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From the EPA Office of Risk Management Research -- A new report: Gauging the Effectiveness of Riparian Buffers has now been released. From the web site: Though riparian buffer efficiency varied widely among individual studies, EPA meta-analysis found important trends. While some narrow buffers (up to...

USDA Announces New Office of Ecosystem Services and Markets WASHINGTON, Dec. 18, 2008--Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer today announced the intention to establish a new USDA Office of Ecosystem Services and Markets and the creation of a federal government-wide Conservation and Land Management Environmental...

Well, not exactly on the same day. Tuesday, November 4, 2008 is election day. On Saturday, November 8, 2008 across Oahu, trees will be given away to celebrate Arbor Day. Join the CTAHR community at the Oahu Urban Garden Center at Pearl City to enjoy the benefits and the "ecosystem services"...

Below, please find the October 2008 U.S. Forest Service Ecosystem Services Newsletter . Previous newsletters and other information can be found at the U.S. Forest Service Ecosystem Services web site.

A Conference on Ecosystem Services (ACES) 2008: Using Science for Decision Making in Dynamic Systems December 8-11, 2008 Naples, FL Naples Grande Hotel www.conference.ifas.ufl.edu/ACES Call for Abstracts Deadline EXTENDED: August 31, 2008 All individuals interested in the ecological, economic, geographic...

Photo courtesy of the National Park Service We have all known about the impact of the brown tree snake on the bird life in Guam but a new study presented at the recent Ecological Society of America annual meeting indicates that the brown tree snake is having an impact on the make up of the forests in...

Photo courtesy of National Park Service We have all known about the impact of the brown tree snake on the bird life in Guam but a new study presented at the recent Ecological Society of America annual meeting indicates that the brown tree snake is having an impact on the make up of the forests in Guam...

Since retirement from the HNL Advertiser, former science and environment report, Jan W. TenBruggencate, has devoted some of his time to writing a very interesting blog "Raising Islands - Hawaii Science and Environment." TenBruggencate's blog makes a special effort to couple current science...

Dr. Ali Fares and Dr. Aly I. El-Kadi of the Departments of Natural Resource and Environmental Management and Geology and Geophysics have published a book entitled "Coastal Watershed Management" published by WITpress.com as part of the International Series on Progress in Water Resoruces. Not...

The Hawaii Conservation Conference will be held on July 29-31, 2008 at the Hawaii Convention Center in Honolulu. Keynote Speaker is Dr. Sylvia Earle and the two plenary speakers are Dr. Elliot Norse and Dr. Peter Vitousek . Registration information is can be downloaded. Information is available about...