Inquiring minds of all ages are invited to "ride along" on a kayaking adventure with USU physicist and wildlife biologist Jeff Hazboun. Hazboun recounts highlights of his National Geographic-sponsored expedition into Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula to explore pristine, yet imperiled, salmon habitat. Hear stories of navigating waterfalls, viewing Kamchatka's many bears and marveling at Kamchatka's spectacular volcanoes. Hands-on learning activities following the talk, including an exhibit by USU Engineering's student Concrete Canoe competition team, an exhibit by the USU Museum of Anthropology about migration of ancient peoples by kayak and canoe; flotation exhibits by the USU Physics Department; GIS demonstrations of stream mapping by the USU Department of Watershed Sciences; a volcano exhibit by the USU Department of Geology and more.

Matthew T. Clement, University of Oregon and candidate for Interdisciplinary Environmental Sociologist in SSWA Department will give lecture TODAY.

Brandon McElroy, University of Wyoming

Colleen C. Hiner

University of California-Davis

Places on the urban fringe are faced with significant policy and management challenges as stakeholder interests are plural and numerous, the environmental context is shifting, and the pressures of urbanization add urgency and a sense of threat to decision-making processes. Perspectives of, and preferred management strategies for, natural resources vary among residents, public officials, and other stakeholders based on a number of factors including residential background (i.e., rural or urban), political ideologies (i.e., conservative or liberal), and the environmental imaginaries of the actor. Water, as both a physio-material and symbolic resource, is deconstructed using the case of a sheep ranch turned elite golf course in Calaveras County, California.

Thomas Evans from Montana State University will present, "Fluvial Terrestrial Vertebrate Taphonomy: Bodies and bones in rivers and why we care..."

Erich Mueller University of Wyoming

Improvement of Salt Tolerance in Alfalfa: A Local and National Perspective – Dr. Ivan Mott and Dr. Michael Peel – Forage and Range Research Laboratory

The Utah USGS Fish & Wildlife Coop Research Unit, housed in the Quinney College of Natural Resources, would like to announce that its four finalist candidates for the Assistant Unit Leader position will be visiting USU during the month of February. We would like to extend this invitation to you to come join us for the Candidate’s Research Seminars.Dr. Erin Landguth from the University of Montana will be presenting on February 14, 2013.

Lee Macdonald Colorado State University

The Utah USGS Fish & Wildlife Coop Research Unit, housed in the Quinney College of Natural Resources, would like to announce that its four finalist candidates for the Assistant Unit Leader position will be visiting USU during the month of February. We would like to extend this invitation to you to come join us for the Candidate’s Research Seminars. The third finalist, Phoebe Zarnetske from Yale University will present on February 21, 2013.

The Utah USGS Fish & Wildlife Coop Research Unit, housed in the Quinney College of Natural Resources, would like to announce that its four finalist candidates for the Assistant Unit Leader position will be visiting USU during the month of February. We would like to extend this invitation to you to come join us for the Candidate’s Research Seminars. Please join us on February 25, 2013 to hear Dr. Erik Osnas of Princeton University.

Douglas Jackson-Smith will present "Reframing the Western Water Problem: The importance of intermediate-scale settled landscapes in the Intermountain West"

Once again, NEON will be sponsoring a Climate Science day on Capitol Hill, Feb. 26-27. Note that USU is a member institution in good standing. If you have questions about the event contact Peter Adler (peter.adler@usu.edu).

Once again, NEON will be sponsoring a Climate Science day on Capitol Hill, Feb. 26-27. Note that USU is a member institution in good standing. If you have questions about the event contact Peter Adler (peter.adler@usu.edu).