Draft Agenda
Tuesday, October 26, 2010 |
| 7:00 am to 9:00 am |
Registration Open |
| 8:00 am to 9:00 am |
Coffee and Juice |
| 8:30 am to 8:35 am |
Welcome, Darren McAvoy, Extension Forestry Associate, Utah State University |
| 8:35 am to 9:35 am |
Keynote Address:
Fred Provenza, Emeritus Professor, Department of Wildland Science, Utah State University |
| 9:35 am to 10:30 am |
Keynote Address:
Terry Bowyer, Professor and Chair of Biological Science, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho |
| 10:30 am to 11:00 am |
Break |
| 11:00 am to 11:30 am |
Alan Clark, Assistant Director, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, Salt Lake City, Utah |
| 11:30 am to 12:00 pm |
Jim Davis, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources,
Provo, Utah
|
| 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm |
Posters and Lunch: Sandwich Buffet |
| 1:30 pm to 2:00 pm |
Marty Vavra, Starkey Ungulate Ecology Team Leader, PNW Station Forestry and Range Sciences Lab, La Grande, Oregon – Ungulate Herbivory as a Chronic Disturbance Agent on Western Landscapes |
| 2:00 pm to 2:30 pm |
Daryl Lutz, Regional Wildlife Manager, Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Casper, Wyoming |
| 2:30 pm to 3:00 pm |
Therese Johnson, Biologist, Rocky Mountain National Park
Estes Park, Colorado |
| 3:00 pm to 3:30 pm |
Break |
| 3:30 to 4:00 pm |
Jessica Clement, The Colorado Forest Restoration Institute, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado |
| 4:00 to 4:30 pm |
James Catlin Project Coordinator and Allison Jones Conservation Biologist
Wild Utah Project Salt Lake City, Utah, - Designing Adaptation for Habitat and Its Users in the Face of Climate Change |
| 4:30 to 5:00 pm |
Frank Howe, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, University Liaison and Assistant Professor, Department of Wildland Resources, Utah State University, Logan, Utah – Audience comments, moderated discussion and synthesis |
| 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm |
Evening Reception at Café Sabor, Appetizers Provided |
Wednesday, October 27, 2010 |
| 8:00 am to 9:00 am |
Coffee and beverages, registration open |
| 8:30 am to 8:35 am |
Welcome, Darren McAvoy |
| 8:35 am to 9:35 am |
Keynote Address:
Bill Ripple, Professor of Forest Resources, College of Forestry, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon – Using Large Carnivores for Restoring Western Ecosystems |
| 9:35 am to 10:15 am |
Keynote Address:
James Peek, Emeritus Professor of Wildlife Resources, Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho |
| 10:15 am to 10:45 pm |
Break |
|
10:45 to 11:15 am |
Tara Teel, Assistant Professor, Human Dimensions in Natural Resources Unit, Colorado State University - A Foundation for Conflict: Wildlife Values in the West |
| 11:15 to 12:00 pm |
Danielle K. Chi, Regional Wildlife Program Leader, Intermountain Region, USDA Forest Service, Ogden, Utah and John Squires, Research Wildlife Biologist, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Missoula, Montana -Lynx |
| 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm |
Lunch |
| 1:00 to 1:30 pm |
Mary O’Brien, Utah Forests Program Manager, Grand Canyon Trust, Castle Valley, Utah |
| 1:30 to 2:00pm |
Mike Linnell, Utah Wildlife Services State Director, USDA-APHIS, Salt Lake City, Utah |
| 2:00 to 2:30 pm |
Mary Lou Fairweather, Plant Pathologist, Arizona Zone Forest Health Protection
USDA Forest Service, Flagstaff, Arizona - A century of browse impacts and the decline and dieback of aspen in Arizona |
| 2:30 to 3:00 pm |
Christina Vojta, Wildlife Biologist, Washington Office, USDA Forest Service, Flagstaff, Arizona |
| 3:00 to 3:30 pm |
Break |
| 3:30 to 4:00 pm |
Terry Messmer, Professor, Extension Specialist, Department of Wildland Resources, Utah State University, Logan, Utah |
| 4:00 to 4:30 pm |
Sandra L. Jacobson, Wildlife Biologist, Pacific Southwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Bend, Oregon and Patricia Cramer, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Wildland Resources, Utah State University,
Logan, Utah - How Highways Reduce Habitat Effectiveness in Western Forests and Sage-steppe Habitats: Challenges and Solutions |
| 4:30 to 5:00 pm |
Ron Ryel, Associate Professor, Department of Wildland Resources, Utah State University, Logan, Utah – Audience comments, synthesis and wrap-up |
| 5:00 |
Adjourn |
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