Young Professionals

AWMA 1^st Quarter Young Professional Event!!

When: Thursday March 9, 2017

6:00 pm to 7:00 pm (arrive 30 min early)

Where: 317 ½ Pine St, Lake Charles LA 70601

You have been cordially invited to attend the 1^st Quarter Young Professional Event scheduled for Thursday March 9, 2017.  We have a reservation from 6:00-7:00 pm for the escape room located at 317 ½ Pine St. Lake Charles, LA 70601 (located downtown at the corner of Pine and Bilbo streets).  We will have two rooms with a maximum of ten participants per rooms.  The first fifteen individuals to sign up will responsible for paying $15.00 and the remainder will be responsible for a payment of $25.00.  Payment can be made via cash or check.  Please arrive 30 minutes early so we can properly gather our thoughts before the event starts!  This will be a fun and challenging event, and will be a great opportunity to interact with other environmental professionals in the area, so we encourage you to attend!  For more information on the Escape Room, click http://www.escaperoomlouisiana.com

Please contact John Wainwright at jwainwright@cameronlng.com to reserve your spot.

COASTAL WETLANDS PLANNING, PROTECTION AND RESTORATION ACT PPL 23 PUBLIC MEETING

23rd Priority Project List (PPL) Public Meeting

A public meeting will be held to present the results of candidate project evaluations under review and consideration for CWPPRA Priority Project List (PPL) 23. This meeting is in lieu of the Abbeville and New Orleans PPL meetings held in the past. The public is invited to attend and provide comments on the candidate projects. The CWPPRA Technical Committee will meet on December 12, 2013 in Baton Rouge at the LA Dept of Wildlife and Fisheries to recommend projects for PPL 23 selection.

Please find the draft PPL 23 Candidate booklet via the following link:
http://www.mvn.usace.army.mil/Portals/56/docs/environmental/cwppra/PPL/23/PPL23PublicMtgBooklet.pdf

Hard copies of the final PPL 23 Candidate booklet will be provided at the meeting.
CWPPRA
COASTAL WETLANDS PLANNING, PROTECTION AND RESTORATION ACT
PPL 23 PUBLIC MEETING
Location:
LA Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
Louisiana Room
2000 Quail Drive
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Documentation of the PPL 23 Public Meeting may be found at:
http://www.mvn.usace.army.mil/Missions/Environmental/CWPPRA.aspx
Tab Number
The CWPPRA Technical Committee will meet on December 12, 2013 in Baton Rouge to recommend projects for PPL 23 selection.

Written comments may be provided to the CWPPRA Task Force by mail, fax or email to:
Colonel Richard Hansen
District Engineer, New Orleans
c/o: Brad Inman
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
P.O. Box 60267
New Orleans, Louisiana 70160
Fax: 504-862-2572 (ATTN: Brad Inman)
Email: Brad.L.Inman@usace.army.mil

Community Conversations on Coastal Restoration

Community Conversations on Coastal Restoration

Join us for a Conversation about the Future of SW Louisiana, Coastal Restoration and Hurricane Protection

Anticipated Agenda:

Senator Landrieu’s office on RESTORE ACT

Garret Graves – State Master Plan for Coastal LA

Col. Ed Fleming – US Corps of Engineers

Environmental Economy Issues for SW LA

Question/Answer Time

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

LC Civic Center 3^rd Floor – Jean Lafitte Room

5:30 – 7:30 pm

Save The Date

Louisiana Chapter of the Hydrographic Society of America, March 14th meeting

The speaker for the Louisiana Chapter of the Hydrographic Society of America, March 14th meeting will be  Mr. Maxim F. van Norden,  Coordinator, Hydrographic  Science program, University of Southern Mississippi, who will  talk about the programs and  degrees offered by USM to students interested in a career  in the Marine Sciences and will  discuss the advantages to local Survey related companies to  providing internships to students.

I would like to invite you and students to attend the meeting (we will waive the admission cost). This will be a great opportunity for graduating students to network with local survey companies and also learn about scholarship opportunities with THSOA.

