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2006--2007
Conserving
Biodiversity in Northern Cities
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Sep 29
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Dr. Ross Wein, Renewable Resources, UofA
Mr. Grant Pearsell, Office of Conservation
Coordination, City of Edmonton |
Building a Conservation Net for the Edmonton Region |
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Oct 6 |
Dr. Arnold van der Valk, Iowa State
University |
Restoring Northern Prairie Wetlands |
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Oct 13 |
Dr. David Schindler, Biological Sciences, UofA |
Eutrophication: a major problem for northern cities and
water ways |
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Oct 20 |
Dr. Lyndon Gyurek, & Douwe Vanderwel
P.Eng., CPESC,
Drainage Services, City of Edmonton |
Natural and Constructed Wetland Case Studies in Edmonton |
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Oct 27 |
Dr. Richard Forman, Harvard University |
Using Principles of Landscape Ecology in Solutions for Road Systems and
Urban Regions |
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Nov 3 |
Dr. Colleen Cassady St. Clair, Biological
Sciences, UofA |
Measuring the suitability and permeability of urban
habitat for wildlife |
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No Lecture
November 10 2005 |
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Nov 17 |
Dr. Michael Sullivan |
Fishes as
Models of Conservation Connectivity in the Edmonton
Region |
2005 --2006 Under the
Northern Lights: The Boreal Forest
Winter
Term 2005
| Date 2005 |
Speaker |
Title |
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Jan 20
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Dr. Stan Boutin,
Biological Sciences, UofA |
Are Alberta's woodland caribou doomed? |
| Jan 27 |
Dr. Susan Hannon,
Biological Sciences UofA |
Multi-scale responses to forest
fragmentation: are boreal birds doomed? |
| Feb 3 |
Dr.
John Innes,
UBC
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Cumulative Impacts of Development on Forests in
Northeast British Columbia
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Feb 10 |
Dr. Mark Boyce, Biological Sciences, UofA |
Landscapes of death: a requiem for Alberta's grizzly
bears |
| Feb 17 |
Dr. Naomi Krogman,
Renewable Resources, UofA |
The shaky role of public involvement in Alberta |
Reading Week February 21—25
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| Mar 3 |
Dr. Jim Fyles, SFMN Program Leader |
Sustainable Forest Management
in
Canada: What are we sustaining?
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| Mar 10 |
Dr. Fiona Schmiegelow, Renewable Resources,
UofA |
Conservation beyond crisis management: a
new model for boreal forests of Canada |
Mar 17 |
Dr. Shashi Kant,
University of Toronto |
Economics of Sustainable Forest Management |
| Sept 23 |
Mr. Peter Lee,
Global Forest Watch Canada |
Trouble in the Woods: Canada's Boreal
Forest |
| Sept 30 |
Dr. Lee Foote,
Renewable Resources, UofA |
Do wildlife influences shape the Boreal Forest? |
| Oct 7 |
Dr. Richard Howitt,
Dept of Human Geography
Macquarie University
Australia
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Rethinking Resource Management: seeing,
thinking and doing things as if justice matters
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| Oct 14 |
Dr. David Schindler,
Biological Sciences, UofA |
Lakes and Rivers: Sewers of the Boreal Landscape |
Oct 21 |
Dr. Rick Schneider, Executive Director, Alberta Centre
for Boreal Studies |
Biopolitics: The interface between science and
forestry policy in Alberta |
| Oct 28 |
Dr. Vic Lieffers,
Renewable Resources, UofA |
Predicting mixedwood succession--Exploring the
boundaries between science and forest management |
Nov 4 |
FILS Lecture - Dr. Stephen Strauss,
Oregon State University
Beyond myths and Miracles:
Biological potentials and social obstacles to use of gene
modified trees in plantation forestry
3:00 pm Myer Horowitz Theatre
Contact: Dr.
