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Royal Gardner Receives 2016 Distinguished Achievement in Environmental Law and Policy Award
Royal Gardner Receives 2016 Distinguished Achievement in Environmental Law and Policy Award Long-time SWS Member and Ramsar STRP Chair, Royal Gardner, and his institution, Stetson University, were awarded the American Bar Association’s 2016 Distinguished Achievement in Environmental Law and Policy Award for their contributions to wetland, wildlife conservation and environmental issues around the world. Read more here. Categories…
Read MoreRebecca Heisman 2016 SWS Journalism Fellow’s latest articles
Rebecca Heisman 2016 SWS Journalism Fellow’s latest articles Learn more about Rebecca here. Click here to read Heisman’s article about the 2015 Indonesian fires. Click here to read Heisman’s article, Going Hog Wild in the Marsh, about studying feral hogs’ effects on salt marshes. Categories Biofuel CASS Chapter News Clean Water Rule Climate Change Coastal Wetlands Conservation…
Read MoreFormer SWS President, Frank Day, wins national award
Former SWS President, Frank Day, wins national award Former SWS President and Chair of the Human Diversity Committee, Dr. Frank Day, will be awarded the Commitment to Human Diversity in Ecology Award by the Ecological Society of America this summer. Here is the link to the official announcement from the ESA. Categories Biofuel CASS Chapter News…
Read MoreSWS member K. Ramesh Reddy wins award
SWS member K. Ramesh Reddy wins award Congratulations SWS member, K. Ramesh Reddy at the University of Florida, on receiving the 2016 National Wetlands Award for Science Research. For more than 40 years, he has led ground-breaking research on the biogeochemical cycling of nutrients in natural and managed wetland and aquatic ecosystems, particularly in the…
Read MoreCongratulations Dr. Wei- Ta Fang
Congratulations Dr. Wei- Ta Fang Dr. Wei-Ta Fang, SWS Asia Chapter President, was awarded the designation of Visiting Research Fellow from the Director, Dr. Xingyuan He at the Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences in Changchun, China in March 2016. Categories Biofuel CASS Chapter News Clean Water Rule Climate Change Coastal Wetlands…
Read MoreCourt to hear case against Obama’s Water Rule
Court to hear case against Obama’s Water Rule A Cincinnati-based federal appeals court ruled Monday that it has the jurisdiction to hear numerous consolidated challenges to the Obama administration’s contentious water pollution rule. Read more. Categories Biofuel CASS Chapter News Clean Water Rule Climate Change Coastal Wetlands Conservation Declarations Diversity EPA Letters of Comment Management Navigable…
Read MoreSWS tells Congress amendment 3140 to Energy Policy Modernization Act would make climate change worse
SWS tells Congress amendment 3140 to Energy Policy Modernization Act would make climate change worse Dear Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Minority Leader Harry Reid, Chairwoman Lisa Murkowski, and Ranking Member Maria Cantwell: We are 65 research scientists and practitioners who study energy, soils, forested and wetland ecosystems and climate change. We are writing in our individual capacities…
Read MoreEPA’s ruling on the waters of the United States
EPA’s ruling on the waters of the United States On Tuesday, January 19, 2016, President Obama rejected an attempt by congressional Republicans to overturn his landmark regulation asserting federal power over small bodies of water. The EPA’s rule, dubbed the Clean Water Rule would ensure that water used for drinking, recreation, economic development and other…
Read MoreCASS strongly opposes Senate Joint Resolution 22, invalidating the final Clean Water Rule
CASS strongly opposes Senate Joint Resolution 22, invalidating the final Clean Water Rule Dear Senator: We are writing today on behalf of CASS (Consortium of Aquatic Scientific Societies), a group of five scientific societies that include the American Fisheries Society, the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography, the Phycological Society of America, the…
Read MoreSWS urges mayor of Ohrid to preserve Studenchista Wetland and Lake Ohrid ecosystem
SWS urges mayor of Ohrid to preserve Studenchista Wetland and Lake Ohrid ecosystem Authored by Jos T.A. Verhoeven, Ph.D., Society of Wetland Scientists Europe Chapter President, and supported by SWS scientists Kimberli Ponzio, James Perry, Keith Edwards, Matthew Simpson, Rob McInnes Mr. Nikola Bakračeski Mayor of the City of Ohrid Dimitar Vlahov Street No. 57…
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