Social Sciences graduate student Emma Schwaiger (IAH) and Civil and Environmental Engineering graduate student Ankita Mandleia (EEP) will present “An Interdisciplinary Approach to Understand Pollution: PCBs in Torch Lake,” which describes some aspects of their work (with professor Carol MacLennan, et al.) on the Torch Lake project– that seeks to document the historic mine production of copper and PCB waste. The presentation will be held Friday, March 28, at 4 p.m., in AOB 201.
Guy Meadows (GLRC) and Carol MacLennan (SS) have received $199,406 from the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget and Environmental Quality, for a research project titled ” Source Identification of PCBs in Torch Lake.”
From Tech Today.
The Cliff Mine Archeology Project Blog
Site Description—Part 1
What was (and is now) the ‘Function/Use’ of the Cliff?
The Classification of the Cliff Property
Temporal Boundaries
First Things First: Defining Boundaries
What is the National Register of Historic Places?
The blog is back. Happy 2014!
Payments to Upstream Landowners to Protect Water Downstream: How Well is that Working
Two researchers from Michigan Technological University have joined with natural and social scientists from three other universities and the US Forest Service to study the impact of Mexico’s water payment program.
“Our findings will help governments, non-governmental organizations, the World Bank and others who might promote programs like these to design their programs to be as effective as possible,” said Alex Mayer, professor of civil and environmental engineering at Michigan Tech and co-principal investigator (PI) on Tech’s part of the research.
The project is highly interdisciplinary, Mayer added. That’s why his co-PI is Kathleen Halvorsen, a professor of natural resource policy at Michigan Tech.
“We want to know what the landowners and the communities downstream from them know about watersheds and pollution,” Halvorsen explained.
Read more at Michigan Tech News, by Jennifer Donovan.
Adam Wellstead (SS) has published “Responding to a Forest Catastrophe: The Emergence of New Governance Arrangements in Southern California” in ISRN Economics Volume 2014 (2014), Article ID 982481.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/982481
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Solar energy for Greek houses
Dr. Chelsea Schelly is launching a new project in the next month that will give college students in the Houghton-Hancock area the opportunity to test out a small solar generator paired up with a large solar panel mounted directly to their house.
As a sociologist, Schelly is studying the way students think about solar energy once they have exposure to this solar technology.
Read more at the Michigan Tech Lode, by Lucas Wilder.
Emma Norman’s (SS/GLRC) editorial “Transboundary water governance needs new approach” appeared in the Hill Times. She and her co-authors discuss the implications of the renegotiation of the Columbia River Treaty.
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2014 Graduate Research Colloquium
Memorial Union Building Ballroom
Wednesday, February 19th
Human Impact (A2)
Building Information Models: The 3D Digital Documentation of Heritage Resources – John Arnold, Social Sciences
1:00 PM – 2:20 PM: Environmental Studies and Advances in Environmental Protection – Upper Peninsula (B2)
1:20 PM – 1:40 PM: Assessing How Environmental Concerns Impact an Industrial Heritage Landscape – Emma Schwaiger, Social Sciences
2:00 PM – 2:30 PM: Prolonging Disaster (Un)Recovery: “Culturally-Irrelevant” Fish Consumption Advisories in the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community – Valoree Gagnon, Social Sciences
Thursday, February 20th
Environmental Studies and Advances in Environmental Protection (A2)
Social Influence of Family on Non-Industrial Private Forest Landowners’ Land Management Practices – Jennifer Riehl, Social Sciences
12:00 PM – 2:00 PM: Sustainability (B2)
12:00 PM – 12:20 PM: Forestry Certification Schemes and Biopower: Can SFI and FSC Ensure Sustainability of Woody Biomass Feedstocks? – Brad Barnett, Social Sciences
More Abstracts, Presenting Author
Building Information Models: The 3D Digital Documentation of Heritage Resources – John D. M. Arnold, Industrial Heritage and Archeology, Department of Social Sciences
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Professor Barry Solomon (SS) was the lead author of the first chapter in a new book titled “Compendium of Bioenergy Plants: Corn,” Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2014, pp. 1-32. The chapter is titled “Basic Information on Maize,” with co-authors James Birchler (University of Missouri), Stephen L. Goldman (University of Toledo), and Qiong Zhang (University of South Florida).
From Tech Today.
The School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science will host a SFRES forum on Friday, Feb. 21, at 3 p.m., with a social to follow at 4 p.m. Richelle Winkler, assistant professor of sociology and demography (SS) will present “Demographic Change and Implications for Wildlife Management: Focus on Deer Hunters,” in room G002 Forestry Building with the social in the building’s atrium. All are invited to attend.
From Tech Today.