NE CASC News

NE CSC Science Coordinator, Michelle Staudinger, and Mike Rawlins, NE CSC Affiliate and Manager of the Climate System Research Center at UMass Amherst hosted two workshop sessions as part of the Massachusetts Envirothon  team-based competition for high school students

Dan Miller, NE CSC Graduate Fellow attended the Graduate Climate Conference to present his poster, "Understanding Extremes: A Multi-Proxy, High Resolution Record of Hurricane, Fire, Flood, and Drought History from Basin Pond, Maine".  In his words,

NE CSC Fellow David Johnson from the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA is author of the publication "Fiddler on the Roof

Coastal ecosystems in the eastern U.S. have been severely altered by processes associated with human development, including drainage of coastal wetlands, changes in hydrology

Providing education and training opportunities for the next generation of scientists and managers is a priority at the Climate Science Centers (CSCs). These opportunities include internships, research fellowships, retreats, and networking events. CSC interns also provide crucial support for CSC initiatives. Interns and fellows help the CSCs achieve their mission of providing and communicating high-quality science related to the climate change impacts on natural and cultural resources.

NE CSC Fellows will present at the Joint meeting of American Ornithologists’ Union, Cooper Ornithological Society, and Society of Canadian Ornithologists.  William V. DeLuca is chairing a symposium on “Montane Bird Conservation Ecology” and Richard Feldman is presenting a paper on how climate change has affected the internal structure of bird species ranges in the US and Canada. Estes Park, CO. Sept 24-27.

The NE CSC is helping the Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science to host a workshop on Climate Change and Southern New England Forests for natural resource professionals on September 24-25 on the UMass campus in Amherst, MA.

On Friday June 13^th, 2014, the workshop “Comparing Existing Ecological Systems Maps for the Eastern USA” was held at USFWS in Hadley MA. Co-PIs David Diamond (MoRAP) and Don Faber-Langendoen (NatureServe) led a discussion comparing the approaches, consistency, and challenges of aligning four ecological systems maps, 1) LandFire - Existing Vegetation Type (EVT), 2) The Nature Conservancy (TNC), 3) Southeast GAP (SEGAP), and 4) NatureServe (National Map).