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Prof. Larry Howery re-appointed to BLM Arizona Resource Advisory Council by Secretary Salazar

Secretary Salazar Announces New Appointments
to BLM Arizona Resource Advisory Council
Phoenix, Ariz. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced new appointments or re-appointments of five new members to Arizona’s 15 citizen-based Resource Advisory Council (RAC), which advises the Bureau of Land Management on public land issues. The RAC is composed of members with diverse interests and backgrounds.

SNRE contributes to global monitoring and assessment of desertification

Over the past two weeks Barron Orr has been working with the Secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) (http://www.unccd.int/) at the Tenth Session of the Conference of Parties (COP-10) in Changwon, Gyeongnam, Korea (http://english.unccdcop10.go.kr/main/). Over the past year he facilitated a scientific peer review process on the set of desertification, land degradation and drought impact indicators under consideration in response to the 10 Year Strategy of the Convention.


Western Governors' Wildlife Council to Meet Nov. 3-4 in Seattle, Washington

Western Governors' Wildlife Council to Meet

Nov. 3-4 in Seattle, Washington

Bob Abbey, BLM Director to attend

Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire, Chair of the Western Governors' Association, will give opening remarks at the Western Governors' Wildlife Council meeting on Nov. 3 - 4 in Seattle. Participating in the meeting will be Bob Abbey, Director of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, as well as a number of industry, conservation and governmental leaders.


Climate Change Training Needs Assessment - Intermountain Region, National Park Service

NPS Intermountain Region

The National Park Service Intermountain Region (IMR) partnered with the University of Arizona, to assess climate change training needs for over 5,000 IMR employees. We evaluated baseline climate literacy and employee training preferences, and outlined plans for climate change training. We identified the following baseline climate knowledge characteristics: a lack of discernment between climate variability and trends, good understanding of key phenomena, such as El Niño, good identification of observed impacts, but little knowledge of climate projections for the IMR.

Short Description: 
Can we structure an inexpensive climate change literacy and training program for the National Park Service?

SNRE Seminar: Advancing the Field of Landscape-scale Approaches to Conservation, Resource Management, and Sustainability

Start time: 08/26/2011 - 12:00pm
08/26/2011 - 1:00pm
Location: 
Bio Sciences East Rm 225

Speaker: Shawn Johnson, Center for Natural Resources and Environmental Policy, University of Montana


Western Governors' Wildlife Council to Meet Nov. 3 - 4 in Seattle, Washington

Western Governors' Wildlife Council to Meet Nov. 3 - 4  in Seattle, Washington

Opening Remarks by Gov. Chris Gregoire     


National Coordinating Office of the USA National Phenology Network

The USA National Phenology Network brings together citizen scientists, government agencies, non-profit groups, educators and students of all ages to monitor the impacts of climate change on plants and animals in the United States. The network harnesses the power of people and the Internet to collect and share information, providing researchers with far more data than they could collect alone.

Synopsis: 
The USA National Phenology Network brings together citizen scientists, government agencies, non-profit groups, educators and students of all ages to monitor the impacts of climate change on plants and animals in the United States
Facility & Technology Information
Acronym: 
USA-NPN
Infrastructure Type: 
Research Infrastructure

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