National Wetlands Research Center

Weekly Highlights Archive

July 2008

• USGS Scientist Interviewed by BeE Magazine
• USGS Scientist’s Work on Coastal Louisiana Land Changes Mentioned in American Chemical Society Publication

June 2008

• USGS Scientist’s Contributions to Wetlands Research Are Recognized by International Society
• USGS Communicator Receives Honor
• USGS Hosts Ivory-billed Woodpecker Symposium
• USGS Provides Wetland Information to French Filmmakers
• Lower Mississippi Valley (LMV) Geospatial Information Conference
• Outreach for At-Risk Students
• Educational Outreach for Scouts
• USGS Scientist Conducts Invasive Species Workshop
• USGS Geographer Interviewed by USA Today
• USGS Scientist Interviewed by Latitude Magazine
• USGS Scientist Interviewed by Field and Stream Magazine

May 2008

• USGS Purple Loosestrife Research and Workshop in Turkey
• USGS Wins Communication Awards
• USGS Science Center to Prepare for “Hurricane Zydeco”
• USGS Scientist Gives Keynote Talk at Exotic Pest Plant Meeting
• USGS at Weeds Across Borders International Conference
• USGS Participates in South Louisiana Hurricane Conference
• USGS NWRC Director Delivers Keynote Address at DRAGON II Meeting
• USGS National Wetlands Research Center Hosts Workshop on Lidar
• USGS Scientist Receives Conservation Award
• USGS Scientist Is Instructor for EPA Watershed Webcast
• USGS Scientist Discussed Climate Change Impacts on Transportation
• USGS Scientist Met with Chesapeake Bay Commission
• USGS Scientist Quoted in Story About Louisiana’s coastal Land Loss
• USGS Scientist Interviewed for Daily Advertiser Article
• USGS Scientist Interviewed About Potential Impacts of Climate Change
• USGS Scientist Receives Conservation Award
• USGS Scientist Interviewed by the Christian Science Monitor

April 2008

• USGS Partners With University for Career Panel
• USGS Scientist Interviewed for Documentary Film
• USGS Participates in Dam Safety Coordinators Conference
• USGS Celebrates Earth Day in Louisiana
• USGS Scientist Interviewed by the Bloomberg New
• USGS Celebrates Earth Day in North Carolina
• USGS Scientist Helps with Native Plant Project

March 2008

• USGS Science Center Celebrates Women’s History Month
• USGS Scientist Authors Award-Winning Publication
• Under Guidance of USGS Scientist, American Fisheries Society Chapter Wins Award
• USGS Scientist Gives Keynote Talk on Climate Change
• USGS Scientist Speaks at NOAA Climate Change Training
• USGS Scientist Interviewed for Special Iissue of The Wildlife Professional
• USGS Scientist Promotes Female Wetland Scientists
• USGS and DOT Release Report on Impacts of Climate Change on Transportation
• USGS Science Center Hosts Canadian Visitors
• USGS Scientist Interviewed for National Public Radio Story
• USGS Scientist Organizes Global Change Ecology Section for SWS
• USGS Provides Land Area Change Maps to Louisiana Legislature
• USGS Scientists Brief DOI Assistant Secretary on Gulf Coast Restoration and Hurricane Response
• USGS Scientist Interviewed for Story in Science Magazine
• USGS Science Center Staff Wins Communication Awards
• USGS Scientists Interviewed for Documentary

February 2008

• USGS Participates in World Wetlands Day at Caddo Lake
• Science and the Storms: the USGS Response to the Hurricanes of 2005
• USGS Scientists Interviewed at House Briefing
• USGS Geographer Provides Information for Podcast
• USGS Science Center Hosts Speaker for Black History Month
• USGS Provides Information for Congressman Boustany’s Town Meeting
• Congressman Boustany’s Staff Member Visits Science Center
• USGS Scientist Interviewed for a February 24 article in the Times Picayune

January 2008

• USGS Scientist Presents on Climate Change
• USGS and DOT Brief Executive Office Staff on Climate Change
• USGS Helps Identify Important Bird Areas
• USGS Participates in Arbor Day Celebration
• USGS Scientist Interviewed by The Times-Picayune
• USGS Scientist Interviewed for Profile in Women's Magazine
• USGS Scientist Interviewed by The Times-Picayune
• USGS Geographer provides Imagery for Documentary on Louisiana’s Wetlands

