Subject: ECOLOG-L Digest - 14 Mar 2003 to 15 Mar 2003 (#2003-72)
There are 3 messages totalling 110 lines in this issue.
Topics of the day:
1. ESA and war/non-profit status
2. Ecology and war - Migrating birds as potential casualties
3. Worldwide agriculture GIS?
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Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 16:45:16 -0800
From: Steve Erickson <wean@WHIDBEY.NET>
Subject: Re: ESA and war/non-profit status
>If it becomes the least bit political,
>then ESA has no business whatsoever making such a statement, if for no
>other reason than risking non-profit status.
As a board member of two 501(c)3 non-profit organisations, one a
professional society and the other an environmental advocacy group,
I've become quite familiar with the the legal restrictions on tax
exempt non-profit organizations' advocacy.
The statement in the above e-mail is totally erroneous. The primary
restriction on advocacy by tax exept NGOs in the US are of donations
to partisan political campaigns (i.e. Candidate X the Demublican
against Candidate Y the Republicrat). There is also a restriction on
the percentage of its total budget a non-profit tax exempt
organization may spend on direct legislative lobbying (i.e. regarding
a specific legislative proposal). That limit is 20% of its total
budget.
The proposed (as I write this, it has not happened yet, so I will be
optimistic) invasion of Iraq by the US is not a legislative proposal
and it is not a campaign involving political candidacies. The ESA
could take a position on this issue and shout it to heavens if the
ESA so desired! If the war was a legislative proposal or political
campaign the ESA could also take a position, but spend no more than
20% of its total budget on creating and disseminating the position.
So, the ESA's non-profit status really does not enter into the
question of whether to take a position on the proposed invasion.
-Steve Erickson
Frosty Hollow Ecological Restoration
Box 53, Langley, WA 98260
(360) 579-2332
wean@whidbey.net
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Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2003 16:02:07 -0800
From: Ashwani Vasishth <vasishth@USC.EDU>
Subject: Ecology and war - Migrating birds as potential casualties
In the context of the earlier discussion:
Migrating birds could be Iraq war casualties - The threat of war in Iraq
has ornithologists in a flap as millions of birds make their way across
the country on their annual spring migration to northern breeding grounds.
http://www.enn.com/news/2003-03-13/s_3395.asp
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Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2003 08:28:44 -0800
From: birdtox1 <birdtox1@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Subject: Re: Worldwide agriculture GIS?
The National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) of the USDA has the
crops shown for North Dakota, Indiana, the Bootheel of Missouri, eastern
Nebraska, Arkansas, Mississippi, Illinois, and Iowa. You can order CDs for
about $35 for each state from the NASS website or call 1-800-727-9540. The
state of Washington is working developing their own system, but it is still
in development and will not be updated annually. You can get more
information on that project by calling the Washington State Department of
Agriculture at 360-902-2065.
Joseph P. Sullivan, Ph.D.
Ardea Consulting
10 First Street
Woodland, CA 95695
530-669-1645
Fax: 530-669-1674
birdtox1@ardeacon.com
www.ardeacon.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news
[mailto:ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU] On Behalf Of Jonathan Greenberg
Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 6:40 PM
To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU
Subject: Worldwide agriculture GIS?
Related to my previous question, does anyone know of a U.S. or worldwide
agriculture GIS layer where locations of major crops for a given year, say
after 1998, are shown? Where might it be?
--j
--
Jonathan Greenberg
Graduate Group in Ecology, U.C. Davis
http://www.cstars.ucdavis.edu/~jongreen
http://www.cstars.ucdavis.edu
AIM: jgrn307 or jgrn3007
MSN: jgrn307@msn.com or jgrn3007@msn.com
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Subject: ECOLOG-L Digest - 13 Mar 2003 to 14 Mar 2003 (#2003-71)
There are 8 messages totalling 461 lines in this issue.
