Announcements

(Posted 12-13-2008)

Dynamic Deserts: Resource Uncertainty in Arid Environments

You are invited to attend the 2009 Frontiers in Life Sciences conference: Dynamic Deserts: Resource Uncertainty in Arid Environments, an international, multi-disciplinary conference and workshop to be held at Arizona State University in Tempe, AZ, February 26th to March 1st, 2009.
Dynamic Deserts is designed to encourage review and advancement of our understanding of desert systems through interdisciplinary communication and working groups. This grad student organized conference will feature presentations by top scientists, managers, and educators who focus on deserts; intensive collaborative break-out sessions aimed at producing high-quality publications; poster sessions open to all (undergraduates encouraged); and a hands-on workshop that will initiate a program aimed at merging science and art for the purpose of public education.
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Registration

Registration

Abstract Submission

Early Registration Deadline: January 1, 2009 Fee: $30
Late Registration Deadline: February 1, 2009 Fee: $40
On-site Registration: Fee: $50
Banquet and art show: February 27, 2009 Fee: $20
Field trip to Desert Botanical Gardens: March 1, 2009 Fee: $10

New from the University of Arizona Press
"The Ribbon of Green
A landmark study of riparian change in the Southwest "

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January 27, 2009, Lunch Meeting will be held in Collaboration with the U of A Cooperative Extension Service

The meeting will be held at 4341 East Broadway, Phoenix, Arizona 85010. Please RSVP Ted Lehman, JE Fuller/ Hydrology & Geomorphology, Inc, 8400 S. Kyrene Road, Suite 201, Tempe, AZ 85284, 480-222-5709, ted@jefuller.com

"Communicating Science to Policy-Makers"

Nick Melcher
Executive Director, Arizona Hydrological Society,
USGS Retired

Traditionally, scientists and policy-makers have had serious difficulties communicating effectively. This communication problem can limit policy-makers access to the science needed for the development of sound public policy. Scientists and policy-makers work in vastly different environments and their occupations have very different priorities and objectives. As a result, scientists and policy-makers tend to process information and view the world in very different ways. These diverse views create misunderstandings and cause difficulties in communicating effectively. Decisions on critical issues are often made without access to the best scientific understanding. This communication problem also serves to limit the relevancy of scientific findings and can eventually result in weakened support for science among policy-makers. Clearly it is incumbent on all scientists and policy-makers to find better ways to communicate in order to produce the best science-based public policy.
This presentation will provide some ideas regarding the basis for these different viewpoints and provide some ideas to better communicate scientific understanding to policy-makers and to the general public.

Nick Melcher retired in 2007 after 34 years with the US Geological Survey. He served as the Director of the USGS, Arizona Water Science Center in Tuson from 1994 to 2007. Mr. Melcher has given this presentation to the US Department of Interior, International audiences and to a number of public forums in Arizona.

(Posted 10-15-07)

National Association of Environmental Professionals

NAEP 34th Annual Conference
Radisson Fort McDowell Resort, Scottsdale, Arizona
May 3–6, 2009

Papers/presentations are requested for individual speakers, panels (four speaker maximum), hot-topic luncheons, and poster displays. Sessions will be divided into tracks and papers/presentation proposals are requested in the following areas.

Submission
All abstracts should be no more than 300 words long and in English. Unpublished, original works are preferred.
The following guidelines are to be used in the preparation of abstracts.
Please download the abstract submission form on our website at www.naep.org, Annual Conferences, 2009. Follow the instructions on the form to submit your abstract. If you have questions, please contact Darcey Rosenblatt at drosenblatt@esassoc.com or 415.896.5900. Student research papers are welcome.

PLEASE NOTE: You will be notified in November if your abstract is selected, and the final paper/presentation will be due March 1, 2009.Your submitted paper/presentation will be included on our Conference Proceedings CD. If accepted, you are expected to register
and present your paper/presentation at the conference in May. This allows NAEP to keep fees as low as possible for all conference attendees.
For more information about the 2009 NAEP Conference, refer to www.naep.org

2009 Membership Dues

Your membership may be renewed for 2009 by credit card through the AHS website at http://www.azhydrosoc.org/ or by mailing a check to the Arizona Hydrological Society, PO Box 32898, Tucson, Arizona, 85751. Dues remain at $45.00 year for regular membership and $15.00 for students. Thank you all for a great 2008 and for your continuing support in 2009.

For those who attended the 2008 Flagstaff Symposium, be reminded that membership dues for 2009 were included in the registration fee.