Thursday, September 28, 2017

2 new biologist positions with USACOE

The Invasive Species Management Branch of the Corps of Engineers will be hiring 2 biologists from the following announcement:

https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/480173600

Please share this information with anyone qualified and interested.

Thank you,

Jessica Spencer
Invasive Species Management Branch
Jacksonville District
701 San Marco Blvd.
Jacksonville, FL 32207
Office: 904-232-1696
Cell: 904-318-9110
Jessica.E.Spencer@usace.army.mil

SJRWMD vacancy

Job link: http://www.sjrwmd.com/jobs/

 

Thanks –

 

Missy McDermont

Human Resources Analyst

Office of Human Resources

St. Johns River Water Management District
P.O. Box 1429  ●  Palatka, FL 32178-1429
Office: (386) 329-4282  ●  Cell: (386) 227-0170
Email: mmcdermont@sjrwmd.com

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Weekly Harvest Newsletter
Sustainable Agriculture News Briefs - September 27, 2017

Weekly sustainable agriculture news and resources gleaned from the Internet by NCAT staff for the ATTRA Sustainable Agriculture website. The Weekly Harvest Newsletter is also available online.

News & Resources

  • Certified Organic Survey Results Show U.S. Organic Sales Up 23%
  • California Network Helps Food Hubs Succeed
  • Meijer Stores Offer Imperfect Produce Discounts
  • Aquaculture Week Highlights Benefits, Opportunities
  • Montana Climate Assessment Focuses on Trends and Consequences for Agriculture, Water, and Forests
  • Report Examines Whole Farm Revenue Protection Usage in Nebraska

Funding Opportunities

  • Bricmont Hardship Assistance Fund
  • Specialty Crop Research Initiative
  • Small Grains Cost Share in Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin

Coming Events

  • California Small Farm Conference
  • Women, Food & Agriculture Network Annual Conference
  • Beginning Farmer East Regional Workshop

News & Resources

Certified Organic Survey Results Show U.S. Organic Sales Up 23%
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service has released results of the 2016 Certified Organic Survey, showing that 2016 sales were up 23% from 2015, to $7.6 billion. Also, the number of certified organic farms in the country increased 11% to 14,217, and the number of certified acres increased 15% to 5 million.

California Network Helps Food Hubs Succeed
UC Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program is organizing a statewide network of food hubs in California to help regional food systems develop through collaboration with the competition, known as #collabatition. The network brings together food-hub managers to learn from one another and collectively pave the way for successful food hubs in California.
Related ATTRA Publication: Food Hubs: A Producer Guide

Meijer Stores Offer Imperfect Produce Discount
Meijer stores across the Midwest are offering "Misfits," a line of pre-packaged, cosmetically imperfect produce at prices reduced 20% to 40%, reports USAgNet. The fresh produce may be discolored, scarred, or odd-sized. The company says customers have responded well to the Misfits product line.

Aquaculture Week Highlights Benefits, Opportunities
Aquaculture Week is September 25-29, 2017. NOAA Fisheries is highlighting fish and shellfish farming and the vital role they play in the seafood supply, jobs and opportunities in coastal communities, and species and habitat restoration. NOAA fisheries is offering videos and stories on aquaculture, addressing the economic opportunity it offers and providing case studies of diverse aquaculture operations.
Related ATTRA Resource: Ecological Fisheries and Ocean Farming

Montana Climate Assessment Focuses on Trends and Consequences for Agriculture, Water, and Forests
The Montana University System's Institute on Ecosystems, in collaboration with the Montana Climate Office, Montana Water Center, and Montana State University Extension, has released 2017 Montana Climate Assessment. The assessment, the first in a planned series, focuses on climate trends and their consequences for three of Montana's vital sectors: water, forests, and agriculture. The full assessment is available online.
Related ATTRA Publication: Climate Change and Perennial Fruit and Nut Production: Investing in Resilience in Uncertain Times

Report Examines Whole Farm Revenue Protection Usage in Nebraska
The Center for Rural Affairs has published New Option for Farm Risk Management: Whole Farm Revenue Protection Usage in Nebraska, a 20-page analysis of this new crop-insurance product. The report found that Whole Farm Revenue Protection (WFRP) usage in Nebraska is lower than in surrounding states, but that producers of a wide variety of crops and livestock in the state might benefit from purchasing WFRP policies.
Related ATTRA Publication: Crop Insurance Options for Specialty, Diversified, and Organic Farmers

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Funding Opportunities

Bricmont Hardship Assistance Fund
The Bricmont Hardship Assistance Fund of the CCOF Foundation provides direct financial assistance exclusively to organic producers who suffer losses due to extreme hardship. Grants are available to certified organic operators in good standing who suffered severe economic loss in the 2017 calendar year and have not received Federal assistance for the same loss. Award amounts range from $1,000 to $2,500.
Applications are due by December 1, 2017.

