Hudson River Environmental Society

Calendar of Events

November 5 & 6, 2009

Environmental History of the Hudson River:
Human Uses that Affected the Ecology and Changing Ecology that Forced Changes in Human Uses

Location: Holiday Inn & Conference Center, Fishkill NY

Registration:
Includes all breaks, two lunches, grand banquet, abstracts, special pricing on transactions to be published, reduced rate on motel room.

HRES Members: Until Oct 28th: $90 | At the door: $115
Non-Members: Until Oct 28th: $115 | At the door: $135

Pre-registrants may reserve a motel room at special conference pricing:
Call Fishkill Holiday Inn directly (845-896-6281); provide Code “HRE.”
Non-members may join HRES now and receive member rate.
Partial Scholarship support is available.
Contact Stephen Wilson, Executive Director: hres@nycap.rr.com
Travel funding restricted by the economic downturn?
Contact Stephen Wilson, Executive Director: hres@nycap.rr.com

REGISTER (CREDIT CARD)
Link to Acteva to register and pay conferences fees online.

REGISTER (BY CHECK)
Register by mail by downloading and completing the attached form (PDF 200kb).

ABOUT:
A two-part symposium examining the past 400 years of how natural attributes of the Hudson River Valley influenced human uses and consequences for the ecology and environmental health of the Hudson River Valley. Invited experts will describe ecosystems during the period of human occupation and use, that changed the river ecology. All authors will discuss both aspects as they examine the interactive effects. On the second day a select panel will evaluate how such feedback mechanisms may play out over the next 400 years. A companion white paper of transactions will be published with all presentations and conclusions.

We hope to foster new discussions and new ways of reasoning among historians, biologists, economists, and other disciplines. The content should be of great value to regulatory and administrative agencies. All authors will orient their discussions around the conceptual feedback relationships between extant ecosystem character and how human uses affect those ecosystems.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Thomas Lewis, noted Hudson River Historian
Skidmore College
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WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
Historians, anthropologists, archeologists, artists, economists
Biologists, ecologists, agriculturists, agronomists, environmentalists
Hydrologists and water quality engineers
Decision makers, administrators, regulators
Educators at all levels
Hudson River Enthusiasts

PARTIAL SUPPORT FROM:
The NYS Assembly
The NYS Senate
Hudson River Improvement Fund
The Hudson River Foundation
NYS Department of Environmental Conservation
Environmental Consortium of Hudson Valley Colleges & Universities
Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries
HRD/LMS Environmental Engineering

>> Download Conference Information (PDF 208 kb)


	about HRES calendar & events publications board members join now resources Calendar of Events November 5 & 6, 2009 Environmental History of the Hudson River: Human Uses that Affected the Ecology and Changing Ecology that Forced Changes in Human Uses Location: Holiday Inn & Conference Center, Fishkill NY Registration: Includes all breaks, two lunches, grand banquet, abstracts, special pricing on transactions to be published, reduced rate on motel room. HRES Members: Until Oct 28th: $90 \| At the door: $115 Non-Members: Until Oct 28th: $115 \| At the door: $135 Pre-registrants may reserve a motel room at special conference pricing: Call Fishkill Holiday Inn directly (845-896-6281); provide Code “HRE.” Non-members may join HRES now and receive member rate. Partial Scholarship support is available. Contact Stephen Wilson, Executive Director: hres@nycap.rr.com Travel funding restricted by the economic downturn? Contact Stephen Wilson, Executive Director: hres@nycap.rr.com REGISTER (CREDIT CARD) Link to Acteva to register and pay conferences fees online. REGISTER (BY CHECK) Register by mail by downloading and completing the attached form (PDF 200kb). ABOUT: A two-part symposium examining the past 400 years of how natural attributes of the Hudson River Valley influenced human uses and consequences for the ecology and environmental health of the Hudson River Valley. Invited experts will describe ecosystems during the period of human occupation and use, that changed the river ecology. All authors will discuss both aspects as they examine the interactive effects. On the second day a select panel will evaluate how such feedback mechanisms may play out over the next 400 years. A companion white paper of transactions will be published with all presentations and conclusions. We hope to foster new discussions and new ways of reasoning among historians, biologists, economists, and other disciplines. The content should be of great value to regulatory and administrative agencies. All authors will orient their discussions around the conceptual feedback relationships between extant ecosystem character and how human uses affect those ecosystems. KEYNOTE SPEAKER Thomas Lewis, noted Hudson River Historian Skidmore College >> View additional speakers and presentation titles WHO SHOULD ATTEND: Historians, anthropologists, archeologists, artists, economists Biologists, ecologists, agriculturists, agronomists, environmentalists Hydrologists and water quality engineers Decision makers, administrators, regulators Educators at all levels Hudson River Enthusiasts PARTIAL SUPPORT FROM: The NYS Assembly The NYS Senate Hudson River Improvement Fund The Hudson River Foundation NYS Department of Environmental Conservation Environmental Consortium of Hudson Valley Colleges & Universities Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries HRD/LMS Environmental Engineering >> Download Conference Information (PDF 208 kb)