[event]: Cast & Dig: 5th Annual Fly Fishing & Habitat Restoration Event Saturday 7/12/14

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Cast & Dig: 5th Annual Fly Fishing & Habitat Restoration Event

Saturday, July 12 ~ 9:00am-2:30pm

Cavanaugh Pond, Renton

Grab your friends and family and come out for the 5th Annual Cast & Dig with Friends of the Cedar River Watershed and King County Parks at Cavanaugh Pond Natural Area! We will spend the morning restoring riparian habitat, followed by FREE fly fishing workshops for all skill levels, guest speakers, and delicious lunch in the afternoon! Volunteers will improve habitat by removing invasive plants and maintaining weed suppression fabric. Enjoy a lunch spread (vegetarian options available) and learn from local specialists who will be providing casting and tying demonstrations, one-on-one lessons for all skills, a native plant walk, and an aquatic insect identification lab. The art and sport of fly fishing requires passion and knowledge of river ecology as well as proactive conservation. This is an event not to miss!

Email amy@cedarriver.org to sign up today!

Visit www.cedarriver.org/events to learn more.

[volunteer]: Urban Forest Educator, Seattle Dpt. of Parks and Recreation

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Volunteer with Seattle Parks & Recreation!
Urban Forest Educators
A Branch of the Seattle Volunteer Naturalist Program

Become an Urban Forest Educator!

Urban Forest Educators are volunteers who engage young people in the restoration of Seattle’s forested parks and greenspaces by leading environmental learning and stewardship opportunities.

As an Urban Forest Educator, you will:

· Receive training on Pacific Northwest forest ecology, habitat restoration, and environmental education techniques for diverse audiences.

· Lead learning and stewardship events (interpretive forest walks, invasive plant removal, native plant installation, and more) in Seattle’s urban forest with young people.

For more information or to apply by August 18, please visit www.seattle.gov/parks/environment/learning.htm.

Justin Hellier
Naturalist, Discovery Park Environmental Learning Center
3801 Discovery Park Blvd, Seattle, WA 98199
Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation
206.386.4169
justin.hellier@seattle.gov
http://www.seattle.gov/parks/

Seattle Parks and Recreation will work with all citizens to be
good stewards of our environment, and to provide safe and welcoming
opportunities to play, learn, contemplate and build community.

[graduate school]: Funded Graduate Assistantship for Semi-Aquatic Mammals, University of Illinois at Springfield

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Interested in graduate programs in Environmental Science? Megan Styles, former post-doc teaching fellow with PoE sent along this cool (funded) opportunity.

I am recruiting a MS-level graduate student in Environmental Science to study the occupancy and potential interactions among semi-aquatic mammals (e.g., muskrats and river otters) in a large wetland restoration complex in central Illinois.  The graduate assistantship will be available for two years with anAugust 16, 2014 start date.  The assistantship will provide tuition waiver, a stipend for the spring and fall semesters, summer income as a field technician, and research support.  The candidate must have the following qualifications:

  1.  Background in ecology.
  2.  Strong writing skills and quantitative skills.
  3.  Coursework in Geographic Information Systems and statistics.
  4.  Field experience with semi-aquatic mammals and GPS technology.
  5.  Strong work ethic and keen attention to detail.
  6.  Experience in or willingness to study occupancy estimation/modeling.

Interested students should email the following to Dr. Tih-Fen Ting attting1@uis.edu<mailto:tting1@uis.edu> as soon as possible.

  1.  Cover letter addressing background, extent of qualifications, and research interest.
  2.  Resume, including contact information for three references.
  3.  Transcripts (unofficial or scanned copy acceptable).

Suitable candidates will be encouraged to submit a formal application to the graduate assistantship program.  Please do not hesitate to contact me attting1@uis.edu<mailto:tting1@uis.edu> if you have questions.

