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| Arctic Shorebird Talk on Thursday |
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| Tuesday, 30 September 2008 | |
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The group will hold its annual meeting just before the lecture, at 6:30. Executive director David Gregg and president of the board Peter Paton will update RINHS members and the public on the role of the Survey in the course of environmental science and management in Rhode Island in the past year, and discuss plans for the future. The annual meeting is free and open to the public and includes a dessert reception. For more info about the lecture, and more talks to come in this series, click on "More..." Effects of Oil Drilling on Shorebirds in Northern Alaska is First Lecture in a Series on Energy Installations and their Biological Impacts Kingston, RI: The Rhode Island Natural History Survey will host a lecture entitled "Shorebirds of the Arctic: Impacts of Oil Development on Nesting Shorebirds" by ornithologist Stephen Brown, Thursday, October 2, at 8:00 p.m., in the auditorium in Swan Hall on the University of Rhode Island's Kingston Campus. This lecture is the first in the Survey's 2008-2009 Mark D. Gould Memorial Lecture Series. The theme of this series is Energy Installations and their Effects on Ecology. Future lectures will include Bats and Wind Energy, by Tom Kunz, November 19; Interactions between Marine Fisheries and Wind Power, by Vin Malkoski, February 5, 2009; and Cape Wind Energy Project: Perspectives and Challenges Evaluating America's First Offshore Wind Facility, by Rodney Cluck, April 23, 2009. The series is sponsored by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and Rhode Island Ocean SAMP. All lectures are free and open to the public. The Natural History Survey's 14th annual meeting will precede the October 2 lecture in the same location. The annual meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. with a dessert reception. During the meeting, executive director David Gregg and president of the board Peter Paton will update RINHS members and the public on the role of the Survey in the course of environmental science and management in Rhode Island in the past year and discuss plans for the future. The annual meeting is free and open to the public.  At 8:00 p.m., Dr. Stephen Brown will speak on "Shorebirds of the Arctic: Impacts of Oil Development on Nesting Shorebirds." Arctic shorebirds complete epic migrations covering the globe from pole to pole, highlighting the interconnectedness of distant nations. In a program illustrated with striking photographs of elusive arctic birds on their feeding grounds, Brown will share new discoveries about the habitats of these imperiled birds and insights into science and policy issues related to protecting them from impacts of oil development. Brown is Director of Shorebird Science at the Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences in Manomet, Mass., where he works on science and policy issues related shorebird conservation globally. He also has an active research program in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, where his work helps to determine the impacts that oil development would have on nesting shorebirds. He is author of the recent book Arctic Wings: Birds of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.Brown's lecture is the first in a series of lectures organized by the Natural History Survey and focused on the interaction between energy installations and biological resources. This is a subject of intense debate nationally and Rhode Island is recently embarked on its own Ocean Special Area Management Plan or SAMP, a multidisciplinary research and planning process that integrates scientific research and stakeholder involvement in order to zone its offshore waters for diverse activities including renewable energy development. "This series of lectures is intended to provide the community with an opportunity to become informed about one of the most important issues of our times," said Peter Paton, Professor of Natural Resources Science at URI and President of RINHS. "Climatic and economic forces demand urgent decisions be made on what energy facilities to build and where, yet we will likely be living with the ramifications of these decisions for generations," said RINHS executive director David Gregg. The entire evening is free and open to the public. For more information and directions call 401-874-5800, email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or visit www.rinhs.org The Rhode Island Natural History Survey, founded in 1994, serves as a non-profit, umbrella organization for ecological information in Rhode Island. It gathers and disseminates information on RI's biology, geology, and ecosystems, manages the Biota of Rhode Island Information System (BORIIS), the most complete source of information available on the state's animals, plants, and natural communities, and hosts events to highlight the state's biodiversity and the work of researchers and naturalists. Membership is open to anyone with an interest in Rhode Island's plants and animals. |
This Thursday night in Kingston, the Rhode Island Natural History Survey invites the public to a free lecture entitled "Shorebirds of the Arctic: Impacts of Oil Development on Nesting Shorebirds," by ornithologist Stephen Brown. The lecture will start at 8 p.m., in the auditorium in Swan Hall on the URI Kingston Campus. 
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