December 2007

• USGS Hosts International Delta Meeting
• USGS Scientist Interviewed by KATC-TV about the International Delta Roundtable Meeting

October 2007

• USGS Scientist Assists Louisiana Native Plant Initiative
• USGS Scientist Continues Mentoring for JASON Project
• USGS Scientist Discusses Health of Fish in Lake Mead
• USGS Scientist Shares in Nobel Prize

September 2007

• USGS Science Center Offers Teacher Workshop
• USGS Science Center Shares Educational Resources with Community
• USGS Scientist Interviewed by Associated Press
• USGS Scientist Interviewed by the Houston Chronicle
• USGS Scientist Gives Keynote Talk at International Conference on Invasive Plants
• USGS Scientist Gives Keynote Address on Climate Change

August 2007

• USGS Scientist Interviewed for Article in US Airways Magazine
• USGS Scientist Participates in Congressional Tour of Caddo Lake
• USGS Scientist Speaks on Nutria Research Program

July 2007

• USGS Scientists Interviewed by KLFY TV (Lafayette, LA) for Story on Science Response Vehicle
• USGS Provides Image of Science Response Vehicle for Column in GeoWorld Magazine
• USGS Scientist Interviewed by The Times-Picayune
• USGS Scientist Interviewed by Students from Sherbrooke College, Quebec, Canada
• USGS Maps Complement Exhibit of Photos and Paintings by Louisiana Artists
• USGS and Texas A & M University Host Coastal Ecosystem Research Workshop
• USGS Coordinates with Galveston County Emergency Management Office
• USGS Scientists Interviewed by KATC TV for Story on Science Response Vehicle
• USGS and Gulf Coast Joint Venture Discuss a Shared Vision
• USGS Geographer Contributes Land Loss Imagery for Story in National Geographic Magazine
• USGS Librarian Provides Information for Television Documentary on World War II

June 2007

• USGS Scientist Interviewed by Emergency Management magazine
• USGS Participates in Galveston's Hurricane Drill
• USGS and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Host Coastal Hurricane Response Workshop
• USGS to Brief Representative Melancon on Science Response Vehicle (SRV)
• USGS Scientist Responds to Climate Change Questions
• USGS National Wetlands Research Center Provides Information to The Weather Channel
• USGS Scientist Interviewed by Geotimes Magazine
• USGS Scientists Interviewed for a Story in The Daily Advertiser
• USGS Employees Interviewed about NWRC’s Science Response Vehicle For a Story in Houma Today
• USGS Demonstrates Capabilities of Science Response Vehicle During Emergencies
• USGS Science Center Hosts Oil Spill Response Training
• USGS Science Center Library Offers Exhibit on Threatened and Endangered Species
• USGS Scientist Interviewed for Story in the Houma Courier
• USGS Scientist Provides Information for article in The Independent
• USGS Scientists Interviewed by The Daily Advertiser
• USGS Scientist Interviewed by Students from Sherbrooke College, Quebec, Canada

May 2007

• Former USGS Scientist Receives 2007 Coastal Stewardship Award
• USGS Geographer Provides Information to CNN
• USGS Scientist Leads Global Delta Science Network Effort in Vietnam
• USGS Science Centers Prepare for Hurricane Season
• Science Center Hosts Meeting on Lower Mississippi River Valley
• USGS Scientist Speaks At EcoSummit 2007 in China
• USGS Scientist Presents Paper at International Meeting
• USGS Provides Map for Senator Mary Landrieu
• USGS Scientists and Geographers Quoted in The Advertiser
• USGS Scientists Provide information for Audubon Article
• USGS Scientists Interviewed The Advertiser

