| Rocky
Mountain Cluster Resources Meeting February 20-21, 2008 Lakewood, CO |
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| AGENDA |
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| Wednesday, February
20, 2008 |
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| Time | Topic |
Presenter/Discussion
Leader |
| 9:50 am | Welcome from Regional Director | Tony Schetzsle , IMR |
| 10:00 am | Welcome and comments from Cluster leads; election of small park representative |
Fran Pannebaker, BEOL Fred Bunch, GRSA |
| 10:30 am | Big Issues in your parks: natural and cultural resources | All Park Representatives |
| 11:30 am | What’s New with the Rocky Mountains CESU; administrative announcements and updates Handouts: RM-CESU 2007 Annual Report; 2007 NPS-RM-CESU Administrative Reports; Projects Funded with End-of-Year Dollars, 2007 |
Kathy Tonnessen and Christine Whitacre, RM-CESU; Lynell Wright and Tom Forsyth, IMR |
| Noon | Announcement of RM-CESU project awards | Jim Cheatham, DETO |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch | |
| 1:30 pm | IMR Resources Conference and update on RSAT | Sue Consolo-Murphy, GRTE |
| 2:30 pm | Report on the ROMO climate workshop | Judy Visty and Ben Bobowski, ROMO |
2:50 pm |
Climate Change and NPS – anatomy of a new program; how to be a climate-friendly park, and plans for interagency climate workshops | Leigh Welling, NRPC |
| 3:30 pm | Break | |
| 3:45 pm | “Ice on the Edge” – climate change and archeological/ Paleontological projects at CU-Boulder | Craig Lee, University of Colorado at Boulder |
| 4:10 pm | Updates on the NPS Centennial Challenge | Greg Kendrick and Rena Fugate, IMR |
| 4:30 pm | Updates on IMR Resource Stewardship Program | Sande McDermott and Bruce Bingham, IMR |
| Thursday,
February 21, 2008 |
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| 8:15 am | Programmatic Agreement with NCSHPO | Chris Turk, IMR |
| 8:25 am | Conservation easements within the IMR | Glenna Vigil, NPS Lands Office |
| 8:50 am | Case study of the conservation easement at GRKO | Chris Ford, GRKO, and Ben Bobowski, ROMO |
| RM-CESU project showcase: Mercury in rain, sediments, lakes and fish in the Rockies - what every manager needs to know | Alisa Mast, USGS-WRD | |
| 9:40 am | Break | |
| 9:50 am | RM-CESU project showcase: NPS grazing administrative history project | Mark Fiege and Maren BzDek, CSU |
| 10:20 am | IMR Cultural Resources: new developments and funding opportunities | Jim Bradford and Paul Chattey, IMR |
| 10:45 am | FLREA and its applicability as a fund source for natural and cultural resource projects | Carol Bennetts, IMR |
| 11:05 am | Virtual Learning Centers as Outreach Tools for I&M | Bruce Bingham, IMR |
| 11:20 am | Tour of TIC and DSC Library (followed by a “working lunch” discussion of Park Libraries) | Carol Simpson, TIC |
| Noon | LUNCH – order in | Jack Potter leads park library discussion |
| 1:30 pm | Introduction to Biological Resource Management Division | Jerry Mitchell |
| 1:45 pm | Human Dimensions Program | Kirsten Leong |
| 2:15 pm | Wildlife Disease | Jenny Powers |
| 2:45 pm | Break | |
| 3:00 pm | Threatened and Endangered Species | Nancy Brian, Bill Austin (FWS) |
| 3:30 pm | Adaptive Management/ Desired Future Conditions | Greg Eckert |
| 4:00 pm | Vegetation\IPM Program Handout:Biological Control BUP |
Carol DiSalvo, Karl Brown, Rita Beard and Kara Paintner |
| 4:30 pm | Adjourn | |