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St. Petersburg USGS Office Hosts Eleventh Annual Open House

The St. Petersburg Office of the USGS hosted its eleventh annual Open House November 6 and 7. An estimated 1,500 people visited the facility over the course of two days consisting of nearly 1,000 fourth graders and their teachers, community partners, educators and the general public. On the public day, nearly 500 people visited and took advantage of the educational resources organized by Theresa Burress. Two USGS personnel attended from out of state to help. Barbara Strait attended from the Office of Communications in Reston and Ed Klimasauskas from the USGS Water District Office in Nevada to gain hands on experience to prepare for hosting a similar event in Carson City, Nevada.

Get more information: Annual Open Houseposted: 2009-11-18

Two Florida USGS Scientists Participate At USGS Booth At Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities Conference in Orlando

On November 1-2, Arturo Torres and Ann Tihansky participated at the USGS display booth at a recruiting event supporting diversity in the USGS workforce. The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities Conference brought students from across the nation to learn about career and education options and opportunities. The booth was organized by Alexandra Hadley-Chavez and was staffed by USGS scientists from across the nation. The effort was headed up by Pam Malam and Rafael Rodriguez.

USGS Coastal Science Included in Congressional Briefing

On November 18, Abby Sallenger will represent the USGS during a briefing about coastal erosion. Sallenger will talk about coastal storm impacts and will be joined by Jon Boothroyd with the Univ. of Rhode Island and Jim Titus of the EPA. The briefing was organized by the American Geophysical Union and the Geological Society of America.

USGS Scientist Gives Guest Lecture on Corals and Climate at Local College

USGS Mendenhall Post-Doctoral Fellow Ryan P. Moyer (St. Petersburg) was invited to give a guest lecture at the St. Petersburg College (SPC) Science Lecture Series on 15 October 2009 in St Petersburg, FL. The Lecture Series was sponsored by the Environmental Science Club at SPC. The lecture was titled “Corals and the Carbon Cycle: Exploring climate change using coral-based proxy records”. The hour-long seminar informed both students and faculty at SPC about some of the climate-related pressures facing modern coral reefs, and highlighted Moyer’s research on the impact of ocean acidification on coral growth and calcification.

Press Inquiry about Invasive Snakes

Ann Tihansky was contacted following the USGS press release and an NPR story on Sunday October 18 covering the issue of invasive snakes. The inquiry came from a freelance journalist who is interested in pitching ideas to Discover and Scientific America about new scientific research directions and implications for managing invasive species. He had also received the USGS press release.