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Conservation Conference 2010
Agenda
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To take advantage of having so many partners together, we've scheduled a number of other meetings and events to coincide with the conferences. Check out the list of Associated Activities.
| CONSERVATION PLANNING | LEADERSHIP | SCIENCE | TECHNOLOGY & TOOLS | |
| Day One - Monday, April 26 | ||||
| 8:30 - 9:15 | Welcome and Opening Remarks: Mary Klein (NatureServe), Laura Huffman (The Nature Conservancy-Texas), and Carter Smith (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department) | |||
| 9:30 - 10:15 |
Applying a New DSS Tool in Colombia: Creating Defensible Offsite Mitigation Options Ian Varley (NatureServe) 45 min |
Wildlife Corridors and Partnerships on DoD Lands Leslie Catherwood (Booz Allen Hamilton) 20 min |
Addressing Large-Scale Issues: The Impacts of Mountaintop Removal Mining to RTE Species in Appalachia Ross Geredien (Appalachian Voices) 45 min |
Mapping the Vegetation of Texas: Methods and Applications David Diamond (Missouri Resource Assessment Partnership) and Amie Treuer-Kuehn (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department) 45 min |
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Regional Ecosystems on DoD Lands Peter Boice (US Department of Defense) 20 min |
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| 10:15 - 10:45 | Break | |||
| 10:45 - 11:30 |
Planning for Wildlife Habitat Connectivity in the Hudson River Valley with Changing Climate Tim Howard (New York Natural Heritage Program) 30 min Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment of Species & Habitats in the Southwest Marcos Robles (The Nature Conservancy-Arizona) 30 min Karner Blue Butterfly Recovery and Climate Change: Surveys, Vulnerability Assessments, and Initial Adaptation Thoughts Gregor Schuurman (Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources) 30 min |
From Sea to Shining Sea: The Role of Landscapes in Cross-Border Strategies Panelists: Dave Waldien (Bat Conservation International), Jorge Brenner (Texas A&M), Robin O'Malley (USGS), and Charlie Chester (Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative); moderator: Mary Klein (NatureServe) 90 min |
Ecology and Monitoring of Endangered Golden-Cheeked Warblers Throughout the Winter Range Oliver Komar (SalvaNatura) 45 min |
NPS Web Guide to Natural Communities Kyle Copas (NatureServe) 45 min |
| 11:30 - 12:15 | Geo-Tracking Invasive Species With iMapInvasives Meg Wilkinson (New York Natural Heritage Program), Gary Knight (Florida Natural Areas Inventory), and Tom Smith (Virginia Natural Heritage Program) 45 min |
A Collaborative Model: Parks Canada Shara Howie (NatureServe) 45 min |
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| 12:15 - 1:30 | Lunch | |||
| 1:30 - 2:00 |
Symposium: Big Landscapes, Bold Solutions Moderator: Patrick Crist, NatureServe 180 min Panelists: Jeffrey Parrish, Freedom to Roam Bruce Beard, Department of Defense Kurt Menke, Wildlands Network John Oetting, Florida Natural Areas Inventory Pat Comer, NatureServe David Anderson, Colorado Natural Heritage Program Dave Theobald, Colorado State University |
Endemic and Endangered Species: Distribution and Habitats in Protected Areas of Venezuela Maria Oliveira-Miranda (ecoSIG-CIET) 30 min *En Espa??ol* |
Screening an Area for At-Risk Species: Biodiversity Data Delivered to the Desktop Kat Maybury (NatureServe) 30 min |
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| 2:00 - 2:30 | Use of Indicator Guilds for Assessing Conservation Priorities at the Landscape Level in North Carolina Stephen Hall (North Carolina Natural Heritage Program) 30 min |
The Conservation Registry: Improving the Way We Do Conservation Gina LaRocco (Defenders of Wildlife) 30 min |
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| 2:30 - 3:00 | FIT: A New Approach to Wildlife Monitoring Using an Objective Footprint Identification Technique Jonah Evans (TPWD) 30 min |
An Enterprise Land Information System for Land Trusts Vivek Baijal (Cengea Solutions Inc.) 30 min |
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| 3:00 - 3:30 | Break | |||
