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SUMMARY:BES Annual Science Meeting - October 16
DESCRIPTION:The 2025 Annual Science Meeting of the Baltimore Ecosystem Study will take place on October 16\, 2025. \nEveryone is welcome to attend. \nYou do not need to give a presentation or poster to participate. \nYou do not need to be a scientist to join. In fact we encourage managers\, decision makers\, community members – everyone – to join and share their experiences and perspectives. \nRegistration is FREE and open now! \nSubmissions for oral and poster presentation ended on September 30th. Thank you to all those who submitted! \nClick HERE to register for the meeting. \nClick HERE to see the agenda. \nClick HERE to see presentation abstracts. \nLocation: Stillmeadow Community Fellowship. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://baltimoreecosystemstudy.org/event/2025-annual-meeting/
LOCATION:Stillmeadow Community Fellowship\, 5110 Frederick Avenue\, Baltimore\, Maryland\, 21229
CATEGORIES:Annual Meeting,Meeting,Quarterly Meeting
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SUMMARY:2024 BES Annual Science Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The 2024 BES Annual Science Meeting has been scheduled for: \nThursday\, October 17th \n8:30AM to 5PM. \nLocation:  Stillmeadow Community Fellowship\nAttend remotely: CLICK HERE\nWebex info:\nID: 28676471446\, password: Ph2pHgUuE87\nPhone : +1 202-860-2110\nAccess Code: 28676471446 \nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER TO ATTEND \nCLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD AGENDA or scroll below \nCLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD ABSTRACTS\n\nImportant  Info:\nThe BES Annual meeting brings together researchers\, practitioners\, and students from the Baltimore community and beyond who are interested in Baltimore as a social-ecological system and its sustainability\, equity\, resilience. The meeting will occur on Thursday October 17 from 8:30 to 5:00. \nThere is no charge to attend. There is ample parking on site. \nThe meeting consists of a keynote address; presentations and a poster session on current research findings\, science applications\, and science-based practitioner projects from Baltimore; and opportunities for questions and answers. Presentations will be 15 minutes and organized into sessions with breaks. Posters can be up to 36” x 48” in size. \nImportant Dates:\nRegistration is open through the day of the meeting\nSeptember 19th Presentation or poster proposals submissions due\nOctober 17 Meeting from 8:30 am – 5pm \n  \nAgenda\n8:30              Coffee and Conversation \n9:00              Welcome\, Introductions\, and Announcements \n9:10              Opening remarks and context: Pastor Michael \n  \nTheme 1: Science Education and Outreach\n9:30              Terris King II\, The Baltimore Forest School Framework \n                     InDiGO: Inward Discovery Grows Outdoors \n  \n9:45              Alan Berkowitz\, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies. Co-Authors: Garner\, K.\, Hood\, A.\, Covitt\, B.\, Grooms\, J.\, Draney\, K.\, Mitzel\, E.\, Browning\, L.\, Fischer\, D.\, Caires\, A.\, Mehta\, S.\, Bean\, J. \nOur Evolving Partnership to Advance Earth\, Science Across Baltimore City Public Schools’ Biology\, Chemistry\, and Physics Courses \n  \n10:00            Michele Romonlini\, Loyola Marymount University Center for Urban Resilience. Co-Authors: McPherson\, J. \nArt-Based Engagement as a Tool for Community-Based Urban Forestry Research \n  \n10:15            Questions/General Discussion \n10:30            Break \n  \nTheme 2: Water Quantity and Quality\n10:45            Peter Groffman\, City University of New York. Co-authors: Welty\, C. \nDissolved gasses in streams provide insight into urban watershed function \n  \n11:00            Jaleel Shujath\, University of the District of Columbia. Co-Authors: Behera\, P. \nAnalysis of Extreme Storm Events in Baltimore \n  \n11:15            Zach Clifton\, US Geological Survey. Co-Authors: Foss\, E.