Sunday, August 1, 2010

7:00 AM-5:00 PM FT 5 - Management of Fallingwater and Bear Run Nature Reserve, Western Pennsylvania Conservancy 7:00 AM-5:30 PM FT 4 - Lake Pleasant Canoe Trip 7:30 AM-4:30 PM FT 6 - Youghiogheny River Gorge at Ohiopyle State Park 8:00 AM-12:00 PM WK 5 - How Ecological Scientists Can Participate in Regional Environmental Policy ESA Governing Board Meeting 8:00 AM-4:30 PM WK 6 - Analysis of Time-Series Data using State-Space and Hierarchical Modeling 8:00 AM-5:00 PM WK 3 - Two Day Workshop--Using the National Vegetation Classification to Classify and Assess the Condition of  Ruderal, Plantation, and Natural Forest and Wetland Types WK 7 - A Brief Introduction to Bayesian and Hierarchical Bayesian Modeling in Ecology WK 8 - Visual Communication of Ecological Knowledge: Photography as a Tool of Style and Substance FT 7 - Urban Agriculture in Action: Greening Blighted Land and Revitalizing Communities 8:30 AM-4:30 PM WK 9 - Structural Equation Modeling with Bayesian Methods FT 8 - SEEDS Educational Outreach Initiative: Sharing Ecological Tools for Biodiversity Enhancement with Future Generations 9:00 AM-5:00 PM WK 10 - Learn Latex for Efficient Thesis Writing WK 11 - Using Diagnostic Question Clusters (DQCs) to Improve Introductory Biology and Ecology Teaching 12:30 PM-4:30 PM WK 12 - Diversity and Inclusiveness in Ecology 1:00 PM-2:00 PM Buell/Braun Judges Meeting 1:00 PM-5:45 PM FT 9 - Parks, Streams, and Urban Systems: Successes and Challenges in Restoration (Companion to OOS 24 on Wed. Aug. 4, 8 AM to 11:30 PM) 2:00 PM-5:00 PM WK 13 - How to Prepare Ecological Data Sets for Effective Analysis and Sharing ESA Council Orientation Meeting and Reception 3:00 PM-4:00 PM Presider/AV Training 5:00 PM-6:30 PM ESA Opening Plenary 1: Environmental Disasters In the US: Exploring Our Reactive Mode (Panel Discussion)