Welcome to the AEC

Our mission is to improve understanding and management of living systems, landscapes, and human-environment interactions with the objective of sustaining and enhancing ecosystem services and human-well being.

Highlights and Announcements

Boyer Appointed New Water Center Director
Agriculture and the Environment: Achieving the Balance Conference Notes are Available
Highlighted Resource: Agricultural Law Resource & Reference Center at Penn State's Dickinson School of Law
Highlighted website: Animal Manure Management - sponsored by the Livestock and Poultry Environment Learning Center - features regular webcasts on Ag and Environment issues.

Upcoming Events

Earth Talks Seminar Schedule - Fall 2008
"Quenching the Thirst: Managing the Water Resources of a Changing Planet"
All talks scheduled for 4 PM every Monday
112 Walker Building - UP
Market-Based Conservation Incentives Workshop: Strategies for Family Forest Owner Participation in Biodiversity and Water Markets
September 10-11, 2008
Turf Valley Resort, Ellicott City, MD
3rd Annual Susquehanna River Symposium: The Susquehanna River and Agriculture
September 12-13, 2008
Bucknell University
Transition to a Bioeconomy: Environmental and Rural Development Impacts
October 15-16, 2008
St. Louis, MO