Supervisor Jordan is ready for the Backcountry!
The ACE team would like to congratulate supervisor Jordan Rolfe on passing his Wilderness First Responder course.
The Wilderness First Responder course is a nationally recognized 80 hour program that trains applicants to respond to emergencies in remote settings where a 911 call might not be an option. He is now skilled to deal with a wide range of back country scenarios including: Patient Assessment System, long term patient care, wound management, treating zoonotic diseases, environmental issues such as hypothermia and hyperthermia, evacuation techniques, and more.
Well done Jordan!
Slough Outreach Goes Global
ACE Califonia in the news again! This time for their contribution to conservation with the Elkhorn Slough Foundation.
"This was a wonderful exchange," said ESF Stewardship Director Kim Hayes. "This group had a terrific attitude; they worked hard, moved Slough conservation forward and had a grand time to boot!"
ACE helps to create defensible wildfire space at Tahoe
Read about the California ACE crews in the news here
Visitors from Europe come to save the Southern Arizona desert
Tom's crew does it again!! you want to be in the media then get on one of Tom's crews. The recent buffelgrass project in Southern AZ gets media attention, both print and local TV.
"All of our recent rain sure made weeds grow. Now, volunteers have traveled all the way from Europe to help us get rid of one especially noxious weed: buffelgrass.
Tom Wilson came from England. Standing on historic Tumamoc Hill on Tucson's Westside, he says, "It's just amazing scenery, so breathtaking, so pretty."" Read more
The peice aired on TV is also avaialble on the same webpage.
ACE hosts Russian partnership
ACE is proud to announce that we are once again teaming up with the Tahoe Baikal Institute to host three Russian participants from the Lake Baikal region of Siberia.
Since 1990, Tahoe Baikal Institute has developed numerous international environmental education, research, training and exchange programs involving students, scholars, and practitioners in science, policy, economics, and other related disciplines. All TBI programs work to:
(1) develop environmental leadership skills among young adults and professionals;
(2) promote innovative, multi-disciplinary watershed management and protection methods and techniques;
(3) promote sustainable economic development, and eco-tourism in particular; and
(4)encourage cross-cultural exchange.
ACE is fortunate to host the following exchange participants in June of 2007. Each will bring unique perspectives and backgrounds to ACE while enjoying the opportunity to participate in hands on restoration projects at the Grand Canyon:
Bayar Badmaev
Bayar graduated from the East-Siberian State Technological University as an information specialist. He also earned a diploma as an interpreter of professional communications (English language) in March of 2007. His interests concern the principle of all-round development of individuals. Bayar’s hobbies include listening to and playing music and traveling to interesting places.
Vera Akulova
Vera is the deputy to the library secretary of the scientific department of the Irkutsk Oblast Museum of Decembrists. She is also a tour guide. In 2005, Vera participated in the first large ecological tour organized for American tourists by the Great Baikal Trail organization. She is a member of the Great Baikal Trail club and every year participates in GBT summer projects as a volunteer or a crew leader.
Mikhail Kondrat’ev
Mikhail graduated from the Chemistry Department of Irkutsk State University with a specialization in “Environmental Chemistry, Chemical Expertise, and Ecological Safety.” He was involved in monitoring the snow cover of the Southern Baikal shore and studied problems of mercury pollution of the water in the reservoir of the Angarsk hydroelectric station. He has also participated in scientific expeditions.
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