Tih-Fen Ting
Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Studies University of Illinois at Springfield Springfield, IL 62703
(217) 206-7876
tting1@uis.edu<mailto:tting1@uis.edu>

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ESRM 442: Forest Ecology of the Sierra Nevada and White Mountains: Summer 2014 (June 17 – July 7)

Mammoth and Mono Lake Ranger District Internships

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This is a great way to get a foot in the door with the US Forest Service and spend the summer in one of the most beautiful locations in the nation!

To Apply: By April 24th, Email résumé, cover letter, and a list of three references to (Please, no phone or email inquiries):

Lawson Reif
Mammoth Lakes Welcome Center Manager
lreif@fs.fed.us
Office: 760-924-5516

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Location: Wallace Hall Commons, 1st floor (Corner of Brooklyn & Pacific)
When: Thursday, March 6th 11am-12pm, Presentation including time for Q&A, followed by light, casual reception
Come hear students present findings from their research and pilot projects to promote renewable energy at UW as part of our Climate Action strategy. Topics include:
  • Promoting conservation in the dorms using real-time electricity consumption data,
  • Evaluating the feasibility of future solar projects on and off-campus,
  • Evaluating the overall feasibility of diverse renewable energy options to power UW’s campus,
  • Human generated electricity on bicycles, and
  • Education and outreach to broader campus.

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What are you doing this summer? Interested in going abroad? Come to the information session this Thursday to learn more about the Peru Exploration Seminar led by PoE’s own, Tim Billo! Themes of the trip involve natural history, ecology and conservation, and traditional agriculture. 

To learn more, visit the course website http://faculty.washington.edu/timbillo/

Date: Thursday, February 13th

Time: 2:00-4:00PM

Place: PoE Commons (Wallace Hall, Suite 012)

[internship]: Threatened and Endangered Species Intern (SCA, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina)

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Threatened and Endangered Species Intern
Quick Facts
Site Name:  Camp Lejeune
State:  NC
Location:  Camp Lejeune
Headline: This position involves monitoring, protection and management of protected species, including sea turtles, red-cockaded woodpeckers, piping plovers, bald eagles, seabeach amaranth, rough-leaved loosestrife on a Marine Corps Base.
Position Code (PO): PO-00357246
Organization:  Government
Agency:  US Navy
Start Date:  Sat, 06/15/2013
End Date:  Fri, 06/13/2014  Dates are flexible 2-4 weeks
Fill Priority: Hot
Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
This position is with the Threatened and Endangered Program on Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune.  Main duties include protection, monitoring and management of threatened and endangered species.  Camp Lejeune has approximately 140,000 acres of forest and 11 miles of relatively undisturbed beach, which are home to several endangered, threatened or otherwise protected species.  Currently, threatened and endangered species on Camp Lejeune include the red-cockaded woodpecker, loggerhead and green sea turtles, piping plover, seabeach amaranth, and rough-leved loosestrife.  Other protected species include nesting bald eagles, and coastal goldenrod.  Duties include the following: – monitoring of nesting sea turtles (daily surveys from May-August, protecting nests from predators with cages)- protection of endangered species sites (signs, painted boundaries, roped off areas, etc)- protection of red-cockaded woodpecker cavity trees from fire (clearing vegetation from around the trees)- monitoring of endangered plants- locating and protecting shorebird (including piping plover) nests,- bald eagle nest monitoring- protecting potential shorebird habitat- GPSing locations of endangered species locations, boundaries, etc.In addition, there will be opportunities to work with the Base Forestry Branch (timber marking, prescribed burning), Land and Wildlife Resources (survey for game species and migratory birds, planting wildlife food plots, assist with wood duck boxes, etc.) and Archaeology. 
The SCA is a nationwide force of high school and college-age volunteers who are committed to protecting and preserving the environment. But SCA doesn’t just talk the talk—SCA is conservation in action. Through internships, conservation jobs and crew experiences, SCA members are rising to meet today’s environmental challenges while gaining real, hands-on field experience. They complete projects in every conservation discipline—from archaeology to zoology—and everything in between.
 
