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Weekly Highlights
MEMORANDUM
From: Gabrielle B. Bodin
Subject: Weekly Highlights, USGS National Wetlands Research
Center, October 9, 2008
Departmental/Bureau News - Current
- Information Provided for Bottomland Hardwood Collaborative Project: Wylie Barrow, USGS National Wetlands Research Center, was contacted by Daniel Twedt, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Station in Vicksburg, Miss., for information to assist in a collaborative project throughout the Southeast relating harvest history and its applicability to the understanding of bottomland hardwood forests of today. Barrow provided information from the Singer Tract Historical Geodatabase, created from the Ivory-billed Woodpecker Science Support Project. (Wylie Barrow, Lafayette, La., 337-266-8668)
Agency Work on Presidential Initiatives
- U.S.-Vietnam Science Partnership: During September 24-October 3, Gregory Smith, USGS National Wetlands Research Center Director, was hosted by the U.S. Embassy in Vietnam, which arranged meetings with officials from the Vietnamese Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. They discussed climate change projects and the Delta Research and Global Observation Network (DRAGON) project, as established in the Joint Statement Between the United States of America and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, released by the U.S. President and Prime Minister of Vietnam in June, 2008. (Gregory Smith, Lafayette, La., 337-266-8501)
Notable Congressional Activity
- Wetland Comparisons: The USGS National Wetlands Research Center, at the request of the USGS Communications Office, is assembling comparative data on Louisiana and Florida wetlands for the Congressional Research Service. (Linda Broussard, Lafayette, La., 337-266-8692)
Press Inquiries/Media
- A reporter from Nature inquired about coastal restoration since Hurricane Katrina, what Hurricane Gustav did to coastal wetlands, and what the future will bring. (Gaye Farris, Lafayette, La., 337-266-8550).
- On September 22, USGS National Wetlands Research Center scientist Tommy Michot was quoted in the Thibodaux and Houma La., newspapers, the Daily Comet and Houma Courier, in an article by Nikki Buskey. The article, “Hurricanes deal a beating to barrier islands,” is available online at: http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20080922/ARTICLES/809229949 and http://www.dailycomet.com/article/20080922/ARTICLES/809229949 (Tommy Michot, Lafayette, La., 337-266-8664)
- USA Today published information obtained from USGS National Wetlands Research Center on on Louisiana wetlands on Sept. 2, 2008 (previously unreported). The article is entitled “Louisiana assesses storm damage to protective wetlands." (John Barras, Baton Rouge, La., 225-578-7486)
- Virginia Burkett, USGS Chief Scientist, Global Change Research, was quoted in several articles after giving the keynote presentation at a Florida Wildlife Commission symposium on climate change held October 1 in Orlando, Fla. (Virginia Burkett, Many, La., 318-256-5628) Articles included:
Other (Forum meeting, press conferences, media training, etc.)
- FLOW 2008: Gabrielle Bodin (USGS National Wetlands Research Center Contractor, IAP World Services) helped with USGS exhibits, in support of Headquarters, at the Instream Flow Council’s annual conference, FLOW 2008, in San Antonio, Tex., October 6 – 9.
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