Statistics and the Environment
Plans for Regional Meeting Under Way
Devin Johnson, Publications Chair
T
he International Environmetrics
Society will hold its North American
Regional Meeting June 15–17 in
Corvallis, Oregon, to talk about measuring,
monitoring, and modeling environmental
resources. The focus will be on forests and
fisheries, but talks dealing with other
resources are welcome.
The Pacific Northwest region of the
United States and Canada (PNW) pro-
vides a comprehensive microcosm for
many of the issues encountered in mea-
suring, monitoring, and modeling an
environmental resource, particularly for
monitoring, and modeling environmen- Atmospheric Research. The program
forests and fisheries. Forests and fisheries
tal resources. The data sets were collected focused on methods for the analysis of
are environmental resources that have par-
under a range of designs, from rigorous environmental data from a variety of moni-
ticular importance for the PNW. Salmon
probability-based surveys to specific target- toring systems. Presentations covered topics
have had a significant cultural and eco-
ed surveys to convenience surveys. Many such as climate change, aquatic resources,
nomic impact on the PNW for centuries.
of these data sets are publicly available. source apportionment, monitoring the
Similarly, the presence of vast forests has
For this conference, potential participants spread of zoonotic disease, the analysis of
shaped the economy and culture of the
are invited to exploit these data sets to illus- data from ecological sensor networks, and
PNW. The health and abundance of these
trate or develop methodology to measure inference for massive spatial data sets. The
two resources are intimately bound.
environmental characteristics, determine sta- workshop also featured a poster session with
The importance of these resources and
tus, describe trend, and model relationships. more than 17 presentations. Based on eval-
the concern for their future has led to the
Some of the data sets, together with meta- uation from attendees, the top three poster
establishment of programs to measure,
data describing the objectives and design of presentations were the following:
model, and monitor them. For example, the
the study that collected the data and a list of
Northwest Forest Plan (NWFP) was created
research questions, are available at www.science.
A Spatio-Temporal Downscaler for Outputs
to coordinate timber harvest with protect-
oregonstate.edu/~madsenl/TIESNA2009.
from a Numerical Model
ing and managing impacted species, such
While participants are encouraged to illus-
Veronica J. Berrocal, Alan E. Gelfand, and
as the Northern Spotted Owl (see www.reo.
trate methodology using one of these data
David M. Holland
gov/general/aboutNWFP.htm). The Aquatic
sets, it is not a requirement.
Fixed-Domain Asymptotic Properties of
and Riparian Effectiveness Monitoring
We encourage submissions covering any
Tapered Maximum Likelihood Estimates
Plan (AREMP) is charged with character-
aspect of measuring, monitoring, or model-
Juan Du, Hao Zhang, and V. S.
izing the ecological condition of water-
ing an environmental resource. For further
Mandrekar
sheds and aquatic ecosystems to answer
information, visit www.science.oregonstate.
the basic question, “Is the NWFP restor-
edu/~madsenl/TIESNA2009. Abstracts may
Putting Citizen Science to Work: A Synthesis
ing and maintaining aquatic and riparian
be sent by email to Don Stevens at stevens@
of High-Performance MCMC, Likelihood
Approximations, and Data Mining Methods
ecosystems to desired conditions on federal
stat.oregonstate.edu or mailed to TIES NA
for Approximate Bayesian Inference
lands in the forest plan area?” The Oregon
2009, Statistics Department, 44 Kidder
Ben Shaby
Plan for Salmon and Watersheds (see www.
Hall, Oregon State University, Corvallis,
oregon-plan.org) was given the mission of
OR 97331. If you have questions, call
The full program can be found at www.
restoring Oregon’s native fish populations
Stevens at (541) 737-3587.
stat.purdue.edu/envr/index.html. Special
and the aquatic systems that support them thanks go to the program committee,
to productive and sustainable levels that will
Workshop on Environmetrics:
chaired by Hao Zhang and including Marc
provide substantial environmental, cultural,
Statistical Issues in Monitoring
Genton, Doug Nychka, Tony Olsen, Steve
and economic benefits.
the Environment
Sain, Eric Smith, Michael Stein, Melanie
The programs in place in the PNW The biannual workshop for the section was Wall, Lance Waller, and Jun Zhu. Also
have compiled extraordinarily rich data held October 22–24 in Boulder, Colorado, thanks to short course instructors Nychka,
sets for exploring questions of measuring, and hosted by the National Center for Sain, and Reinhard Furrer. n
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