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Subject: [GA-ACT] Fwd: EcoStream 2018: CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
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T-Shirt Design Contest
Now accepting t-shirt design submissions for the 2018 conference! The
official conference t-shirt will feature the winning design along with the
EcoStream logo. Designs must be your own artwork and include an image that
depicts your interpretation of the 2018 theme "Evolving from Two Decade of
Lessons Learned to Meet Future Challenges".
The winner will receive one free conference registration! Submit
entries to Brittany
Santore
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by
March 1, 2018. The winning entry will be selected by the conference
planning committee and will be announced on April 1, 2018.
Be a Conference Sponsor
This event could not occur without the support of our sponsors. Please see
our Sponsor page for more information on the different Sponsor Levels and
to register.
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Submit your abstract
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by March 1, 2018 to be considered for placement in the program.
Submit t-shirt designs by March 1, 2018 to be considered in the contest.
Special Session proposals should be submitted using the abstract link
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March 1, 2018.
Registration Coming Soon!
Registration prices include full conference, field tours, and socials.
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- Government/Non-profit Rate $375
- Student Rate $175
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*Want to receive announcements about stream and riparian restoration
workshops and conferences, and job opportunities in the area? Then sign up
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Abstracts due March 1!
*EcoStream 2018: Stream Ecology & Restoration Conference **Evolving from
Two Decades of Lessons Learned to Meet Future Challenges*
* August 13-16, 2018 - Asheville, NC*
*Website: https://www.bae.ncsu.edu/workshops-conferences/ecostream-conference/
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The 2018 EcoStream Conference will focus on improving future restoration
efforts through evaluating lessons learned; adaptive management; and
innovations in restoration design, planning, management, and monitoring.
You are invited to submit abstracts for either oral or poster presentation.
Deadline to submit abstracts in March 1, 2018.
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*Broad Topic Areas to Consider Include:*
· Identifying and Assessing Failure Modes
· Emerging Threats to Streams
· Hyporheic Zone Science and Function
· Municipal Stream Restoration Programs and Approaches
· Integration of Municipal MS4/NPDES Permit Compliance and Urban
Stream Restoration Practices
· Flood Management and Extreme Event Considerations
· Quantitative Approaches for Measuring and Monitoring Streambank
Erosion and Sediment Loads
· Sediment Transport Analysis
· Stream Barrier Removal
· Approaches for Conversion of Ponds to Stream/Wetland Complexes
· Optimizing Restoration Outcomes of Stream Mitigation
· Alternative Mitigation Scenarios
· Stream Restoration Monitoring, Data Management and Analysis
· Investigations of Stream Form and Function
· Community Engagement
· Emerging Technologies
· Habitat or Species-Focused Restoration
· Vegetation for Long-Term Success
· Monitoring of Physicochemical and Biological Stream Functions
· Site Selection to Maximize Project Success
*Click here for more info and to submit an abstract*:
https://www.bae.ncsu.edu/workshops-conferences/ecostream-conference/
abstracts/
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*Special Sessions*
The EcoStream Conference Planning Committee is also seeking proposals for
Special Sessions. A Special Session will present a relevant and timely
subject, with researchers and practitioners discussing their work. Special
Sessions will be concurrent oral sessions with three or four presentations
per session covering 60 minutes.
Those interested in organizing and moderating a Special Session are
requested to submit the information outlined below by *March 1, 2018*.
Submissions must be e-mailed to [log in to unmask]
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Submission information should include:
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- A description (limited to 300 words) stating the importance of the
topic and the rationale for the proposed session
- If it is proposed that the special session cover more than 60 minutes,
an explanation of the need for the extended period
- Organizer(s), including brief biography and contact information
- List of potential presenters and proposed titles of abstracts
Approved sessions will need to submit formal abstracts for each of the
participants by June 1, 2016.
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*Special Session Contest: What is Your Worst Restoration Mistake?*
With the focus of the conference on using lessons learned from the past 20
years of restoration efforts to help guide us in addressing the future
challenges of stream restoration in the southeast region, we invite project
designers, managers and contractors to share their worst stream restoration
design or implementation decision made. The winner will receive a PRIZE
based on audience voting during the conference. Please use the abstract
submission link
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This conference is sponsored by:
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- NC Sea Grant
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