RSVP by March 13 if you will be attending and how many students will also be attending.

Regards Mike Nitska

State of the Coast conference

STATE OF THE COAST CONFERENCE – CALL FOR ABTRACTS

Deadline for abstract submittal: February 10, 2012

The Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana (CRCL) and Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) is pleased to announce the most comprehensive forum on the protection and restoration of Louisiana's coast. State of the Coast was created to gather hundreds of scientists, federal and state agency personnel, elected officials, and other interested parties to share ideas and resources to save Louisiana's coastal wetlands. The forum will be held June 25-27, 2012 in New Orleans.

The mission of the State of the Coast conference is to provide a forum to learn from recent advances in science and engineering as they relate to coastal Louisiana, to ensure that relevant and current knowledge is applied to existing and future coastal restoration and protection efforts, and to use that information to effectively inform management, policy and decision making.State of the Coast will consist of three full days of presentations by leading experts (you!) as well as invaluable networking opportunities for those invested in the future of Louisiana's coast.

Oral presentations and posters are encouraged to submit.

Submit abstracts to StateoftheCoast@crcl.org by February 10, 2012.
Attached please find abstract submittal directions.
Questions? CRCL office number is 225-767-4181, we can also be reached by email at stateofthecoast@crcl.org
For more information visit: StateoftheCoast.org

Deepwater Horizon research meeting

Most of the talks from the recent DWH research meeting have been posted at: http://www.marine.usf.edu/conferences/fio/NSTC-SOST-PI-2011/talks.shtml

See particularly:

1.          Effects of oil spill related fishing closures on reef fish of the Florida west coast
Die, David. University of Miami

2.          LMR assessment in the Gulf from the NRDA perspective
DiPinto, Lisa. NOAA

3.          The physiological effects of resident killifish impacted by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Galvez, Fernando. Louisiana State University; Biological Sciences

4.          Sargassum, fish, invertebrates, and the oil spill
Hernandez Jr, Frank. Dauphin Island Sea Lab

5.          Occurrence, distribution, and movements of whale sharks in the Northern Gulf of Mexico
Hoffmayer, Eric. NOAA Fisheries

6.          Overlap between Atlantic bluefin tuna spawning grounds and observed Deepwater Horizon surface oil in the northern Gulf of Mexico
Lamkin, John. NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center

7.          Biodiversity baseline and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Moretzsohn, Fabio. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

8.          Otolith nickel and vanadium as lifetime markers of fish exposure to crude oil
Peebles, Ernst. University of South Florida

9.          The impact of oil on deepwater coral communities in the Gulf of Mexico
White, Helen. Haverford College

10.       Genome expression response of resident killifish impacted by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Whitehead, Andrew. Louisiana State University

2012 SOUTHERN DIVISION AMERICAN FISHERIES SOCIETY SPRING MEETING

SECOND CALL FOR CONTRIBUTED PAPERS
2012 SOUTHERN DIVISION AMERICAN FISHERIES SOCIETY SPRING MEETING
January 26-29, 2012
IP Casino, Resort & Spa – http://www.ipbiloxi.com/
Biloxi, Mississippi
This is the second call for oral and poster presentations for the 20th annual Spring Meeting of the Southern Division of AFS. Deadline for abstract submission is less than one month away and submissions thus far have been light.  If you plan to give a contributed oral or poster presentation or you are participating in one of the symposia we encourage you to get this done as soon as possible to avoid potential problems that often occur when trying to get this done at the last minute.  Due date for abstract submissions will be at 5:00 pm CST on Monday, December 5, 2011.
The schedule for the 2012 SDAFS Spring Meeting is as follows:
Thursday, January 26th -Technical Committee meetings
Friday, January 27th - EXCOM Meeting, Continuing Education Workshops, Poster Presentations, Student Best Paper Presentations
Saturday all day and Sunday morning, January 28th-29th - Technical Sessions, Symposia, and Poster Presentations.
Details regarding abstract submission, accommodations, reservations procedures, and meeting registration are available at:
http://www.sdafs.org/meetings/2012/default.htm

