Society of Wetland Scientists Pacific Northwest Meeting 2017:
The Society of Wetland Scientists' Pacific Northwest Chapter has been working hard to put together a small, plenary meeting later this month and we're pleased to announce that the final program is finalized and up (see below).
Yours truly is pinch hitting on a talk by some Utah State University folks and moderating a pair of sessions. There are 12 great talks on the books, an ad hoc poster session, two wetland mitigation/restoration field trips, and a workshop by Sarah Cooke on wetland restoration plant selection. Both days count toward continuing education credits for Professional Wetland Scientist certifications.
Most importantly, this meeting is a great way to meet new folks, hear about cutting edge developments in wetland science and management. On behalf of SWS-PNW, we hope to see you in Kelso!
Applied Wetland Science in a Changing Northwest World
September 26th-27th,
2017
Red Lion
Hotel, Kelso, WA
Register at:
http://www.sws.org/Pacific-Northwest-Chapter/pacific-northwest-chapter-events.html
Tuesday, September 26th,
2017
8:00 am –
Registration opens
8:55 am –
Opening Remarks
Yvonne
Vallette, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
9:00 am –
10:30 am
Wetland classification and mapping in
Washington State
Moderated by
Nate Hough-Snee, Meadow Run Environmental
9:00 am
Improving Wetland Identification for
Conservation and Regulatory Priorities
Dr. Amy
Yahnke – Senior Wetland Ecologist, Washington Department of Ecology
9:30 am
Classification of Washington's
Wetlands for Inventory, Mapping, and Conservation Prioritization. An Approach
Based on the U.S. National Vegetation Classification
Joe Rocchio –
Senior Vegetation Ecologist, Washington Dept. of Natural Resources, Natural
Heritage Program
10:00 am
A semi-automated, remote sensing based
approach for updating the National Wetland Inventory in Washington State
Dr. Meghan
Halabisky – Research Ecologist – University of Washington, School of
Environmental and Forest Sciences
10:30 am Break
and refreshments
11:00 am –
12:15pm
Frontiers session: Emerging ideas in
wetland restoration and management
Session 1 – Beaver, watershed,
wetland, and stream restoration
Moderated by
Nate Hough-Snee, Meadow Run Environmental
11:00 am
Wetland restoration planning using the Beaver
Restoration Assessment Tool
Dr. Nate
Hough-Snee – Riparian and Wetland Ecologist, Meadow Run Environmental
11:15 am
Could beaver dams buffer a declining
snowpack?
Konrad Hafen
– Ph.D Candidate, University of Idaho, Water Resources
11:45 am
The Methow Beaver Project
Dr. Torre
Stockard – Project Coordinator – Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife
12:15 pm
Lunch and chapter business meeting
1:30 pm –
2:30 pm
Frontiers session: Emerging ideas in
wetland restoration and management
Session 2 – Blue carbon science and
applications
Moderated by
Katrina Poppe, Northwest Ecological Services/Western Washington University
1:30 pm
Blue carbon science
Dr. Jude
Apple – Research Coordinator Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve/Washington
State Department of Ecology
2:00 pm
Blue carbon in practice
Stefanie
Simpson – Blue Carbon Program Senior Manager, Restore America's Estuaries
2:30 pm Break
and refreshments
3:00 pm –
5:00pm Wetland policy and regulatory
issues
Moderated by
Yvonne Vallette, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
3:00 pm
Comparison of mitigation banking
to other mitigation options – A consulting perspective
Fiona McNair,
Senior Biologist, GeoEngineers
3:30 pm
Aquatic resource mitigation framework
in Oregon
Dana Hicks –
Mitigation Policy Specialist, Oregon Department of State Lands
4:30 pm
The next national wetland status and trend
effort
Bill Kirchner
– National Wetland Inventory Coordinator, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
5:00 pm to
8:00 pm
Social and ad hoc poster session.
Wednesday, September 27th,
2017
Field Trips and Workshop
Cowlitz Indian Tribe Restoration Projects Tour - 9:00am - 2:00pm
Cowlitz
Indian Tribe staff
Coweemnan Mitigation Bank Site Tour - 9:00am - 11:30am
Victor and
Zachary Woodward, Habitat Bank
Wetland Restoration: What to plant and
what NOT to plant 8:30am - 2:30pm
Dr. Sarah
Cooke – Ecologist, Cooke Scientific
