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GANDA current events and news items

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4/08 - GANDA graphic designer awarded "Best of Category: Recreation/Travel" for Pacific Crest Trail Map Series

http://www.cartogis.org/awards/acsm-cagis-annual-map-design-competition/2007-cagis-map-design-competition-results

On February 2, 2008 judges for the Cartography and Geographic Information Society announced map competion results for it's 35th Annual Map Competition. GANDA graphic designer Rad Smith, along with the Forest Service, Cartographics, and The Pacific Crest Trail Committee, was awarded "Best in Category: Recreation/Travel" for design/layout work on the Pacific Crest Trail Map Series. The 10 maps in the series cover the entire Pacific Crest Trail and provide detailed maps and additional information to through hikers and day hikers alike. Layout design for the map series is based on a template designed by Mr. Smith in a competitive design proposal submitted in 2004 to the Forest Service and The Pacific Crest Trail Committee. Map #3 in the series, covering the southern Sierra, was submitted to the competition by Forest Service employee Daniel Spring.


9/07 - GANDA biologists present research results at the Pulsed Flow Program Conference

http://animalscience.ucdavis.edu/Pulsedflow/project01.htm

On September 18, 2007, GANDA biologists Ian Chan and Joe Drennan presented the results of their recently completed studies.  Mr. Chan led a study investigating THE IMPACTS OF MANUFACTURED RECREATION STREAMFLOWS ON THE MACROINVERTEBRATE COMMUNITY OF A REGULATED RIVER.  Mr. Drennan presented on the results of GANDA’s study, IDENTIFYING CLIMATIC AND WATER FLOW TRIGGERS ASSOCIATED WITH BREEDING ACTIVITIES OF A FOOTHILL YELLOW-LEGGED FROG (Rana boylii) POPULATION ON THE NORTH FORK FEATHER RIVER, CALIFORNIA.  Both studies were funded as part of the Pulsed Flow Program.  Read the final report here (PDF).

 
The Pulsed Flow Program, established in 2002, is funded by the Public Interest Energy Research Program of the California Energy Commission and administered by the University of California’s Center for Aquatic Biology and Aquaculture.  The program’s objective is to address the ecological effects of manufactured or augmented flows from hydropower facilities on aquatic resources within California.   Since 2003, nine research projects had been awarded funding and most of the projects are now completed.  The Pulsed Flow Program Management Team believes that this conference is one means of disseminating the results of the funded research projects to all interested parties.


8/07 - GANDA biologist elected vice-president
of the Western Division of AFS

Garcia and Associates is pleased to announce that Leanne Roulson, Fisheries Biologist in our Bozeman, MT office, has been elected vice-president of the Western Division of the American Fisheries Society (WDAFS).As vice-president, Ms. Roulson will work with the WDAFS on high-profile fisheries projects and interact regularly with the WDAFS executive committee to shape policy on current fisheries issues. Her expanded network of scientists and easy access to current project information throughout the West will increase her ability to bring relevant and timely expertise to her clients.

WDAFS includes chapters from thirteen western states, British Columbia, Yukon Territories, and U.S. Islands and Trust Territories of the Western Pacific. Ms. Roulson will serve as vice-president in 2008, president-elect in 2009, and president of the WDAFS in 2010.

The following list highlights a few of GANDA's current projects