Student Rooms at the 2012 SDAFS Spring Meeting

The Southern Division of the American Fisheries has a limited number of complimentary student rooms available for the 2012 Spring Meeting (January 26-29) at the IP Casino Resort and Spa in Biloxi, Mississippi. Rooms are available for 2 nights (January 27 and 28).  If students are interested in taking advantage of these rooms, please contact John Jackson, the Chair of the Student Affairs Committee.  These rooms will be assigned on a first come, first served basis.  Please send John your name, complete mailing address, email address, phone number, and your gender (so that appropriate room assignments can be organized).  In exchange for free lodging, students will be expected to assist the Mississippi Chapter as needed during the meeting.

John’s contact information is...

John Jackson

Department of Biological Sciences

Arkansas Tech University

1601 North Boulder Avenue

Russellville, AR 72801

jjackson@atu.edu

Coastal Society Call for Abstracts

The Coastal Society cordially invites you to submit an abstract for a presentation, panel, or poster for its 23^rd International Conference, Our Coasts, Our Heritage: Ecosystem Services for the Common Good.  The conference will take place June 3-June 6, 2012 at the Hyatt Regency, Miami, Florida.  

250 word abstracts are due October 24, 2011

The Coastal Society invites submissions for presentations, panels and posters that:

• Provide information, knowledge, actions and activities relevant to solving contemporary coastal problems;
• Integrate science, management, policy and decision-making; and
• Present questions, ideas or case studies that encourage dialogue and the sharing of solutions.

Preference will be given to presentations, panels and posters that complement the conference's theme of the importance of ecosystem needs and services in comprehensive ocean and coastal management and fit within one of the five conference tracks. Ideally, presentations and posters should provide case studies or offer innovative solutions in order to spark interactive discussion among conference attendees during the sessions.

For further guidance on abstract submission, please visit the abstract submission page.

For more information about the 23rd Conference of The Coastal Society, look through the website or e-mail us at jwyman@rwu.edu.

Inaugural Southeast Regional Sea Turtle Meeting

Inaugural Southeast Regional Sea Turtle Meeting scheduled for February 1-4, 2012
JEKYLL ISLAND, GEORGIA--The Southeast Regional Sea Turtle Network (SERSTN) today announced a historic and groundbreaking meeting of sea turtle scientists, conservationists and volunteer citizen scientists that will be held on Jekyll Island, Georgia, February 1-4, 2012. The southeast region’s two thousand mile coastline is a critical foraging and nesting ground for Kemp's Ridley, Loggerhead, Green, Leatherback, and Hawksbill sea turtles, all of which are either threatened or endangered. According to scientists’ estimates, sea turtles lay between 68,000 and 90,000 nests in the southeast region a year. Because only an estimated one sea turtle hatchling out of 1,000 to 10,000 lives to maturity, this region’s nesting grounds are vital to the species’ survival.
According to SERSTN president, Kim Sonderman, “The year 2010 proved to be a challenging year for our turtles. A massive cold-stunning event in Florida was very quickly followed by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The consequences from both of these events might be felt for years to come and spurred us even more to create a meeting where research scientists, students, conservationists, volunteers and sea turtle enthusiasts could disseminate research to colleagues and identify future research needs.”
This meeting provides an opportunity for the regional sea turtle community to come together to network and learn about the research and conservation activities that are taking place in their own backyard. Debbie Sobel, President of the Sea Turtle Conservation League of Singer Island, Palm Beach County, Florida, agrees wholeheartedly, “It is so important for volunteers to be kept abreast of all the new research data, so that we can educate the public while doing our nesting surveys on the beach every summer. Many volunteers have helped scientists collect samples or review nesting results for their scientific papers. It will be nice for the volunteers to hear the presentations that these scientists will be giving, and it will also be nice for volunteers to actually meet many of the turtle people they have heard of for so many years.”
The meeting will bring together researchers and volunteer citizen scientists from Texas, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia. Those interested in attending are invited to visit SERSTN at http://iconferences.seaturtle.org/serstm/ as well as their Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/pages/Southeast-Regional-Sea-Turtle- Meeting/200005523366056.

