overview of perec
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Overview of the Potomac Research and Education Center of George Mason University.TRANSCRIPT
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The Potomac EnvironmentalResearch and Education Center
An Environmental Research and Education Center
for the Potomac River Basin
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Our Mission
To utilize the tools of scientific research, restoration, education, and policy analysis to help society understand and sustain natural processes in ecosystems, watersheds, and landscapes.
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Specific Research Foci
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Restoration of Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay
• New Bay Agreement• Important research
questions remain:– The effect of nutrients on
Bay organisms– Greater understanding of
tidal freshwater & oligohaline ecosystems
– The role of wetlands in protecting the Bay
– The recovery of Bay communities when stresses are removed
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Suburban Sustainability
• Northern Virginia is one of the most rapidly growing regions of the Country– How does this rapid growth
impact our ecosystems?
– What are the growth and development strategies that can lessen that impact and allow us to retain a greater variety of organisms?
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Global Climate Change and Management of Natural Ecosystems
• Impacts of climate change on aquatic ecosystems
• Linkages between climate change, hydrology, and aquatic ecology
• Using managed landscapes and wetlands to store carbon & carbon credits
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Current Funded Research
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Education Programs
• Serve as a focus of activity for Environmental programs at GMU– University programs in
Environmental Science and Policy
– Certificates in Environmental Management
– Courses in Biology, Chemistry, Geology, Geography, Human Ecology
– General Education course in Environmental Science
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Educational Programs
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K-12 and Community Programs
• Work with local schools to implement watershed and bay ecology educational programs incorporated into basic science curriculum
• Conduct ecology camps
• Serve as a resource for local government and citizens
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Educational Programs
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For more information…Web site:
perec.gmu.edu
Current Physical Address:
4260 Chain Bridge Rd. Suite B200
Fairfax, VA 22030
Mailing address:
PEREC
4400 University Drive, MS 5F2
Fairfax, VA 22030-4444