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October 25, 2012 St. Luke's Community Center, Bellingham

8:00 Registration

8:30 Welcome - Kevin Ranker, Washington State Senator 40th Leg. Dist.

8:40 - 9:25 Keynote - Chad Kruger, Washington State University Climate Friendly Farming

9:30 - 10:45 Overview of Local and Global Sources of Food

This session will provide an overview of both local and global sources of food in the marine and terrestrial environments. Where does our food come from? What is it's economic value to the region?

9:30 Collen Burrows, Agricultural Special Projects Coordinator, Washington State University Extension – Food Assessment Report (15 mn.)

9:50 Bill Dewey, Public Policy and Communication Director, Taylor Shellfish Farms – Local fisheries/shellfish (15 mn.)

10:10 Dr. Craig Cogger, Scientist/Extension Specialist, Washington State University – Global Terrestrial (15 mn.)

10:30 Dr. William Cheung, Professor, University British Columbia Fisheries Centre – Global Fisheries (15 mn.)

10:45 Break

11:00 - 12:15 Climate-related Local and Global Threats to Food Sources and Regional Providers

This session will look at how climate change is affecting our oceans, our water supply and our agricultural areas. How does extreme weather events impact the region?

11:00 Dr. Shallin Busch, Research Ecologist, NOAA – Ocean Acidification (15 mn.)11:20 Dr. John Rybczyk, Professor and Chair, Huxley College of the Environment, Western

Washington University – Sea-level Rise/Shoreline/Estuary Changes (15 mn.)11:40 Dr. Alan Hamlet, Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington – Global and Local

Water Supply Limitations (15 mn.)12:00 Chad Kruger – Pests and Other Agricultural Stressors (15 mn.)12:15 Dr. Craig Cogger – Extreme Weather Events in Major Food Supply Regions (15 mn.)

12:15 - 1:15 Lunch

1:15 - 1:25 Welcome - Kelli Linville, Mayor, City of Bellingham

1:30 - 3:35 Local/Regional Adaptation and Mitigation Actions

This session will look at local and regional adaptation strategies and mitigation actions. What are we doing locally to respond to climate change challenges regarding flooding, water supplies, our forage fish and shellfish? How do we mitigate the effects of agricultural pests?

1:30 Bill Dewey – Ocean Acidification (20 mn.)1:55 Dr. Kirk L. Krueger, Research Scientist, Washington Department Fish and Wildlife –

Sea-level Rise/Shorelines (forage fish) (20 mn.)2:20 John Stevenson, Regional Extension Climate Scientist, PNW Climate Impacts Research

Consortium – Water Supply (20 mn.)2:45 Paula Cooper, Whatcom County Public Works – Flooding/Drainage (20 mn.)3:10 Dr. Nichole Embertson, Resource Coordinator, Whatcom Conservation District – Pests

and other Agricultural Stressors (20 mn.)

3:35 Break

3:45 - 5:00 Putting it All Together – Panel and Audience Discussion

What have we learned and how can we take this information and apply it in our areas of expertiseand concern? How do we go forward?

Moderator: Clare Fogelsong, City of Bellingham - Environmental Resources

Dr. Nichole Embertson, Chad Kruger, Bill Dewey, Dr. Alan Hamlet, Collen Burrows, John Stevenson

This event is one in a series of monthly events coordinated as a Speakers Series by the Whatcom Watersheds Information Network (WWIN) and the Whatcom County Marine Resources Committee (MRC).

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