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SUMMARY:💡CE: ESMN Chapter Meeting: TNC’s Mario Balitbit on Long-Term Monitoring of Shore Bird Populations
DESCRIPTION:Mario Balitbit will discuss long-term monitoring of shore bird of populations such as American Oystercatchers\, Whimbrels and Willets. \n\n\n\nTNC Bio: \n\n\n\nA lifelong bird enthusiast\, Mario joined TNC full time in December 2022 after working as a summer seasonal shorebird technician. As part of VVCR’s Migratory Bird Program\, Mario assists with our long-term monitoring efforts of many shore/waterbird species—including willets\, American oystercatchers and whimbrels—found breeding\, wintering or migrating along the Barrier Islands system. Mario also coordinates our Island Steward volunteer program\, engaging visitors on barrier island policies to protect beach nesting birds. \n\n\n\nAgenda: \n\n\n\n\n5:00-5:30: Social time\n\n\n\n5:30-6:00 Business meeting\n\n\n\n6:00-7:00 Speaker.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBetter Impact Info: Log speaker time under Category 2/Continuing Education.
URL:https://www.esmn.org/event/%f0%9f%92%a1esmn-chapter-meeting-2-3/
LOCATION:Virginia Institute of Marine Science Eastern Shore Laboratory\, Seaside Hall\, 36 Atlantic Street\, Wachapreague\, VA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Continuing Education
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SUMMARY:💡ESMN Chapter Meeting “Virginia’s Dynamic Energy Landscape”
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: John Larson of Virginia Power \nTopic: Virginia’s Dynamic Energy Landscape \nSchedule: 5:00 pm social time; 5:30 business meeting;  6:00 pm speaker. \nBusiness Meeting Agenda: TBD \nLocation: Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) Eastern Shore Laboratory\, Seaside Hall\, 40 Atlantic Street\, Wachapreague. Note that per VIMS you may park on Atlantic Avenue along the yellow curbs. \nSpeaker Bio: John Larson joined Dominion Energy in 1996 and is currently the Director of Public Policy and Economic Development. During John’s career at the company\, he has held various leadership positions in generation business development\, alternative energy technologies as well as transmission construction and operations. He is well versed in offshore wind through his experience in the development and early permitting activities for Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) Pilot Project. \nCurrently\, a large part of his time is spent on Dominion Energy’s Business to Business\, Workforce Development and Community Outreach activity for as the Company moves forward implementing the requirements of the Virginia Clean Economy Act\, including the 16\,100 MW of solar\, 5\,200 MW of offshore wind and 2\,700 MW of storage\, with the objective of maximizing opportunities for Virginia’s vendors\, subcontractors and suppliers. \nJohn resides in Henrico County\, Virginia with his wife and has three adult children. He graduated with a B.S in Chemical Engineering from North Carolina State University. \n\nLog speaker time in Better Impact under Category 2: Continuing Education.
URL:https://www.esmn.org/event/%f0%9f%92%a1esmn-chapter-meeting/
LOCATION:Virginia Institute of Marine Science Eastern Shore Laboratory\, Seaside Hall\, 36 Atlantic Street\, Wachapreague\, VA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Chapter Member Continuing Education
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SUMMARY:💡 ESMN Chapter Meeting: Speaker Christopher Hein\, Director of VIMS Geology Lab
DESCRIPTION:Christopher Hein\, Director of the VIMS Geology Lab will give an update on the Cedar Island Project. \nThe project aims to improve barrier-island and marsh resilience on a 216-acre site to protect against coastal erosion and island breaching\, while expanding wildlife habitat and ecosystem services. This will help protect underserved coastal communities against the impacts of coastal flooding and damage from storm surge. \nChristopher Hein. Photo by VIMS. \nADDITIONAL RESOURCES \n\nMore info about Cedar Island.\nhttp://geology.blogs.wm.edu/2016/08/06/twenty-years-of-change-at-cedar-island/Twenty Years of Change at Cedar ISland\nLeveraging the Interdependencies Between Barrier Islands and Backbarrier Saltmarshes to Enhance Resilience to Sea-Level Rise\nCEDAR ISLAND MARSH COULD MEAN MORE BIRD HABITAT\, LESS EROSION FOR EASTERN SHORE\nBuying Time – Living on the Edge\nDr. Hein’s vitae as of September 2023\n\nAll 2024 speaker meetings will be the third Wednesday of every other month at Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) Eastern Shore Laboratory\, Seaside Hall\, 40 Atlantic Street\, Wachapreague. Note that per VIMS you may park on Atlantic Avenue along the yellow curbs. \nSocial time 5-5:30pm; speaker 5:30; brief business meeting 6:30. \nBetter Impact Category 2: Continuing Education (speaker portion only)\n\nSee VMN CE Webinars and VMN High Five From Nature Series for additional CE opportunities.
URL:https://www.esmn.org/event/esmn-chapter-meeting-speaker-christopher-hein-director-of-vims-geology-lab/
LOCATION:Virginia Institute of Marine Science Eastern Shore Laboratory\, Seaside Hall\, 36 Atlantic Street\, Wachapreague\, VA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Chapter Member Continuing Education
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