Topics of the day:
1. Citations for the ecological consequences of war
2. Worldwatch Paper: Decline in bird populations
3. ESA and DU?
4. Job: Resource forester, Missouri Dept. of Conservation
5. Symposium on "Riparian soils: Properties, Processes and Management"
6. All Landscape Ecology articles 1987-1997 now free PDFs
7. TDR probes
8. Worldwide agriculture GIS?
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Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 20:06:15 -0800
From: Ashwani Vasishth <vasishth@USC.EDU>
Subject: Citations for the ecological consequences of war
If folks would send me citations they think useful in this regard, I'd be
glad to assemble and mount a bibliography for general use.
There have been some postings in the past, and I have a compilation that I
will dig through, but, hopefully, folks have been casting about, at least
since the attacks on Afghanistan, trying to make sense of some of the
worse aspects of what we have seen happen since the attacks on Sept 11.
(I do agree that the use of depleted uranium for "armour-piercing"
munitions should easily make the list of clearly objectionable actions.
At the very least, we should see some consideration of the consequences of
such use. As an environmental planner, and some what cynically, I do
wonder how much the US has saved, nationally, in hazardous waste
management costs...we must be talking about a few tens or hundreds of tons
of depleted uranium, between the Serb-Bosnia attacks and Afghanistan,
don't you think?)
Ashwani
Vasishth vasishth@usc.edu (213) 236-1908
http://www-rcf.usc.edu/~vasishth
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Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 18:37:35 -0800
From: Ashwani Vasishth <vasishth@USC.EDU>
Subject: Worldwatch Paper: Decline in bird populations
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Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 19:56:16 -0500
From: Worldwatch Institute <no-reply@worldwatch.org>
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Subject: NEWS FROM THE WORLDWATCH INSTITUTE
News From the Worldwatch Institute
This message includes:
1. New Publication Release: Worldwatch Paper 165: Winged Messengers
2. Online Discussion: The Decline of Birds
3. Special Event: Post-World Summit Book Presentation and Discussion
1. Worldwatch Paper 165: Winged Messengers
Bird populations around the world are plummeting faster than ever. At
least 103 species have vanished since 1800 and as many as 1,200 of the
world's 9,800 bird species may face extinction within the century. Factors
like population growth, habitat destruction, and climate change are
causing this demise, reports Howard Youth in a new study, Worldwatch Paper
165: Winged Messengers: The Decline of Birds. The actions needed to ensure
a secure future for birds are the very same ones needed to achieve a
sustainable human future.
For more information, or to order a copy of Winged Messengers, go to:
http://www.worldwatch.org/pubs/paper/165/
Phone orders and support: toll-free in the U.S. at 1-888-544-2303 (or
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Friday, 14 March 2003
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Join Howard Youth, co-author of State of the World 2003 and author of
Worldwatch Paper 165: Winged Messengers: The Decline of Birds, to explore
how an acceleration in bird extinctions is pointing toward wider
environmental problems.
Questions for this chat may be submitted starting on Friday, March 14th at
11 AM EST (1600 GMT). For more information about this webchat or other
online discussions, visit us on the web at
http://www.worldwatch.org/live/.
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Thursday, 20 March 2003
9:00 AM-11.00 AM EST
The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)
Rome Building, 1619 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, D.C.
Are you in the Washington, D.C. area? If so, please join Hilary French, dire
tor of Worldwatch's Global Governance Project, as she participates in a post
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Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 08:26:02 -0700
From: Dave Whitacre <dwhitacre@PEREGRINEFUND.ORG>
Subject: Re: ESA and DU?
I agree fully with Mike Aliotta that the ESA might--at the very least--weigh
in
publicly on the issue of contaminating a portion of the planet's surface wi
h
tons of depleted uranium (a portion inhabitated by a goodly number of people
.
Surely within the ranks of the ESA is someone who is familiar to some depth
ith
the characteristics of "depleted" uranium, and the public and environmental
health hazards entailed in its use in munitions--such that they could spearh
ad
the drafting of such a statement.
I also agree that such weaponry should be globally banned.