| 3:30 - 4:00 |
Symposium: Big Landscapes, Bold Solutions (continued) |
Remote Sensing of Berthollethia excelsa Frank Paul De la Barra Martinez (Centro de Investigación y Preservación de la Amazonia) 30 min *En Español* |
Naturally Green Planning Rebecca Kihslinger (Environmental Law Institute) 30 min |
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| 4:00 - 4:30 | Creating a Corridor Commons: Linking Science, Strategies, and Social Awareness Campaigns to Address 21st-Century Conservation Challenges Julia Kintsch (Freedom to Roam) 30 min |
Large-Scale Forest Conservation Project Monitoring Using a Hierarchical Approach Jon Blanchard (The Nature Conservancy/ UNC-Wilmington) 30 min |
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| 4:30 - 5:00 | Predicting Species Ranges Using Spatial-Temporal Data Mining Paul Allen (Cornell Lab of Ornithology) 30 min |
Spatial Data Management Without Boundaries David Smetana (The Nature Conservancy) 30 min |
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| 6:30 - 9:00 | Conference Dinner and Conservation Award: Bob Jenkins (Video, Transcript) | |||
| Day Two - Tuesday, April 27 | ||||
| 9:00 - 10:00 | Plenary Session: Will Stolzenburg | |||
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Break | |||
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Private Lands, Public Values: Natural Resource Management Challenges on Private Lands [Workshop] Moderator: Bob Gottfried (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department) 90 min Panelists: Peter Stangel (NFWF), Linda Campbell (TPWD), Bob Ayres (Texas rancher), Susan Armstrong (Texas Land Trust Council), Jim Bergan (TNC-Texas), Valer Austin (Arizona rancher) |
2010 and Beyond Thomas Brooks (NatureServe) 45 min |
NatureServe’s Climate Change Vulnerability Index: One Year On Bruce Young (NatureServe) 30 min |
Bats and White-Nose Syndrome: Meeting the Challenges of Public Data Reporting Mylea Bayless (Bat Conservation International) 60 min |
| 11:00 - 11:30 |
Training Community-Based Environmental Leaders in Central America: Opportunities for North-South Collaboration Oliver Komar (SalvaNatura) 45 min *En Español* |
The NatureServe Climate Change Vulnerability Index Applied to Québec Biodiversity Yanick Gendreau (Université du Québec à Rimouski) 30 min |
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| 11:30 - 12:00 |
Assessing Conservation Status Larry Master 30 min |
Connecting Conservation Across Land and Sea Kiersten Madden 30 min |
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| 12:00 - 1:30 | Lunch | |||
| 1:30 - 2:15 |
Forest Certification: High Conservation Value Forest Development Ann Pierce (Minnesota Department of Natural Resources) 45 min |
Investing in Knowledge: Advancing State/Federal Cooperation Mary Klein (NatureServe) and Gerald Guala (USGS) 45 min |
Symposium: Renewable Energy Moderator: Kathy Boydston, Texas Wildlife Diversity Program 90 min Panelists: Winifred Perkins, Florida Power & Light Ed Arnett, Bat Conservation International Russ Horton, Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation |
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| 2:15 - 3:00 |
National Data for Endangered Species, Wetlands, and Ecosystem Services (Part 1, Part 2) DJ Evans (New York Natural Heritage Program) and Jimmy Kagan (Oregan Natural Heritage Inventory) 45 min |
State of Biodiversity Reporting James Mackenzie (Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources) 45 min |
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| 3:00 - 3:30 | Break | |||
| 3:30 - 4:00 |
Land Use and Conservation Policies of the Dry Region of Guatemala at the Departmental and Municipal Level Miguel Flores (CDC Guatemala) 20 min *En Español* Conservation of Biodiversity in Sonora, Mexico Maria Cristina Meléndez-Torres (CEDES) 20 min *En Español* |
Florida's Biodiversity Atlas: A New Publication, With Lessons Learned Gary Knight (Florida Natural Areas Inventory) 30 min |
Symposium: Pollinators, Plants, and Phenology Moderator: Michael Warriner, Texas Wildlife Diversity Program 90 min Panelists: Kathryn Thomas, USA National Phenology Network Doug Holy, USDA NRCS Stephen Brady, USDA NRCS Christopher Woodall, USDA Forest Service |