\, Majcher\, E.\, Psoras\, A.\, Mejia\, S.\, Chase\, J. \nContaminated stormwater sediment source tracking for polychlorinated biphenyls within the Back River Watershed\, 2022-2023 \n  \n11:30            Ally Kido\, University of Maryland\, Baltimore County and Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology. Co-Authors: Mansfield\, N.\, Schott\, E. \nUsing a Native Mussel to Sequester Nutrients in Baltimore Harbor \n  \n11:45            Questions / General discussion on water quantity and quality \n  \n12:00            Lunch  \n**We will provide grilled cheese sandwiches and apples. Donations welcome but not necessary** \n **We encourage a walk on the trails through Stillmeadow Peace Park.** \n  \nTheme 3: Grab bag topics: Urban Ecology in General and in Baltimore\n1:15              Morgan Grove\, US Forest Service. Co-authors: Pickett\, S.\, Buckley\, G.\, Boone\, C. \nForging just ecologies: 25 years of urban long-term ecological research collaboration \n  \n1:30              Kim Grove\, Baltimore City  DPW  \nUpdate on research focuses \n  \n1:45              Selena Livas\, University of Maryland\, Baltimore County\, Co-Authors: Locke\, D.\, Sonti\, N.F. \nAn Analysis of Baltimore’s STEW-MAP Networks \n  \n2:00              Questions / General discussion \n2:15              Break \n  \nTheme 4: Organisms in the City\n2:30              Meghan Avolio\, Johns Hopkins University. Co-Authors: Hoffman\, A.\, Cocciardi\, J. \nCosmopolitan plants do not show consistent parallel urban evolution across five US cities \n  \n2:45              Anna Mothersole\, University of Maryland\, Baltimore County. Co-Authors:  Swan\, C. \nFreshwater Invertebrate Response to Urbanization: A Large Scale Analysis of Functional Diversity \n  \n3:00              Dexter Locke\, US Forest Service. Co-Authors: Ossola\, A.\, Schmit\, J.-P.\, Grove\, J.M. \nSocial\, spatial and temporal  analyses of urban tree canopy: The need for Sub-parcel Analysis.  \n  \n3:15              Beatriz Shobe\, Johns Hopkins University. Co-Authors: Avolio\, M.L.\, Sonti\, N.F. \nSelection in the City: How artificial selection of trees impacts the genetic diversity of urban forests. \n  \n3:30              Marus Tuah and Kajall Hylton\, Baltimore Tree Trust. \nTree Care and Technology in Baltimore City \n  \n3:45              Questions / General discussion \n  \n4:00              Posters   \n4:50              Closing Remarks \n5:00              Adjourn and keep the discussion going at the Difference Makers Center of \nWest Baltimore\, starting at 5:30 \n  \nPoster presenters \nMax Carroll\, Johns Hopkins University. Co-Authors: Avolio\, M.L. \nExamining Patterns of Urban Weeds Adaptation to Elevated Salt Levels \n  \nAiden Kirchgraber\, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. Co-Authors: Nowakowski\, A.J.\, Bennett\, S.K.\, Wernoch\, R.\, Cawood\, A. \nThe resilience of bird vocalization behavior to extreme heat events in urban forest settings \n  \nMary McWilliams\, University of Maryland\, Baltimore County. Co-Authors: Welty\, C.\, Duncan\, J.\, Lagrosa IV\, J. \nUse of long-term\, high-frequency sensor data to evaluate interannual trends in stream metabolism in an urban watershed \n  \nMary McWilliams\, University of Maryland\, Baltimore County. Co-Authors: Welty\, C.\, Miller\, A.J.\, Duncan\, J.\, Groffman\, P. \nInitial lessons learned from a year of high-frequency data at BES stream chemistry stations \n  \nHannah Obenaus\, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. Co-Authors: Cawood\, A.\, Wernoch\, R.\, Bennett\, S.\, Nowakowski\, J. \nEffects of forest restoration on insect communities in urban and exurban forests \n  \nGabrielle Pezich\, Pennsylvania State University. Co-Authors: Duncan\, J.M.\, McPhillips\, L.