A Message from your Chapter President, February 2009

Greetings Washington – British Columbia Chapter members.  Flood, Cold, Snow, Cold, Rain, Snow, Flood, Cold – certainly we have all been practicing adaptive management in our daily lives throughout this past winter.  As many of you who have written about it, read about it or “applied” it in your professions, this winter has been nothing [...]

2009-2010 Officer Nominations due 2-25-09

Nomination & Election of Vice President, Secretary/Treasurer, and Assistant Newsletter Editor This is a great opportunity for professional service, maximizing your networking, and building your resumé́ These positions will be elected in April, to take office in late August 2009. All three positions are members of the Chapter Executive Committee, a group of seven colleagues [...]

Nominations now open for our Chapter annual awards

Please submit your nominations to Mark Pedersen, WA-BC Chapter Vice President (margenex@comcast.net). Submittals should include: • Full name and organization of the nominee; • Address, phone, and email (if available) of the nominee; • A brief summary justifying this award for the nominee; • Name, organization and contact information of the nominator Please submit nominations before March 25, 2009 [...]

Pacific Northwest Native Freshwater Mussel Workgroup

The Pacific Northwest Freshwater Mussel Workgroup is hosting its 6th annual research symposium. The workgroup is dedicated to conservation of existing Pacific Northwest drainage mussel populations and promoting: restoration,  protection of mussel populations, and identification of further research that assists in management decisions to achieve these goals.  Several themes for this year’s symposium will be [...]

Society for Ecological Restoration – NW Chapter AGM

The 2009 Conference, “Creating Thriving Rural and Urban Communities through Ecological Restoration”, is coming to the Lynnwood Convention Center, May 19-22, 2009. We’d like you to participate and welcome your abstract. Visit the Conference Web site to see the excellent array of featured speakers, workshops, and field trips that will be part of this event. [...]

Western Division’s 2009 Riparian Challenge Award

 The Riparian, Watersheds and Habitat Committee is seeking entries for the Western Division’s 2009 Riparian Challenge Award.  The Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management and other conservation agencies or private industries in the region encompassed by the Western Division (thirteen western states, British Columbia, Yukon Territories, Mexico and U.S. Islands and Trust Territories of the [...]