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| 4:00 - 4:30 |
The Role of ANCON in Protected Areas of Panama Alida Spadafora (Asociación ANCON) 20 min *En Español* Advances in the Collective Development of the Departmental System of Protected Areas of the Cauca Valle in Colombia Natalia Gomez (Corporacion Autonoma Regional Del Valle DelL Cauca) 20 min *En Español* |
An EO: So What? Empowering Conservation Through Standardized Threat Assessments Doug Hyde (NatureServe Canada) 30 min |
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| 4:30 - 5:00 | IPBES: Aiming to Inform Policy on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services at the Global Level Marc Magaud (Embassy of France in the United States) 30 min |
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| 5:30 - 7:30 | Poster Session and Reception (sponsored by the Wildlife Diversity Program of Texas Parks and Wildlife) | |||
| 6:15 - 10:45 | Field Trip: Bat Bridge and Downtown Austin | |||
| Day Three - Wednesday, April 28 | ||||
| 7:00 - 8:30 | U.S. Members Annual Meeting | |||
| 8:30 - 9:00 | Transportation on the Landscape: Integrating Conservation and Transportation Decision Making Shara Howie (NatureServe), Kirk Fauver (FHWA–Texas Division) [Part 1, Part 2], Sylvia Gijalva (FHWA–Office of Interstate and Border Planning), and Diane Miller (Envision Central Texas) 90 min |
Assessing Forest Naturalness Ron McRoberts (Northern Research Station, U.S. Forest Service) 30 min |
Biodiversity Conservation Priority Sites in Chiapas Maria Patrocinio Alba (Pronatura Sur A.C.) 30 min *En Español* |
Big Landscapes, Little Gadgets: A System for Collecting and Managing Observation Data [Workshop] (Part 1, Part 2) Lori Scott (NatureServe) 180 min |
| 9:00 - 9:30 | Integrating SWAPs and Species Data into Local Greenprints Breece Robertson and Steve Moran (Trust for Public Lands-New Mexico) 30 min |
Advances in Mapping Biodiversity Jon Hak (NatureServe) 60 min |
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| 9:30 - 10:00 | Expanding Social Boundaries Don Kent, New Hampshire Natural Heritage Bureau 30 min |
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| 10:00 - 10:30 | Break | |||
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Mitigating Impacts from the Highway Construction Over Biodiversity in the Region of Calakmul (KBA7), Campeche, Mexico Gerardo Garcia (Pronatura Pen??nsula de Yucatán A.C.) 30 min *En Español* |
Multi-Scale Conservation Planning for the Georgia Coast Patrick Crist (NatureServe) 30 min |
Colorado Rare Plant Conservation Initiative, Saving Colorado’s Wildflowers Susan Spackman Panjabi (Colorado Natural Heritage Program) 30 min |
Big Landscapes, Little Gadgets [Workshop] (continued) |
| 11:00 - 11:30 |
Neither Cat nor Rabbit: Local Biodiversity Endangered by Exotic Invasive Species in Peru Antonio Tovar (CDC-UNALM (Perú)) 30 min *En Español* |
Fishing Regionalization in the Norwest of Mexico Esteban Torreblanca (Pronatura Noroeste, A.C.) 30 min *En Español* |
Ecological Site Descriptions and Land Stewardship Mark Moseley (USDA-NRCS) 30 min |
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| 11:30 - 12:00 | Effective Planning: A Case to Assess It in Veracruz, Mexico Aníbal Ramirez (Pronatura Veracruz) 30 min *En Español* |
Setting Species Conservation Priorities on BLM Lands Nancy Benton (NatureServe) 30 min |
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| 12:00 on | Field Trips U.S. Section Council Meeting |
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| End of Conservation Conference | ||||
Associated Activities
| All day Friday and Saturday, April 23–24 | Leader to Leader Training Program |
| Sunday morning, April 25 | NatureServe Board of Directors meeting LAC Strategy Meeting |
| Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning, April 26–27 | Workshop: Broadening State Wildlife Action Plans to Include Plant Conservation Needs in a Climate Change Context |
| Monday evening | Reception for Bob Jenkins |
| Wednesday morning, April 28 | U.S. Members Annual Meeting |
| Wednesday afternoon, April 28 | U.S. Section Council Meeting |