Phil Comeau
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| November 11 2004, Remembrance
Day Holiday |
Interdisciplinary
Environmental Lecture Series
2003—2004
Climate
Change: Adaptation, Impacts and Vulnerabilities
| Jan 22 |
Dr. Suzanne Bayley, Biological Sciences,
UofA |
"Alberta Wetlands Under Threat" |
| Jan 29 |
Dr. Ian Stirling, Canadian Wildlife Service |
"Polar bears, seals, and climate in Hudson Bay and
the High Arctic" |
| Feb 5 |
Dr. John England, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences |
"Environmental Change in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago" |
| Feb 12 |
Dr. Simon Abourizk, Engineering
Mr. Craig Clydesdale, E-Energy Inc |
"Greenhouse gas emissions reduction—pilot study
in the construction industry" |
| February 16-20 Reading
Week |
Feb 26 |
Dr. William Patterson, Geological Sciences, U of Saskatchewan |
“The record of climate change and life history stored
in fish otoliths: a new "black box" data recorder
of environmental change” |
| Mar 4 |
Dr. Michael Apps, Senior Scientist,
Canadian Forest Service |
"Canadian Forests, the Global Carbon Cycle and Climate
Change" |
| Mar 11 |
Dr. Kathy Martin,
Forest Management, UBC |
"Persistence on the peaks: Impacts of climate change
on mountain ecosystems and alpine wildlife" |
| Mar 18 |
Dr. Werner Kurz, Senior Scientist,
Canadian Forest Service
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" The Kyoto Protocol: Challenges and Opportunities
for Forest Management in Canada" |
| Mar 25 |
Dr. David Sauchyn, Research Coordinator, Prairie Adaptation
Research Collaborative, UofRegina |
"Recent and forecasted changes in prairie hydroclimate" |
| Date |
Speaker |
Title |
| Fall Term |
| Oct 2 |
Dr. Andrew Bush, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences,
UofA |
"Living Under One Sky: An Earth System
Perspective on Climate Change, Adaptation, and Evolution." |
| Oct 9 |
Dr. Hans Schreier, Institute for Resources
and Environmental Sustainability, UBC |
"Water for Food: Are we heading for a
crisis?" |
| Oct 16 |
Dr. David Schindler, Biological Sciences,
UofA |
"The Vulnerability of Alberta's Water
in the 21st century" |
October 20-24 Mid Term Week
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| Oct 30 |
Dr. Vivian Manasc, Manasc Isaac Architects
Ltd. |
"Sustainable Architecture-Changing the
Environmental Impact of the Built Environment" |
| Nov 6 |
Dr. Martin Sharp, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences,
UofA |
"Arctic climate: is the canary in trouble?" |
| Nov 13 |
Dr. Alexander Wolfe, Earth and Atmospheric
Sciences, UofA |
"Anthropogenic impacts in remote ecosystems:
is anywhere on Earth still pristine?" |
Nov 20 |
Dr. Peter Leavitt, Uof Regina |
"The Past, Present and Future of Prairie Droughts
and Its Impacts" |
Organized
by the Water Resources Centre and ERSC
2002-2003
4:30
P.M.
Engineering Teaching Learning Centre 1 013, University
of Alberta
Contact: Beverly.Levis@ualberta.ca
Watersheds,
Wetlands and Oceans
| Date |
Speaker |
Title |
| Winter Term |
| Jan 23 |
Dr. Lee Foote, Renewable Resources, UofA |
Alberta Wetlands: The joke is on us |
| Jan 30 |
Dr. David Lavigne, International Fund for
Animal Welfare |
Marine Mammals and Fisheries, Science
and Politics |
| Feb 6 |
Dr. Uldis Silins, Renewable Resources, UofA |
Wildland water in Alberta: Road ahead
through the rear view mirror |
| Feb 13 |
Ms. Arelene Kwasniak, Barrister and Solicitor |
Wetlands: How Laws and Policies Protect
Them and Fail to Protect Them. |
| Feb 27 |
Kathryn Harrison, Dept Political Science,
UBC |
Globalization and Environmental Regulation:
The Case of the Pulp and Paper Industry |
| Mar 6 |
Dr. David Percy, Law, UofA |
Allocating Rights to Consume Water in
an Era of Scarcity: The Potential of the Alberta Water Act |
| Mar 13 |
Dr. John Smol, Queen's University |
Water Quality, Climate Change, and Pacific
Salmon Stocks: It's as Clear as
Mud! |
Cancelled! |
Dr. Martin Sharp, Earth and Atmoshperic Sciences, UofA |
What's going on on Canada's Arctic glaciers? |
| Sept 12 |
Dr. David Schindler, Biological Sciences,
UofA |
Drought on the prairies: a warning for
unsustainable development? |
| Sept 19 |
Dr. Carl Mendoza, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences,
UofA |
Carbon dioxide gas production in the field, laboratory
and waste rock piles |
| Sept 26 |
Dr. Steve Hrudey, Environmental Health Sciences, Public
Health Sciences, UofA |
Comparison of Walkerton: lessons learned in comparison
with waterborne outbreaks in the developed world |
| Oct 10 |
Dr. Randall Eaton, U. Washington |
Orca, Rulers of the Sea |
| Oct 24 |
Dr. Bill Donahue, Biological Sciences, UofA |
Divining change: using science to investigate the
impending disappearance of Alberta lakes |
| Oct 31 |
Dr. Vincent St. Louis, Biological Sciences, UofA |
Mercury Rising |
| Nov 7 |
Dr. David Malcolm, Canadian Circumpolar Institute, UofA |
Climate variability in Canada's North: Walking on thin
ice! |
| Nov 14 |
Dr. Steven Stanley, EPCOR |
Issues and advances in drinking water treatment in
Alberta |
| Nov 21 |
Mr. Stan Klassen, Alberta Irrigation Projects Association |
Irrigation and Water Management on the Alberta Prairie
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| The Last Great Forest ( 2001-2002) |
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| Dr. Ted Hogg, Canadian Forest Services |
Our northern forests under climate change:
It's not just about carbon!
