Coastal erosion is a serious threat facing the maintenance and regulation of coastal ecosystems worldwide. Climate change has accelerated the intensity and frequency of hurricanes resulting in erosion and net sediment loss in coastal ecosystems.
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[CLEAR Webinar Series] Engaging & Mentoring the Next Generation of Conservation Leaders
Conservation groups that depend on the efforts of volunteers often find themselves with a long to-do list to achieve their conservation goals.
[Highlights of Extension] Teacher Professional Learning: Professional Development Workshop for High School Science Teachers
[CLEAR Blog] That Sound You Hear is the Hatching of Conservation Projects!
Last week saw the successful launch of the Conservation Training Partnership program, the goal of which is to develop and carry out local conservation projects around the state powered by teams of high school students and community volunteers…
[Fox 61] Camp Week: How Summer Programs Boost a Child’s Confidence and Resilience
It’s time to start planning your child’s summer! Camp gives kids the opportunity to be independent, in an environment that’s not completely controlled.
[CLEARscapes] Teaching & Outreach: Connecting Students and Teachers to Local Conservation Through STEM
This spring and summer CLEAR is playing a major role in an expansion of the Natural Resources Conservation Academy (NRCA), founded in 2011 by the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment (NRE—one of CLEAR’s academic parents).
[The Balance Sheet] CLT-UCONN Connection
It’s not every day you get to hunker down by the water’s edge, silently watching birds fly and feed as the sun rises, or go slogging through the shallows of the Quinnipiac to learn about riparian buffers, or kayak Hanover Pond to take water samples on a sunny but brisk December day…
[Supporting Connecticut Communities: Progress Report of the UConn Center for Land Use Education & Research] STEM Education and Local Conservation
[Sharon Land Trust Newsletter] SLT Community Partner in UConn NRCA Project
[UConn Today] NSF Awards $3M Grant to Neag School’s Moss, Campbell, and UConn Colleagues
A group of UConn faculty that includes Neag School associate professors David Moss and Todd Campbell has received nearly $3 million in funding from the National Science Foundation’s Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL), a program that seeks to enhance learning in informal environments as well as to broaden access to and engagement in STEM learning opportunities.