texascavers Digest 28 Jun 2011 02:45:15 -0000 Issue 1344
Topics (messages 18151 through 18160):
Re: WNS Subcommittee Hearing -- info online
18151 by: Louise Power
18152 by: Alex Sproul
Re:
18153 by: shannon summers
Re:This is an answer to your question!
18154 by: shannon summers
Bexar Grotto program for Monday, 6/27
18155 by: Tom Florer
Re: [FloridaCavers] PhD Assistantship: White Nose Syndrome in Bats
18156 by: caverarch
Longhorn Caverns lighting
18157 by: Jim Kennedy
new AMCS Activities Newsletter
18158 by: Mixon Bill
new AMCS pub at UTG meeting
18159 by: Mixon Bill
Cricket Counting
18160 by: Matt Turner
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Alex,
I watched a big part of it. I thought that not only did the witnesses do an
excellent job, but for a change, the committee asked some good questions and
seemed to "get it." I think that it's finally dawning on the committee members
that this is not just about endangered species, but about the health and
agricultural structure of the country. And if that's what it takes to get some
action out of them, then good on us and good on them.
Louise
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2011 21:34:48 -0400
> Subject: [Texascavers] WNS Subcommittee Hearing -- info online
>
> Posted on behalf of Cheryl Jones:
>
> I hope you were able to watch the Friday's subcommittee hearing
> on WNS, or the video. NSS WNS liaison Peter Youngbaer did an
> **outstanding** job speaking for the NSS and cavers, and based on
> their questions, the subcommittee members seemed to really take
> notice of what he had to say. We couldn't have asked for better
> representation.
>
> Webmaster Alex has created a Web page for the hearing, including
> photos and links to the video and testimonies.
> http://caves.org/WNS/Hearing%20on%20Why%20Should%20We
> %20Care%20About%20Bats.htm (On the main WNS page the link
> is included in the section "Education and Outreach" towards the
> bottom of the page. "Congressional Hearing: "Why Should We
> Care About Bats?" - June 24, 2011.")
>
> The written testimonies were provided to the subcommittee
> members in advance, and each person on the panel had only 5
> minutes to present a synopsis. Peter provided copies of the 2011
> Conservation issue of the "NSS News" containing the WNS reports
> to the Natural Resources Committee's office to distribute to
> members, and had additional copies available for the audience as
> well. He held up a copy at one point during his statement as a
> reference for data and more information.
>
> I hope everyone will take the time to watch the video of the hearing,
> and read Peter's and the other testimonies.
>
> Spread the word to your grotto and caving buddies.
>
> Cheryl
>
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>I thought that not only did the witnesses do an excellent job, but
>for a change, the committee asked some good questions and
>seemed to "get it."
Yes, we were delighted at Peter's smack-down of the agencies for
the total closure policy, and the horrendous ratio of overhead to
actual research.
Madeleine Bordallo (D-Guam) was the chair of the hearing two
years ago, remembered Peter from that, and said hello before the
hearing. When the members went off to vote (Guam doesn't have
a vote), she came over and chatted with the witnesses, as you can
see in the slide-show. But her later questions homed in on the
issues so well that I thought she'd been primed to do it. But no,
she just pays attention and was reinforcing Peter's points. Good on
her!
>I think that it's finally dawning on the committee members that this
>is not just about endangered species, but about the health and
>agricultural structure of the country.
Yes. They all exhibited much better understanding of the situation
this time, and the focus on agriculture got their attention. Alas,
there is no money to spread around anymore. Things like bats,
bees, and trees will be the first to fall in the looming budget battle.
Peter hopes the subcommittee will take the money already
allocated to the FWS bureaucracy and give it to USGS for more
real research.
Alex
--
Alex Sproul
NSS 8086RL/FE
NSS Webmaster
www.caves.org
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At the Bexar Grotto meeting on Monday, June 27th, Alex Dunaway will be
presenting a program on a dye trace he recently completed in Twinkies Palace
(formerly Bender's Cave). Alex is a local student and did the dye trace as a
science fair project. All are welcome.
The Bexar Grotto meets at 7:00 pm on the second and fourth Monday of each month
at Chester's Hamburgers located on the NW corner of Highway 281 and Thousand
Oaks Drive in San Antonio.
-Tom
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Opportunity to work on WNS at the graduate level.
