SWS South Atlantic Chapter

What's New?


In order to keep our Chapter members updated on all the "goings-on" in the Chapter, we try to keep this website as up-to-date and informative as possible. This page has been created in turn to help Chapter members keep up with this website. Also, if you have any suggestions for this website, don't hesitate to contact the SAC Webmaster. And if you have any suggestions for the Chapter, you may contact the current Chapter Chair.

March 30, 2012
Announced winners of the ASB travel award and research grant awards.
December 19, 2011
Updated chapter chairs for the Duke Student Association.
December 9, 2011
Wetland Calendars Available for Sale on Cafe Press! Updated the Wetland Happenings Page. Posted student travel award announcements.
November 1, 2011
Posted the 2011 Photo Calendar Contest Winners for the 2012 SAC Calendar.
October 11, 2011
Posted new officers for the UF Wetlands Club. Updated website for the end of the wetland photo calendar contest. Stay tuned for results and to purchase 2012 calendars. Added link to the South Atlantic Chapter Group at Linked In.
September 13, 2011
Posted new officers and updated past officers page. Posted bio for new chapter chair, Christina Uranowski and vice-char, Kelly Reiss. Posted the 11/15/11 deadline for the UMEB travel award. Posted announcement of the FAESS meeting in November on Wetland Happenings page.
August 2, 2011
Posted workshop announcements in the Wetland Happenings page.
June 13, 2011
Posted announcement for the 6th Annual SAC Wetland Photo Calendar contest!
June 10, 2011
Added Scott to list of recipients of the 2011 SWS Annual Meeting Travel Awards. Posted the 2011 Annual Chapter Report. Revised the Guidelines for Student Travel Award to SWS Annual Meeting to include undergraduates as well as graduate students as eligible. Revised the Guidelines for Student Travel Awards to ASB Annual Meeting. Updated the current officers of the UF Wetlands Club. Posted news of Clemson's honorable mention in P3 competition at the National Sustainable Design Expo.
April 25, 2011
Posted recipients of the 2011 SWS Travel Awards.
April 18, 2011
Posted recipients of the 2011 ASB and UMEB Travel Awards. Posted announcement about the UF Wetlands Club being awarded for its efforts in Sustainable Solutions. Updated Wetland Happenings page for the 2011 and 2012 Meetings. Added minutes from the April SAC-ASB Meeting.
March 18, 2011
Posted recipients of the 2011 Research Grant Awards.
March 10, 2011
Revised the index page Chapter Announcements section. Updated the SAC/MAC Joint Meeting webpage, posting the best student presentation awardees.
February 24, 2011
Added information on the awards for best student papers to the SAC/MAC Joint Meeting webpage.
February 18, 2011
Added major sponsors to the SAC/MAC Joint Meeting webpage.
February 11, 2011
Posted updated preliminary meeting agenda.
February 8, 2011
Posted preliminary meeting agenda and a map of the facilities.
January 31, 2011
Posted list of presenters, papers and posters for the upcoming SAC/MAC Joint Meeting/workshop.
January 24, 2011
Posted information for presenters at the upcoming SAC/MAC Joint Meeting/workshop.
January 19, 2011
Updated the SAC/MAC Joint Meeting Website with registration information and more.
December 29, 2010
Announced the Call for Papers for the ASB and SWS Meeting Travel Awards. Updated Research Grants Application Procedures.
December 2, 2010
2011 Wall Calendars Now Available.
November 30, 2010
Posted the deadline for the Diversity Program Award. Announced Call for Abstracts for SAC/MAC Joint Meeting. Updated the Happenings page.
November 03, 2010
Updated the homepage.
October 27, 2010
Announced the winners of the 2010 Wetland Photo Calendar Contest.
October 15, 2010
Announced the Call for Organized Session Proposals for the SWS SAC/MAC Joint Chapter Meeting--Wetlands, Water Resources, and People. Announced the conclusion of the 5th Annual Wetland Calendar Contest, the results of which will be posted soon. Updated the UF Wetlands Club website address.
