Oysters aren’t just slimy critters in shells…they are ambassadors engaging elementary students in three dimensional learning. Join NOAA in an exploration of the Eastern Oyster through core ideas, science and engineering practices, and cross cutting concepts. The development of the Oysters in the Chesapeake Bay learning sequence will be discussed. NOAA will dive into individual lessons from this sequence for students in grades K-5. Registration is required to obtain a link to the broadcast.

Contact Hours of Professional Development

Individuals attending the complete live broadcast will receive a formal certificate from NOAA Planet Stewards and NESTA (National Earth Science Teachers Association) indicating their participation in 1.5 contact hours of professional development.

Following each webinar, NESTA will host a live online discussion where you can share ideas with your colleagues about content, pedagogy, or teaching resources. Contribute to the conversation by making at least two posts to the discussion, and receive an additional certificate for 1 contact hour of professional development.

TPWD Recreation Grants is planning a series of statewide public input meetings to discuss and assess evaluation criteria for awarding funds through the Community Outdoor Outreach Program (CO-OP) Grant and for Local Park Grants. Your feedback will assist TPWD in keeping the evaluation criteria relevant for future grant applicants. Those unable to attend a public meeting will have the opportunity to participate in an online webinar.

You can find the existing evaluation criteria for each of these grant programs by visiting our website at https://tpwd.texas.gov/business/grants/recreation-grants

After the results of public input are obtained, TPWD staff will propose evaluation criteria rule changes for adoption by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission in early 2019.

To register or for more information, visit tpwd.texas.gov.

Thursday, September 13, 2018 – Houston

9:00 AM – 11:30 PM: Local Park Grant Evaluation Criteria Discussion

1:00 PM – 3:30 PM: CO-OP Grant Evaluation Criteria Discussion

TPWD State Parks Region 4 HQ

14200 Garrett Road

Houston, TX 77044

Local Parks Grant Webinar

September 25, 2018

9:00am – 11:00am

Registration: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7385030769449503235

OR

September 25, 2018

1:00pm – 3:00pm

Registration: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5521826952322676227

CO-OP Grant Webinar

September 27, 2018

9:00am – 11:00am

Registration: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5923429071926027011

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) Recreation Grants program is hosting a series of public input meetings to discuss and assess evaluation criteria for awarding funds  for Local Park Grants. Public feedback during upcoming open meetings will assist TPWD in keeping the evaluation criteria relevant for future grant applicants.

The Local Park Grants program consists of five individual programs that assist local units of government with the acquisition and/or development of public recreation areas and facilities throughout the state. The program provides 50 percent matching grants on a reimbursement basis to eligible applicants. All grant assisted sites must be dedicated as parkland in perpetuity, properly maintained and open to the public.

To register or for more information, visit tpwd.texas.gov.

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) Recreation Grants program is hosting a series of public input meetings to discuss and assess evaluation criteria for awarding funds  for Local Park Grants. Public feedback during upcoming open meetings will assist TPWD in keeping the evaluation criteria relevant for future grant applicants.

The Local Park Grants program consists of five individual programs that assist local units of government with the acquisition and/or development of public recreation areas and facilities throughout the state. The program provides 50 percent matching grants on a reimbursement basis to eligible applicants. All grant assisted sites must be dedicated as parkland in perpetuity, properly maintained and open to the public.

To register or for more information, visit tpwd.texas.gov.

TPWD Recreation Grants is planning a series of statewide public input meetings to discuss and assess evaluation criteria for awarding funds through the Community Outdoor Outreach Program (CO-OP) Grant. Your feedback will assist TPWD in keeping the evaluation criteria relevant for future grant applicants.

TPWD developed the CO-OP in 1996 to help introduce underserved populations to environmental education, conservation and outdoor recreation programs. The program is authorized by the Texas Legislature through TPWD’s budget as a specialized component of the Texas Recreation and Parks Account Program. CO-OP grant funding is available to tax-exempt non-profit organizations, municipalities, universities and local school districts.

To register or for more information, visit tpwd.texas.gov.

On September 30, 2018, at 6 p.m., Christ the King Evangelical Lutheran Church invites you to a monthly environmental education web meeting series whose theme in 2018 is Stewardship. In September, the Church welcomes Jordan Fengel, Executive Director of STAR (State of TX Alliance for Recycling).

The US has relied on China to process our mixed plastic and mixed paper recyclables for the last 20+ years. However, a recent policy change by the Chinese government in 2017, enacted in 2018, banning many recyclable materials from being imported, has created a conundrum in the recycling industry. With China set to eliminate all imports of recyclable materials by 2020, Jordan will discuss what STAR is doing to turn the tide.

Please register for this talk, and you will receive an invitation to the web meeting. For more information, visit eventbrite.com or contact Lisa Brenskelle at gcs.lrc@gmail.com.

This 90-minute webinar, sponsored by ASU in partnership with NCSE and SSF, will explore resilience risk and financial mechanisms to advance climate resilience. Joyce Coffee, Senior Sustainability Fellow, Global Institute of Sustainability, ASU and President of Climate Resilience Consulting, will moderate. She’ll be joined by

• Kurt Forsgren, Managing Director of U.S. Public Finance, S&P Global Ratings;
• Samantha Medlock, Head of North American Capital, Science and Policy, Willis Towers Watson; and
• Jame McMahon, CEO of The Climate Service.

Panelists will discuss risk and opportunity in the resilience finance marketplace and financial mechanisms to identify, evaluate and transfer climate risk.

The Open Ocean Trustee Implementation Group will hold its annual public meeting via an interactive webinar on November 14, 2018. During this meeting, NOAA’s Gulf Spill Restoration will present updates on the Open Ocean Restoration Area’s early restoration projects, first and second restoration plans, and monitoring and adaptive management activities. They will also provide an opportunity for questions and answers after the updates are presented.

This is the third webinar in ASWM and NRCS’s jointly-developed nine-part wetland training webinar series. The first half of the webinar will focus on explaining general wetland ecology concepts, including succession, thresholds, disturbance, sensitivity and resilience. The second half of the webinar will identify how source waters (surface and groundwater) and soils define the character of a wetland, including an introduction to the Hydrogeomorphic Wetland Classification System (HGM). Participants will come away from the webinar with an increased understanding of how to consider these key concepts as they plan conservation and management activities that include wetlands.

Presenters: Stacey Clark, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, and
Kendra Moseley, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service

This is the fourth webinar in ASWM and NRCS’s jointly-developed nine-part wetland training webinar series. The webinar will begin with a presentation on the variability in wetlands across the country, including how specific wetland functions and services vary by wetland type. The webinar will then move to a second presentation on wetland benefits and their impact on other resources at the watershed scale.  Participants will come away from the webinar with an increased understanding of variability of wetlands and their associated functions and services nationwide, as well as how wetland loss and wetland restoration can have impacts at the watershed scale.

Presenters: Doug Norris, Wetland Program Coordinator, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, and Andy Robertson, Executive Director, Geospatial Services, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota