| Rocky
Mountains CESU Park Resources Meeting February 18-19, 2009 Lakewood, CO |
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| AGENDA |
Meeting Notes |
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| Wednesday, February18, 2009 |
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| Time | Topic |
Presenter/Discussion
Leader |
| 10:00 am | Welcome; Awards presentation | Laura Joss IMR |
| 10:15 am | Welcome and comments from Cluster leads; election of large park representative |
Cass Bromley, BICA, and Fred Bunch, GRSA |
| 10:30 am | Big Issues in your parks: natural and cultural resources | All Park Representatives |
| 12:30 pm | What’s New with the Rocky Mountains CESU Handouts:2008 Annual Report |
Kathy Tonnessen and Christine Whitacre, RM-CESU |
| 12:50 pm | Announcement of RM-CESU project awards | Tara Carolin, GLAC |
| 1:00 pm | Lunch | |
| 2:00 pm | Contracting and Agreements issues: training, procedures | Kathy Fleming, WASO; Tom Forsyth and Lynell Wright, IMR |
| 2:30 pm | IMR Resources Stewardship and Research Updates | Laura Joss, Sande McDermott, Tammy Whittington, Jim Bradford, Paul Chattey, IMR |
3:30 pm |
Break | |
| 3:45 pm | RM –CESU Showcased project: Whitebark and Limber Pine Health in the Rockies; and management implications from the park perspective | Diana Tomback, University of Colorado at Denver and Kelly McCloskey, Grand Teton NP |
| 5:00 pm | Adjourn | |
| Thursday,
February 19, 20089 |
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| 8:15 am | Tools for Analyzing Impacts to Cultural Resources in Fire Management Plans | Lisa Hanson, IMR –Fire Compliance and Planning |
| 8:45 am | Wilderness program update; Tucson wilderness forum | Suzy Stutzman, IMR |
| 9:00 am | Update on Virtual RLCs – how are they working, and what are the prospects for funding | Bruce Bingham, IMR |
| 9:15 am | Report from NRAG | Bruce Bingham and Tom Olliff, IMR and YELL |
| 9:30 am | RM-CESU Showcased project: Images of Rocky Mountain National Park | Ann Komara, University of Colorado at Denver |
| 10:15 am | Break | |
| 10:30 am | Climate Change Update Handouts: Climate Change Response Steering Committe Memo; Climate Change Secretarial Order; Climate Change: Impacts to Western Mountains and Forests; Climate Change White Paper for the 2nd Century Commission; NPS Briefing Statement: Responding to the Challenge of Climate Change
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Tom Olliff, YELL |
| 11:15 am | DOI Bison Conservation Initiative: what is it and which Rocky Mountain Parks are involved? Handout: The Genome of the American West |
Jerry Mitchell, BRMD |
| 11:40 am | FLREA, Flexible Base and Centennial Challenge | Carol Bennetts, Jill Edlund and Krista Muddle IMR |
| 12:15 pm | Lunch– order in; discussion with small park managers | Chris Ford, GRKO will lead the discussion |
| 1:15 pm | Introduction to Night Skies – inventory, monitoring, research and policy | Chad Moore, NRPC, Night Sky Program |
| 2:45 pm | Break | |
| 3:30 pm | Natural Sounds Program: how does it work, how do you get assistance
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Vicki McCusker, NRPC-Natural Sounds Program and Emma Lynch, CSU |
| 4:30 pm | Adjourn | |