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  Developing the Western Lake Erie report card in Toledo, Ohio

  ...ny subscribers. We also viewed the iconic Toledo Harbor Lighthouse through binoculars and Sandy Bihn told us about its history and the current renovations taking place. A-Big catching a white perch on the river. Photo Bill Dennison. Our initial La...
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  Development of an Ecosystem Health Report Card for Laguna de Bay, Philippines

  ...ankton community can be used to indicate changes in the trophic state of the lake, level of eutrophication and warming history. Dr. Adelaida Palma (BFAR) and Dr. Rey Papa (UST). Credit: Vanessa Vargas After the presentation of the four experts, Si...
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  Discovering Southeast Queensland waterways and rediscovering Liz Clarke

  ...lusion in the book and for developing conceptual diagrams for each vantage point. Liz used the tapes to write a cohesive story for each location, and the book was assembled by Eva and Cath. A couple of things became apparent to me in the productio...
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  Discussing ecological drought and climate change in Fairbanks, Alaska

  ...ocated on the UAF campus. The museum provided the perfect end to the trip, as it was part Alaskan cultural and natural history, part native and cultural art museum, and part Alaskan modern art museum—there was so much information, history, a...
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  Discussing island drought in Puerto Rico Part I

  ...ds. Breakout group producing feedback summary. Image credit James Currie. Adaptation strategies: Brad Rippey gave us a history of the US Drought Monitor , a popular and widely used website that is updated weekly on Thursday mornings. It was initia...
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  Discussion following Bill Dennison's seminar on Challenges and advantages of using citizen scientists for environmental monitoring

  ...nother set of talks to be included are topics of general interest to each group (e.g., bacteria, fisheries, Chesapeake history). ... Bill Dennison...
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  Discussion following Walter Boynton seminar on Corsica River estuary restoration

  ...tention". He joked that we should be making beaver hatcheries instead of oyster hatcheries, but then went on to tell the story of the reappearance of beavers in Calvert County with the initial reaction "the return of nature's engineers" evolving i...
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  Diving into NOAA’s Coral Reef Conservation Program
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  Don Boesch, the Coastal Scholar, steps down after 27 years

  ...resident, said that Chesapeake Bay , the Gulf of Mexico and the planet are all thankful for Don Boesch. He told the story of how he unabashedly appropriated Don's comment that it was not “A moment for Chesapeake Bay restoration”,...
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  Dorchester County citizens concerned about Chesapeake Bay
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  Dottie Samonisky retirement party

  ...some wonderful tributes about Dottie that we read at her party. We also put on a short play in Dottie's honor, since the story of a girl named Dorothy and her little dog who wanted to go home to retire was eerily similar to the story of the Wizard...
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  Dr. Christine O'Connell's dissertation defense conclusion = Long Island Sound should be called 'Connecticut Sound'
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  Dr. John Snow and Jack Maple, kindred spirits

  ...nd have left a legacy that transcended their lives. Two wonderful books recount their achievements; " The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic - and How it Changed Science, Cities and the Modern World ", written by Steven John...
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  Dr. Vanessa Vargas-Nguyen successfully defends her dissertation

  ...nse for the Marine Environmental Estuarine Science (MEES) Program. All previous dissertation defenses for the 40+ year history of the MEES program had been done in person. The COVID-19 situation precluded an in-person defense, hence the switch to...
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  Draft Mississippi River report card released at 2014 America's Watershed Initiative Summit

  ...ing document and a suite of conceptual diagrams, maps and posters used in the Summit. In addition, we contributed to the story boarding of the three-minute report card video. View of Ohio River from Galt House Hotel, Louisville, KY Heath Kelsey, B...
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  Drought in the U.S.- Affiliated Pacific Islands

  ...sheets that, once finalized, will be used for broader stakeholder education and engagement. We concluded the workshop by storyboarding a four-page newsletter that will further describe each of the themes discussed, regarding the impacts of drought...
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  Dugong oil vat, sand mining and Geoff Moore

  ...ommunity Heritage Award for 2010, for the Online Heritage Trail . Geoff Moore volunteering at the museum. Geoff told the story of the large cast iron vat that the museum recently acquired. The vat was made in Falkirk, Scotland between Edinborough...
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  Ecodrought on the east side of the Pacific Northwest

  ... region. Since we held our first workshop on the west side of the Cascades, we joked that we had received the 'west side story'. Thus, we were in Boise to get the 'east side story'. This reference to the west side story inspired me to adapt the po...
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  Ecological drought in the Southeast U.S.: Forest fires, supermoon and new age libraries

  ...cept to structure narratives, and the workshop participants quickly adapted their research concepts into this format. We storyboarded the workshop newsletter before breaking up. We were impressed with the Hill Library, but the workshop participant...
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  Ecosystem health report card - how should we tell the story?

  Ecosystem health report card - how should we tell the story? ... Kawawa Banda and Chinyawezhi Kakoma Report cards are effective communications tools. They raise awareness of a rive...
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  Ecosystem Transformation: Resilience in the Face of Change

  ... below 1.5 ° C. Sobering, the report is an immediate call to action. As has been the case throughout Earth’s history, with a shift in the climate regime comes subsequent shifts in the physical environment; a result of the interconnected...
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  Ending a NOAA partnership and beginning a new EcoCheck chapter

  ...tural Resources and NOAA. Caroline Wicks, Heath Kelsey, Russell Callender, Bill Dennison, and Ken Barton with a framed history of EcoCheck's first phase. Eleven scientists worked for EcoCheck over the course of the partnership with NOAA. EcoCheck...
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  Engaged participants made the Indian River Lagoon Report Card workshop a pleasure to facilitate!

  ...: Heath Kelsey facilitates the fish and shellfish breakout session. At the end of the workshop, we always wrap up with a storyboarding exercise that helps illustrate to the participants that the product coming out of the workshop is theirs. We nee...
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  Engaging with the Belyuen people and Larrakia people, Traditional Owners of Darwin Harbour, Australia

  ...assed on to the next generations of indigenous people. They stressed the importance of indigenous language, song, dance, story, ceremony and country. The impacts of climate change were a topic that they raised throughout our conversation. The Larr...

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