Dave Whitacre
mike aliotta wrote:
> One serious, but seemingly overlooked, social and ecological considerat
on
> that maybe worth commenting upon, regardless of the cost/benefit analys
s
> applied to such controversial issues as bird migrations and water quali
y
> over the spoils of war or the relative impacts of munitions and fuel wh
n
> used in destroying infrastructure and moving troops instead of building
> dams and powering cars, is the effects of dispersing tons of depleted
> uranium all over the cities and deserts. Perhaps this is a such an
> uncontestable moral, social and ecological issue that the ESA, as a who
e,
> would have no contention in addressing.
>
> I, for one, would vote for a total moratorium on the use of such weapon
>
> Mike Aliotta
>
> At 04:05 PM 3/12/03, Dave McNeely wrote:
> >Jay,
> >
> >I have no problem with addressing these questions as a private citi
en. I
> >also have no problem if ESA wishes to examine the relationship of w
r to
> >ecological matters and make a statement concerning it based on memb
r input.
> >getting a statement that all members might support would be very di
ficult,
> >I suspect.
> >
> >For example, bombing might disrupt bird migrations. The products o
battle,
> >or of troop concentrations, might effect water quality. But I am a
little
> >confused as to what exactly you are asking us to do in the present
nstance,
> >and I have a hard time resolving whether we are the professional gr
up best
> >prepared to address whatever it is you want addressed, especially s
nce you
> >mention "social disruption." If you refer to the problems that pre
ent
> >actions regarding student visas are creating, then there are defini
e
> >concerns we can address.
> >
> >BTW, I don't mind saying, but I don't think this is something ESA c
n use in
> >the way you seem to be proposing, that I find the whole idea of goi
g to war
> >repugnant, and beyond my understanding of what I think the United S
ates is
> >supposed to stand for in the world community. But my personal conc
rns on
> >that are political, social, human, and so on. I am not sure they a
e
> >ecological. Though I have a fairly intense feeling that the resourc
s
> >dedicated to a war effort must impact environment in a negative way
(after
> >all, explosives, fuel, and so on come from some where and they must
have the
> >same effects when used for destruction that they have when used for
> >development, or peaceful transportation), I don't know that I could
provide
> >a crisp analysis that would convince others. I believe in these re
ards, we
> >are best served by acting in other arenas -- and some of us might f
el and
> >act very differently from how I might feel and act.
> >
> >You are welcome to use my thoughts so long as they are not distorte
and are
> >not used to support positions or ideas that I don't support. But s
nce I am
> >not sure what my thoughts mean, or what positions or ideas they sup
ort
> >................. .
> >
> >Maybe we are straying too far from ESA's purpose? Maybe the member
hip
> >would rather we focus on experimental design, or primary productivi
y?
> >
> >Dave McNeely
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Jay Bancroft" <jsbancroft@pw.ars.usda.gov>
> >To: <ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU>
> >Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 2:48 PM
> >Subject: press
> >
> >
> > > I would like to challenge Ecologists to take a few minutes an
think
> > > about how their work is affected by the Iraq conflict. This i
a touchy
> > > subject, but ESA has a minor role to play. I would love to se
ESA put a
> > > press release or position paper at
> > > http://www.esa.org/pao/press_releases/
> > > There is no doubt current policy has effects on our work, and
I think
> > > the stature of the society would be helped by elucidating thi
. We might
> > > specify that member input address mass destruction in Iraq an
> > > widespread social disruption. I suspect the message summary w
uld give
> > > voice to concerns of society members, which would be a nice n
te of
> > > caution for the world.
> > > -Jay Bancroft Ph.D. http://jsb95003.tripod.com/
--
David F. Whitacre
The Peregrine Fund
5668 W. Flying Hawk Lane
Boise, Idaho 83709
(208) 362-3716
dwhitacre@peregrinefund.org
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Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 16:55:39 -0500
From: David Inouye <inouye@umd.edu>
Subject: Job: Resource forester, Missouri Dept. of Conservation
The Missouri Department of Conservation has a position available in
Glencoe, Missouri for a Resource Forester.
