Date/Venue

Activity

Wed.
September 3

CIK Room 117

Munchie Detail

Fall Class Orientation

Summer Reading:

The following three articles should be read in the following order and completed by our first class on September 3rd.

1. Heal (2000). "Valuing Ecosystem Services." Ecosystems 3(1): 24-30.
2. Daily, G. C., T. Soderqvist, et al. (2000). "ECOLOGY: The Value of Nature and the Nature of Value." Science 289(5478): 395-396.
3. Brumbaugh, R. D., Caitlyn Toropova (2008). "Economic valuation of ecosystem services: A new impetus for shellfish restoration?" Basins and Coasts 2(2): 8-15.

Bibliographies on Ecosystem Services OPTIONAL – You are NOT expected to read any of the following literature.

http://www.imcafs.org/coastsheds/
http://www.naturalcapitalproject.org/publications.html#NatCap
http://www.springerlink.com/content/l5m4r50bcmw5/?p=270e60ea18e64fb18ef58247f6b77ffb&pi=0

Fri.
September 5

East Matunuck
State Beach
Parking Lot

Field trip: Visit Perry Raso's aquaculture business on Potter's Pond
Meet @ CIK to carpool to East Matunuck State Beach Parking Lot

1. Shumway et al. 2003. Shellfish aquaculture - In praise of sustainable economies and environments. World Aquaculture 34:15-17. (read entire article)
2. Getchis, T.S. 2007. Can eelgrass and shellfish aquaculture coexist? Wrack Lines 7:7-10. (read entire article)
3. Rice, M. 2006. A brief history of oyster aquaculture in Rhode Island in Alves, D. (ed) Aquaculture in Rhode Island. CRMC. (skim through pages 24-38).
4. RIAI. 2006. Rhode Island Aquaculture Initiative.(take a quick peek)
5. LSGCP. Oyster Farming in Louisiana. Louisiana Sea Grant College Program. (skim)

CIK Room 117

Judith

Introduction to the basics of Ecosystem Services - concepts and terminology

Anthony et al. In Review. Coastal lagoons and climate change: Ecological and social ramifications in U.S. Atlantic and Gulf Coast ecosystems. Ecology and Society.

Fri.
September 12

CIK Room 201

CIIP Council Meeting - No Class

Sat.
September 13

CIIP Welcome BBQ
5:00 p.m. Carrie's House

Wed.
September 17

CIK Room 117

Candace

Guest Scholar: Dr. Heather Leslie, Sharpe Assistant Professor of
Environmental Studies and Biology, Brown University

1. Barbier et al. 2008. Coastal ecosystem-based management with nonlinear ecological functions and values. Science 319:321-323
2. Daily et al. 2000. The value of nature and the nature of value. Science 289:395-396 (Note: this was in our summer reading)
3. Tallis et al. 2008. An ecosystem services framework to support both practical conservation and economic development. PNAS 105:9457-9464

Fri.
September 19

CIK Room 201

Pete

Cheryl & Judith introduce Environmental Ethics

1. Rolston, H. Environmental ethics:Values in and duties to the natural world (excerpt)
2. Taylor, P.W. Respect for nature: A theory of environmental ethics (excerpt)
3. Williams, B. Must a concern for the environment be centered on human beings? (excerpt)

Wed.
September 24

Weaver Auditorium

Ecosystem Services Workshop at URI

CIK Room 201

Jim

Guest Scholar: Dr. Rob Brumbaugh, Restoration Program Director,
Global Marine Initiative, The Nature Conservancy

1. Brumbaugh, R. D. and C. Toropova. 2008. Economic valuation of ecosystem services: A new impetus for shellfish restoration? Basins and Coasts 2(2): 8-15.
2. Brumbaugh, R. 2003. Playing the Chesapeake Shell Game. Sport Fishing 18:102-107.
3. Coen, L.D. et al. 2007. Ecosystem services related to oyster restoration. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 341:303-307.

Short reflection papers by Co-08's due to Co-07's by 10:00 a.m. Instructions

CIK Room 117

Bogdan

Post-Ecosystem Services Workshop Discussion
Co-07's will compile questions and discussion points from Co-08 papers

CIK Room 201

Kim

Grant Proposal Writing Workshop

Mon. @ 7 pm
October 6

Gamm Theatre

Wed.
October 8

CIK Room 117

Carrie

Ecosystem Services Markets with
Guest Scholars Dr. Emi Uchida and Dr. Steve Swallow,
URI Dept. of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics

1. Swallow et al. 2008. Ecosystem services beyond valuation, regulation, and philanthropy: Integrating consumer values into the economy. Choices 23:47-52.

Fri.
October 10

CIK Room 201

Donald

Guest Scholar: Kate Clark, Regional Resource Coordinator, NOAA/Assessment and Restoration Division

1. NOAA Damage Assessment, Remediation, & Restoration Program
2. Fact Sheet: DARRP in Rhode Island
3. If you would like to dig further...

Wed.
October 15

Large Conf. Room
CI Narr.

Brita

12:00 p.m.
CI Auditorium
Narragansett

Guest Scholar: Dr. Stephen R. Palumbi, Professor, Stanford University, and author of The Evolution Explosion: How Humans Cause Rapid Evolutionary Change.
** Attendance at Dr. Palumbi's lecture on Tuesday evening as part of the URI Honors Colloquium is strongly encouraged

1. Palumbi, S.R. et al. 2008. Ecosystems in action: Lessons from marine ecology about recovery, resistance, and reversibility. BioScience 58:33-42.
2. Worm, B. et al. 2006. Impacts of biodiversity loss on ocean ecosystem services. Science 314:787-790.
3. Walker, B. et al. 2004. Resilience, adaptability and transformability in social-ecological systems. Ecology and Society 9(2):5. Review resilience portion of this paper.
4. Look over Dr. Palumbi's lab website and be sure to check out the Short Attention Span Science.