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| Dr. Stan Boutin, UofA |
Can we truly manage cumulative effects in
Alberta? |
| Dr. Nigel Roulet, McGill |
Peatlands: their role in the global carbon
cycle and their link to climate |
| Panel |
Can Certification Help Achieve Sustainable
Forests? |
| Dr. Peter Murphy |
Forests, Fire and People - A History of the
Boreal Forest |
| Dr. Grant Hauer (UofA) |
The TRIAD Approach to Forest Landscape Management:
Does it Make Economic Sense
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| Dr. Stephen Sheppard (UBC) |
The Transparent Forest: Visualizing Sustainable
Forestry
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| Mr. Ed Struzik, Edmonton Journal |
Unsolved Mysteries of the Arctic |
| Dr. Peter Duinker, Director,
School for Resource and Environmental Studies |
Whither the Forests of Canada?
Issues and Outlooks for the Future |
Dr. Cliff Hickey,
Dept Anthropology, UofA |
Aboriginal Issues and the Boreal
Forest |
| Dr. Susan Hannon, Dept. Biological
Sciences, UofA |
Conserving the Last Great Forest:
has scientific research on biodiversity given us the foundation? |
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Panel:
Dr. David Schindler, UofA
Dr. Glen Armstrong, UofA
Dr. Bob Fessenden, AB Gov
Mr. John Thompson, AB Gov
Mr. Peter Lee, Global Forest Watch
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Is Forestry in Alberta Sustainable?
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| Dr. Brad Stelfox, Environmental
Consultant |
The Industrial Transformation of Alberta Boreal Forest
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| Dr. David Layzell, Queen's U.,
and Queen's Canada Foundation |
Using Canada's biosphere to manage
greenhouse gases: 'COP'-out or a global responsibility?
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Dr. Marty Luckert,
Dept Rural Economy, UofA |
In Search of Policies for Pursuing
Sustainable Forest Management |
| Dr. John Spence, Dept Renewable
Resources, UofA |
What is biodiversity, why should
we care and what should we do about it? |
| Dr. Vince St. Louis, Dept Biological
Sciences, UofA |
Do Boreal hydroelectric reservoirs
provide carbon-free energy? |
2000 - 2001
Ecosystem Management Along the Eastern Slopes
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Dr.
David Schindler,University of Alberta
" A Freshwater Crisis? In Canada?"
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Dr. Ian Urquhart, University of Alberta
" Livelihood and the Cheviot Mine Debate: Some Observations"
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International Week
Dr. Bill Rees, University of British Columbia
" Coming to Consciousness: Confronting Failed Economics,
Ecological Reality, and Eco-Injustice in a Growth-Addicted
World"
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Dr. Richard Thomas, Consultant
" Alberta's foothills: If you're not outraged, you're
not paying attention!" |
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Dr. Eric Higgs, University of Alberta
" Does History Matter? The Challenge of Ecological
Restoration in Jasper National Park"
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EcoHealth Series
Dr. Donald Cole, U of Cape Town, South Africa
Dr Leslie London, Institute for Work and Health, Ontario
"Pesticides, Women and International Development:
an ecosystem approach to human health"
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Distinguished Visitor
Dr. John Priscu, University of Montana
" Permanent Antarctic Ice: Oasis for life in a Polar
Desert" |
Dr. Thomas Power, University of Montana
Lost Landscapes and Failed Economies |
Dr. Cliff Wallis,Environmental
Consultant
" Protecting Wildlands through the Power of the Marketplace"
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Dr.
