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04
Sep

Colorado Plateau Dark Sky Cooperative’s Quarterly CONNECTIONS

Conference/Seminar

Today’s Topic: Managing a Shared Resource - Working with our Federal Partners
In this session, we will hear perspectives from our federal partners, the NPS, BLM, and USFS, the certified land assets from which dark sky visitorship and tourism flow, including a discussion about the partnerships between public land entities, gateway communities, and nearby tribal nations can each benefit when parks and communities are dark-sky certified.

Quarterly CONNECTIONS are a series of educational interactive webinars intended to broaden awareness and support actions that protect the night sky. Each session has a unique Zoom registration link available from the main webpage: https://extension.usu.edu/iort/cp-darkskies/quarterly-connections.

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm | Online/Virtual |
05
Sep

ENVS Community Lunch

Social/Networking

ENVS Community Lunch

12:00 pm - 12:30 pm | Natural Resources Building |
06
Sep

Ecology Center EcoLunch

Breakfast/Luncheon/Dinner

EcoLunch is a weekly lunch hosted by the Ecology Center and open to all graduate students in WILD, WATS, ENVS, BIO, PSC, and any other graduate students interested in ecology-related topics. The Friday before each Ecology Center speaker presents, we will read and discuss some of their research. Almost every other Friday, we'll meet to share a wide range of topics such as: where to find local wild edibles, nature yoga, queer animals, and so much more.

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm | Natural Resources Building |
06
Sep

Bear Lake Science Symposium

Conference/Seminar

The Bear Lake Science Symposium will feature presentations by researchers who received Bear Lake grants to study various aspects of the water, ecology, recreation, and community growth along the lake. Everyone is invited to attend. The event is free but registration is requested using the link at https://www.usu.edu/ilwa/.

2:00 pm - 4:00 pm |
10
Sep

ENVS Departmental Meeting

Meeting

ENVS Departmental Meeting

10:00 am - 11:30 am | Online/Virtual |
12
Sep

ENVS Community Lunch

Social/Networking

ENVS Community Lunch

12:00 pm - 12:30 pm | Natural Resources Building |
16
Sep

Geosciences Speaker Series: Jordan Jensen

Conference/Seminar

USU PhD student Jordan Jensen will present on his internship.

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Geology building |
17
Sep

Natural Resources Field Days 2024

Special Event

Welcome to another exciting Natural Resources Field Days! We are excited to engage the cache valley 4th grade students in understanding the Water, Soils, Plants, and Wildlife of the Logan River watershed ecosystem. Students and their teachers spend the day at Spring Hollow Campground on the Cache National Forest, rotating through four stations and learning about wildlife, soils, plants, and water quality. We have approximately 2,000-2,500 students participate each year!

9:50 am - 2:10 pm |
17
Sep

USU Fall STEM Career Fair

Social/Networking

The USU STEM Career Fair is open to all majors but is targeted towards Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics majors. This event is a great opportunity for both local and national companies to recruit our amazing USU students and alumni for open roles. Industries represented include: Engineering, Healthcare, Construction, Environmental, Technology, Energy, Landscape Architecture, Consulting and Government.

3:00 pm - 7:00 pm | TSC, Evan N. Stevenson Ballroom |
17
Sep

JQL Institute for Land, Water, and Air Open House

Information/Orientation

Learn about the Institute for Land, Water, and Air at USU and how you can be involved in our events this year!

3:00 pm - 4:30 pm | Eccles Conference Center |
19
Sep

ENVS Community Lunch

Social/Networking

ENVS Community Lunch

12:00 pm - 12:30 pm | Natural Resources Building |
20
Sep

Natural Resources Field Days 2024

Special Event

Welcome to another exciting Natural Resources Field Days! We are excited to engage the cache valley 4th grade students in understanding the Water, Soils, Plants, and Wildlife of the Logan River watershed ecosystem. Students and their teachers spend the day at Spring Hollow Campground on the Cache National Forest, rotating through four stations and learning about wildlife, soils, plants, and water quality. We have approximately 2,000-2,500 students participate each year!

9:50 am - 2:10 pm |
20
Sep

LAEP Speaker Series: James Hyatt, Distinguished Alumnus

Lecture/Readings

The Education of a Landscape Architect James will describe his unique career path which has taken him all over the world and provided collaboration with some of the most renowned architects, interior designers, environmentalists, and tastemakers of our time. Bio: James Hyatt is the Founding Principal and President of JamesHyatt Studio. James has inspired the imagination of all those who live within or visit places of his creation. Without a doubt, James Hyatt Studio has created some of the most compelling landscapes in the world. As an internationally acclaimed landscape architect and designer, Jim leads James Hyatt Studio. His is a planning and design firm with a primary focus on luxury resorts, up-scale communities, and private residential estates. Additionally, the studio has successfully executed evocative retail environments, mixed-use, and urban residential developments Jim has extensive experience working within complex and environmentally sensitive projects, creating timeless environments his clients have come to expect.

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Fine Arts Visual |
21
Sep

QCNR Camp

Student Activities

A fun weekend of field education for undergraduates learning valuable skills required for seasonal work and more.

From 9/21 at 10:30 am to 9/22 at 4:30 pm | Natural Resources Building |
24
Sep

ENVS Departmental Meeting

Meeting

ENVS Departmental Meeting

10:00 am - 11:30 am | Online/Virtual |
26
Sep

ENVS Community Lunch

Social/Networking

ENVS Community Lunch

12:00 pm - 12:30 pm | Natural Resources Building |
27
Sep

LAEP Speaker Series: Therese Graf, The Craig Johnson Lecture

Lecture/Readings

From Propagation to Planning, How Restorative One Health Design Approaches Can Scale Site Based Interventions to Regional Scale Solutions MASS Design Group was founded on the understanding that design has a critical role to play in supporting communities to confront history, shape new narratives, collectively heal and project new possibilities for the future. In the face of a changing climate and rapid rates of biodiversity loss, holistic place based solutions are needed that cross disciplinary boundaries and catalyze action. Through our One Health work we have explored how restorative design approaches can scale from site based applications to regional scale solutions. This session will highlight these possibilities and discuss how collaborative partnerships can expand design approaches towards research based methodologies, sustainability, community benefit, and resilience.

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Fine Arts Visual |
28
Sep

Stream and Riparian Restoration Volunteer Project

Special Event

The Berryman Institute is sponsoring a field trip to join Sageland Collaborative for a day in the field building BDAs (Beaver Dam Analogs). All undergraduate students are welcome to join this field trip for a fun day of hands-on learning!

You will need to bring a water bottle and lunch and wear appropriate clothing for a day working outside.

To attend, follow these 3 easy steps by September 20:

Send an email to me (Julie.young@usu.edu) and Richard Evans (Richard.evans@usu.edu) saying you are signing up. We need an accurate count for the rental vehicle reservations.

Fill out the Sageland Collaborative google document on their website (https://sagelandcollaborative.org/riverscape-restoration). You can also fund it by clicking here. Please be sure to select 'Sept 28' as the date.

Show up under the bridge in front of the NR building at 7am on September 28 to hop in the USU vehicles and go!

7:00 am - 5:00 pm | Natural Resources Building |
30
Sep

Geosciences Speaker Series: Dr. Juli Scamardo

Conference/Seminar

Dr, Juli Scamardo, from USU WATS, will present on Fluvial Geomorphology.

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Geology building |