Public Lecture: The Ecological History of Monterey Bay

Fri.
October 17

CIK Room 201

Julia

Reflection

Wed.
October 22

CIK Room 117

Nate

Synthesis of Ecosystem Services Module

Student Presentations (for assignment, click here)

Fri.
October 24

CIK Room 201

Cheryl

Introduction to Coastal Hazards
- The Hurricane of '38 video and discussion
- Quantifying risk

1. Brinkley, D. 2006. The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast (Please read these excerpts; click here for a link to used copies).
Click here for an interactive map of the flooding from Katrina
2. Stevens, W.K. 1998. When scientific predictions are so good they're bad. NY Times.
3. Milly, P.C.D. et al. 2008. Stationarity is dead: whither water management? Science 319:573-574.
4. Sterman, J.D. 2008. Risk communication on climate: Mental models and mass balance. Science 322:532-533.
5. Art's class website: Of particular relevance to this topic are
2B. Precipitation: Characteristics & measurement
2C. Precipitation: Predicting return intervals

Thurs & Fri.
October 23 & 24

Roger Williams Marine Affairs Institute
7th Marine Law Symposium

Note: CIIP will cover registration. Attendance is strongly encouraged.
Please notify Deb Coty ASAP of your intentions. Registration deadline is Sept. 17.

Field trip to Chatham, MA
with Dr. Graham Giese, Land Sea Interaction Program,
Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies

1. Wood, T.J. Breakthrough: The story of Chatham's North Beach.
2. Check this out for background information
3. Adams, M. and G. Giese. 2008. Nauset beach breach and inlet formation, 2007-2008.

CIIP Council Meeting - No Class

Tour of south coast of RI: Meet at Deep Hole @ 9 a.m. (directions)
1. Thompson, M. 2008. Global climate change induced inundation modeling of South Kingstown, RI. MESM study, URI.
2. Photos of Napatree Point before and after 1938 hurricane.
3. Photos of Matunuck following the 2007 Patriot's Day Storm (click on thumb to see full size photo):

Fri
November 7

CIK Room 201

Rob

Guest Scholar: Dr. Maury Klein, Professor, URI History Dept.
Topic: the history of Standard Oil and environmentalism in New Jersey

1. Review of Maury Klein's book, The Genesis of Industrial America, 1870-1920:
Kim, S. 2008. The Genesis of Industrial America, 1870–1920. By Maury Klein. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007. Pp. xii, 224.$ 22.99, paper. The Journal of Economic History, 68(01): 320-322.
2. Excerpt from The Genesis of Industrial America, 1870-1920.
3. Maury Klein's website.
4. Leising, M. Exxon Mobil's biggest oil spill is in Brooklyn, not Alaska. International Herald Tribune, 1/04/07.
5. Exxon Mobil sued over New York oil spill. International Herald Tribune, 7/17/07.
6. Brooklyn spill dwarfs the Exxon 'Valdez' disaster. NPR, 3/24/08.

Wed.
November 12

No Class - Tuesday Classes Meet

Fri.
November 14

CIK Room 201

Trisha

Leadership/Mentoring 101

Wed.
November 19

CI Narragansett
Large Conference Room

Q

Guest Scholar: Dr. Isaac Ginis, Professor of Oceanography, URI Graduate School of Oceanography

1. Hurricane FAQs
2. Ginis, I., 2002: Tropical cyclone-ocean interactions. Atmosphere-Ocean Interactions, Vol. 1, Advances in Fluid Mechanics Series, No. 33, WIT Press, 83-114.

Fri.
November 21

CIK Room 201

Judith & Q




12 to 1 p.m.
Weaver
Auditorium

Guest Scholar: Dr. Howard Kunreuther, Professor of Decision Sciences and Business and Public Policy, Co-Director of Risk Management and Decision Processes Center, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

1. Gunther, R. 2003. At Risk. Wharton Alumni Magazine.
2. Kunreuther, H. 2002. Risk analysis and risk management in an uncertain world. Risk Analysis 22:655-664.
3. Kunreuther, H. In press. Reducing losses from catastrophic risks through long-term insurance and mitigation.

Public Lecture:
At War with the Weather
Managing large scale risks in a new era of catastrophes

Wed.
November 26

CIK Room 117

No Class

Thanksgiving Break

Guest Scholar: LaToya Cantrell, President of the Broadmoor Improvement Association (BIA)
1. NPR summary on schools
2. Spreading the recovery story
3. BIA plan as grassroots
4. Stormchaser interview

Fri.
December 5

CIK Room 201

Pete

Synthesis of Coastal Hazards Module

Student Presentations - for assignment click here
Emergency management stages
Decision support systems for disaster management
Get Hurricane Ready Rhode Island

Student-led Synopsis and Reflection
This date is the final exam time period for the class

Directions to "The Barn" from URI's Kingston Campus:
Rte 110 S (Ministerial Rd.) to Rte 1 S. Take first Left to get onto Rte 1 N. Exit at Matunuck Beach Rd. The Barn is the first right off Matunuck Beach Rd. Click here for a map.