April 2007

• USGS Scientist Meets With Ducks Unlimited Leader
• USGS Scientist Provides Information to the Korea Broadcasting System
• USGS Scientist Speaks at George Wright Society Conference
• USGS Participates in National Hurricane Conference
• USGS Scientist to Testify on Climate Change at House Science and Technology Hearing
• USGS Scientist Interviewed for Planning Magazine
• USGS Scientist Interviewed by the Miami Herald
• USGS Scientist Provides Information to Creative Development Department at Walt Disney Studios
• USGS Employees Attend Stakeholders Meeting Hosted by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• USGS Celebrates Earth Day in Louisiana
• USGS Celebrates Birds and Bears in Louisiana
• Evergreen State College Group Visits USGS Science Center
• USGS Receives Awards from the National Association of Government Communicators
• USGS/NWRC Director Meets with Director of the Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
• USGS Scientist Quoted in the Environmental & Energy Daily
• USGS Geographer Interviewed for Upcoming Article in National Geographic Magazine
• USGS Scientist Works with Film Crew from the Korea Broadcasting System

March 2007

• USGS Scientist Provides Information for Potential Story in Fortune Magazine
• USGS Scientist Interviewed by Louisiana Public Broadcasting
• USGS Scientist Contacted by the Associated Press, National Public Radio, and the Canadian Broadcasting System
• USGS Scientist Presents on Impacts of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
• USGS Scientist Interviewed by German Press Agency
• USGS Scientist Interviewed by TV5Monde/USA
• USGS Scientist to be Interviewed by National Public Radio

February 2007

• USGS Scientist Interviewed about the Impacts of Climate Change on Coastal Systems

January 2007

• Mentoring Program at Science Center
• Information Branch Chief Provides Information for Article on Wetland Loss
• USGS Scientist Interviewed for Article on the Science of Global Climate Change
• USGS geographer Given Credit for the Interpretation of a Satellite Image
• USGS Hosts Tour of Hurricane Rita Damage

November 2006

• USGS Scientist Interviewed for Documentary
• Image of USGS Scientist Used in New Book for Educators

October 2006

• USGS Scientist Assists with Fact Checking for New IMAX Film

September 2006

• USGS Collaborates with U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
• USGS Scientist Serves on AAAS Panel
• USGS Team Receives Service to America Medal
• USGS Geographer Provides Map to The New York Times
• USGS Scientist Interviewed by NPR’s Morning Edition

August 2006

• USGS Scientists Quoted in National Wildlife Magazine
• USGS Scientist Interviewed by the New York Times
• USGS Librarian Interviewed by the Daily Review (Morgan City, LA)
• USGS Scientist Presents at Cache River Symposium
• USGS Employee Receives Women of Excellence Award
• State/Federal Partnership Develops PHINS
• USGS Scientist Interviewed by Local ABC Television Affiliate
• USGS National Wetlands Research Center Director Interviewed by the Christian Science Monitor
• USGS Geographer Provides Images to NHK Japan Broadcasting Corp.

July 2006

• USGS Geographer Provides Information and Images to National Geographic Magazine
• USGS, Scouts, and Museums Partner
• Summer Educational Outreach at NWRC
• USGS Scientist Provides Information on the American Alligator to Gazeta USA
• USGS Geographer Provides Information on Louisiana’s Coastal Wetland Loss to WBRZ-TV in Baton Rouge
• USGS Geographer Provides Land Loss Images to Louisiana Public Broadcasting
• USGS Partners with University of Louisiana Library for Wetlands Exhibit
• USGS Geographer Interviewed by the Shreveport Times (LA)
• USGS Scientist Interviewed about Sea Level Rise Impacts on Gulf Coast Transportation
• USGS Scientist Speaks at Coastal Protection Meeting
• USGS Scientist Interviewed by The Daily Advertiser

June 2006

• USGS Scientist Builds Research Partnerships with Russian Academy of Sciences
• USGS Scientist Interviewed by National Public Radio and the Associated Press
• USGS scientist Interviewed by Audubon magazine
• USGS Gives Training and Discusses Collaborations with Geographers and Scientists in China
• USGS Sponsors Lower Mississippi Valley Conceptual Framework Workshop
• USGS Scientist Provides Information for Possible Story in Canadian Geographic Magazine
• USGS Geographer Provides Information on the Impacts of Hurricane Katrina to Popular Science Magazine
• USGS Scientists Interviewed for Book About Ivory-billed Woodpecker
• USGS scientist Assists with Fact Checking on new IMAX Movie on Louisiana’s Wetlands
• USGS National Wetlands Research Center (NWRC) Staff Receives Award
• USGS Scientist Provides Images for Earth Science Textbook

