Sunday, August 3, 2008

7:30 AM-6:00 PM FT 4 - Cash, Cows, and Conservation: The New Face of America's Dairyland 7:45 AM-4:15 PM Ft 5 - Exploring Natural Plant Communities at Lapham Peak State Park and Lulu Lake Preserve 8:00 AM-12:00 PM ESA Governing Board Mtg 8:00 AM-5:00 PM WK 3 - A Brief Introduction to Bayesian and Hierarchical Bayesian Modeling in Ecology WK 4 - Vegetation Analysis in Support of the National Vegetation Classification WK 5 - Quantitative Approaches in Ecological Research and Education Using R WK 6 - Communicating Science to the Public: Reaching Out, Speaking Up and Understanding how to go about it. 8:30 AM-12:00 PM WK 7 - Preparing Successful Proposals to the National Science Foundation to Support Projects Related to Undergraduate Education 8:30 AM-12:30 PM WK 8 - New mathematical tools for sensitivity analysis of population models 8:30 AM-4:00 PM FT 6 - Ecological Outreach Oppurtunity (EOO)-"BioBlitz" at the Proposed Milwaukee Centeral Pak Riparian Corridor 8:30 AM-4:30 PM WK 9 - Innovative Teaching and Active Learning: Principles, Practice, and Materials 8:30 AM-5:00 PM WK 10 - Sampling Fungi from the Environment – Challenges and Solutions FT 7 - Cedarburg Bog Natural Area and the UWM Field Station 8:30 AM-5:30 PM FT 8 - Linking Research and Education Through Museums: A Field Trip at the Morton Arboretum 9:00 AM-3:00 PM FT 9 - Snakes, Canoeing and Citizen Science at the Urban Ecology Center 9:00 AM-4:30 PM WK 11 - An Educational Simulation Tool for Negotiating Sustainable Natural Resource Management Strategies among Social Actors with Conflicting Interests WK 12 - Novel Ecosystems: How Invasion and Climate are Shaping the Future of the Biosphere WK 13 - Analysis of Stochastic Time Series Data using State-Space Models and Kalman Filters 9:00 AM-5:00 PM WK 14 - Using Diagnostic Question Clusters (DQCs) to Impove Introductory Biology Teaching 12:30 PM-4:30 PM WK 16 - Toward learner-centered soil ecology education: Integrating research and experiential activities into teaching soils 1:00 PM-2:00 PM ESA Buell Braun Judges Mtg 1:00 PM-4:00 PM WK 17 - Informing Policy with Ecological Science 1:00 PM-5:00 PM WK 18 - Landscape Pattern & Fragmentation on Rangelands - State of Knowledge & Proposed Evaluation Techniques: A Sustainable Rangelands Roundtable (SRR) Workshop 1:30 PM-4:30 PM WK 19 - Ecology Education in Religious Organizations: Advancing Ecological Literacy and Environmental Justice 2:00 PM-5:00 PM ESA Council Orientation Mtg and Reception 3:00 PM-4:00 PM Presider/AV Training 5:00 PM-6:30 PM PL 1 - ESA Opening Plenary Session - Ecological literacy in a phantasmagorical world Thomas E. Lovejoy