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Subject: Re: [FloridaCavers] PhD Assistantship: White Nose Syndrome in Bats
GRADUATE STUDENT ASSISTANTSHIP - DISEASE ECOLOGY
A graduate student
assistantship to start in the Fall of 2011 in the Ecology
and
Evolutionary Biology Department at the University of California,
Santa
Cruz, on a recently funded NSF grant is available for an
outstanding student
interested in studying the impacts and transmission
dynamics of a recently
emerged pathogen (*Geomyces destructans*) causing
White Nose Syndrome in
hibernating bats. White Nose Syndrome is a
devastating new disease
affecting hibernating bats in eastern North
America. Dissertation research
will be focused on understanding disease
dynamics of White Nose Syndrome at
multiple scales. Graduate research
will require intensive field study
efforts as well as quantitative
analysis and a strong passion for
conservation and ecology. The most
qualified applicants will have
experience working in difficult field
settings, a quantitative background,
and an ability to face challenges
and think creatively. Prior field
experience with bats or disease
ecology is a plus, but not required.
Interested applicants should
submit the following items: 1) a C.V. with GPA, GREs, and
3 references,
2) a 1-2 page description of research interests and
experience, and 3) a
1-2 page statement outlining 3 potential research
questions for projects
aimed at understanding the ecology and/or impact of
White Nose Syndrome.
Each of the three proposed thesis ideas should include
a testable
hypothesis, justification or rationale for its importance, and a
brief
description of methods for how the research could be carried out to
test
the hypothesis.
Applications should be submitted in a single file (pdf,
Word, or .rtf) by
email to: Dr. A. Marm Kilpatrick ([log in to unmask]
[1]) and Dr. Winifred
Frick ([log in to unmask] [2]) with the Subject
line: GRADUATE STUDENT
ASSISTANTSHIP - DISEASE ECOLOGY. Information
about Drs Kilpatrick and
Frick's research can be found
at:
http://bio.research.ucsc.edu/people/kilpatrick/ [3]
and
http://people.ucsc.edu/~wfrick/wfrick/Welcome.html [4].
Links:
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[1]
https://listserv.umd.edu/cgi-bin/wa?LOGON=A2%3Dind1106c%26L%3Decolog-l%26P%3D3096
[2]
https://listserv.umd.edu/cgi-bin/wa?LOGON=A2%3Dind1106c%26L%3Decolog-l%26P%3D3096
[3]
http://bio.research.ucsc.edu/people/kilpatrick/
[4]
http://people.ucsc.edu/~wfrick/wfrick/Welcome.html
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FYI, I think it is too late, but Longhorn Cavers is soliciting bids for
replacing the lighting system in the cave. Go to
http://archive.tpwd.state.tx.us/business/bidops/current_bid_opportunitie
s/construction/#a132304 and look at Project Number 132304.
-- Crash
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The Association for Mexican Cave Studies, a Project of the National
Speleological Society, announces the publication of its AMCS
Activities Newsletter number 34, June 2011. This issue is 168 pages
and has color photographs throughout, as well as two foldout maps. The
price is $18 softbound, $28 hardbound. Postage in the US is $3 for the
first book, $1 each additional. For foreign postage (only airmail
available, unfortunately) inquire of [email protected]. Further
information on this book, including table of contents, and all other
things the AMCS sells can be found at www.amcs-pubs.org. A two-page
summary mail-order catalog is also available there, on the
"publications" page.
Checks may be mailed to AMCS, PO Box 7672, Austin, Texas 78713. E-mail
ordering is available for PayPal users; specify [email protected] as
the recipient. There is a PayPal button at the bottom of the how-to-
order page on the web site.
The AMCS will be selling at the NSS Convention in Colorado next month.
Visit us in room 1406 to see the more than fifty publications about
Mexican caves and caving that are available. -- Bill Mixon, AMCS sales
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Both hardbound ($28) and softbound ($18) versions of the new AMCS
Activities Newsletter 34 will be available at the UT Grotto meeting
Wednesday evening. Checks OK, or I'll have a bunch of $2 bills to make
change. -- Bill Mixon
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I mean I know you were just thinking man I wonder how many crickets come out
of caves at night, I sure wish I could count some. Well now you can. We will be
monitoring 3 Williamson county caves for crickets, and well counting them. The
plan is to meet a restaurant(to be named later) at around 6pm and then split
into teams.
What: Cricket counting
Where: Three Caves in Wilco
When: 6pm on Thursday July 7th
Please contact me or Aimee Bev to sign up to help and we really do need some
help.
Thanks,
Matt Turner
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without
accepting it." - Aristotle
"Empty pockets never held anyone back.Only empty heads and empty hearts can do
that."- Norman Vincent Peale
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