May 2006

• USGS Researcher Serves as JASON Scientist
• USGS Scientists Acknowledged for Contributions to Book
• USGS Scientists Interviewed by National Wildlife Magazine
• USGS Geographerinterviewed by USA Today
• Vietnamese Scientist Visits USGS Science Center
• USGS Participates in Envisioning the Future of the Gulf Coast Symposium
• USGS National Wetlands Research Center provides DVD to Duo Creative Communications
• USGS geographer interviewed by the Chicago Tribune

April 2006

• USGS scientist interviewed by National Wildlife magazine
• USGS Scientists Speak at Federal Interagency Conferences
• USGS Scientist Attends Restoration Meeting
• USGS Sponsors Gulf Coast Field Briefings

March 2006

• Best Scientific Paper in Remote Sensing
• Senator Landrieu to Speak at Women’s History Month Event
• USGS Offers Mentoring for USFWS
• USGS Ecologist Interviewed by Nightly Business Report

February 2006

• USGS Scientist Chosen as Fulbright Senior Specialist
• USGS Scientist Speaks on Baldcypress Ecosystem at Caddo Lake, TX
• USGS Scientist Represents USGS at National Park Service Meeting

January 2006

• USGS Scientist Speaks on Nutrient Reduction in Forested Wetlands
• USGS provides aerial image of New Orleans to the BBC
• USGS Librarian Linda Broussard nominated by the Louisiana State University School of Library and Information Science
• Staff at the National Wetlands Research Center acknowledged by photographer Bevil Knapp and writer Mike Dunne in their new book America’s Wetland Louisiana’s Vanishing Coast

December 2005

• USGS geographer Steve Hartley and University of Louisiana Research Associate Alaa Shams were recognized by ESRI
• USGS scientist and pilot Tommy Michot was interviewed by Audubon magazine

November 2005

• USGS scientist Tom Doyle was interviewed by KATC-TV
• USGS scientists Greg Smith, Tommy Michot and Tom Doyle, USGS geographer Larry Handley and USGS engineer Scott Wilson were interviewed by ESPN2
• USGS scientists Wylie Barrow, Tommy Michot, Lori Randall, Clint Jeske, and Chris Wells were interviewed in Cameron Parish, LA, for a story about the effects of Hurricane Rita
• USGS Provides Imagery for Hurricane Damage Assessment
• USGS scientist Tom Doyle was interviewed Oct. 25 by Jeff Hecht with New Scientist magazine about hurricane effects on wetlands.
• USGS provided B-roll video of the Louisiana coast prior to Hurricane Katrina for a CNN news story to air Nov. 2.

October 2005

• USGS geographer John Barras and scientist Brian Perez were interviewed October 21 by WWL-TV
• USGS geographer John Barras was interviewed about wetland loss after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita for the PBS program NOW
• USGS scientist/pilot Tommy Michot was interviewed October 19 by Times-Picayune
• USGS Scientist Judges Louisiana Duck Stamp Contest
• Students Helping Students After Hurricanes
• USGS provided an image of Hurricane Katrina’s impact on Louisiana’s wetlands
• Science journalist Erik Stokstad accompanied USGS scientists Beth Middleton and Karen McKee to the coastal wetlands of Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
• A map, “Southeast Louisiana Land Loss,” prepared by USGS National Wetlands Research Center, Lafayette, Louisiana, was used in the September/October 2005 Ducks Unlimited magazine
• The bird tracking radar research of USGS scientists Wylie Barrow and Lori Randall was mentioned in the article “Tracking Waterfowl by Radar”
• USGS Team Heads to Madagascar
• USGS scientists and public affairs staff are continuing to respond to media inquiries about all aspects of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
• A radar image showing the exodus of Neotropical songbirds from the San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge during the fall migration was provided by USGS to the Weather Channel

September 2005

• USGS scientists, geographers, and public affairs staff at the National Wetlands Research Center continue to receive and respond to many media requests for information and interviews about Hurricane Katrina
• USGS Humanitarian Efforts for Katrina Evacuees
• USGS scientist Jacoby Carter was interviewed by National Geographic News
• USGS scientist Tommy Michot was interviewed by The Independent (Lafayette, LA)

