City of Portland's Office of Healthy Working Rivers presents - River-in-Focus Brownbag: PDX 2 Gulf Coast In August, 22 Oregonians traveled to the Gulf Coast to meet with people affected by the BP Oil Spill to better understand the impact on their lives—and to learn how to prevent future disasters. The team travelled by boat, plane, helicopter and van to observe community meetings, bird rehabilitation operations, sea turtle egg relocation, oil damage surveys, community relief actions, spill related research and BP Claim Center operations. Mike Rosen, from the City of Portland’s Bureau of Environmental Services, will share his firsthand knowledge of the PDX 2 Gulf Coast project (www.pdx2gulfcoast.com) including the team’s mission, lessons learned and next steps. Mike will use art, photos and videos to describe the disaster and the actions PDX 2 Gulf Coast is implementing to raise awareness and encourage personal accountability. Tuesday, November 16 Noon to 1 pm City of Portland Portland Building Auditorium, 2nd Floor 1120 SW 5th Ave Free lunchtime presentation, open to the public, please bring your own lunch. For information on Portland’s rivers, visit www.portlandonline.com/river
AAG Community College Travel Grants Due November 1 Support from this grant program is awarded to outstanding students from community colleges, junior colleges, city colleges, or similar two-year educational institutions to attend the next AAG Annual Meeting. These travel funds are generously provided by Darrel Hess and Robert and Bobbé Christopherson. The award consists of meeting registration, one year membership in the AAG, and a travel expense subsidy of $500 to be used to defray the costs of attending the AAG Annual Meeting. More information at http://www.aag.org/cs/grants/college_travel
Portland State University:
Fall Quarter 2010 IMS/PRC Brown Bag Luncheon Speaker Series lineup. This quarter's schedule features a diverse group of individuals with varying interests in urban planning, demographics, and public policy (and from departments across campus).
All colloquia meet at 12PM in URBN 311 (which is equipped with a video projector).
October 11
Meg Merrick and Diane Besser, IMS
Layers in Time and Place in Google Earth: Putting Portland History on the Globe
October 18
David Percy, Geology
Ecodistricts Web Mapping Tool Demo
October 25
Dick Lycan, PRC
Linking Client Data and Housing Characteristics to Tax-Lot Files
November 1
Neba Noyan, IMS
Exploring Data Mining and Innovative Data Visualization Strategies
November 15
Jason Jurjevich, PRC
Who's Counted? Same-Sex Statistics and the U.S. Census
November 22
Mike Mertens, IMS
Assessment of Agricultural Capacity in Clackamas County: Can Clackamas County Feed Portland and how much would it cost?
November 29
Hyeyoung Woo, Sociology
Gender Differences in the Effect of Education on Self-Rated Health over the Life Course Across Birth Cohorts
December 6
Vivian Siu, PRC/IMS
Impact of Neighborhood Built Environment on Walking Among Older Women in the Portland metro area
December 13
Liza Mylott, IMS
Public Policy and the Sexualization of Public Space
City of Portland's Office of Healthy Working Rivers and TriMet present -
River-in-Focus: The Willamette River Transit Bridge – the first bridge built over the Willamette River in over 35 years.
Dave Unsworth, TriMet’s Deputy Project Manager for the Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Project, will describe the first transit-only bridge in the United States to be built here in Portland between the Marquam and the Ross Island bridges. This cable-stayed bridge will be host to light rail, bus, future Streetcar, cyclists and pedestrians, but no private vehicles. Dave will describe the features of the bridge, the multiple layers of environmental hurdles and permitting needed to undertake such a project, and the basic construction plan to erect this structure.
Tuesday, September 21
Noon to 1 pm
City of Portland
Portland Building Auditorium, 2nd Floor
1120 SW 5th Ave
Free lunchtime presentation, open to the public, please bring your own lunch.
For information on Portland’s rivers, visit www.portlandonline.com/river
The Tahoe Science Consortium (TSC) is seeking a dynamic and experienced individual to serve as executive director. The purpose of the TSC is to support and facilitate efforts that contribute to the restoration of Lake Tahoe, its watershed, and its air basin by providing timely scientific information of direct relevance to natural resources management. The executive director will oversee the consortium’s day-to-day operations, and work with a team of senior scientists to develop and implement strategies for identifying, completing, and communicating relevant science in the Lake Tahoe basin to resource agency and stakeholder representatives. The Consortium’s office is located on the Sierra Nevada College campus in Incline Village, Nevada. A full position description, including application can be found at http://tahoescience.org/
The US Forest Service’s Pacific Northwest Research Station is looking for a Geographer for their office in LaGrande. To find out more, download the job announcement.
2010 STUDENT CONFERENCE ON CONSERVATION SCIENCE (SCCS-NY)
American Museum of Natural History
New York City
3-5 November 2010
http://symposia.cbc.amnh.org/sccsny/
APPLICATIONS BEING ACCEPTED THROUGH 18 MAY 2010
In November 2010, the American Museum of Natural History’s Center for Biodiversity and Conservation will host SCCS-NY, the Student Conference on Conservation Science in New York City. Designed for graduate students, recent post-doctoral fellows, and early-career professionals, the conference specifically targets those pursuing or considering a profession in conservation science.
This conference is a unique opportunity for those beginning their careers to present their work before established leaders in science, policy, and management. In addition to formal presentations, there will be numerous opportunities to interact with established conservation professionals at workshops, informal gatherings, and networking events.