Get Real Conservation Experience with SCA Expense-Paid Internships. For college and graduate students, as well as other qualified individuals, SCA internships provide the opportunity to work directly with resource management professionals, while gaining tangible skills, and contributing substantially to the preservation of our natural and cultural treasures. Ranging in length from 3 – 12 months, in all 50 states, SCA Internships are available throughout the year in all conservation disciplines. All positions are expense-paid (living stipend, housing, round trip travel) and most offer insurance and AmeriCorps Education awards.
 
 
Evan Escamilla |Alaska/Northwest Recruiter
SCA – Student Conservation Association
Office 1265 South Main Street | Suite 210 | Seattle, WA 98144
Cell (269) 569-3552 | Direct (206) 496-1282
SCA Northwest Office (206) 324-4649

[course][aut/2013]: ENVIR 495D: Culture & Conservation: Protected Areas Management in Global Perspective

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Dear All, 

I’m writing to promote my course for this coming Autumn 2013, ENVIR 495D: Culture & Conservation: Protected Areas Management in Global Perspective. This class will meet either the Human & Social Dimensions or the International breadth requirements for the Program on the Environment major. ‘W’ (Writing) credit will also be available. The course is open to students in other majors and may also be of interest to graduate students interested in the intersection of culture and conservation. There are no prerequisites, but students should be open to dipping their toes into some critical theory from anthropology and geography. 
Course Description:

Protected areas (national parks, wildlife preserves, marine reserves, etc.) exist on every continent and are a key part of a global strategy to conserve biodiversity. However, these parks generate controversy if/when local communities are excluded from living in, using, and managing the spaces designated for protection. This course will examine critically the strategies developed by resource managers to better integrate local communities (and “culture”) in protect areas management. We will compare experiments in “community-based” resource management in protected areas in Africa, Latin America, Asia, & the United States and examine the factors that contribute to the success or failure of these initiatives. How well do these initiatives account for “cultural” differences? How do they define “community” and determine who has a right to participate in management? How do they balance aspirations for ecological conservation with aspirations for economic development and local autonomy? Who determines what constitutes a conservation success story? 

A number of social theorists have critiqued global conservation as a problematic form of eco-colonialism. We will discuss this and other critiques of conservation to help us understand why even “community-based” initiatives sometimes generate conflict and yield underwhelming results.  However, we will also mine the literature for suggestions about how to move beyond these critiques. How can we take part in the design of more socially just and ecologically sustainable approaches to protected areas management?  

Course Requirements:
Students will be expected to carefully read and prepare written responses to assigned materials, contribute actively to and lead classroom discussions, and complete a final (10-12 page) paper examining the intersection of culture and conservation in the management of a protected area of their own choosing. 
Please let me know if you have questions!
Happy registering, 
Megan
– 

Megan A. Styles, Ph.D.

**Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow**
University of Washington, Program on the Environment
office: Wallace 15F; Winter Office Hours: Tuesdays 3:30-4:30 or by appt

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Andes to Amazon: Biodiversity, conservation, and sustainability in Peru

Program Directors: Ursula Valdez and Tim Billo

Dates: August 28 – September 20

Credits: 5 graded credits from BIOL 493 and ENVIR 496

Topics include

  • Natural history and research techniques for birds, mammals, and other vertebrates as well as invertebrates and plants
  • Ecology and conservation of Andean grasslands and cloud forest of Manu Biosphere Reserve
  • Ecology and conservation of Amazon rainforest in Manu National Park
  • Traditional agriculture and resource use by rural communities
  • Historical relationships of the Incas and the environment, and present-day tourism impact on Machupicchu ecosystems

For more information, come to the first information session on January 31, from 2:30-3:30PM at the PoE Commons (Wallace Hall), or check out the UW study abroad site page here.