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RAE National Conference Volunteers Needed
      
 
               RAE National Conference Volunteers Needed
 
Volunteers are needed to assist at the Restores America’s Estuaries Conference (RAE) in Providence this October.  Volunteers are needed in a variety of capacities over multiple days.  Those that assist at the conference will have the opportunity to attend some of the conference sessions free of charge as well.  All work will be done at the RI Convention Center in Providence . 

To sign up for any of these projects and times, please contact Stephany Hessler at shessler@savebay.org or 401.272.3540 x 130.

The current list of volunteer jobs includes:

 

Saturday, October 11

1 pm to 6 pm

Stuffing Conference Bags

You can work any time frame during this time

 

Sunday, October 12

7:30 am to 8:00 pm

Busy Times are 4:30 pm to 8:00 pm

Registration Assistance
You can work any time frame during this time

 

Monday, October 13

6:30 am to 5:00 pm
Busy Times are 6:30 am to 9:00 am
Registration Assistance
You can work any time frame during this time

 

Monday, October 13

7:00 am to 5:30 pm

Busy times will be 7:00am-8:30am and noon-1:30pm and 4:30pm-5:30pm

Save The Bay and RAE Booth Volunteers
You can work any time frame during this time

 

Monday, October 13
10:30 am to 5:00 pm

Volunteers are needed to sit in as room monitors during the days workshop sessions.  You will help with technical assistance, getting water, etc.  You will also get to enjoy the workshop(s) free of charge.  There will be a lunch break from noon to 1:30 pm.

Monday

10:30-Noon

 

Evaluating the Relationship Between Climate Change Impacts and Coastal Habitat Restoration

Integration of Wetlands Restoration with Traditional Coastal Planning and Management

Integrating Science and Stakeholders to Promote Ecosystem-Based Management in Morro Bay , California

Best Practices in Oyster Habitat Restoration

Education Through Restoration: Connecting Kids and Communities to Their Estuary

Monitoring Salt Marsh Restoration - Theory and Practice

Upstream Restoration Strategies

Restoring Urban Waterways

Water Quality Management in the Context of Habitat Restoration

 

Monday

1:30-3:00

 

From Communities to Clean-Up: Hurricane Response and Recovery in Mississippi and Louisiana

Climate Change and Tidal Marsh Restoration: The Implications of Sea Level Rise from Big Picture to Project Level

Sustainability Accord for America ’s Energy Coast

Narrow River Estuary - Water Quality, Habitat, Regulations, and Partners at the Ready

Advancing the Dam Removal Paradigm for Ecological Restoration: Tackling the Technical Issues

No Child Left Inside: A Back-to-Nature Movement

Next Steps in Living Shoreline Restoration: Taking Lessons from North Carolina , Virginia , and Maryland to the National Level

Coastal Habitat Restoration in the Urban Northeast U.S.

Making Restoration Work: The View of Urban Developers

 

Monday

3:30-5:00

 

Planning for Climate Change Along the Coast: The National Estuary Program

Ecosystem-Based Planning and Implementation

Advancing the Dam Removal Paradigm for Ecological Restoration: Tackling the Social/Cultural Issues

Advocacy Needs for Economic Data for Coastal and Estuarine Protection

Private/Public Cooperative Agreements for Wetland Restoration and Mitigation Planning

Moving Living Shoreline Policy and Implementation Forward: A Panel and Audience Discussion

Shellfish Restoration: Grappling with Human Influence

Large Scale Marsh Restoration and Lessons Learned From Them

Partnership Connections: From Headwaters to the Bay

 

Tuesday, October 14

6:30 am – 5:00 pm
Registration Assistance

You can work any time frame during this time


Tuesday, October 14

7:00 am to 5:30 pm

Busy times will be 7:00am-8:30am and noon-1:30pm and 4:30pm-5:30pm

Save The Bay and RAE Booth Volunteers
You can work any time frame during this time

 

Tuesday, October 14
10:30 am to 5:30 pm

Volunteers are needed to sit in as room monitors during the days workshop sessions.  You will help with technical assistance, getting water, etc.  You will also get to enjoy the workshop(s) free of charge.  There will be a lunch break from noon to 1:30 pm.