August 18, 2010
Announced the upcoming SAC/MAC Joint Meeting in 2011.
July 20, 2010
Updated chapter members photo on the home page to the meeting attendees of the 2010 SAC meeting in June. Announced the upcoming NCSU Stream Restoration Conference.
July 6, 2010
Posted link to the BP Wildlife Observer position.
June 23, 2010
Posted the 2010 SWS-SAC research grant award recipients.
June 14, 2010
Updated What's Happening page. Updated the officers of the Duke and UF student associations.
June 4, 2010
Posted information on the Gulf Oil Spill. Added photos of ABS Student Travel Award Winners.
June 1, 2010
Announced the 5th Annual Photo Calendar Contest.
April 5, 2010
Revised the Student Awards webpage for deadlines that have passed. Announced 2010 Travel Award Winners for the SWS Meeting in Salt Lake City. Added the 2008 research grant awardees to the Student Research Grants Recipients page.
March 11, 2010
Revised the Student Awards webpage for deadlines that have passed. Announced 2010 Travel Award Winners for the Diversity Program Mentoring Award and for travel to the ASB Meeting.
February 18, 2010
Announced the extension of the deadline for student research grants to Feb 24th.
February 10, 2010
Announced the 2010 Diversity Program Undergraduate Mentoring Award Recipient. Posted the FAESS Annual Hydric Soils Workshop coming up in Vero Beach, FL, on April 13.
February 1, 2010
Updated the Diversity Program Mentoring Award Winners Page. Updated the Student Awards Page. Announced SWS Annual Meeting Travel Award Deadline - 3/5/10. Announced the 2010 ASB Meeting Travel Award Winners. Announced the February 19th deadline for student research award grant applications. Also clarified that a student doing wetland research in the SAC region can apply for both the SWS and SAC research grants using the same application.
January 12, 2010
Added a couple officer photos to the Student Chapters page and more information on SAWS. Announced the Wetland Foundation's student travel grants.
December 10, 2009
Added the Student Chapters page.
December 7, 2009
Posted deadlines for student travel awards. Updated Wetland Happenings Page.
October 19, 2009
Announced winners of the 2009 Annual Wetland Photo Calendar Contest that will be featured in the SWS SAC 2010 Wetland Photo Calendar.
October 2, 2009
Changed the chapter banner to unify with the look of the Society of Wetland Scientists.
October 1, 2009
Announced the deadline for and posted link to the minority undergrad travel award and symposium topic submissions for the 2010 Annual Meeting. Posted the 2009 minority undergrad travel award recipient. Updated Wetland Happenings Page. Deadline for the photo calendar contest has passed - winners to be announced soon.
August 24, 2009
Photo Calendar Contest submission deadline extended through September 15th.
July 27, 2009
South Atlantic Chapter now on Facebook! Become a member and interact with other chapter members.
July 20, 2009
Posted the chapter's meeting minutes from chapter meeting in Madison on June 25, 2009. Announced Kimberli Ponzio as new chapter chair and introduced Mike Piehler as the new vice-chair. Posted link to the Wetlands Job Board. Posted link to new wetland treatment course offered by the University of Florida as well as many other upcoming conferences and workshops on the Wetland Happenings page. Updated the chapter rules and procedures with the newly adopted chapter bylaws, standing rules and graduate student travel award procedures. Photos of annual meeting travel award winners added.
June 18, 2009
Posted the chapter's annual report for 2009. Announced the 2009 Research Grant Awardees. Chapter elections is done. Results to be posted soon.
May 20, 2009
Posted announcement about the upcoming Annual Wetland Photo Calendar Contest. Updated announcements and Wetland Happenings Page to delete events and deadlines that have passed. Updated the SAC webmaster's (that's me!) bio - Shanin Speas-Frost.
April 27, 2009
Updated Chapter Meeting Travel Award Winner. Rachel Michaels, University of Virginia replaced Kristin Wolf of George Mason University.
April 17, 2009
Posted Call for Nominations for Vice-Chair. Posted the new chapter standing rules and revised Guidelines for Graduate Student Travel Award to SWS Annual Meeting. Posted the proposed Chapter By-laws for voting at the 2009 SWS Annual Meeting in Madison, WI.
