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SUMMARY:SFWS Seminar Series - Ryan Peek
DESCRIPTION:Ryan Peek\, Coordinator\, Forestry BMP Monitoring Program\, Alabama Forestry Commission\n“Alabama Forestry Commission’s Forestry Best Management Practices (BMP) Monitoring Program” \nSeminar is held at 11 a.m. in Conference Room 1101 in the SFWS Building\, 602 Duncan Drive\, Auburn\, AL. \n\nFaculty\, students and the public are invited to attend this free program.\nComplimentary cookies and coffee will be served.\nCFEs are available by request.\nAdvanced registration is not required.\nParking is available on the 3rd and 4th floors of the South Quad parking deck on Duncan Drive\, directly across from the SFWS Building. See Parking Services on Level 2 to obtain a visitor pass.\n\nAbstract:  Forestry Best Management Practices (BMPs) are important measures for protecting the waters of Alabama. Alabama’s Forestry BMPs are non-regulatory guidelines that when implemented reduce the chance for violating water quality laws. The Alabama Forestry Commission (AFC) has been collecting BMP monitoring data in some form since 1991. The AFC also has a responsibility for providing BMP education to landowners\, loggers\, foresters\, vendors\, and the general public to ensure sound forest stewardship principles are understood and implemented. This presentation will cover the history\, framework\, and the three pillars of AFC’s BMP program: BMP implementation monitoring\, BMP education\, and complaint resolution. \nBiography:  Ryan Peek joined the Alabama Forestry Commission as a County Forester on March 01\, 2012. He is currently overseeing the Commission’s BMP and Landowner Assistance programs. He works with a variety of government and non-government partners to help ensure that forestry BMPs are being implemented on the ground. Mr. Peek brought a wide range of experience to the Commission from mapping invasive species in Fairbanks\, Alaska to conducting low impact logging operations in Branson\, Missouri. He is a registered forester in Alabama and holds a B.S. degree in forest resource management from the University of Missouri. He currently resides in Prattville\, Alabama and when not engaged in forestry activities can be found fishing on Lay Lake or turning wrenches in his garage.
URL:https://cfwe.auburn.edu/event/sfws-seminar-series-ryan-peek/
LOCATION:College of Forestry\, Wildlife and Environment\, 602 Duncan Drive\, Auburn\, AL\, 36849\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Main Calendar
ORGANIZER;CN="Dr. Lori Eckhardt":MAILTO:eckhalg@auburn.edu
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190213T120000
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SUMMARY:SFWS Seminar Series - Lora Smith
DESCRIPTION:Lora Smith\, Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center\n“Biological Connectivity Among Geographically Isolated Wetlands: Patterns Across Space and Time” \nSeminar is held at 11 a.m. in Classroom 1221 in the SFWS Building\, 602 Duncan Drive\, Auburn\, AL. \n\nFaculty\, students and the public are invited to attend this free program.\nComplimentary cookies and coffee will be served.\nCFEs are available by request.\nAdvanced registration is not required.\nParking is available on the 3rd and 4th floors of the South Quad parking deck on Duncan Drive\, directly across from the SFWS Building. See Parking Services on Level 2 to obtain a visitor pass.\n\nAbstract:  Geographically isolated wetlands (GIWs) provide important ecosystem services including water storage\, nutrient processing and sequestration\, and wildlife habitat. Although there is increasing recognition of these services\, many GIWs are not afforded regulatory protection at the state or federal level and it has been estimated that more than 50% of GIWs in the southeastern U.S. have been altered by agricultural and urban land uses. Despite large scale alterations of wetlands and surrounding forests\, many GIWs persist within agricultural landscapes and a basic understanding of the role of these wetlands as wildlife habitat is of interest. We have examined the effects of local and landscape scale variables on wetland use and connectivity for a broad suite of fauna (amphibians\, reptiles\, and wading birds) in southwestern Georgia. Among amphibians species richness\, diversity and abundance is highest in GIWs with more surrounding forest and wetland land use. Likewise\, genetic data indicate that connectivity among populations of some amphibian species (southern cricket frog and dwarf salamander) is positively related to the amount of forest and wetlands in the surrounding landscape. However\, populations of another amphibian species (southern leopard frog) show little genetic differentiation even at large spatial scales (>20 km) and within agricultural landscapes. Freshwater turtles frequently move over land among wetlands. One species\, the yellow-bellied slider\, moves through natural pine forests more frequently than agricultural land or pine plantations. American alligators use GIWs for nesting and juvenile habitat\, whereas adults use perennial streams. Alligators use intervening wetlands as stepping stones for movements among habitats. Wading bird use of GIWs is high in wetlands in agricultural landscapes during breeding season\, but increases in GIWs in forested landscapes late in the hydroperiod\, when larval amphibians are the most abundant prey. Understanding biological connectivity among these wetlands is critical to ensure that landscapes are protected at appropriate scales to conserve species and ecosystem function. \nBiography:  Lora Smith is a research scientist at the Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center (Jones Center) in southwestern Georgia. She received a B.S. in Biology from Eckerd College and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation from the University of Florida. Her M.S. research focused on the ecology of the gopher tortoise in north-central Florida and her Ph.D. research was on the status and ecology of the ploughshare tortoise in northwestern Madagascar. After completing her Ph.D. in 1999 she worked for the U.S. Geological Survey as a research wildlife biologist conducting an amphibian inventory and monitoring project at Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. She joined the Jones Center in 2001 and her research program includes a long term study of the effects of predation on the gopher tortoise\, ecology of upland snakes\, and habitat predictors of pond-breeding amphibians. She is an active member of the Gopher Tortoise Council and The Wildlife Society.
URL:https://cfwe.auburn.edu/event/sfws-seminar-series-lora-smith/
LOCATION:College of Forestry\, Wildlife and Environment\, 602 Duncan Drive\, Auburn\, AL\, 36849\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Main Calendar
ORGANIZER;CN="Dr. Lori Eckhardt":MAILTO:eckhalg@auburn.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190213T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190213T163000
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SUMMARY:SFWS to host campus-wide screening of the APT series episode on "Forestry"
DESCRIPTION:As part of Alabama Public Television’s ongoing “Spotlight on Agriculture” documentary series\, the network is producing three episodes focused on Auburn University’s School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences research and the importance of forestry\, wildlife and natural resources to the state’s economy and quality of life. \nThe episodes will air on APT during the first three quarters of 2019\, with the first episode on “Forestry” scheduled to air Monday\, Feb. 18\, at 8 p.m. CST.  To celebrate the launch of the series trilogy\, the School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences will host a public screening and reception for the premiere of the “Forestry” episode. \nDuring the “Forestry” episode\, viewers will learn how Auburn’s research is improving timber harvesting and forestry operations\, developing sustainable products from forest biomass and discovering solutions to many of today’s most critical challenges facing wildlife and natural landscapes. \nThe campus-wide screening will be held at the SFWS Building located at 602 Duncan Drive in Conference Hall\, room 1101\, at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday\, Feb. 13. The event is free and open to the public. Parking will be available on the third and fourth levels of the South Quad Parking Deck. \nMore information about the series can be found online at: https://cfwe.auburn.edu/apt-series-will-showcase-auburn-research-and-forestry-wildlife-natural-resource-industries/ \nVisit APT to review the trailer and for broadcast details: http://aptv.org/episodes/1816735/Spotlight-On-Agriculture/Forestry-Management/ \n 
URL:https://cfwe.auburn.edu/event/sfws-to-host-campus-wide-screening-of-the-apt-series-episode-on-forestry/
LOCATION:College of Forestry\, Wildlife and Environment\, 602 Duncan Drive\, Auburn\, AL\, 36849\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Main Calendar
ORGANIZER;CN="SFWS Office of Communications and Marketing":MAILTO:sfwscom@auburn.edu
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SUMMARY:SFWS Seminar Series - Adam Betuel
