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Schedule, Spring 2008

1218 Jordan Hall (new addition)

Mondays 4:00-5:00* PM
*Refreshments 3:30 - 4:00

Direct inquiries to Dr. Heather Cheshire, 515-3433, heather_cheshire@ncsu.edu

Spring 2008 Schedule

Date  Speaker(s) Seminar Title / Topic

Jan 14

1st Week of Class - Students enrolled in FOR 490, FOR 601,
FOR 801, or NR 601 meet for class
Jan 21

MLK Holiday - no seminar

Jan 28

Sam Pearsall
Director of Science
The Nature Conservancy - NC Chapter

Ecosystem resilience and adapting to sea level rise in coastal NC

Feb 4


Elizabeth Nichols
Assistant Professor
Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources

Dendroforensics / Phytotechnologies

Feb 11

Damian Maddalena
Graduate student, and
Justin Shedd
Research Associate
Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management

I Can See My House From Here: Data Visualization and Dissemination using the Google Earth Interface

 Feb 18

April James
Assistant Professor
Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources

3-D Physics-Based Modeling of Hillslope Hydrology: An experimentalist's view

Feb 25

David Nowak

USDA Forest Service

Assessing Ecosystem Services in Urban and Urbanizing Areas

March 3

Spring Break - no seminar


March 10

Prof. Dr. Uwe E. Schmidt
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany
Institute for Forest and Environmental Policy, Forest History

German impact and influences on American forestry until World War II

March 17

Robert Jetton
Research Associate, Camcore, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources

Ex situ Conservation and Genetic Diversity Studies of Eastern and Carolina hemlock in the Southern Appalachian Mountains by Camcore

March 24

Len van Zyl
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Forest Biotechnology, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources

Microarray technology and its applications in the agricultural and pharmaceutical industries

March 31

Joe Roise
Professor, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources

The Kracken: Harvesting Small Diameter Woody Biomass

April 7

Jeff Vincent
Clarence F. Korstian Professor of Forest Economics and Management, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University.

Mangroves save lives in storms

April 14

Kevin Potter
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources

TBD

April 21

Susan Moore and Students
College of Natural Resources

Study Abroad: Chile

Direct inquiries to Dr. Heather Cheshire, 515-3433, Heather_Cheshire@ncsu.edu

Other Lectures & Seminar Series

Fisheries and Wildlife Lecture Series

Forestry Education Outreach Program

Stay current on developments in FER by reading one of our departmental newsletters:

WolFER Newsletter

Fisheries and Wildlife Program Newsletter

Sylvanet - International Programs Newsletter

Fall 2007 Schedule

Date 
Speaker(s) Seminar Title / Topic


Aug 27

1st Week of Class - Students enrolled in FOR 490, FOR 601,
FOR 801, or NR 601 meet for class - location TBA
 
Sept 3


Labor Day - no seminar

Sept 10

Bronson Bullock, Fikret Isik, John Frampton (Dept. of Forestry & Environmental Resources, NCSU) and students Study abroad: Turkey


Sept 17

CNR Meeting - no seminar

Sept 24

Asko Noormets
Research Asst Professor, Dept. of Forestry & Environmental Resources

Using Eddy Covariance for Analysing Ecosystem Carbon Exchange

 
Oct 1

Stacy Nelson
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Forestry & Environmental Resources

Ernie Hain, and Joan Louie, Graduate Students

  Applications of GIS in Fisheries Science

Oct 8

Gary Blank

Associate Professor, Dept. of Forestry & Environmental Resources

Study abroad: Sweden

Oct 15

Jim McCarter

Research Scientist
Rural Technology Initiative
College of Forest Resources, University of Washington

Carbon Assessment of Forested Landscapes


Oct 22

Dr. Thomas Lovejoy

 Borlaug Lecture

Oct 29

Carol Kline

Associate/ Instructor, Dept. of Parks Recreation and Tourism Management
Extension

Ghana Study Abroad Course: Landscapes in Ecotoursim

Nov 5

John Frampton

Professor and Christmas Tree Geneticist, Dept. of Forestry & Environmental Resources

Denmark


  Nov 12

Ruth Yanai, Professor of Forest Ecology at SUNY ESF Syracuse

The Dynamic Forest Floor: Fact or Fiction?

www.esf.edu/for/faculty/yanai.htm

Nov 19

Diane Norris

Graduate student, Dept. of Forestry & Environmental Resources

  Water Quality
Nov 26

Dennis Hazel

Assistant Professor, Extension Forestry, Dept. of Forestry & Environmental Resources

The Recently-Passed NC Renewable Environmental Portfolio Standard - What it Will Mean for North Carolina and North Carolina Forestry

Dec 3

Barbara Moeykens

Social Marketing & Communications Officer, Health and Wellness Trust Fund, Raleigh, NC

It's Not Easy Being Green but Social Marketing May Make It Easier

 

 

 

Key Contacts

Heather Cheshire
Phone: 919.515.3433
heather_cheshire@ncsu.edu