 

Tuesday

10:30-noon

 

Post-Hurricane Science and Planning to Restore Coastal Louisiana

Devil in the Details: The Legal Landscape and Coastal Restoration

Habitat Restoration Where We Live

Adaptive management of estuaries in the face of climate change

Human Dimensions Methods and Concepts:  A Current Perspective

Large-Scale Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (SAV) Restoration Research in the Chesapeake Bay : 2003-2007

Adaptive Management: Balancing Habitat Restoration and Public Needs in a Multi-Objective Restoration Project

Special Sessions - A Retrospective on Wetland Restoration Science and Practice:  Have We Really Achieved Ecological and/or Societal Successes? Organized by Michael Weinstein, Si Simenstad, Ron Thom, and Gordon Thayer

Dam Disposition and Ecosystem Restoration: Challenges, Opportunities and Innovations

 

Tuesday

2:00-3:30

 

Preparing the Next Generation of Coastal Leaders

Ecosystem Protection and Management in an Uncertain Future

Financing Strategies for Large Scale Ecosystem Restoration

Unique Ways to Engage the Community

Seagrass Restoration, Lessons Learned from Our Success and Failures

Beach and Salt Marsh Restoration Projects in Puget Sound—Integrated Approaches to Restoration and Lessons Learned from Different Perspectives

Oyster Habitat Restoration in North Carolina : From Reef Building and Research to Education – A Multifaceted Approach Engaging Multiple Stakeholders

Restoring Tidal Hydrology: Breaking Down Barriers Guidance Manual

Special Sessions - A Retrospective on Wetland Restoration Science and Practice:  Have We Really Achieved Ecological and/or Societal Successes? Organized by Michael Weinstein, Si Simenstad, Ron Thom, and Gordon Thayer

 

Tuesday

4:00-5:30

 

Issues in Planning and Design of Restoration Projects in the Face of Climate Change

Achieving Habitat Restoration: Innovative and Strategic Partnerships between Public and Private Organizations

Restoring Fish Habitat

A National Perspective on Legislative Issues Impacting Coasts and Estuaries

New Technologies in SAV Restoration

Creating a Shoreline and River Restoration Plan; South River Case Study

Designing Salt Marsh Projects for Success

Special Sessions - A Retrospective on Wetland Restoration Science and Practice:  Have We Really Achieved Ecological and/or Societal Successes? Organized by Michael Weinstein, Si Simenstad, Ron Thom, and Gordon Thayer

Water Quality and Habitat Restoration

 

Wednesday, October 15

6:30 am – 5:00 pm
Registration Assistance

You can work any time frame during this time

 

Wednesday, October 15

7:00 am to 5:30 pm

Busy times will be 7:00am-8:30am and noon-1:30pm and 4:30pm-5:30pm

Save The Bay and RAE Booth Volunteers
You can work any time frame during this time

 

Wednesday, October 15
10:30 am to 5:30 pm

Volunteers are needed to sit in as room monitors during the days workshop sessions.  You will help with technical assistance, getting water, etc.  You will also get to enjoy the workshop(s) free of charge.  There will be a lunch break from noon to 1:30 pm.

 

Wednesday

10:20-noon

 

Federal Opportunities in Restoration

Climate Change Considerations in Coastal Restoration

Five Years and Counting: Large-Scale Wetland Restoration at North River Farms in Coastal North Carolina

Cape Cod and Islands Restoration Projects: Past, Present, and Future

Economic and Ecological Service Valuations for Estuary Resource Management

Creating the Public and Political Will to Restore Our Coasts and Estuaries

On Their Ground and On Our Estuaries: Working to Restore Residential Shorelines

Bay Scallop (Argopecten irradians) Restoration

A Cooperative-Based Approach to Aquatic and Riparian Habitat Restoration

 

Wednesday

1:30pm-3:00pm

 

Restoration-Land Conservation

Restoration Coffee House – Session One:  Coastal restoration in the context of climate change

Lessons Learned from Restoration in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary

Mapping Subaqueous Soils and Landscapes: A New Tool for Planning Estuary/Coastal Restoration

Perspectives from Hurricane Katrina on Coastal Resiliency: Holistic Management of Coastal Resources and Community Planning

Considerations in SAV Restoration

Habitat Restoration to Protect Shorelines

Case Studies and Lessons Learned in Coastal Marsh Restoration

Urban Restoration, Challenges and Solutions within the Hudson Raritan Estuary

 

Wednesday

3:30-5:00

 

Restoring Urban Estuaries: Ecosystem Management and the Restoration Cascade

Improving Restoration Through Multi-Disciplinary Approaches to Science, Management and Outreach

Nature-like Fishways: Innovative Fish Passage Techniques in the Northeast

Restoration Coffee House Session Two:  Considering Human Dimensions in Restoration

Restoring Species through Shoreline Restoration Efforts

Sediment Management and Salt Marsh Restoration

Advances in the Science and Technology of Marsh Restoration

Terrestrial/Riparian Restoration for Estuary Health

Water Quality and Habitat Restoration in RI and MA

 

 

Stephany Hessler

Volunteer & Internship Manager

Save the Bay - Narragansett Bay

100 Save the Bay Drive

Providence, RI 02905

401.272.3540  x 130

401.273.7153 fax

shessler@savebay.org

www.savebay.org

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