Topics / Region: North America
Carbon trading won�t work
Originally in the LA Times earlier this month... Carbon trading won’t work Experiments with the market scheme favored by Schwarzenegger shows trading favors big polluters without curbing global warming gases. By Michael K. Dorsey MICHAEL K. DORSEY, assistant professor on…SAGE Magazine Volume II, Issue I
This is SAGE's third magazine. For more information contact sagemagazine@yale.eduYale Forest Forum Leadership Lunch Seminar
Marsh Hall Rotunda Lunch provided. Anthony Marcil President and CEO, Forest Stewardship Council of Canada "Boreal, Caribou and Mountain Pine Beetles - FSC Unites Them All" Antony G. Marcil joined FSC Canada in 2005 bringing a combination of private sector…Reunion 2004
You can visit a photo album of the Class of 1994 at the 10 years reunion. http://www.protierra.com/Reunion2004/
Valuing Nature
Economists have successfully branded themselves as scientists with mathematical exactitude who can artfully negotiate the vagaries of human consumption patterns through pricing mechanisms. Yet the life support systems that sustain the planet have eluded their grasp, and have often been…
Yale Forest Forum Leadership Lunch Seminar
Talbot Trotter Northern Research Station Program, U.S. Forest Service Biological Control of Invasive Species: Efforts to Control The Hemlock Woolly Adelgid With Imported Beetles Talbot Trotter is a Research Ecologist with the USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station. His research…
Yale Forest Forum Leadership Lunch Seminar
Paul DeClay White Mountain Apache Tribal Forest Manager and Mary Stuever Burn Area Emergency Rehabilitation Coordinator for the White Mountain Apache Tribe Lessons Learned: White Mountain Apache Tribal Forestry and the Rodeo-Chediski Fire Paul DeClay, White Mountain Apache Tribal Forest…SAGE Magazine Volume I, Issue II
This is SAGE's second magazine. For more information contact sagemagazine@yale.eduAll CT Trout Unlimited Day at FES
Trout Unlimited's Connecticut chapters will be holding their annual meeting at FES on Saturday, February 17, 2007. Interested students are invited to attend. The focus will be on youth education and outreach, and feature the "Trout in the Classroom" program.…
The State of Forest Certification in North America from an SFI Perspective
Yale Forest Forum Leadership Seminar Lunch January 18, 2007 Marsh Hall Rotunda 360 Prospect St. Food and Beverages Provided. Bill Banzahf President, Sustainable Forestry Board speaking on "The State of Forest Certification in North America from an SFI Perspective" Bill…
The State of Forest Certification in North America from an SFI Perspective
Marsh Hall Rotunda 360 Prospect St. Food and Beverages Provided. Speaker: Bill Banzhaf President, Sustainable Forestry Board speaking on \"The State of Forest Certification in North America from an SFI Perspective\" Bill Banzahf is President of the Sustainable Forestry Board,…
The Inconvenience of Science (with an afterword about the Nobel Prize for Gore)
The following review was written before the Nobel Prize announcement on October 12, 2007. While there is much to admire about his activism, the Nobel committee has just politicized the debate further by giving the prize to Gore. The IPCC…
Minding our Minerals
Almost a year has passed since the Sago mine tragedy in West Virginia that claimed the lives of twelve miners. Since then, accusations of lax enforcement have been made against mineral companies and the U.S. Mining Safety and Health Administration…YPCC convenes meeting to discuss Climate Change Science Bridging Institution
On Nov 9, 2006 the YPCC convened a meeting in New York City to discuss a potential Climate Change Science Bridging Institution. 40 experts gathered from around the country to discuss how to convey the most important findings of climate…
Yale Forest Forum Leadership Lunch Seminar
Sandra Anagnostakis Department of Plant Pathology and Ecology, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Chestnuts in this Century Sandra Anagnostakis has been working on chestnut blight disease since 1968. After completing basic studies with the fungus she imported virus-containing strains of…
Podcast: It’s not easy being a frog
Why are deformities appearing in the frog population? Here professor David Skelly explain his research findings and why they may be important for human health.
