National Capital Chapter: Events
SWCS National Capital Chapter Events
The National Capital Chapter typically sponsors four tours and/or seminars each year. Past events have included:
- A tour of Rock Creek National Park and the U.S. National Arboretum
- A tour of the Congressional Research Service, the House Agriculture Appropriations Hearing Rooms, the National Botanical Garden, and the USDA People's Garden
- A seminar on the Renewable Fuels Standard
Please contact any of the NCC Officers with suggestions for tours and seminars.
Past Events
Social Gatherings
March 2012: Environmental Film Festival
Enjoying some Mexican food after the movie screenings of Expedition Blue Planet: North America and Potomac: American Reflections. Left to Right: Andy Manale, Michelle Perez, Maggie Spinelli, Phil Spinelli, and Becky Mitschele.
Enjoying some Chinese food after the movie screening of the Symphony of Soil. Left to Right: Ed Murtagh, Michelle Perez, Joceyln Aieman, and Kathy Michels.
Seminars
August 2010: Dr. Ryan C. Atwell is an American Association for the Advancement of Science Technology Fellow working with the USDA Office of Environmental Markets. Dr. Atwell will share highlights from his dissertation entitled “Linking Resilience Theory and Diffusion of Innovations Theory to Understand the Potential for Perennials in the Corn Belt.” Interview data indicate that the adoption of conservation practices is based not only on immediate profitability but also on the interplay between contextual factors at three distinct levels of the system: compatibility, community level reinforcement, and well-targeted incentives and regulations.
October 2009: Sally Collins, Director of USDA Office of Ecosystem Services and Markets will discuss how markets for water quality, wetlands, carbon, and biodiversity can reward America’s landowners for their stewardship activities.
September 2008: A Special Seminar The Renewable Fuels Standard Panel Presentation and Discussion: Pros, Cons, Challenges, Unintended Consequences and Regulatory Activities.
Summer 1999: The U.S.-South Africa BiNational Commission and the Role of the Working Group on Sustainable Natural Resource Utilization.
Tours
2009 Spring Tour Botanical Garden
2008 Fall Tour Rock Creek and National Arboretum
2007 Spring Tour ARS Research Farm and US FWS Patuxent Center
2007 Fall Tour Conservation at the Rural Suburban Interface
2006 Fall Tour Beltsville Agricultural Research Center
2005 Fall Conservation Tour Potomac and Anacostia River Tours
2003 Fall Tour Conservation in Anne Arundel Co MD
