The Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation department’s seminar is organized by Kevin McGuire this spring. The line up of speakers is awesome. Should be a great seminar series!
| February 4 | Matt Brinckman – Mid-Atlantic Regional Science Coordinator, The American Chestnut Foundation, Charlottesville, VA. The History, Demise, and Restoration of the American Chestnut |
| February 11 | Durelle Scott – Assistant Professor – Biological Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA Nutrient retention within floodplains: from Stroubles Creek to the Atchafalaya |
| February 18 | Dave Smith – Shelton H. Short, Jr. Emeritus Professor of Forestry, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA Forestry Curriculum: Meeting the Needs of Society? – History and Future |
| February 25 | Nate Anderson – Research Forester, U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Missoula, Montana Does that thing really work?: Successes and failures for distributed scale biomass conversion technologies in the forest sector |
| March 4 | Rich Pouyat – National Program Coordinator for Bioclimatology Research, U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Washington, D.C. Urban Ecosystem Services: The Good, The Bad, and the Challenge |
| March 11 | Spring Break |
| March 18 | Mike Strickland – Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA Microbial community dynamics in changing forests |
| March 25 | Jeff McDonnell – Professor, School of Environment and Sustainability, Global Institute for Water Security, University of Saskatchewan Tracking raindrops: Basic science for understanding global change impacts on freshwater |
| April 1 | Jim Vose – Project Leader and Research Ecologist, USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station Forests and Water in the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities |
| April 8 | Brent Keefer – Vice-President, Hancock Natural Resource Group, Inc. and Director of Resource Planning and Investment Strategy, Hancock Timber Resource Group “What’s It Worth? Tools of the Trade |
| April 15 | Pam Edwards – Research Hydrologist, U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Parsons, WV Natural Gas Development: A Moving Target for Management and Research |
| April 22 | Jack Webster – Professor, Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA What happens to those tree leaves when they fall into streams? A history of modeling stream ecosystems |