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Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center

February 2014 Activity Highlights
Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
La Crosse, Wisconsin

Topics covered in the February activity report.


Aquatic Ecosystem Health

Improved Bacterial Coldwater Disease Therapy

North Central Regional Aquaculture Center

Aquatic Invasive Species

Asian Carp

Geospatial Sciences and Technology

International LiDAR Mapping Forum

ESRI GIS Summit

Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI)

Project #80, Birds as Indicators of Contaminant Exposure in the Great Lakes

Project #73, Avian Botulism in Distressed Great Lakes Environments 

Upper Midwest Stream Restoration Symposium

Stream Temperatures

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Thermal Infrared Imagery – Detection and Counting of Wildlife

Effects of Climate on Indiana Bat Winter Colony Size

Wisconsin Wetlands Conference

Pool-scale Drawdowns to Restore Wetland Habitat in the Upper Mississippi River

Migrating Birds and Tree Species Preferences on the Upper Mississippi River

Other

Adjunct Faculty Position

Acronyms

AOC – Area of Concern
EROS – Earth Resources Observation Systems
ESRI – Environmental Systems Research Institute
FDA – Food and Drug Administration
GIS – Geographic Information System
GLNPO – Great Lakes National Program Office
GLRI – Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
ILMF – International LiDAR Mapping Forum
LiDAR – Light Detection and Ranging
NCRAC – North Central Regional Aquaculture Center
NPS – National Park Service
NRDA – Natural Resources Damage Assessment
PAHs – polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
PCBs – polychlorinated biphenyls
UMESC – Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
UMR – Upper Mississippi River
UMRR-EMP – Upper Mississippi River Restoration - Environmental Management Program
USACE – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
USFWS – U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
USGS – U.S. Geological Survey
UWL – University of Wisconsin at La Crosse

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