North Cascadia Adaptation Partnership - Mount Baker - Snoqualmie National Forest Climate Change Workshop Agenda

NCAP Workshop Agenda: Mount Baker – Snoqualmie NF

North Cascadia Adaptation Partnership
Preparing for climate change through science-management collaboration

Mount Baker – Snoqualmie National Forest Climate Change Workshop
April 28, 2011 | Everett Community College, Everett, WA
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Objective: Provide an opportunity to explore and discuss the issue of climate change adaptation on the Mount Baker – Snoqualmie National Forest so that we are better able to apply current science to resource management.

8:30 – 8:45	Welcome and objectives Dave L. Peterson and Crystal Raymond, Research Scientists, PNW Station
8:45 – 9:00	Vision for climate change action – Forest Service and Mount Baker Snoqualmie National Forest Rob Iwamoto, Forest Supervisor, MBSNF
9:00 – 9:20	Climate Change Strategy for the Pacific Northwest Region Tom DeMeo, Regional Ecologist, USFS Pacific Northwest Region	[PDF]
Climate Change Science Basics
9:20 – 9:45	Climate Science Overview Amy Snover, Co-Director, Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington	[PDF]
9:45 – 10:10	Future Climate Projections for the Pacific Northwest Amy Snover, Co-Director, Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington
10:10 – 10:30	Break
*Climate Change and Aquatic Resources*
10:30 – 11:00	Climate Change Effects on Hydrology Marketa McGuire Elsner, Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington	[PDF]
11:00 – 11:30	Climate Change Effects on Aquatic Habitats and Fish Nate Mantua, Co-Director, Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington	[PDF]
11:30 – 11:55	Climate Change Effects on Roads, Infrastructure, and Access Bill Shelmerdine, Forest Engineer, Olympic National Forest	[PDF]
11:55 – 12:15	Panel Discussion on Aquatic Resources Nate Mantua, Marketa McGuire Elsner, Bill Shelmerdine, Amy Lieb, Loren Everest
12:15 – 1:15	Lunch
Climate Change and Terrestrial Resources
1:15 – 1:45	Climate Change Effects on Vegetation and Ecological Disturbance Jeremy Littell, Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington	[PDF]
1:45 – 2:15	Climate Change and High-Elevation Animal Species Don Gay, Wildlife Biologist, MBSNF	[PDF]
2:15 – 2:35	Panel Discussion on Terrestrial Resources Jeremy Littell, Don Gay, Cindy Tencick
2:35 – 2:55	Break
Next Steps: Vulnerability Assessment, Adaptation, and NPS collaboration
2:55 – 3:20	Adaptation on National Forests: National Roadmap and Score Card and Strategies and Tactics for Adaptation Dave Peterson, Research Scientist, PNW Station	[PDF]
3:20 – 3:30	How the Mount Baker Snoqualmie National Forest is Responding Cindy Tencick, Ecosystems Management and Strategic Planning Staff Officer	[PDF]
3:30 – 3:50	Final Discussion on Resource Management and Climate Change
3:50 – 4:00	Closeout Rob Iwamoto, Dave Peterson, Crystal Raymond