USGS Portland Seminar Series Schedule

USGS Winter 2012 Seminar Series Schedule
Oregon Water Science Center

Seminars are usually held on Tuesdays from noon to 1 pm. The seminars are informal and are open to the public. Bring your lunch. The USGS Oregon Water Science Center office is located in Portland at 2130 SW 5th Ave. Directions to the USGS office are posted at http://or.water.usgs.gov/location.html.

If you would like to be notified of upcoming seminars via email, then please sign up for the online mailing list at: http://or.water.usgs.gov/seminars/maillist.html. The online mailing list also will be used to notify its members of seminar cancellations or other schedule changes.

Note: The following schedule is subject to change. Please check this page or call 503-251-3200 prior to attending a seminar. This schedule can be downloaded from http://or.water.usgs.gov/seminars/seminar_history/winter2012_schedule.pdf.

*Disclaimer -- The research, opinions, and materials expressed by presenters are solely of the individuals and are not reflective of the Oregon Water Science Center, the U.S. Geological Survey, or the U.S. Department of the Interior.

USGS WINTER 2012 SEMINAR SCHEDULE

Tuesday
January 10
Noon to 1 pm

Smells Like Dead Reservoir:
the October 26, 2011 Decommissioning of Condit Dam

Jim O'Connor

Research Hydrologist
USGS Oregon Water Science Center
[professional page]

Tuesday
January 17
Noon to 1 pm

CANCELLED
due to inclement weather

Jacob Hamblin

Assistant Professor of Environmental History
Oregon State University
[professional page]

Tuesday
January 24
Noon to 1 pm

Statewide Toxics Monitoring Strategy: Programs, Focus, and Future

Lori Pillsbury

Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
[ watch video*] [download video]

Tuesday
January 31
Noon to 1 pm

The Art of Communicating Climate Science

Anna Fahey

Communications Strategist
Sightline Institute
[professional page]
[ watch video*] [download video]

Tuesday
February 7
Noon to 1 pm

Use of Continuous Monitors and Autosamplers to Predict Unmeasured Water-Quality Constituents in Tributaries of the Tualatin River, Oregon

Chauncey Anderson

Hydrologist
USGS Oregon Water Science Center
[professional page] [report]
[ watch video*] [download video]

Tuesday
February 14
Noon to 1 pm

The ecology of the chytrid fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, in amphibian habitats

Tara Chestnut

STEP hydrologist and PhD student
USGS Oregon Water Science Center and OSU
[professional page] [abstract]

Tuesday
February 21
Noon to 1 pm

Environmental Stressors in Freshwater Ecoystems: Consequences for Communities and Conservation

Angela Strecker

Associate Professor
Dept. of Environmental Sciences and Management
Portland State University
[professional page] [abstract]
[ watch video*] [download video]

Tuesday
February 28
Noon to 1 pm

On Mount Hood: A Biography of Oregon's Perilous Peak

Jon Bell

Author
[the book] [professional page]
[ watch video*] [download video]

Tuesday
March 6
Noon to 1 pm

Building Science into Stakeholder-Driven Decision-Support Processes

Mike Mertens

Director of Spatial Analysis
Ecotrust, Portland OR
[professional page] [abstract]
[ watch video*] [download video]

Tuesday
March 13
Noon to 1 pm

Applications of Fluorescence Spectroscopy for Monitoring Water Quality in an Urban Watershed

Jami Goldman

USGS Oregon Water Science Center
Portland OR
[abstract]
[ watch video*] [download video]

Tuesday
March 20
Noon to 1 pm

A Riverscape Perspective of Salmon Habitat Assessment on Tribal Ceded Lands

Seth White

Senior Fishery Scientist
Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission
[professional page] [abstract] [Presentation PDF]
[ watch video*] [download video]

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USGS Winter 2012 Seminar Series Schedule
Oregon Water Science Center