SCCS-NY is sponsored by the American Museum of Natural History’s Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, the Wildlife Conservation Society, and Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, in collaboration with the Bard Center for Environmental Policy, Fordham University, the Mason Center for Conservation Studies, Princeton University, the Richard Gilder Graduate School (AMNH), SCCS-Cambridge, the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, The Nature Conservancy, and Wildlife Trust.
SCCS-NY is a sister conference to the highly successful SCCS-Cambridge, begun in 2000 by the University of Cambridge, and the newly developed SCCS-Bangalore.
GUEST SPEAKERS
Sir Peter Crane, Ph.D. - Carl W. Knobloch, Jr. Dean of the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies and Professor of Botany, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
James Gibbs, Ph.D. – Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Environmental and Forest Biology, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, New York
Joshua Ginsberg, Ph.D. - Senior Vice President, Global Conservation Program, Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, New York
Andrés Gómez, D.V.M., Ph.D. - Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York
Martha Groom, Ph.D. - Associate Professor of Ecology and Environmental Studies, University of Washington Bothell & Seattle, Washington
MENTORING TASKFORCE
Dozens of conservation professionals will be on hand during the conference to provide personalized feedback, lead workshops, host working lunches, and offer networking ideas. (See the website for a list of confirmed participants.)
WORKSHOPS
A series of workshops will be offered by experts working in diverse aspects of conservation science and education. Topics will include:
1) Ecological risk analysis for conservation biology
2) Conservation Action Planning: developing conservation strategies for applied conservation projects
3) Advances in monitoring and quantitative ecology in conservation science
4) Expanding your teaching toolbox: an introduction to active and scientific teaching approaches
5) Modeling ecological niches and geographic distributions: what, why and how?"
WHO SHOULD APPLY
Those wishing to participate in SCCS-NY should have completed, or be conducting a research project in any conservation-related course of study within the natural sciences, social sciences, or humanities. Selection for participation will be based on the quality of one’s application as well as its relevance to conservation. Applications are encouraged from the following:
Graduate Students
Recent Post-Doctoral Fellows
Early-Career Professionals
Undergraduates (research project must be of thesis-level quality)
TO APPLY, please go to http://symposia.cbc.amnh.org/sccsny/
DEADLINE: 18 May 2010
The City's environmental services bureau is hiring seasonal outreach staff to canvass east-side neighborhoods in support of the Grey to Green tree planting effort. Applications are due by Wednesday, April 21. See the announcement below:
NOW HIRING
City of Portland Bureau of Environmental Services
Grey to Green Summer Outreach Staff
The City of Portland?s Grey to Green Urban Tree Canopy Program is looking for energetic and outgoing individuals to join our motivated team. We are developing innovative ways to grow and document Portland's urban forest and to educate citizens about the importance of planting trees. Outreach staff are the public face of our effort, providing extensive face-to-face and telephone contact with residents as we offer them new tree-planting opportunities.
Ideal candidates will be personable, creative and adaptable,
comfortable with door-to-door canvassing, community outreach and education, and enthusiastic about planting trees as a means of improving Portland's environment. This announcement will be used to fill up to 10 part-time, summer positions.
Required Qualifications:
- Excellent people skills, a positive attitude, and self-motivation
- Previous experience in canvassing, customer service, or other outreach work
- Experience representing a governmental or other organization to the public
- Strong awareness of and commitment to environmental restoration
- Willingness and ability to work full shifts on foot, in the field,
in varying weather conditions
- Ability to work successfully with others in a team environment
- Applicants must be able to provide their own transportation to and from field work in neighborhoods across North, Northeast, and Southeast Portland.
- Applicants must be at least 18 years of age and have a valid driver's license accompanied by an acceptable driving record.
Desired Qualifications:
- Knowledge/experience of stormwater management and/or urban forestry issues- Previous experience with detailed data entry, database software, and GIS software
- Ability to speak a language other than English
Duties will include, but may not be limited to:
- Contacting property owners, primarily door-to-door as well as over the telephone, to provide information and promote participation in tree planting initiatives
- Recording and maintaining accurate field data of potential tree planting locations
- Entering field data into GIS software
- Supporting community outreach programs, including tabling at events
- Attending staff meetings and training sessions
Work will begin in early June and will continue through early
September, with a possibility of a few outreach staff staying on until the end of the year. The work schedule will generally be Tuesdays to Saturdays, mid-afternoons to early evenings, with occasional Sunday shifts; for an average of 25-30 hours per week. Approximately 75% of this time will be spent in the field, with the remainder consisting of office work and tabling at outreach events. Pay is $14.98 per hour with no additional benefits for these seasonal, part-time positions.
Please apply with a brief, relevant resume and cover letter by email or US Mail to the address below. Please limit your combined resume/cover letter submissions to a total of three typed pages. All materials must be received by 5:00 PM Wednesday, April 21st.
Interviews will be held during the second full week of May. We look forward to your application. Please submit materials to:
Kenneth Carter, Sr. HR Analyst
Portland Bureau of Human Resources
1120 SW 5th Avenue - Room 404
Portland, Oregon 97204
Phone: 503-823-4217
Kenneth.Carter@portlandoregon.gov
Contact Matt Krueger (503-823-2978) or Jennifer Karps (503-823-2263) with questions.
The City of Portland is an equal opportunity employer.
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