ESOC virtual coffee hour occurs weekly from 9-10am on Wednesdays. We will be meeting remotely on Zoom. Please email Claire Waugh (waughc@colorado.edu) for information.

ESOC researchers, post-docs and graduate students gather for conversation and to discuss research. Occasional guest speakers are invited to give short presentations on topics of interest.

Please join us for the NC CASC webinar on Thursday, July 8, 2021, 11a -12p MDT:

"How the Resist-Accept-Direct (RAD) framework clarifies the challenge of modern natural resource management and supports strategic, forward-looking action"

Presented by: Gregor Schuurman, Ecologist, National Park Service’s Climate Change Response Program

Registration link:  Register in advance for this meeting: https://cuboulder.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMkdeqprTsqHdaqzl7GvVn5CPWS0...

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.  

Abstract:

Strong climate trends and other modern human drivers effectively place ecosystems in new contexts with new challenges for managers and society. Mounting costs of restoring past conditions or even “holding the line” to preserve current conditions are increasingly likened to paddling upstream. This situation is both a practical and a philosophical challenge for managers because an assumption of stationarity—i.e. “the idea that natural systems fluctuate within an unchanging envelope of variability”—underlies traditional conservation and natural resource management. This assumption is expressed in widespread reliance on ecological baselines to guide protection, restoration, and other management. In this brave new non-stationary world, resisting change is not always the most effective approach for achieving long-term management goals. In fact, unexamined resistance may lead to misinvestment of limited management resources and loss of opportunities for more effective action. Managers are therefore expanding their toolkit. Resisting change continues to be a valid approach where careful consideration shows it to be strategic (i.e., feasible and cost-effective), but is increasingly complemented by options to instead “go with the flow” and either accept the trajectory or intervene to direct it towards preferred new conditions. New thinking in the National Park Service along these lines encourages managers to consider the full range of potential decisions, as expressed in the Resist-Accept-Direct (RAD) framework. The RAD framework, the product of long-term collaboration among a diverse set of partners, helps managers make informed, purposeful choices about how to respond to the trajectory of change. This presentation will describe the challenge of strong ecological trajectories and transformations and introduce the RAD framework and illustrate its application alongside other important tools and concepts.

About the speaker:

Dr. Gregor Schuurman is an Ecologist with the National Park Service’s Climate Change Response Program, which is headquartered in Fort Collins, Colorado. He works with parks and partners to understand and adapt to a wide range of climate change impacts. Specifically, his work focuses on 1) helping incorporate climate projections into management and planning, 2) producing and synthesizing management-relevant science, and 3) developing climate adaptation tools and concepts. Gregor received his Ph.D. from the University of Washington's Zoology Department and his M.S. from University of Minnesota’s Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior.

Past NC CASC Webinar Recordings: https://nccasc.colorado.edu/webinars 

Dates for 2021 NC CASC webinars:

August 12, 2021, 11a-12p MDT

September 9, 2021, 11a-12p MDT

October 14, 2021, 11a-12p MDT

November 11, 2021, 11a-12p MST

December 9, 2021, 11a-12p MS

ESOC virtual coffee hour occurs weekly from 9-10am on Wednesdays. We will be meeting remotely on Zoom. Please email Claire Waugh (waughc@colorado.edu) for information.

ESOC researchers, post-docs and graduate students gather for conversation and to discuss research. Occasional guest speakers are invited to give short presentations on topics of interest.

Building a Meaningful Support Network with Christine Wiedinmyer (CIRES Associate Director of Science, Earth Science Women’s Network (ESWN) leadership). Additional info & registration details can be found here on the E&O website. 

This is the third presentation in a three-part monthly series, focused on developing diverse professional skills. Brought to you by CIRES E&O, the CIRES Mentoring Program, and CIRES HR (other dates and topics below).

• May 13: Mentoring Undergraduate Researchers
• June 17: Collaborative, Interdisciplinary, Team Science

Please join CIRES Director Waleed Abdalati for another CIRES Town Hall on Tuesday, July 20, 2021, for both CU Boulder and NOAA-based employees.

If you have a question you’d like the Director to address, please send it in (signed or anonymously) by Monday at 3 pm through https://insidecires.colorado.edu/news/surveyfaqs.html

Join by Zoom:

https://cuboulder.zoom.us/j/92760219759

ESOC virtual coffee hour occurs weekly from 9-10am on Wednesdays. We will be meeting remotely on Zoom. Please email Claire Waugh (waughc@colorado.edu) for information.

ESOC researchers, post-docs and graduate students gather for conversation and to discuss research. Occasional guest speakers are invited to give short presentations on topics of interest.

CIRES Travel hosting some Travel Q&A sessions and a step-by-step training as we begin to return to regular research operations, including resumption of domestic and international travel.

If you have questions about an upcoming trip, attending virtual conferences, requesting approval or reimbursement for travel, please drop by our Q&A sessions on July 27 (and another one on September 14)

July 27, 9:30-10:15a – https://cuboulder.zoom.us/j/94120809082

September 14, 9:30-10:15a – https://cuboulder.zoom.us/j/98862493105

ESOC virtual coffee hour occurs weekly from 9-10am on Wednesdays. We will be meeting remotely on Zoom. Please email Claire Waugh (waughc@colorado.edu) for information.

ESOC researchers, post-docs and graduate students gather for conversation and to discuss research. Occasional guest speakers are invited to give short presentations on topics of interest.