February 2012

Continuing through March 10 (began Jan. 11): 2012 Virginia General Assembly in Richmond.  For the full session calendar, see http://legis.virginia.gov/1_home/session_dates_times.html.

Feb. 25 in Radford, Dumfries (Prince William County), and Lynchburg: Polar Plunges for Special Olympics.  Participants raise funds to support Special Olympics and then join in a cold plunge into a local waterway.  Virginia Beach Polar Plunge was Feb. 4.  Web site for the Virginia Beach event, with links to others: http://www.specialolympicsva.org/View/Page/Polar_Plunge.

March 2012

Mar. 4-6, 2012, Holiday Inn Select Koger Conference Center, Richmond: Virginia Water Conference 2012.  Organized by the Virginia Lakes and Watersheds Association.  Dealine to submit abstracts for presentations is November 18.  More information: e-mail: conference@vlwa.org; Web site: www.vlwa.org.

Mar. 5-6, 2012, Charlottesville Doubletree Hilton: Industrial Waste & Pretreatment Seminar.  Organized by the Virginia Water Environment Association.  More information: http://www.vwea.org/eventsproceedings/upcoming-events/event/186.

Mar. 6, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point: Habitat Restoration–Making a Difference in Coastal Virginia.  Organized by the Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve.  Registration deadline is March 1.  More information: http://www.vims.edu/cbnerr; or contact Sandra Erdle at (804) 684-7120 or syerdle@vims.edu.

Mar. 7, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Virginia Western Community College, Roanoke: The Nature of Trees and Other Related Thoughts–12th annual Roanoke Tree Care Workshop.  Organized by the Virginia Urban Forest Council.  More information: http://www.treesvirginia.org; (434) 220-9024; becky.woodson@dof.virginia.gov.

Mar. 9, 2012, 8:30 a.m.-4:15 p.m., Hilton Garden Inn, Fairfax: Geothermal Heating and Cooling: Technology and Applications.  Conducted by HalfMoon Seminars of Altoona, Wisc.  More information: (715) 835-5900; https://www.halfmoonseminars.com/continuing_education_seminar.php?seminar_location_id=2095.

Mar. 15 in Halifax and Mar. 29 in Powhatan: The Woods in Your Backyard–Leaning to Create and Enhance Natural Areas Around Your Home.  Organized by Maryland Cooperative Extension, Penn State Cooperative Extension, and Virginia Cooperative Extension.  More information: Jason Fisher, (434) 476-2147 or jasonf@vt.edu; brochure (PDF) at http://cnre.vt.edu/forestupdate/calendar/march/WIYBY%20brochure%20-%20spring%202012.pdf.

Mar. 26-27, and May 16-17, 2012, online: “Water Matters” Webinars.  Presented by the Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies’ “Shout” Program.  The series will explore both water quality and water quantity.  Designed for teachers to use with K-12 classes or on their own as professional development.  The Shout program addresses curriculum standards for ecological, social, and economic systems; human impact on the environment; and civic responsibility.  Dates and topics for whole series: Feb. 7-8: Water Questions—When We Want to Know More; Mar. 26-27: Water Quantity—When’s There’s Too Much or Too Little; and May 16-17: Water Quality: When It’s Not Clean or Healthy.  Each two-day series includes several one-hour long presentations.  More information: http://www.smithsonianconference.org/shout/program-2012/.

April 2012

Apr. 1-4, 2012, Hotel Roanoke and Conference Center: Virginia Rural Water Association annual conference.  More information: (540) 261-7178; vrwa@vrwa.org; http://www.vrwa.org/.

Apr. 6, 2012, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Danville: Spring Venture Outdoors Program.  A one-day workshop for forest landowners on tree identification, assessment, and management.  Organized by Virginia Cooperative Extension/Halifax County Office.  More information: Jason Fisher, (434) 476-2147 or jasonf@vt.edu; http://www.ext.vt.edu.

Apr. 10-12, 2012, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington: 23rd Annual Environment Virginia Symposium.  Organized by the VMI Center for Leadership & Ethics.  More information: Kathy Wirtanen, (540) 464-7361; wirtanenki@vmi.edu; http://www.vmi.edu/Content.aspx?id=29369.

Apr. 14, 2012, at many locations in northern Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia: Potomac River Watershed Cleanup.  Organized by the Alice Ferguson Foundation.  More information: http://potomaccleanup.org/trash_initiative/trash_cleanup.shtml; (202) 973-8203; e-mail: potomaccleanup@fergusonfoundation.org

Apr. 26-28, 2012, Wintergreen: Washington’s Impact on Virginia’s Forests.  2012 Virginia Forestry Summit held by the Virginia Forestry Association.  More information: http://www.vaforestry.org; (804) 278-8733.

May 2012

May 4, 2012, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m., USDA Service Center, Farmville: Spring Venture Outdoors Program.  A one-day workshop for forest landowners on tree identification, assessment, and management.  Organized by Virginia Cooperative Extension/Halifax County Office.  More information: Jason Fisher, (434) 476-2147 or jasonf@vt.edu; http://www.ext.vt.edu.

May 11, 2012, Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens, Richmond: Virginia Association of Wetland Professionals Spring Meeting.  The theme for the meeting is “Threats to Aquatic Resources in Virginia.”  More information: Tara Fisher, Department of Public Works, City of Chesapeake, (757) 382-6206 or tfisher@cityofchesapeake.net.

May 18, Henrico County Training Center, Henrico: Virginia Water Monitoring Council Annual Conference.  This year’s theme is “Water Quality Monitoring: New and Innovative Techniques.”  More information: Katie Register at (434) 395-2602 or registerkm@longwood.edu.

May 24, 2012, 8:30 a.m. -3 p.m., Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS), Gloucester Point: Tidal Wetlands Workshop.  Topics will include Comprehensive Coastal Resource Management Plans and other shoreline planning and decision-making tools, legislation from the 2012 General Assembly Session, and the Living Shoreline general permit.  Organized by VIMS’ Center for Coastal Resources Management.  More information: http://ccrm.vims.edu/.

June 2012

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August 2012

Aug. 6-10, 2012, Gainesville: Wetland Boot Camp, a summer institute in Virginia for K-12 teachers and environmental educators.  Four day-long and one half-day workshops on wetlands.  Registration is due by July 23, 2012.  The same workshops are held in other locations in the region; for the full schedule and for more information,  visit http://www.wetland.org, or contact Environment Concern at (410) 745-9620.

Aug. 24-26, Hotel Roanoke and Conference Center: Ninth International Conference on Recirculating Aquaculture.  Deadline to submit abstracts of proposed presentations in March 16.  More information: http://www.recircaqua.com/icra.html; or contact aquaconf@gmail.com or (540) 553-1455.