Specialty Crop Research Initiative
USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture's Specialty Crop Research Initiative addresses the critical needs of the specialty crop industry. The initiative awards grants to support research and extension that address key challenges of national, regional, and multi-state importance in sustaining all components of food and agriculture. Five focus areas have been identified. A total of $48.1 million in matching funds is available.
Pre-applications are due December 8, 2017.

Small Grains Cost Share in Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin
Practical Farmers of Iowa is seeking to enroll row crop farmers in Iowa, Minnesota, or Wisconsin in a small grains cost-share program. The program supports conventional farmers or those transitioning to organic who add a year of crops like barley, oats, rye, triticale, or wheat followed by a summer cover crop or planted with a legume cover crop. Participants are eligible to receive $40 per acre in cost-share on up to 80 acres. Organic small grains are not eligible.
In 2018, Practical Farmers will cost-share a total of 1,325 acres. Participants will be accepted on a rolling basis until that cap is reached.

>>More Funding Opportunities

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Coming Events

California Small Farm Conference
October 29-30, 2017
Stockton, California

This conference is for farmers market managers and beginning to advanced producers who honor a small-scale approach to growing, processing, and marketing food. In addition to keynote speakers and conference sessions, this event offers day-long and half-day short courses, field courses, and training sessions.

Women, Food & Ag Network Annual Conference
November 2-4, 2017
Madison, Wisconsin

Celebrate 20 years of engaging women in building an ecological and just food and agricultural system through individual and community power.

Beginning Farmer East Regional Workshop
October 28, 2017
Winchester, Indiana

Purdue Extension offers a day-long workshop addressing business planning, pasture management, fruit and vegetable pest management, pastured poultry, greenhouse and high tunnel management, and marketing.

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FAPMS early registration ends October 6

Just a reminder that you can save $50 by registering for the 41st FAPMS Annual Training Conference by October 6th (less than 2 weeks away). To take advantage of this savings, complete the registration form here:

 

http://fapms.org/meeting/meet17/meeting_registration.pdf

 

See you there!

 

International Conference on Aquatic Invasive Species (ICAIS) - Meet the Keynote Speakers

 From: <icais@invasivespeciescentre.ca>
Date: Monday, September
27, 2017 at 5:23 PM
Subject: International Conference on Aquatic Invasive Species (ICAIS) - Meet the Keynote Speakers

 

 

June 26, 2017

 

ICAIS 2017 - MEET OUR KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

 

 

Unravelling the Ecology of Non-native Species to Inform European Strategy

Helen Roy

Head of Zoology, Biological Records Centre

Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, UK

 

Helen is a community ecologist with particular interest in the way in which our changing environment is impacting wildlife. She is the Head of Zoology within the Biological Records Centre (part of the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, UK) and has the privilege of working with volunteers with expertise in recording wildlife to compile big datasets that span centuries on many species. Her work focuses on the collaborative use of these large-scale and long-term datasets to understand and predict the effects of environmental change on biodiversity. She leads multi-partner projects across the UK and Europe and has also worked in South America and Africa. Recently Helen led a European COST Action involving more than 35 countries in a network to facilitate enhanced knowledge gathering and sharing in relation to invasive species. Furthermore Helen has been privileged to lead a number of research projects to inform European legislation including horizon scanning and prioritisation of invasive species for risk assessment. Closer to home Helen is leading the GB Non-Native Species Information Portal which provides information on non-native species for decision-making.

She has a passion for natural history and science communication, and has contributed to the media throughout her career. She is a regular contributor to the BBC Wildlife magazine. Helen is keen to involve people in science and she has expertise in doing so through a number of citizen science initiatives. She coordinates the UK Ladybird Survey, which has more than 18,000 participants, but has also developed a number of other citizen science initiatives including the Big Bumblebee Discovery, involving more than 400 schools. Helen was awarded the Zoological Society of London Silver Medal in recognition of her contribution to understanding and appreciation of zoology and has recently received an honorary fellowship from the British Naturalist Association.

 

 

 

Aquatic Invasive Species in Singapore: Perspectives from

a Highly Urbanised Tropical City

Darren Yeo Chong Jinn

Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences

National University of Singapore, Malaysia

 

Darren C.J. Yeo is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore (NUS), where he runs the Freshwater and Invasion Biology Lab; he is also a Research Affiliate of the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum and the Tropical Marine Science Institute (both NUS). His main research interests are in aquatic invasions, freshwater ecology and biodiversity, and freshwater decapod crustaceans, which the lab investigates through studies of tropical Asian freshwater ecosystems. Current projects include ecological studies of aquatic invasive species in Singapore and the surrounding Southeast Asian region, e.g., autecology, ecological niche modelling, population genomics, native-alien competitive interactions, trait-based risk assessments, and invasion pathways of freshwater invasive species such as Redclaw crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus), Oriental river prawn (Macrobrachium nipponense), golden or channeled apple snail (Pomacea canaliculata), and African sharptooth catfish (Clarias gariepinus); biodiversity and ecology of Singapore's freshwater ecosystems and their associated native and non-native fauna; and systematics and taxonomy, biogeography, and conservation of Asian freshwater decapod crustaceans.

 

 

 

Knowledge to Action on Invasive Species: North America

and Global Linkages

David M. Lodge

Director, Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future

Cornell University, USA

 

David Lodge is the director of Cornell University's Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future, and one of the world's leading experts on invasive species.  His research focuses on ecological forecasting and environmental risk assessment, natural resource management, and policy. Lodge led the synthesis on freshwater biodiversity as part of the United Nations' Millennium Ecosystem Assessment.  He served as the first chair of the U.S. government's national Invasive Species Advisory Committee, and served on scientific advisory boards for the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, US Environmental Protection Agency, and the US-Canadian International Joint Commission. He has testified numerous times before the U.S. Congress, served as an expert witness in federal court, and was a Jefferson Science Fellow in the US Department of State's Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs. Lodge received his undergraduate degree from Sewanee (The University of the South).  As a Rhodes Scholar, he received a D.Phil. in Zoology from the University of Oxford.  Lodge has published over 200 scientific papers, and edited two books.

 

 

 

Knowledge to Action on Aquatic Invasive Species: Island Biosecurity – the New Zealand and South Pacific Story

Paul Champion

Principal Scientist - Freshwater Ecology

National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, New Zealand

 

Paul has specialist expertise in biosecurity, plant ecology and conservation of endangered plant species, especially in freshwater and wetland habitats. Focus research areas include assessment of weed potential of introduced plants, management of alien aquatic weeds (including surveillance, control techniques and strategies), assessment of environmental impacts of both freshwater pest invasions and weed control strategies and restoration of habitats impacted by invasive weeds. In addition to his research areas, He has effectively communicated his and others research in the development of policy and management directions with central and regional government agencies and other resource managers. Examples include providing the science behind national pest management strategies such as the National Pest Plant Accord and National Interest Pest Responses, and regional pest management plans and region-wide lake protection strategies. Paul has organised consortia of management agencies in order to introduce new control tools into New Zealand and ensured their usage complies with Environmental Protection Authority standards. Paul joined NIWA in 1994 and was appointed Program Leader – Freshwater Biosecurity in July 2015. He has been a Principal Scientist – Freshwater Ecology since 2004. He previously worked with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry coordinating eradication programs for nationally important weeds.

 

 

 

Click here to access the online registration form.

 

If you have any questions regarding registration please contact:

 

Elizabeth Muckle-Jeffs

ICAIS Conference Administrator

North America Toll-Free: 1-800-868-8776

International: (1) 613-732-7068

 

 

 

ICAIS Preliminary Program

 

The ICAIS Program is being updated on a regular basis. Click here to access the latest version of the Preliminary Program.

 

 

 

Hotel Reservations

 

The Marriott Coral Springs is the official hotel for ICAIS 2017. A limited number of guest rooms has been blocked for conference participants at the reduced rate of USD $138.00/night for single/double occupancy, pus applicable taxes (currently 11%). This special rate includes:

 

· Complimentary parking
· Complimentary high-speed Internet in guest rooms
· Complimentary passes to the fitness centre.

 

The cut-off date for hotel reservations at the special ICAIS rate is October 2, 2017. After that date reservations will be based on availability and at the prevailing guest room rate available at the time the reservation is made. Be sure to make your reservation early! 

 

Click here to access the hotel's online reservation form, or to make your reservation by telephone, call the hotel directly and be sure to provide the Group Name: International Conference on Aquatic Invasive Species (ICAIS).

 

Marriott North America Toll-Free Reservations Line: 1-800-311-8018
International: (1) 954-753-5598

Fort Lauderdale Marriott Coral Springs Hotel
11775 Heron Bay Boulevard
Coral Springs, FL 33076
WEBSITE

 

 

 

Thanks to Our Partnering Organizations

 

The Conference Organizing Committee gratefully acknowledges our partners for their contributions towards the 20th International Conference on Aquatic Invasive Species.

 

 

 

 

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If you haven't already signed up to receive updates about ICAIS, click here to subscribe to our mailing list to receive regular updates.

 

 

 

Contact Us

 

If you have any questions please contact:

 

Elizabeth Muckle-Jeffs

North America toll-free: 1-800-868-8776

International: (1) 613-732-7068

 

 

 

 

 

Please visit our website at www.icais.org