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Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center

August 2012 Activity Highlights
Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
La Crosse, Wisconsin

Topics covered in the August activity report.


Agricultural Ditches, Phosphorus, and Organism Health

 

Aquatic Invasive Species

Asian Carp

Zebra Mussels

Sea Lamprey

American Fisheries Society Meeting

The Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center is hosting a symposium and giving a variety of presentations at the 142nd Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society, August 19-23 in Minneapolis, MN.  Presentations include:

Common Loon Overwintering Habitat and Foraging Behavior

Dedication Ceremony for UMESC Facility Upgrades and Renovation Projects

Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI)

Project #80, Birds as Indicators of Contaminant Exposure in the Great Lakes

Project #82, Characterize Habitat and Foodweb Structures across Great Lakes Rivermouth Estuaries. 

Greenhouse Gases

North American Ornithological Conference 

Upper Mississippi River Restoration – Environmental Management Program

Climate Change

Land Cover/Land Use and LiDAR

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Region 3 Aviation Program Review

Regional Landscape Models and Predicting Avian Abundance

Wildlife Occupancy Models – Bias

Other

Acronyms

AOC – Area of Concern
ARS – Agricultural Research Service
CERC – Columbia Environmental Research Center
DNR – Department of Natural Resources
EMP-CC – Environmental Management Program-Coordinating Committee
EPA – Environmental Protection Agency
FWS – U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
GLRI – Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
IBI – Indices of Biotic Integrity
LiDAR – Light Detection and Ranging
LTRMP – Long Term Resource Monitoring Program
NIOSH – National Institutes of Occupational Safety and Health
NOAA – National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NWHC – National Wildlife Health Center
TFM – 3-trifluoromethyl-4-nitrophenol
UMESC – Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
UMRR – Upper Mississippi River Restoration
UMRR-EMP – Upper Mississippi River Restoration - Environmental Management Program
USDA – U.S. Department of Agriculture
USGS – U.S. Geological Survey
WICCI – Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts
WSC – Water Science Center

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