Redistribution of Rainfall in Space and Time by Forest Canopies
Presented by: Richard Keim, Ph.D. School of Renewable Natural Resources, Louisiana State University Richard Keim is an Assistant Professor in the School of Renewable Natural Resources, Louisiana State University. His research interests include hydrology of forested wetlands and watersheds; management…Living with Oil and Gas: The Effects of Petroleum on Louisiana
Dr. Diane Austin, Associate Research Anthropologist, Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology, University of Arizona Petroleum development along the Louisiana coast is the most recent and extensive natural resource to shape southern Louisiana’s economy and environment. This talk will tell…Understanding Causes to Understand Remedy: Above Else, Do No Harm
Dr. Eugene Turner, Professor, Coastal Ecology Institute, Louisiana State University To understand the remedies, as in medicine, one should understand the causes of the disease. Further, the minimum demonstrable outcome of restoration (treatment) should be to cause no harm to…Keynote: Lessons from Katrina: Will crisis bring about significant policy changes that address coastal vulnerability?
Dr. Donald F. Boesch, President, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. This overview will synthesize the previous presentations in the lecture series and will provide a perspective on the degree to which the policies, institutions and programs are adapting…From Spark to Flame–The Public Interest Role in Coastal Restoration and the Future of South Louisiana
Mr. Mark Davis, Executive Director, Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana The challenges faced by the communities and ecology of south Louisiana present a test for if and how civics, science, engineering and economics can be brought to bear to save…Sustainability of Louisiana Coastal Wetland Forests
Dr. Richard F. Keim, Assistant Professor, School of Renewable Natural Resources, Louisiana State University. Changing hydrological conditions in deltaic swamp forests have resulted from flood control measures on the Mississippi River. The result is degradation of productivity and regeneration problems…A Sustainable Coastal Louisiana: What will it take to get there?
Dr. Denise J. Reed, Professor, Department of Earth & Environmental Science, University of New Orleans The lecture will outline recent and current plans to restore the coast, highlighting how restoration decisions are made and the role of science in informing…Anatomy of a Disaster, What We Learned from Katrina
Dr. Lewis E. Link, Senior Research Engineer, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland, and currently serving as Director, Interagency Performance Evaluation Task Force. What happened during Katrina was the result of decisions and actions taken over decades.…Liming effects on riverine bicarbonate export
Chemical weathering of silicates and carbonates is essential in the global cycles of many elements, including carbon. Chemical weathering affects regional and global carbon budgets through the export of bicarbonate, much of which can originate from the atmosphere. Agricultural practices…
Surveying For Endangered Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep
2006 Student Internship Maya Leonard-Cahn Internship Host: California Department of Fish and Game, Sierra Nevada Region, CA Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep are considered one of the rarest mammals in North America. Grazing, hunting, and habitat loss have driven this species…
Use Attainability Analysis Fieldwork in Missouri
2006 Student Internship As part of my summer internship at Tetra Tech, I was sent out for some field work in Missouri to conduct a Use Attainability Analysis on watersheds throughout Missouri as part of a contract with EPA. Tetra…Losing Land: Underlying Geologic and Anthropomorphic Vulnerabilities of the Louisiana Coast Revealed By Geodetic Studies
Dr. Roy Dokka, Director of Louisiana Spatial Reference Center, and the Center for GeoInformatics, Louisiana State UniversityAlligators, Muskrats, Oil, Hurricanes and People: The Changing Louisiana Coastal Landscape
Dr. Don Davis, Research Professor, Louisiana Applied Oil Spill Research and Development Program, Louisiana State University Louisiana’s sea-level citizens have learned to live and adapt to subsidence, sea-level rise, hurricane-induced storm surges, and coastal land loss/erosion. These natural phenomena, compounded…Fall 2006-Curtis and Edith Munson Conservation Lecture Series
Coastal Vulnerability: Lessons Learned from New Orleans, the Gulf Coast Wetlands, and Hurricane Katrina. Can A Crisis Bring About Change? Wednesdays, 5:30 p.m. Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies Bowers Auditorium, Sage Hall 205 Propect Street New Haven, Connecticut…
Punctuated Equilibrium and the Dynamics of U.S. Environmental Policy
Although many environmental policy issues remain deadlocked for decades with little movement, sometimes breakthroughs occur abruptly. Why do deadlocks persist? Why do major policy shifts occur infrequently? Is it possible to judge when policies are ripe for change? This book…Conservationists Thinking Big to Save the Last Great Places
“Make no little plans,” the great American architect Daniel H. Burnham is supposed to have said. “They have no magic to strike men’s blood and probably will themselves not be realized.” Think big! It was a shot heard ’round the…SAGE Magazine Volume I, Issue I
This is SAGE's first magazine. For more information contact sagemagazine@yale.edu
Developing Industrial Ecosystems
Marian Chertow, Editor Michelle Portlock, Assistant Editor Order a print copy
Species and Ecosystem Conservation
Timothy W. Clark, Michael J. Stevenson, Kim Ziegelmayer, Murray B. Rutherford, Editors Order a print copy