SALARY RANGE: Annually $32,424 - $57,576
Beginning salary will be $32,424 to
$36,000 depending on qualifications.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Under the supervision of a Forestry
Regional Supervisor, works with other Department personnel in the
multiple-use management of state-owned lands and provides professional
forestry assistance to private forest landowners by interpreting aerial
photos and conducting forest resource inventories; prepares forest
management plans; provides forest management recommendations to private
landowners; designs, inspects and certifies performance of private
forestry practices for cost sharing by county FSA committees; provides
harvesting and marketing information to primary and secondary forest
industries; provides training and assistance to rural fire departments;
diagnoses insect and disease outbreaks on forest and ornamental trees
and recommends controls; conducts public relations activities; develops
forest management demonstrations and promotes forest benefits and
projects in the local agricultural community; supervises a Resource
Technician and/or a work team; directs and/or provides assistance with
wildfire suppression efforts; provides community forestry
recommendations and assistance related to urban tree management,
planning and care for individuals, local governments and Agreen@
industry professionals; prepares and presents public programs related to
forestry to communities, organizations and schools; represents the
Department and Forestry Division at local fairs and other special
events; prepares media releases on forestry related topics; and performs
other duties as required.
QUALIFICATIONS: Graduation from an accredited college or university
with a Bachelor's Degree in Forestry Management or closely related
Natural Resources degree and three (3) years of progressively
responsible professional experience in forestry or related Natural
Resource work; or an equivalent combination of education and
experience.
CLOSING DATE: April 9, 2003
For an application, contact the Missouri Department of Conservation,
Human Resources Division, 2901 West Truman Blvd., Jefferson City,
Missouri 65102 (573/751 4115). Applications also available on Internet
site at www.Conservation.state.mo.us/about/jobs/.
Equal Opportunity Employer
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Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 20:34:03 -0500
From: Jana Compton <compton.jana@EPA.GOV>
Subject: Symposium on "Riparian soils: Properties, Processes and Management"
Dear Colleagues,
>From November 2-5 2003, the Soil Science Society of America is holding i
s
annual meetings in Denver, Colorado. We are organizing a special
symposium on "Riparian soils: Properties, Processes and Management",
sponsored by the Forest and Range Soils and the Wetland Soils divisions.
We hope to bring together scientists to present a broad view of the
structure and function of riparian ecosystems.
If you work in this or related areas, we encourage you to submit a paper for
inclusion in this symposium. Help make it a success! To find out more
about the conference, and to submit the Title-Summary Form, please go to
http://www.asa-cssa-sssa.org/anmeet/. Title-summary submissions are due
March 27.
See you in Denver.
Mark Johnson and Jana Compton
********************************************************************
Symposium Description - Riparian Soils: Properties, Processes and
Management
Riparian areas regulate and store nutrients, water and organic matter,
and represent an important link between terrestrial and aquatic
ecosystems. Increasingly, riparian areas are managed to retain and
regulate nutrients, sediments and wastes generated by human activities.
In agricultural regions, the restoration or re-creation of riparian
areas is an important goal in reducing nutrient inputs to streams and
estuaries. Riparian forests are also managed for species composition,
wildlife habitat, nutrient and water regulation, and the supply of wood
and organic matter to aquatic ecosystems.
Division S-7 (Forest and Range Soils) is sponsoring, along with S-10
(Wetland Soils), a symposium of invited and volunteered papers on the
processes and management in riparian areas. The goal of this symposium
is to bring together researchers in soil science, ecology, hydrology,
biogeochemistry and other fields to present a broad view of riparian
processes and management. Submissions are encouraged that address basic
properties, processes and functions (e.g., hydrology, pedology,
biogeochemistry), human impacts (e.g., grazing, urbanization, forest
harvest), management and restoration of riparian areas.
The symposium will include an oral session of invited and volunteered
papers, a volunteered poster session, and an afternoon/evening
discussion session. Title-summary submissions are due March 27. Please
contact Mark Johnson (johnson.markg@epamail.epa.gov) or Jana Compton
(compton.jana@epa.gov) for more information.
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Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 10:35:16 -0600
From: "Mladenoff, David J." <djmladen@WISC.EDU>
Subject: All Landscape Ecology articles 1987-1997 now free PDFs
All Early Papers (1987 origin to 1997) from Landscape Ecology available as
free PDFs
David J. Mladenoff
Editor-in-Chief
All papers published in Landscape Ecology from its origin in 1987 through
1997 are now available for free downloading as PDF files. This includes
all 156 articles published prior to the journal being acquired by Kluwer
Academic Publishers (KAP). The journal Landscape Ecology was established
in 1987, marking the beginning of new growth and synergy within the
field. The journal particularly linked the emerging North American strain
of landscape ecology with the more established European traditions. The
early years of the journal contained many key papers that have helped form
the development of landscape ecology in many sub-areas.
To make these key papers more available, the current publisher, Kluwer
Academic Publishers, (KAP) has funded a project to electronically scan
these early papers, convert them to digital form, and create a web site for
their viewing and downloading, free of any charge. The goal is
particularly to increase availability for students and as a service to the
International Society for Landscape Ecology. The site can be accessed
directly, through links with the Landscape Ecology journal home page
<http://www.kluweronline.com/issn/0921-2973> at KAP, through the Socie
y
web sites, or directly where hosted in my lab, all listed below. Issues
since 1997 are available at the regular journal web page.
You will need a copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader in order to view the PDFs. If
you do not have this program, you can download it for free from the Adobe
website.
" Volume 1 (1987-1988)
" Volume 2 (1988-1989)
" Volume 3 (1989)
" Volume 4 (1990)
" Volume 5 (1990-1991)
" Volume 6 (1991-1992)
" Volume 7 (1992)
" Volume 8 (1993)
" Volume 9 (1994)
" Volume 10 (1995)
" Volume 11 (1996)
" Volume 12 (1997)
Landscape Ecology (KAP) http://www.kluweronline.com/issn/0921-2973
International Association For Landscape Ecology http://www.wetlands.org/ia
e/
International Association for Landscape Ecology, US Regional
Association http://www.cof.orst.edu/org/usiale/
University of Wisconsin-Madison Forest Landscape Ecology
Lab http://landscape.forest.wisc.edu
David J.
Mladenoff Editor-in-Chief, Landscape Ecolog
Associate
Professor
http://www.kluweronline.com/issn/0921-2973
Forest Landscape Ecology Lab http://landscape.forest.wisc.edu
djmladen@facstaff.wisc.edu
Department of Forest Ecology & Mgmt., University of Wisconsin-Madison
1630 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706 USA
http://forest.wisc.edu/
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Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 20:44:29 +0100
From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Luis_Gim=E9nez_Benavides?= <l.gimenez@ESCET.URJC.
S>
Subject: TDR probes
Hello all,
I=B4m seeking for a cheap and easy procedure to construct, and =
calibrate, by myself resistant probes to measure soil water content with =
a TDR (time domain reflectometry) system (Trime-FM2 model, Imko =
Micromodultechnik). Every commercial probes provided are expensive and =
very fragile, and not prepared for an intensive field sampling.
I know this is possible because I found several examples in the web and =
by personnal communications with other models (Techtronix, =
Campbell,...), but I=B4m not sure theese probes will work well in my =
device, because of the special calibration that is needed to make.
I=B4m really not an expert with this kind of instruments, so I need =
detailed instructions.
This is a complicate and strange question for this listserv (maybe more =
appropriate for an agronomy or hidrology forum), but I know the wide use =
of this instruments even by ecologgers. Anyway, if someone knows another =
listserv or contact any suggestion will be appreciate.
Thanks in advance to anyone who may respond.
Best wishes
Luis Gim=E9nez
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Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 18:40:17 -0800
From: Jonathan Greenberg <greenberg@UCDAVIS.EDU>
Subject: Worldwide agriculture GIS?
Related to my previous question, does anyone know of a U.S. or worldwide
agriculture GIS layer where locations of major crops for a given year, say
after 1998, are shown? Where might it be?
--j
--
Jonathan Greenberg
Graduate Group in Ecology, U.C. Davis
http://www.cstars.ucdavis.edu/~jongreen
http://www.cstars.ucdavis.edu
AIM: jgrn307 or jgrn3007
MSN: jgrn307@msn.com or jgrn3007@msn.com
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