Southern Division American Fisheries Society Spring Meeting

FIRST CALL FOR CONTRIBUTED PAPERS
2012 SOUTHERN DIVISION AMERICAN FISHERIES SOCIETY SPRING MEETING
January 26-29, 2012
IP Casino, Resort & Spa – http://www.ipbiloxi.com/
Biloxi, Mississippi

Co-hosted by the Mississippi Chapter of the American Fisheries Society
This is the first call for oral and poster presentations for the 20th annual Spring Meeting of the Southern Division of AFS. This meeting promises to once again be an intriguing forum directed towards the exchange of novel ideas, presentation of current research, participation in cutting edge technology workshops, and the discussion of Division business and professional interests. 
The Spring Meeting will be held at the IP Casino, Resort & Spa in beautiful Biloxi, Mississippi on the northern shore of the Gulf of Mexico.   Details regarding accommodations, reservations procedures, meeting registration, and abstract submission are available at:
http://www.sdafs.org/meetings/2012/default.htm
The schedule for the upcoming 2012 SDAFS Spring Meeting is as follows:
Thursday, January 26th -Technical Committee meetings
Friday, January 27th - EXCOM Meeting, Continuing Education Workshops, Poster Presentations, Student Best Paper Presentations
Saturday all day and Sunday morning, January 28th-29th - Technical Sessions, Symposia, and Poster Presentations.
Beginning Monday, September 19, 2011, individuals desiring to present research and management results and/or progress of ongoing work can submit abstracts online at the Southern Division website, listed above, via the "Submit Abstract" link.  The person completing the on-line abstract submission form should be the intended presenter.  Please note that submission of an abstract is a separate process from registering for attendance to the conference.  Due date for abstract submissions will be at 5:00 pm CST on Monday, December 5, 2011. 
Abstract submissions should include presenter’s personal information, the paper's title, author(s) names (presenter’s name underlined), and superscript numbered references to each author’s address.  The body of the abstract should be 300 words or less and should include the study objectives, principal results, and conclusions.  Students intending to compete for Best Paper or Poster Presentation Awards should complete the appropriate section on the website’s abstract registration page.  The general abstract format is given below.  More detailed abstract submission details, helpful hints, and an example of a properly formatted SDAFS abstract is available on the website.
Because of possible time limitations, contributed oral and symposia presentations are currently scheduled for 15 minutes – 12 minutes for the presentation followed by a 3 minute question/answer period.  Moderators will strictly enforce the time limit. Depending on the number of oral presentation submissions, presentation times may be extended to 20 minutes (i.e.,15 minute talk, 5 minute questions).  The Program Chair will notify presenters well in advance if presentation times are extended.  Microsoft PowerPoint presentations are required for oral presentations. 
Poster presentations will be encouraged due to the number of attendees at the meeting.  Posters should be no larger than 122 X 122 cm (48” X 48”), in landscape or square format only.  Posters will be exhibited throughout the meeting duration, and poster authors will be available at specific, scheduled times to talk about their work and answer questions.

Abstract Format (MS Word .doc or .docx is required):
Presenter:  Kevin M. Hunt, kmhunt@cfr.msstate.edu, (662)325-0870
Title:  Habitat impairment scores for Southeastern U.S. Reservoirs

Author(s): Hunt, K.M 1, J. W. Schlechte 2, and L.E. Miranda 3

1 Affiliation and address
2 Affiliation and address
3 Affiliation and address
Abstract:  The abstract text should be no more than 300 words.  Note that the words “Presenter”, “Title”, “Author(s)”, and “Abstract” above SHOULD NOT appear in your Microsoft Word document, they are listed above for instructional purposes only.  Any questions regarding oral and poster presentations and abstract submission should be sent to:  Kevin Hunt, Program Committee Chair (kmhunt@cfr.msstate.edu).  We look forward to your submission and seeing you in Biloxi!

