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SUMMARY:Ecological Restoration and Dreams of Natural Streams
DESCRIPTION:
 Public seminar by Dr. Margaret Palmer. Dr. Palmer 
 is Professor and Director of the Chesapeake 
 Biological Laboratory (CBL) of the University 
 of Maryland. She has > 130 
 publications on the restoration and ecosystem 
 dynamics of streams and rivers.  She teaches 
 several courses on stream restoration, co-edited 
 the SER book Foundations of Restoration 
 Ecology, and works closely with managers and 
 policy makers to translate research to practice. 
  As lead scientist for the National River 
 Restoration Science Synthesis project, she 
 spearheaded the development of the first comprehensive 
 database on river and stream restoration 
 in the U.S.  She is chair of the international 
 freshwater Diversitas committee, past 
 program director of Ecology at the National 
 Science Foundation (NSF) and serves on the editorial 
 boards of the journal Restoration Ecology, 
 Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 
 the Science & Practice 
 of Ecological Restoration book series and 
 the Year in Ecology & Conservation 
 book series. Dr. Palmer has been honored 
 as an AAAS Fellow, an Aldo Leopold Leadership 
 Fellow, a Lilly Fellow, a Distinguished Scholar 
 Teacher, and with an Ecological Society 
 of America Distinguished Service Award.  Palmer 
 graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a B.S.Biology 
 from Emory University in 1977 and from the 
 University of South Carolina in 1983 with a 
 PhD in Coastal Oceanography. \n\n
 Price: free\n
 Sponsor: public\n
 Contact name: Erin Dreelin\n
 Contact phone: 517-353-7746\n
 Contact email: dreelin@msu.edu\n
 for more info visit the web at:\n 
 http://cws.msu.edu/water_info/seminars.html#CWSseminars\n
LOCATION:MSU Union Ballroom
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