Urban Brown Bag Seminar Series

Jan. 30

What is the New Green + Blue City?

Peter MacDonagh, Kestrel Design

Feb. 6

Cyclopath: Merging Wikis and Geography

Loren Terveen, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, U of M.

Feb. 13

Forests, Water, and People: Drinking Water Supply and Forest Lands in the Northeast and Midwest United States

Theresa Heyer, U.S. Forest Service

Feb. 2

Urban Natural Resources Stewardship: Recent Research from the Northern Research Station

Lynne Westphal, U.S. Forest Service

Feb. 27

Mosquito Ecology in Stormwater Systems

Nancy Read, Mosquito Control District

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Mar. 6

Planning Urban Tree Canopy for Sustainable Cities

Jill Johnson, U.S. Forest Service

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Mar. 13

Designing Cities for Human Health and the Environment

Julian Marshall, Dept. Civil Engineering, U of M

Mar. 20

SPRING BREAK

Mar. 27

Birds, Sprawl & Minnesota: Where is Our Bird Fauna Headed?

Rob Blair, Dept. of Forest Resources, U of M

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Apr. 3

Fluxes of C, N, and P for Household Ecosystems on an Urban to Peri-urban Gradient

Cinzia Fissore, Dept. Soil, Water, and Climate, U of M

Apr. 10

What Drives Changes in Biodiversity across Urban to Rural Gradients?

Jeannine Cavender-Bares, Dept. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, U of M

Apr. 17

Water Balances for Trees: Implications for Urban Hydrology

Emily Peters, Dept. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, U of M

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Apr. 24

Nurturing Public Engagement with Urban Natural Resources Through Volunteer Programs

Gary Johnson, Dept. of Forest Resources, U of M

May 1

The WATERs Project

Bill Arnold, Dept. of Civil Engineering, U of M