DESCRIPTION:Adam Betuel\, Conservation Director\, Atlanta Audubon Society\n“Birds and the Built Environment: Glass\, lights\, and making our cities bird-friendly” \nSeminar is held at 11 a.m. in Conference Room 1101 in the SFWS Building\, 602 Duncan Drive\, Auburn\, AL. \n\nFaculty\, students and the public are invited to attend this free program.\nComplimentary cookies and coffee will be served.\nCFEs are available by request.\nAdvanced registration is not required.\nParking is available on the 3rd and 4th floors of the South Quad parking deck on Duncan Drive\, directly across from the SFWS Building. See Parking Services on Level 2 to obtain a visitor pass.\n\nAbstract:  Claiming up to 1 billion birds annually in the United States alone\, collisions with buildings is a major threat to our avian life. Primarily a migratory issue\, our feathered friends are attracted and confused by many of our modern architectural preferences and these interactions are often fatal. Adam Betuel\, conservation director for the Atlanta Audubon Society\, will discuss the causes of these collisions\, steps to reduce or eliminate the threats\, and what is being done around this issue. Adam oversees Project Safe Flight Atlanta and Lights Out Atlanta\, programs focused on monitoring for bird collisions and taking steps to reduce bird deaths. Additionally\, he coordinates a monthly Audubon call on this topic\, has presented to American Institute of Architects chapters across the Southeast\, and is working on making Atlanta more bird-friendly through smart design and building retrofits. \nBiography:  Adam Betuel joined Atlanta Audubon as their first conservation director in September of 2015. He has a B.S. in zoology from Ohio State University and is a PhD candidate at Indiana State University (Ecology). Adam is a trained field ornithologists who has worked on projects throughout the eastern United States and South America. Molecular ecology\, human-avian interactions\, breeding behavior\, conservation\, and species monitoring are topics he has investigated during his research. Adam has been published multiple times\, acted as a manuscript reviewer\, presented awards from professional ornithological societies\, and awarded multiple grants and honors from his graduate institution. \nSince joining Atlanta Audubon\, Adam has overseen multiple grants focusing on habitat restoration\, bird-friendly structures\, and environmental education. He is focused on making Atlanta a more bird-friendly city. To achieve this goal Adam is managing Project Safe Flight Atlanta\, a program focused on reducing bird-building collisions. Additionally\, the use of native plants\, eradication of exotic-invasive species\, species-specific conservation\, and better understanding how birds can safely utilize the urban landscape are other focal areas of his efforts.
URL:https://cfwe.auburn.edu/event/sfws-seminar-series-adam-betuel/
CATEGORIES:Events,Main Calendar
ORGANIZER;CN="Dr. Lori Eckhardt":MAILTO:eckhalg@auburn.edu
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190227T160000
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SUMMARY:Cross-Laminated Timber Markets: A Panel Discussion & Reception
DESCRIPTION:The Auburn University School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences invites the public and Auburn administration\, faculty and students to join industry stakeholders for a reception and panel discussion to explore the opportunities for growing cross-laminated timber markets and construction. \nCross-laminated timber\, or CLT\, features a unique layered engineering\, which gives it steel-like strength\, and it is light\, easy to assemble\, sustainable\, fire resistant and cost effective; making it ideal for commercial construction. Alabama’s vast expanse of southern yellow pine forests and its existing processing infrastructure make the state an ideal location for CLT manufacturing. \nPanelists for the discussion titled\, “Cross-Laminated Timber Markets\,” include industry representatives\, Jeff Peters PE\, southeast regional director\, Woodworks – Wood Products Council\, Steve Lieberman PE\, International Beams\, and Tom S. Chung\, AIA LEED AP BD+C\, principal of the architectural firm\, Leers Weinzapfel Associations. Auburn Regions Professor of Forest Products Brian Via will serve as moderator. \nThe reception and panel discussion will be held at the SFWS Building located at 602 Duncan Drive in Conference Hall\, room 1101\, beginning at 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday\, Feb. 27. The event is free and open to the public. Parking will be available on the third and fourth levels of the South Quad Parking Deck. \n 
URL:https://cfwe.auburn.edu/event/cross-laminated-timber-markets-a-panel-discussion-reception/
LOCATION:College of Forestry\, Wildlife and Environment\, 602 Duncan Drive\, Auburn\, AL\, 36849\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Main Calendar
ORGANIZER;CN="Dr. Adam Maggard":MAILTO:adm0074@auburn.edu
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