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The following is the list of seminars held in Spring, 2003 in the Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University.


January

January 28 3:30-4:30
Fernow 304
Integrating biophysical research, human dimensions research, and extension for improved river management in the Great Lakes tributaries from New York Rebecca Schneider, Mark Bain, Deborah Gross, Marci Meixler (Department of Natural Resources - Cornell University)
January 30 12:15-1:10
Fernow 212
Managing regional resources at the local level: local governments, land use planning, and flowing water Debbie Gross (Department of Natural Resources - Cornell University)

February

February 4 3:30-4:30
Fernow 304
The California spotted owl lottery: who's going to win? R.J. (Rocky) Gutierrez (Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, University of Minnesota)
February 6 12:15-1:10
Fernow 212
Conservation and management of manatees in Brazil Renata Sousa-Lima Mobley (Department of Natural Resources - Cornell University)
February 11 3:30-4:30
Fernow 304
Complex systems and valuation Karin Limburg (Department of Environmental and Forest Biology, SUNY ESF, Syracuse, NY)
February 13 12:15-1:10
Fernow 212
Measuring environmental attitudes in the Owasco Lake Watershed Heather Clark (Department of Natural Resources - Cornell University)
February 18 3:30-4:30
Fernow 304
Updating Olmsted's Vision - creating the Massachusetts open space plan Ole M. Amundsen, III (Conservation Consultant, Ithaca, NY)
February 20 12:15-1:10
Fernow 212
Mapping indigenous human ecology: experiences and outcomes in the Arctic and sub-Arctic Karim-Aly Kassam (Faculty of Communication and Culture - University of Calgary)
February 25 3:30-4:30
Fernow 304
Human dominated ecosystems: understanding the anthroposphere in the anthropocene Robert Constanza (Director, Gund Institute for Ecological Economics, University of Vermont)
February 27 12:15-1:10
Fernow 212
The ethics of highway corridor preservation Richard Baer (Department of Natural Resources - Cornell University)

March

March 4 3:30-4:30
Fernow 304
Public engagement with science Bruce Lewenstein (Departments of Communication and Science & Technology Studies, Cornell University)
March 6 12:15-1:10
Fernow 212
An Empirical Bayes Approach to Estimating Population Abundance from a Multiple Pass Depletion Survey Patrick Sullivan (Department of Natural Resources - Cornell University)
March 11 3:30-4:30
Fernow 304
Using Human dimensions to design an educational message in natural resources Jim Finley (Extension Forester, School of Forest Resources, Penn State University)
March 13 12:15-1:10
Fernow 212
A cure for NWFP-based conservation? Medicinal plant cultivation in South India Diji Chandrasekharan (Department of Natural Resources - Cornell University)
March 20 12:15-1:10
Fernow 212
Spring break
March 25 3:30-4:30
Fernow 304
Fluxes of mercury in the Adirondack Park Region of New York State Joe Yavitt (Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University)

April

April 1 3:30-4:30
Fernow 304
The Joseph Strategy David Ehrenfeld (Department of Ecology, Evolution & Natural Resources, Rutgers University)
April 3 12:15-1:10
Fernow 212
Effects of garlic mustard, an invasive herb, on ground beetles Andrea Davalos (Department of Natural Resources - Cornell University)
April 8 3:30-4:30
Fernow 304
Man, fish and water resource development: harmony of the incompatible Ian Cowx (International Fisheries Institute, University of Hull, Hull, United Kingdom)
April 10 12:15-1:10
Fernow 212
Mapping disease: possible clues and statistical challenges in the geographic patterns of breast cancer Zev Ross
April 15 3:30-4:30
Fernow 304
Peer review: An animal with many faces James Tate, Jr. (Science Advisor, Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior)
April 17 12:15-1:10
Fernow 212
Sterilizing Bambi's mother: analysis of stochastic seasonal matrix models to determine the efficacy of permanent fertility control Johnny Merrill
April 22 3:30-4:30
Fernow 304
The challenges of controlling the invasive sea lamprey in the Great Lakes Gavin Christie (Great Lakes Fishery Commission)
April 24 12:15-1:10
Fernow 212
Stable Isotope Measurements as Indicators of Diet Shifts in a Lake Trout (Salvelinus namaycush) Population in an Oligotrophic Adirondack Lake Jesse Lepak

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