\, Groffman\, P. \nQuantifying spatial and temporal variability of biogenic greenhouse gas emissions in Baltimore \n  \nGabriel Pickus\, The Baltimore Forest School Flower. Co-Authors: Terris King II. \nInDiGO: Inward Discovery Grows Outdoors  \n  \nMargaret Schaefer\, University of Maryland College Park. Co-Authors: McGurrin\, K.\, McCloskey S.\, Pierre\, A-L.\, Burghardt\, K. \nDoes a history of redlining or higher urban temperatures across Baltimore neighborhoods affect young street tree health? \n  \nRashmi Sharma. \nStudy of plants to reduce environmental temperatures. \n  \nP.J. Terhune\, University of Maryland\, Baltimore County. Co-Authors: McWilliams\, M.\, Welty\, C.\, Moore\, J.\, Bain\, D.\, Gomes\, M. \nAnalysis of sulfate concentrations in riparian soils of headwater streams in Dead Run watershed \n  \nSamantha Votzke\, Johns Hopkins University. Co-Authors: Szlavecz\, K.\, Avolio\, M.L.\, Johnson-Bond\, O. \nAn assessment of photosynthetic activity in tree species across Baltimore City \n  \nDarryn Waugh\, Johns Hopkins University. Co-Authors: BSEC \nBSEC Weather Station Network: Spatial and Temporal Variations of Heat within Baltimore \n  \nDick Williams\, St. James Development Corporation.  \nStreetscape Green Infrastructure as Environmental Justice in 21217 \n  \nDick Williams\, St. James Development Corporation.  \nThe Rev. Donald O. Wilson Park as Environmental Justice at an Inner Block in 21217 \n  \nIan Yesilonis\, US Forest Service. Co-Authors: Szlavecz\, K.\, Schwartz\, S.\,  Sonderberg\, P.\, Driftwood\, L. \nUnderstanding water flow dynamics in urban soils: Implications for stormwater management
URL:https://baltimoreecosystemstudy.org/event/2024-annual-meeting/
LOCATION:Stillmeadow Community Fellowship\, 5110 Frederick Avenue\, Baltimore\, Maryland\, 21229
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SUMMARY:25th Anniversary Annual BES Science Meeting
DESCRIPTION:25th Baltimore Ecosystem Study Annual Meeting \nClick HERE to register! \nPlease click the following links to download event materials: \nSummary Agenda\nAgenda with Abstracts \nThe BES Annual meeting brings together researchers\, practitioners\, and students from the Baltimore community and beyond who are interested in Baltimore as a social-ecological system and its sustainability\, equity\, and resilience. \nThe meeting will occur over two days:\nThursday\, October 12th\, 9:00 am – 3:30 pm;\nand reception 5:00 pm hosted by Pastor Mark Montgomery and Terris King II\nUnion Baptist Church\, 1219 Druid Hill Avenue\, Baltimore. \nFriday\, October 13th\, 9:00 am – Noon \nThere will be a one-hour break for lunch on Thursday. \nThe meeting will occur at the University of Baltimore’s Merrick School of Business\, 11 W Mt Royal Ave\, Baltimore\, MD 21201. There is street and garage parking nearby\, including a lot at 80 W Oliver St\, Baltimore\, MD 21217. \nThe meeting consists of a keynote address; presentations and a poster session on current research findings\, science applications\, and science-based practitioner projects from Baltimore\, with opportunities for questions and answers. \nWe look forward to seeing everyone there!
URL:https://baltimoreecosystemstudy.org/event/2023-annual/
LOCATION:William H. Thumel Sr. Business Center at the University of Baltimore\, 11 West Mount Royal Ave\, Baltimore\, MD\, 21201
CATEGORIES:Annual Meeting,Meeting
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221013
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SUMMARY:2022 BES Annual Science Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The 2022 Annual BES Science Meeting was held on Thursday October 13th and Friday October 14th. \nPlease click the following links to download event materials: \nDay 1 Presentation Slides \nDay 2 Presentation Slides \nPosters \nSummary Agenda \nAgenda w/ Abstracts
URL:https://baltimoreecosystemstudy.org/event/2022-10-13/
LOCATION:William H. Thumel Sr. Business Center at the University of Baltimore\, 11 West Mount Royal Ave\, Baltimore\, MD\, 21201
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