Dr. Kevin M. Hunt

Associate Professor & Director

Human Dimensions & Conservation Law Enforcement Laboratory

Dept. of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Aquaculture

Box 9690

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762

Phone: (662) 325-0870

Fax: (662) 325-8726

Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force meeting

On Tuesday, August 30, 2011, the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task
Force will hold a meeting in Biloxi, MS. The meeting will further the
task force’s ongoing commitment to supporting the conservation and
restoration of resilient and healthy ecosystems in the Gulf of Mexico.
It will be held at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum & Convention Center
from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. CT and is open to the public.

On October 5, 2010, President Obama issued Executive Order 13554 to
create the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force, continuing the
administration's ongoing commitment to the Gulf region. The task force
works to integrate federal restoration efforts with those of local
stakeholders and state and tribal governments, and to facilitate
accountability and support throughout the restoration process. View the
President’s executive order:
www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2010/10/05/executive-order-gulf-coast-ecosystem-restoration-task-force
.

     WHO:       Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force

     WHAT:     Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force Meeting

     WHEN:     August 30, 2011 at 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. CT

     WHERE:   Mississippi Coast Coliseum & Convention Center
                     2350 Beach Boulevard, Biloxi, MS 39531-4914

To pre-register for this meeting; please go to this link,
http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07e4aekwljefe91ecc&llr=lpkzsjfab
Pre-registration will close on August 27, 2011.  On-site registration
will be available on Tuesday, August 30, 2011 starting at 7 a.m. CT.

The meeting space is fully accessible.  If you have special needs or
require translation, please let us know. For more information on the
task force or to pre-register for this meeting, please visit
www.epa.gov/gulfcoasttaskforce.  We will continue to update this website
with future announcements and important information.

To receive automatic updates, email the task force at
GulfCoastTaskForce@epa.gov.

Meeting agenda to follow.

Gulf of Mexico Alliance & Hypoxia Task Force

REGISTRATION REMINDER!

Joint Meeting of the Gulf of Mexico Alliance   &   Hypoxia Task Force August 2 - 4, 2011  The Westin Canal Place New Orleans, LA

Please take a moment to register for the Joint Meeting of the Gulf of Mexico Alliance & Hypoxia Task Force (a.k.a., All Hands Meeting)!  Links to online event registration and hotel reservations are located at the website below as well as a Schedule of Events and conference agenda.  

Online registration:  Gulf of Mexico Alliance website

Joint Gulf of Mexico Alliance - Hypoxia Task Force

Early registration is now available for the
Joint Gulf of Mexico Alliance - Hypoxia Task Force Meeting
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The Westin New Orleans
Canal Place
100 Rue Iberville
New Orleans, LA 70130

For more information, contact:
Laura Bowie
Gulf of Mexico Alliance
228-523-4013
Laura.Bowie@gomxa.org

August 2 - 4, 2011
The Westin Canal Place Hotel
New Orleans, Louisiana

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NOAA’s Office of Ocean Exploration and Research Workshop

Workshop Announcement - Recommendations Sought

NOAA’s Office of Ocean Exploration and Research (OER) is hosting a workshop to provide an overview of a new program of telepresence-enabled exploration and to identify areas in the Atlantic Ocean (including the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea) where this approach should be applied. Telepresence-enabled exploration is currently being conducted by the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer and the Ocean Exploration Trust’s Exploration Vessel (E/V) Nautilus. Equipped with sonar equipment and remotely operated vehicles outfitted with high-definition video cameras, the ships transmit information to shore-based Exploration Command Centers, Remote Consoles and over the Internet to broadly distributed teams of explorers.

This announcement seeks input from members of the ocean community in the form of one-page descriptions of areas and targets in the Atlantic that have the highest potential for discoveries that can lay the ground work for further scientific investigation. Please visit http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov or http://explore.noaa.gov/pre-workshop-recommendations-sought for a full announcement and details for submitting ideas. The deadline for submission is March 31, 2011.