Past 2010 Forums Thursday, March 4, 2010, 4:30-6:30 p.m., Student Lounge, Vanderlyn Hall, SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge "Wile E. Coyote In Your Backyard: What You Should Know About Canis latrans," with Dr. Roland Kays, Curator of Mammals, NYS Museum, on "New York’s Coyote/Coydog/Coywolf: What is it and how did it get here?"; Dan Bogan, Ph.D. candidate, Cornell University, on "Suburban coyote behavioral ecology; implications for ecology and management;" and Robin Holevinski, Ph.D. candidate, SUNY ESF, on "Foraging Ecology and Population Status of Eastern Coyotes" This program is part of a free lecture series, "2020 Vision for the Catskills", sponsored by Catskill Institute for the Environment and the NYCDEP. Public invited. Click here for more information on this event Thursday, April 29, 4:30 - 6:30 p.m., Seelig Theater, Building E, Sullivan County Community College, Loch Sheldrake "Acid Rain and Its Impact on Fish and Forest in the Catskills," with Barry Baldigo and Douglas Burns of the US Geological Survey. "Acid Rain and Its Impact on Fish and Forest in the Catskills" will feature presentations by Doug Burns, Director of the National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program, and Barry Baldigo, research biologist with the USGS. The free program is sponsored by the Catskill Institute for the Environment (CIE). Thursday, April 29 at 4:30 p.m. in Seelig Theater at Sullivan County Community College, Loch Sheldrake. The public is most welcome. Doug Burns has worked as a research hydrologist at the USGS in Troy since 1987. He holds an MS in Environmental Sciences from the University of Virginia and a Ph.D. in Water Resources Management from the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY ESF) in Syracuse. Author of more than 60 scientific papers and reports, Dr. Burns will be lead author of a report to the U.S. Congress due to be submitted in fall 2010. Barry Baldigo holds a MS in Fisheries Biology from SUNY ESF and has worked as a research biologist with the USGS since 1990. Barry currently leads several collaborative studies with the New York State DEC, New York City DEP, and other agencies. He has worked closely with the DEP over the past 20 years to document the effects of acid deposition, flow modification, and restoration on fish communities in streams of the Catskill region. This program is part of a free lecture series, "2020 Vision for the Catskills", sponsored by Catskill Institute for the Environment and the NYCDEP. Public invited. To download the event flyer, click here The CIE, established in 1998, is a consortium of representatives of colleges, institutions and individuals that coordinates symposia and special programming to promote environmental awareness, education and scientific cooperation in the Catskill region.

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