Jim Butler University of Alberta
" Returning to Nature: The allure, romanticism, search
for joy, connectedness, alternative life style; underlying
theories and manifesting trends in a turbulent world which
marginalizes human spirit and wild nature. Practical solutions
for the lost and searching." |
Rick Searle,
The
Struggle to Save Canada's National Parks
Canada's National Parks; Bellwethers of Ecosystem Health
and a Vital Test for Ecosystem Management |
| Mr. Harvey Locke, Founder of the Yukon to
Yellowstone Conservation PlanThe
Yukon to Yellowstone Conservation Initiative |
Dr. Wally Broecker,
Video Conference |
| Dr. Paul Paquet Central Rockies
Wolf Project
The sky IS falling- saving the last of the last
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Dr. Suzanne Bayley, UofA and
Mr. Archie Landals, System Planner, Parks and Protection,
Alberta Environment,
Protected Areas Creation in the Foothills: The Special Places
Process, Problems and Progress |
Dr. Steve Herrero, University of Calgary
Managing People: Maintaining Grizzly Bears |
Mr. Gareth Thomson,
Canadian Parks Wilderness
Society
Biodiversity and the struggle to protect it |
Dr. Alan Newsome, Australia
Ecology and mythology of the red kangaroo in central Australia |
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Mr. Ben Gadd, Author and Naturalist
Gadd's Believe It or Not: Government Officials Claim to
Protect Ecological Integrity in Jasper National Park
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Seminars,
Fall 1999 - Spring 2000
Jan 20,
2000, Dr.
David Schindler, University of Alberta
Biodiversity Problems in Freshwaters of the Rocky Mountains
Jan 27,
2000, Dr.
Ross Wein, University of Alberta
Conservation Nets: A Vision for Alberta and the World
Feb 3, 2000,
Dr. Jim
Butler, University of Alberta
The North American Awakening to its Biodiversity: The Neglect,
Celebration and the Scientific Search for Discovery
Feb 10, 2000,
Dr. Fiona Schmiegelow, University of Alberta
Critical Thresholds in Habitat Conservation and Species Loss:
A Useful Concept for Biodiversity Management"
Mar 2, 2000,
Dr. Dan Simberloff, University of Tennessee
Global
Homogenization: A Megathreat to Biodiversity
Mar 9, 2000,
Dr. Mark Boyce, University of Alberta
Anticipating Extinctions: How to Know What the Future Portends
for Biodiversity
Mar 16,
2000, Dr. Robert Costanza, Chesapeake Biological Lab
Ecological
Economics: Reintegrating the Study of Humans and the Rest of
Nature
Mar 23,
2000, Dr. Nancy Turner, University of Victoria
"Just Like a Garden": Traditional Management of Plant
Resources by First Peoples of Southern British Columbia
Mar 23,
2000, Ms. Beatrice Labonne, Senior Advisor, Technical Cooperation,
United Nations
Cleaning Up Our Mining At: A North- South Dialogue
Mar 30,
2000, Dr. Alan Basist, National
Climate Data Centre, USA
The
Facts Surrounding the Controversy of Global Warming
Sept 28,
1999, Professor
Sugden, University of Edinburgh
The
landscape of the transantarctic mountains and its implications
for Antarctic Ice Sheet Evolution
October
7, 1999, Dr.
Elaine Wheaton, Saskatchewan Research Council,
Agricultural
Adaptations in a Changing Climate
Oct 14,
1999, Dr.
Ted BoadwayOntario Medical Association
Health
Effects of Ground-level Ozone, Acid Aerosols and Particulate
Matter
Oct 21,
1999 Dr.
Colin Soskolne, UofA, Public Health Sciences
Toward
Measuring Whether Ecological Disintegrity Impacts Human Health
Paper for World Health Organization: Global
Ecological Integrity and 'Sustainable Development': Cornerstones
of Public Health
Nov 4, 1999,
Dr.
Dale Vitt, UofA, Biological Sciences Permafrost in the Boreal
Forest: an Important Case Study in Climatic Change
Nov. 18,
1999 Dr. Robert Page,
V-P TransAlta,
International Politics of Global Climate Change Science
1998-1999
ERSC Seminars
Panel
discussion Kyoto:
Alberta's Reaction
Dr.
Dennis Gignac, Faculte Saint-Jean
Projected
effects of global warming on ecosystems in the Mackenzie River
Basin
Ms.
Elisabeth Beaubien, Devonian Gardens
Planetwatch:
Is Spring getting earlier?
Dr.
Karen Smoyer, Earth&Atmospheric Sciences
The Human
Health Implications of Climate Change and Variability
Dr.
Charles Schweger, Anthropology
Climate
Change and Society: What Can We Learn from Archaeology
Mr.
Bob Mckeon, St Joseph's College
Climate Change and Greenhouse Warming Technological Problem
or Spiritual Crisis?
Dr.
Wolfgang Sachs, Wuppertal Institute for Climate Change, Energy
and the Environment
Dr.
Michael Apps, Canadian Forest Services
Mapps@nrcan.gc.ca
"Carbon Storage in Boreal Forests: Ageless, Timeless or
Transitory? Can human activities make a difference?"
Dr. Martin
Sharp, Dept Earth & Atmospheric Science
Martin.sharp@ualberta.ca
"Terrestrial
ice and its role in global climate change"
Dr. Ian
Campbell, Canadian Forest Services
Icampbel@nrcan.gc.ca
"Fire,
Trees, and Climate Change: questions from the mud"
Dr. Andrew
Bush, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Andrew.Bush@ualberta.ca
Climate
change: what we can learn from the past
Dr. Kel
Wieder, Dept Biological Sciences, Visiting Professor,
"Carbon
Cycling, Peat and Globally Changing Climate: Good News, Bad
News or No News?"
Dr. Rick
Hyndman, Faculty of Business
Hyndman@capp.ca
Rick.hyndman@ualberta.ca
"Greenhouse
gas emission trading: loophole for industry or reducing GHGs
efficiently?"
Dr. David
Schindler, Dept Biological Sciences
d.schindler@ualberta.ca
"Effects
of climate warming on Canadian and world lakes and rivers"
Dr. David
Schindler
Glacial
Waters Polluted with Banned Toxins, Edmonton Journal, Sept
25, 1998
Dr. Dennis Gignac
Projected
effects of global warming on ecosystems in the Mackenzie River
Basin, northern Canada
Folio, February 26, 1999
1997
- 1998 ERSC Seminars
Mr. Peter
Sherrington, Rocky Mountain Eagle Foundation
The
Golden Eagle Story
Dr. Ray
Rasmussen, Dept Organizational Analysis
Politics
of the Environment (Slide show) and Panel
Discussion - Grizzly Hunt in Alberta
Dr.
Jim Butler, Dept. Renewable Resources
National
Parks in the Next Century: Changing Trends and Challenges for
the New Millennium. Sept. 18 1997
Slide
show with text
Keeping
the spirit of John Muir alive. Mar. 10, 1998
Dr. Vic
Adamowicz, Dept Renewable Resources
"Economics
and the Environment: Myths and Reality." Sept 25, 1997
Dr.
Robert Grant, Dept Renewable Resources
" What
Does Global Climate Change Mean for Ecosystems in Western Canada?"
Oct. 2, 1997
Dr. David
Marples , Dept. History and Classics
" The
Environmental and Health Impact of the Chernobyl disaster in
the Former Soviet Union". Oct. 9, 1997
Dr.
Eric Higgs, Dept Anthropology
" Culture
and Restoration: Grappling with the Future of Jasper National
Park." Oct. 16, 1997
Dr. John Spence, Dept Renewable Resources
"The
'Natural Disturbance Paradigm' and Forest Management: Magic
Bullet or Biodiversity Bingo?" Oct. 30, 1997
Dr. David
Schindler, Dept. Biological Sciences.
"Effects
of Climate Warming, Ultra Violet Radiation and Acid Deposition
on the Boreal Region." Nov. 6, 1997
Dr. Anne
Naeth, Dept. Renewable Resources.
"Environmental
Restoration: Can We Reclaim What We Have Disturbed?"
Nov. 13, 1997
Dr. Suzanne
Bayley, Dept of Biological Sciences.
"Managing Ecological
Integrity in Banff National Park: How Can We Maintain Wildlife,
Development and Visitor in Banff?" Nov. 20, 1997
Dr. Guy
Swinnterton, Physical Education and Recreation
"Protected
Landscapes - An Alternative to Traditional National Parks: the
British Experience", Mar. 4, 1998
Dr.
Noorallah Juma, Dept of Renewable Resources.
"How
Far Can We Push the Ecological Functions of the Soil?"
Nov. 27, 1997
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