Models, software, guidance documents, and databases developed under the Resource Conservation and Climate Change program area are now available under the Tools and Training tab of the SERDP and ESTCP web site! These tools will help promote the implementation of innovative science, technologies, and methods across DoD. Topics include ecosystem-based management, watershed management, species management, cultural resources management, and air quality management. Ecological forestry and climate change tools also will be available in the future. Resource Conservation Tools and Training

Congratulations to Mr. Lenny Siegel, Executive Director of the Center for Public Environmental Oversight (CPEO), who was awarded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 2011 Citizen Excellence in Community Involvement Award. Mr. Siegel has long been a leader in promoting and facilitating public participation in the oversight of environmental cleanup activities at federal facilities.

The opening Plenary Session for the Partners in Environmental Technology Technical Symposium & Workshop will feature three keynote speakers. Dr. John Holdren (invited) is Assistant to the President for Science and Technology in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. The Honorable Terry Yonkers is Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Installations, Environment and Logistics. Dr. Naomi Oreskes is a Professor of History and Science Studies at the University of California, San Diego and an Adjunct Professor of Geosciences at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. To learn more about this event and these speakers, visit http://symposium2011.serdp-estcp.org.

In a speech at a military energy conference last week, Deputy Secretary of Defense William J. Lynn III lauded ESTCP's Installation Energy Test Bed initiative as a significant component in the military's efforts to use emerging energy technologies as a way to improve operational effectiveness and cut costs.

In situ chemical oxidation (ISCO) involves the injection of strong oxidants into the subsurface to destroy organic chemicals of concern and remediate a site to a risk-based cleanup goal. ISCO, with one or more oxidant, can be implemented alone or in combination with other remedial technologies. Though the chemistry involved is relatively simple, the technology is not easy to implement. A technology practices manual, on-demand video, and reference book are now available to enhance the site-specific engineering of ISCO for remediation of contaminated groundwater and help ensure more predictable, cost-effective performance.

SERDP and ESTCP’s annual Symposium will be held November 29 - December 1, 2011, in Washington, D.C. The Call for Poster Abstracts is now open! The deadline for submissions is July 29. The technical program encompassing 15 technical sessions and four short courses is also now available.

Use of mass discharge and flux measurements can improve conceptual site models and remediation decisions as compared to a reliance on concentration data alone. This on-demand video of a short course presented at the 2010 SERDP and ESTCP Symposium includes a summary of the basic concepts, describes available measurement and estimation techniques, and examines several case studies of mass flux measurements at contaminated sites.

Distinguishing intact munitions from nonhazardous metal and geology, a process referred to as classification, is critical to DoD’s efforts to cost-effectively remediate and reduce risk at munitions-impacted sites. This on-demand video of a short course presented at the 2010 SERDP and ESTCP Symposium provides a tutorial on the sensors, methods, and status of the classification of military munitions using geophysical methods at field sites under operational conditions.

ESTCP released its FY 2012 Installation Energy Solicitation on February 1, 2011, requesting proposals for demonstration of installation energy technologies. Funds are available through a competitive process to Federal and private organizations. The due date for all pre-proposals is Thursday, March 24, 2011. More information about the solicitation is available on the SERDP and ESTCP web site at www.serdp-estcp.org/Funding-Opportunities/ESTCP-Solicitations/Installation-Energy-Solicitation.

ESTCP released its FY 2012 solicitation on January 13, 2011, requesting proposals for demonstration of environmental technologies. Funds are available through a competitive process to Federal and private organizations. The due date for all pre-proposals is Tuesday, March 8, 2011. More information about the solicitation is available on the SERDP and ESTCP web site at www.serdp-estcp.org/serdp-estcp/Funding-Opportunities/ESTCP-Solicitations/Environmental-Technologies-Solicitation.