[ECOLOG-L] Job Posting: Senior Wildlife Ecologist

WRA, Inc. is an environmental consulting firm based in San Rafael, California, with offices in Los Angeles and Fort Bragg. For over 30 years, WRA has provided outstanding ecological and design expertise to develop successful solutions for our clients. We employ experts in the fields of plant, wi

[ECOLOG-L] Conservation Psychology Institute

Antioch University New England and Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens (Pittsburgh, PA) have joined together to run an intensive 4-day Conservation Psychology Institute (CPI), October 13-16, 2012, designed for professionals in museum, zoo, aquarium, botanic garden, nature center, environme

[ECOLOG-L] organic insect farming

I´m currently an intern with the Third Millenium Alliance working in coastal Ecuador, and I´ve been tasked with designing and implementing a system for insect farming to feed primarily livestock (chickens and fish), and humans. We live off grid, so this system must be low-tech, easy to maintain

[ECOLOG-L] Upcoming Wetland Delineation - Professional Course

Join Environmental Concern Inc. (EC) for the Wetland Delineation Professional Training: Basic Wetland Delineation: September 10-14 Learn the professional methods of distinguishing between wetlands and uplands. Students and professionals just entering the field of wetland science, as well

[ECOLOG-L] Music videos as teaching aids

Since I started playing the ukulele I've been thinking about how to incorporate music into my teaching. Here's the first attempt. This video is a study aid to accompany a lecture on speciation in my Natural History of Georgia class. The main focus was to grab the kids attention while imparting usef

[ECOLOG-L] economical thermohygrometers?

Hello all, We are conducting a long-term study examining effects of forestry practices on herpetofauna and would like to record temperature and humidity, ideally in the leaf litter, at our trapping sites. We would need at least 12 concurrently recording devices, either continuous data loggers

[ECOLOG-L] vampire experimental design

Dear Colleagues, I am writing some homework questions on experimental design for my students. Since paranormal trends are common in literature and movies lately, I thought it might be amusing to use some paranormal experiments in my homework assignments. I realize this may cause some to shu

[ECOLOG-L] Zooplankton session at ASLO 2013

Hello all, Sorry for any cross postings but we would like to draw your attention to the session "Zooplankton responses to environmental stressors: From individual responses to larger scale implications " that we will convene at the ASLO 2013 Aquatic Sciences Meeting (February 17-22, 2013 in New

Re: [ECOLOG-L] economical thermohygrometers?

Alex, I used hobo brand data loggers to record air and soil temps, light intensity, and relative humidity. The model data loggers that I used were not waterproof, so I attached the loggers to 3 foot wooden post with Velcro and attached the lower half of a gallon milk jug over top of the logger

[ECOLOG-L] HCB covered by Campus Technology Magazine

Herpetological Conservation and Biology was covered by Campus Technology Magazine. The article is generally about journal publishing, but they call out HCB and the HCB's website was used as the eye-catcher for the magazine article! You can find the article (they will require you to sign up for a f