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• May 16, 1998 - Chincoteague, Virginia

  Events and Displays include: Year of the Ocean 98, Safe Boating Week, Assateague Island Lighthouse Tours, Coast Guard Recruiting, Coast Guard Auxiliary, National Park Service, Marine Consortium, Coast Guard Marine Safety Office, Helicopter and Small Boat Demonstrations and a Coast Guard Ceremonial Honor Guard Presentation.

  Coast Guard and National Park Service Personnel will be available to answer any questions you may have.

  For more information, please email Group Eastern Shore at sar@shore.intercom.net

  It will run from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM at Coast Guard Group Eastern Shore located at 3823 Main Street Chincoteague, VA 23336.

  Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS)

  Funsten Lecture Series

  Location - Science Museum of Virginia, 2500 West Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia

  VIMS faculty will present lectures in the Museum's Funsten Lecture Series. The series is free and open to the public. The topics and speakers are:

  • March 1, 1998, 3-4 p.m.
    The Coastal zone 97 Habitat for Humanity by Dean/Director Donelson Wright

  • March 29, 1998, 3-4 p.m.
    What is an Endangered Species? by Dr. Jack Musick

  Chesapeake Bay Days

  Science Museum of Virginia,
  2500 West Broad Street, Richmond, VA
  

  Exhibits and displays focusing on the entire Bay region.
  February 27-28, 1998, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
  March 1, 1998, 12 noon - 5 p.m.
  

  Crestar Lecture Series

  VIMS is pleased to bring nationally recognized speakers in ocean science to VIMS to discuss various issues in marine science from El Niņo to national wetlands management. This series is sponsored by Crestar Bank. Please note location of lectures.

  • February 18, 1998, 7:30 p.m. Virginia air and Space Museum, Hampton. In conjunction with NASA Sigma Series* Dr. William Kessler, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Pacific Marine environmental Laboratory, "El Niņo." http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/~kessler/occasionally-asked-questions.html

  • March 19, 1998, 7:00 p.m. Watermen's Hall, VIMS Dr. John Simpson, Head, School of Ocean Science, University of Wales, Bangor, UK, "Evolving Understanding and Future Challenges in the Shelf Seas."

  • March 27, 1998, 7:00 p.m. Watermen's Hall, VIMS Rep. Sam Farr of California, "The Oceans Act of 1997." http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas.html?46,12 (search "Oceans Act 97)

  • April 16, 1998, 7:00 p.m. University Center Auditorium, College of William & Mary Dr. Thomas N. Pyke, Jr., Director, GLOBE Program, NOAA, "Environmental Awareness in the Internet Age." http://www.globe.gov

  • April 30, 1998, 7:00 p.m. Watermen's Hall, VIMS Dr. Charles a. Nittrouer, Marine Sciences Research Center, State University of New York, "What Rivers Give to the Oceans."

  • May 14, 1998, 7:00 p.m. Watermen's Hall, VIMS Mr. Roland Schmitten, Director, National Marine Fisheries Service, "Balancing Demands on a Finite Resource Management Issues for the 21st Century." http:\\www.nmfs.gov

  Mini Marine Science School In Collaboration with Science Museum of Virginia

  The series begins Wednesday, May 6, 1998 and runs through Wednesday, June 10, 1998 and will be held 7-9 p.m. on Wednesdays at the Science Museum of Virginia in Richmond.

  On Saturday, June 13, 1998, participants will spend several hours on the VIMS Gloucester Point campus where they will have an opportunity to participate in field and laboratory exercises with faculty and graduate students. To register for the school, please contact Rosemarie Ashton at the Science Museum of Virginia's Group Marketing and Information Office at (804) 367-6552. No registration fee is required.

  Each two-hour session will include a lecture, visual presentations and a question and answer period. Explanatory materials, vocabulary and additional bibliographic resources will be provided with each session. An outline of the classes follows.

  • Introduction: Brief history and overview of VIMS. Introduction to ecosystems and ways in which scientists try to understand how they should "behave." Global ocean issues affecting ecosystems, climate, and economics. Carbon cycling in oceans and primary productivity essential for the food web.

  • Physical Oceanography: Tides, currents, storms, sediment transport; fate and transport of contaminants.

  • Watershed and Wetlands: Definitions; geographic implications; understanding the role of wetlands; plant biodiversity; land use.

  • Marine Life: Fisheries and Habitat: Role of habitat, especially sea grasses; life cycles; disease; exploitation of species.

  • Environmental Pressures: Pollutants/contaminants and how they affect marine life; toxicology; reproduction; immune systems in marine species.

  • Biotechnology: Molecular studies in disease, management, aquaculture.

  • Field and Laboratory Experiences at VIMS - Saturday, June 13th Seine-net survey - Species diversity;Global Positioning systems (GPS) exercise; DNA replication; Sea water flume - physical oceanography

  The Coastal Society's 16th International Conference - July 12-15, 1998

  Minding the Coast: "It's Everybody's Business"

  The Coastal Society (TCS) will hold its 16th International Conference in Williamsburg, Virginia, July 12-15, 1998. TCS's biennial meeting, during this International Year of the Ocean, will highlight the need for all interests to work together on the complex issues involving the Coastal Ocean and the Coastal Zones of various nations. Plenary sessions will highlight the concerns of the wide variety of interests that make up the coastal and marine community. For more information pertaining to this meeting the www address is http://www.vims.edu/TCS16/

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