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“Global Climate Change and Wildlife“ talk at the National Conservation Training Center

Author: ITP News Desk | Published: 02/02/2010 | 22 Views | Short URL: http://www.inthepanhandle.com/local/n/6469

Shepherdstown, WV - On Monday, February 8, 2010 at 7:30 pm, scientist Virginia Burkett will present “Global Climate Change and Wildlife“ in the Byrd Auditorium at the National Conservation Training Center (NCTC) in Shepherdstown, WV.

Virginia Burkett is the Chief Scientist for Global Change Research at the U.S. Geological Survey.  She was formerly Chief of the Forest Ecology Branch at the National Wetlands Research Center and Associate Regional Chief Biologist for the USGS Central Region.  Dr. Burkett has served as Director of the Louisiana Coastal Zone Management Program, Director of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, and Assistant Director of the Louisiana Geological Survey.  She has published extensively on the topics of global change and low-lying coastal zones.  She was a Lead Author on the United Nation’s IPCC Third and Fourth Assessment Reports (2001 and 2007) and an IPCC Technical Paper on Water (2007).  She coordinated both the Coastal and Southeast synthesis chapters of the U.S. National Assessment of climate change and its impacts. During her career Burkett has been appointed to over 40 Commissions, Committees, Science Panels and Boards.

The talk is free and open to the public.  The NCTC is located at 698 Conservation Way along Shepherd Grade Rd. in Shepherdstown, WV 25443 approximately 70 miles west of Washington and Baltimore.  No tickets or reservations are required.  For more information on the series please visit: http://training.fws.gov/history/publiclectures.html or contact Mark Madison (.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address); 304 876-7276).