March 30, 2009
Travel awards winners to the 2009 annual meeting was announced. Updated the Wetland Happenings Page. Updated Student Awards and Research Grants pages as deadlines for 2009 awards have passed. Posted Thank You letter from the Florida Chapter Wildlife Society.
December 12, 2008
Updated the Wetland Happenings Page.
December 8, 2008
Updated David Bailey's email address on the travel award announcements as well as on the contacts page. Deadline for SWS Mentoring Awards for 2009 has been extended to December 17, 2008.
October 30, 2008
Added the meeting notes from the October 2008 combined chapter meeting in Tuscaloosa, AL. Updated photo album link to the new photo share site on Shutterfly.com. Posted photos from the combined chapter meeting in Tuscaloosa to the online photo album. Posted the announcements for the 2009 travel award grants to the SWS Annual Meeting in Madison, WI, and the ASB Annual Meeting in Birmingham, AL. Announced the three travel award winners to the Combined Chapter Meeting in Tuscaloosa, AL. The 2009 research grants application submission will be due in March 2009. Announced the availability of other travel and research awards, specifically from The Wetland Foundation.
September 30, 2008
Announced winners of the 2008 Annual 2009 Wetland Photo Calendar Contest.
September 10, 2008
Posted call for applications for the Minority Student Undergraduate Travel Award.
July 30, 2008
Announced the 2009 Annual Wetland Photo Calendar Contest. Added meeting minutes from the May 2008 SAC meeting in Washington DC and the April meeting in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Posted link to the Stream Restoration Conference in November on Happenings Page. Posted photo of the ASB student travel award winners and the names of the SWS Annual Meeting Awardees as well as the 2008 Research Grant recipients. Posted the upcoming Combined South Central Chapter and South Atlantic Chapter Fall Meeting in Tuscaloosa, AL. The Minority Student Undergraduate Travel Award will now be presented annually.
February 15, 2008
Announced the 2008 ASB Travel Award Winners. Announced the 2008 recipient of the Minority Undergraduate Travel/Mentoring Award. Added the Floodplain Ecosystem Symposium announcement on the Wetland Happenings page. Updated information on the Student Research Grants.
January 16, 2008
Posted 2008 Chapter Report.
January 7, 2008
Replaced the Awards Chair with David E. Bailey. Thanks David!
December 27, 2007
Added announcements for travel awards to the 2008 ASB and the Annual SWS Meetings. Deleted past events on the Wetlands Happenings Page.
October 16, 2007
Update information on the Wetland Photo Calendar Contest. Posted the SW Florida Symposium on the Wetlands Happenings Page.
September 12, 2007
Posted the undergraduate minority student travel award to the 2008 SWS Meeting in Washington DC. Announced Pond Workshop on Wetlands Happenings Page.
August 29, 2007
Extended the deadline for entering the Photo Calendar Contest to the end of September as well as extended invitation for non-SWS members to enter photos!! Created a Student Award page and posted Research Grant Recipients. Posted the 2007 ABS Travel Award Winners. Added committee chairs to the current officers page. Updated links to Chapter Photo Albums, which have moved to Flickr.com.
July 16, 2007
Updated the Chapter Officers pages and added new Vice-Chair, Dianna Hogan's bio and added photo of Chapter Chair, Kim Ponzio. June 2007 Chapter Meeting in Sacremento notes posted.
June 15, 2007
Posted the 2nd Annual Wetland Calendar Photo Contest. Announced new chapter officers and updated Wetland Happenings page.
March 26, 2007
Due to SWS web relocation, the South Atlantic Chapter website reverted to the January 27, 2006 version. We apologize for this and the up-to-date Chapter website is back online. Also, the Wetland Happenings page has been updated.
November 27, 2006
Posted link to the Amphibian Workshop photos as well as link to the Chapter Photo Album on Yahoo!
October 4, 2006
Posted the Abstracts on the Amphibian Workshop Page.