August 2005

• Teacher Workshop Connects Research & the Classroom
• USGS Scientist Studies Purple Invader
• USGS scientists Lori Randall and Wylie Barrow provided information and a radar image depicting waterfowl movement on the Lacassine National Wildlife Refuge
• USGS scientist and pilot Tommy Michot provided information on the impacts of Hurricanes Lili and Ivan that he observed along the Gulf of Mexico coast

July 2005

• USGS scientist Jacoby Carter provided information about nutria (coypu) for a feature article on the fate of the coypu
• USGS was contacted by “Current,” a new cable TV network in CA, for information to use in a series on global climate change.
• Scientist Stephen Faulkner was interviewed for a story on Louisiana’s coastal forest ecosystems
• Scientist Tommy Michot was interviewed by the New Orleans Times Picayuneabout the numbers of nesting birds on west Breton Island

June 2005

• USGS scientist Stephen Faulkner was interviewed by The Independent Weekly
• A reporter and photographer from the Daily Advertiser spent a day in the Atchafalaya Swamp with USGS scientist Dana Drake
• USGS Supports Job Shadowing for Teacher
• USGS scientist Greg Smith was interviewed by KATC TV-3

May 2005

• USGS Receives NAGC Awards
• USGS and DOT Host Expert Panel on Impacts of Climate Change and Transportation
• USGS scientist Jacoby Carter was interviewed by the Guadalajara Colony Reporter
• Discussion with Senator Mary Landrieu

December 2004

• USGS scientist Virginia Burkett was contacted by CNN for information on climate change and its impacts on the people and places of coastal Louisiana.

November 2004

• Wetlands Center is New Partner in Central Southwest Gulf Coast Node
• USGS Partners with SEEDS Program for Student Field Trip
• USGS scientist Jacoby Carter was interviewed by the Washington Post
• USGS scientist Tommy Michot was contacted by National Geographic Magazine

September 2004

• USGS Studies Waterfowl Haven
• USGS Partners with America's WETLAND
• Tommy Michot was interviewed by WBRZ- TV 2 and the Times Picayune about Hurricane Ivan and the storm's impact on the Gulf Coast's barrier islands
• Tom Doyle was interviewed by the Sarasota Herald-Tribune about the effects of Hurricane Charley on natural ecosystems

August 2004

• Coastal America Partnership Award Includes USGS
• USGS Assists Texas Wildlife Conservation
• Bob Keeland was interviewed by the Marshall (TX) News Messenger about the defoliation of baldcypress tress at Caddo Lake
• USGS provided a photograph of a Louisiana "ghost swamp" which will be used in the college textbook Environmental Geology
• Louisiana's Wetlands Are America's Wetlands
• Nutria Goes to Court

July 2004

• Gulf Guardian Award
• USGS Mapping Sleuths
• Robert Stewart was interviewed July 1 by Water Environment and Technology about Louisiana's coastal wetland loss
• USGS Uses Remote Sensing to Monitor Oak Decline
• Jacoby Carter was interviewed by the Daily Advertiser
• USGS Scientist Received Merit Award
• USGS Scientist Serves on Freshwater Inflows Steering Group
• Tommy Michot was interviewed by the Daily Advertiser (LA) about the wading bird population

June 2004

• New Poster "Louisiana: Migratory Crossroads
• Tommy Michot was the featured guest on "Louisiana Wild," a public radio program on
• Baton Rouge's WRKF-FM

May 2004

• USGS Scientist Speaks at Harvard University
• USGS Scientist Speaks at Carbon Sequestration Conference
• Lights, Camera, Action
• USGS Science Supports New National Wildlife Refuge
• USGS Science Coordinator Briefs FWS Regional Ecosystem Team
• Elijah Ramsey and Gene Nelson were interviewed for The History Channel

April 2004

• USGS Scientists Appointed to Governor's Commission
• USGS Scientist Gives Invited Talk at Ecological Restoration Workshop

February 2004

• USGS Briefs Congress on Sea Level Rise
• USGS Represented on Heinz Center Committee
  

January 2004

• USGS Scientist Speaks to Transportation Research Board
• Tommy Michot was interviewed by the Louisiana Sportsman

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