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Highlights

Conference Notes
Group 1 Day 1
Group 3 Day 1
Group 8 Day 1
Synthesis of Input from Day 1
Summary of Day 2 Group Reports
Conference Booklet
Evaluation
Environmental Credit Corp Offsets Emissions for PSU's Agriculture and the Environment: Achieving Balance Conference
Fall Class Offerings:
BE 497A Biomass Energy Systems

ERM 151 Careers and Issues in Environmental Resource Management

GEOG 497C Environmental Issues Across the Americas
2008 Access & Allocation of Water in PA available online
Doug Beegle, Leon Ressler, and Jim Shortle talk about Nutrient Management Extension (video clip)
Sierra Magazine ranks Penn State in Top 10 eco-friendly schools
Summer/Fall 2007 issue of PennState Agriculture Magazine featured story Out of Balance, Scientists Grapple With Excess-Nutrient Problem in the Susquehanna River Watershed
Penn State Offers Free "Primer" on Water Quality Credit Trading

Announcements

Earth Talks Seminar Schedule - Fall 2008
"Quenching the Thirst: Managing the Water Resources of a Changing Planet"
All talks scheduled for 4 PM on Mondays
112 Walker Building - UP
ENRI Distinguished Lecturer
Lee Lynd, Dartmouth College
"Understanding and Meeting the Challenges of Large-Scale Biofuel Production"
Sept. 8, 2008
4:00 p.m.
107 Forest Resources Building
Boyer Appointed New Water Center Director and Assistant Director of PSIEE
CALL FOR PAPERS
2008 Mid-Atlantic Regional Water Resources Research Conference
US Fish & Wildlife Service National Conservation Training Center, Shepherdstown, West Virginia
November 17-19, 2008
http://wvwri.nrcce.wvu.edu/2008waterconference/