September 12, 2006
Posted the 10th International Symposium on Wetland Biogeochemistry in Annapolis, Maryland on the Happenings page.
September 7, 2006
Posted the upcoming Mid-Atlantic Chapter workshop in Atlantic City on the Happenings page.
August 30, 2006
Amphibian Workshop registration form updated with correct fax number and email address. Word version now available.
August 28, 2006
Amphibian Workshop registration form updated with fax number and credit card payment information.
August 24, 2006
Wetland Photo Calendar now available through Cafepress.com. Amphibian Workshop agenda and registration form updated and cancellation policy added.
August 9, 2006
Accommodations information and driving directions on the map added to the Fall 2006 Amphibian Workshop.
August 3, 2006
Announced the Fall 2006 Amphibian Workshop in Palatka on October 5 - 6th.
August 2, 2006
Announced the Winners of the Wetlands Photo Calendar Contest. Added link to photos from the Charleston Conference in 2005.
May 1, 2006
Posted the upcoming AWRA Wetlands Restoration Dialogue at the Bahia Mar Resort in Fort Lauderdale on the Happenings Page.
April 24, 2006
Greg Noe biography page updated.
April 21, 2006
Research Grants Program page posted.
March 29, 2006
Fundraisers Page updated with details on the photo calendar contest going on from April through June 2006.
January 27, 2006
2006 Graduate Student Travel Award Deadline Announced! Fundraisers Page posted with such events as the SAC merchandise for sale and the upcoming photo calendar contest.
January 18, 2006
Forested Wetlands Conference announced on the Happenings page. Other conference links on that page were updated/corrected.
January 6, 2006
New SAC logo! Wetlands gear featuring the new SAC logo is now available for sale from Cafepress.com.
July 14, 2005
Added contact information for chapter webmaster, myself, to the current officers page and posted my bio.
July 5, 2005
Notes from the Chapter Meeting in Charleston were posted.
June 16, 2005
Announced new chapter officers and posted bio page on Will Conner and Kimberli Ponzio. Updated Wetlands Happening Page, deleting events that have occurred.
March 30, 2005
Posted announcement for an upcoming wetland conference in Miami on the Wetland Happenings Page.
March 9, 2005
Posted announcement for the Hydric Soils Short Course on the Wetland Happenings Page.
March 8, 2005
Posted announcement for the First Annual International Conference on Restoring the Everglades on the Wetland Happenings Page. Call for Student Board Member nominations was extended.
February 22, 2005
Call for Student Board Member nominations was posted.
February 8, 2005
Call for Abstracts and the joint meeting of the SER Coastal Plain Chapter and Florida Chapter of the Wildlife Society was posted on the Wetland Happenings Page. A special letter from the chair was posted.
December 20, 2004
Posted Kluwer/Springer's special offer to SWS members for a reduced personal subscription rate to WETLANDS ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT. A few of the links on the Wetland Links Page were revised/updated .
December 6, 2004
The new dates for the the Fall 2004/Spring 2005 Workshop were announced.
October 18, 2004
Updates made to the Wetlands Happenings Page and the postponement of the Fall 2004 Workshop was announced.
September 17, 2004
Added a link to the 2005 Charleston Meeting Website on the 26th Annual International Wetlands Meeting Announcement page.
August 30, 2004
Added a Call for Symposia to the 26th Annual International Wetlands Meeting Announcement page.
August 11, 2004
Added a page announcing the Fall 2004 Workshop and Joint Meeting in Pensacola Beach and updated appropriate links. Updated the Wetland Happenings page.
August 6, 2004
Added the hotel reservation form for download to the 26th Annual International Wetlands Meeting Announcement page.
August 2, 2004
Added sponsorship invitation and form for download to the 26th Annual International Wetlands Meeting Announcement page.
July 29, 2004
Added sponsorship information to the 26th Annual International Wetlands Meeting Announcement page. Updated the look of the website's title bar.
July 26, 2004
Posted the Summer 2004 Chapter Newsletter. Updated the link to the Fall Workshop in Pensacola Beach. Revised the sample announcements of the Guidelines for the ASB and SWS annual meetings.