, Department of Natural Resources, Cornell UniversitySeptember 9 What we have here is a failure to communicate: Philosophical dimensions of the collaborative process
Sanford Eigenbrode and Michael O'Rourke, University of IdahoSeptember 16 Ecoagriculture: Origins, development, implementation, and challenges
Jeffrey A. McNeely, Chief Scientist, IUCNTo be held in 404 Plant Science
September 23 Fostering partnerships in ecoagriculture research and extension
Louise Buck and Jeff Milder, Dept. of Natural Resources, Cornell UniversitySeptember 30 Agriculture bridge: Connecting students and practitioners to enhance multidisciplinary experiential learning and collaborative problem-solving
Jim Lassoie and Jamie Herring, Department of Natural Resources, Cornell UniversityOctober 2008 October 7 Managing Human-Wildlife Conflicts in Developed Landscapes
Paul D. Curtis , Department of Natural Resources, Cornell UniversityOctober 21 Understand heterogeneity of complex urban landscapes: Opportunities for improving ecological and social resilience
Mary Cadenasso, Univ. California, DavisOctober 28 Municipal open space preservation, fiscal planning, and exclusion
Stephan Schmidt, City & Regional Planning, Cornell UniversityNovember 2008 November 4 Critical environmental education, indigenous knowledge, youth culture and digital media: Lessons learned from three summers with the Green Guerrillas
Jason Corwin, DNR Graduate Student, Cornell University (J. Lassoie, Committee Chair)November 11 Controlling forest invasive plants: linking management practices with Outcomes
Charlotte Acharya , DNR Graduate Student, Cornell University (B. Blossey, Committee Chair)November 18 Mercury contamination in the northeastern United States: Science-based decision making about fish consumption
Hannah Shayler, DNR Graduate Student, Cornell University (C. Kraft, Committee Chair)November 25 The community of practice framework in environmental and science learning contexts
Olivia Aguilar, DNR Graduate Student, Cornell University (M. Krasny, Committee Chair)December 2008 December 9 DNR Undergraduate Intern Symposium (schedule to follow)
Lars RudstamJanuary 2009 January 27 Human perturbations, reality checks, and the struggle for sustainability: The Great Lakes example
Ed Mills, Professor , Department of Natural Resources, Cornell UniversityFebruary 2009 February 3 "Pleistocene rewilding: Lions in a den of Daniels?"
Harry W. Greene, Professor, Ecology & Evoluionary Biology , Cornell UniversityFebruary 10 - 24
Module on Ecosystem Based Management (Coordinators: L. Rudstam & B. Blossey)
February 10 "Ecosystem based management: What does it hold for the future of New York State"
Gregory L. Boyer, Great Lakes Research ConsortiumFebruary 17 "An Interdisciplinary Conservation Assessment of Alpine Ecosystems of Northwest Yunnan, China"
Ruth Sherman, Research Associate, and James P. Lassoie, Professor, Department of Natural ResourcesFebruary 24 Panel Discussion: "Implementing ecosystem-based management in New York State: A discussion about current status and future directions"
Moderator: Lars Rudstam, Panel: Mark Bain (DNR), Karin Limburg (SUNY ESF), Liz Moran, and Barb Knuth (DNR)March 2009 March 3 "Island Restoration in the Americas: Invasive Species, Return on Investment, and Dropping Poison from Helicopters "
Josh Donlan, Visiting Fellow, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell UniversityMarch 10 "It Doesn't Matter Where You're From, It Matters Who You Are: Functional Traits Influence the Impacts of Wetland Plants on Larval Amphibians "
Jill Cohen, Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University (Committee Chair: Bernd Blossey)March 24 "An Illuminating Great Lakes Tale: The Influence of Moonlight on Fish and Shrimp Feeding Interactions in Lake Ontario "
Brent Boscarino, Department of Natural Resources, Cornelll University (Committee Chair: Ed Mills)March 31 "Toward a practice of impacts management: Insights from an exploratory case study "
Bill Siemer, Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University (Committee Chair: Dan Decker)April 2009 April 7 "Occurrence dynamics of forest-dependent birds in southwestern Costa Rica "
Viviana-Ruiz-Gutierrez, Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University (Committee Chair: Tom Gavin)April 14 "Memories and Impacts of Childhood Environmental Education Experiences "
Kendra Liddicoat, Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University (Committee Chair: Marianne Krasny)April 21 "Patterns of Privet: Human land use influences invasives species distribution and plant community composition "
Brian Greene, Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University (Committee Chair: Bernd Blossey)April 28 "Interventions in Resource Management: Lessons Learned from the West Africa Water Initiative "
Kim Bothi, Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University (Committee Chair: Jim Lassoie)May 2009 May 5 "From Fins and Feathers to Fur: Adaptive Harvest Management for Furbearers "
Nathan Roberts, Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University (Committee Chair: Pat Sullivan)