Date

Multiple Contribution Requests

  1. Call for Public Review and Comment - Climate Change Strategy
    U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

  2. Call for Contributions - Northern Notes, Fall/Winter 2009
    International Arctic Social Sciences Association

  3. Call for Photographs - IASC 08/09 Yearbook
    International Arctic Science Committee

  1. Call for Public Review and Comment - Climate Change Strategy
    U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) announces a call for public
review and comment on a proposed strategic plan that will guide the
agency's efforts to respond to the unprecedented threat posed by global
warming. This plan is part of the Department of the Interior's
commitment to building a coordinated strategy to respond to the impacts
of climate change on the nation's natural resources.

The proposed strategic plan, which is available for public review and
comment through Monday, 23 November 2009, will help guide the USFWS
response to impacts such as changing wildlife migration patterns, the
spread of invasive species, changing precipitation patterns, and rising
sea levels.

The plan has three key elements:

- Adaptation - helping to reduce the impacts of climate change on
fish, wildlife, plants, and their habitats;
- Mitigation - reducing levels of heat-trapping greenhouse gas
pollution in the Earth's atmosphere; and
- Engagement - reaching out to USFWS employees; local, national, and
international partners in the public and private sectors; key
constituencies and stakeholders; and the broader citizenry of the
U.S. to join forces and seek solutions to the challenges to fish and
wildlife conservation posed by climate change.

Deadline for comment submission: Monday, 23 November 2009.

To view and comment on the report, please go to:
http://www.fws.gov/home/climatechange/strategic_plan.html.

For further information, please click on the 'News Release' link at:
http://www.fws.gov/home/climatechange/.

Or contact:
David Eisenhauer
Email: david_eisenhauer [at] fws.gov

  1. Call for Contributions - Northern Notes, Fall/Winter 2009
    International Arctic Social Sciences Association

The International Arctic Social Sciences Association (IASSA) invites
contributions for the next issue of the Northern Notes Newsletter.
Contributions are invited from both members and non-members of the
association on issues of interest to arctic social scientists. Articles,
reports, reviews (books, films, etc.), and conference and meeting
announcements should be submitted no later than Monday, 19 October
2009 to IASSA secretary Lara Olafsdottir (iassa [at] svs.is).

Northern Notes is published on the web by the IASSA secretariat twice a
year with a Spring/Summer and a Fall/Winter issue, and is available to
all web users. To view past issues of Northern Notes please go to:
http://www.iassa.gl/newsletters.htm.

Contributions to Northern Notes may include special features on issues
and topics of interest to arctic social scientists, information and
announcements from members, announcements of meetings, workshops, or
conferences, news about upcoming IASSA activities, information about new
publications of interest to the arctic social science community, and
announcements of new websites and links of interest.

IASSA invites contributions by Monday, 19 October 2009, for the
following standard categories of the Northern Notes newsletter:
- Features: Contributions on issues and research activities of
interest to the arctic social science community, including new
research, current and upcoming research activities, and events.
- Departments:
- Conferences, Workshops, and Meetings
- Announcements
- New Publications
- On the Web
- Exhibitions
- News from Members
- Funding Opportunities

Please remember to send the following details with your article or
announcement:
- Name and affiliation of the author
- Book announcements: All titles, publishing details, distributor
and ISBN/ISSN number
- Film: Distributor or link, and all release details
- Photos, logos, etc., if applicable

The submission deadline is Monday, 19 October 2009.

For further information, please contact:
Lara Olafsdottir
Email: iassa [at] svs.is

  1. Call for Photographs - IASC 08/09 Yearbook
    International Arctic Science Committee

The International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) invites submission of
photographs depicting life and science in the Arctic for the 08/09 IASC
Yearbook.

Each year, the IASC Yearbook shares the organization's internal and
external developments and initiatives with the arctic community. The
1500 copies of the IASC bulletin are widely circulated by mail and
distributed at the Arctic Science Summit Week. The photographs in the
publication rely on voluntary contributions from scientists, students,
and organizations. If you have great pictures reflecting life and
science in the Arctic and you want to share them with an interested
public of professionals, please send them in.

All submissions must:

- Include the full name of the photographer or the organization that
holds the copyright. This information will be mentioned in the
subscription if published.
- Contain a short description of the photograph's content, including
where it was taken.
- Meet the minimum requirement of 3500 x 2500 pixels.
- Specify if the permission for usage is only for the Yearbook or if
IASC is also allowed to use it for other communication purposes
(with reference to the photographer) such as the website,
the newsletter, and brochures.

Submissions should be emailed to Mare Pit at: mare.pit [at] iasc.info.
Submissions are requested as soon as possible, but no later than Sunday,
1 November 2009. You will be notified if your submission is selected for
inclusion in the Yearbook.

For further information, please contact:
Mare Pit
Email: Mare.Pit [at] iasc.info