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Concurrent Program Schedule — final

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SSeessssiioonn 11NapoleonA1/A2/A3(3rd floor)

Assessing Vulnerability of Resourcesto Rapid Climate Change • JohnGross, chair Invited Papers

Climate Change Vulnerability As-sessments for Parks • John E.Gross

Comparison of Climate Change Vul-nerability Assessment Methods forSpecies • Nancy Green

Vulnerability of Coastal Parks toSea Level Change, Lake LevelChange, and Storms • RebeccaBeavers

A Rapid Assessment of ClimateChange Vulnerability for Biodiver-sity Conservation and Managementin New Mexico •Carolyn Enquist

Vulnerability Assessment of Habi-tats and Landscapes • PatrickComer

SSeessssiioonn 22Napoleon B1(3rd floor)

Cultural Landscapes: From SacredLands to the Vernacular Urban Fab-ric • Bonnie Halda, chairContributed Papers

Preservation in a Shifting Land-scape: Multi-disciplinary Manage-ment of Scenic Resources inYosemite National Park • DavidHumphrey & Kevin McCardle

A Productive Estate: Active Agricul-ture on Historic Properties • LauraRoberts et al.

Adapting Cultural Landscape Preser-vation to a Changing World •Margie Brown & H. Eliot Foulds

The Indigenous Cultural Landscapeof the Eastern Woodlands: A Modelfor Conservation, Interpretation,and Tourism • Deanna Beacham

Q&A


Science Communication • KathieAdare, chairContributed Papers

Broadening the Reach, Closing theCircle: Protected Lands and Environ-mental Literacy in the 21st Century• Eric Keeling & Alan Berkowitz

Science Communication Internships:Connecting Parks, Science, and Peo-ple • Sara Delheimer et al.

Education and Relevancy: Trainingthe Teachers and Engaging the Kids• Bruce Nash et al.

New Tools for Science Communica-tion at Yosemite National Park •Niki Nicholas & Elizabeth Munding

New Science Communication Prod-ucts on Mercury Contamination atAcadia National Park: A Collabora-tive Effort • Colleen Flangan et al.


The Benefits of Utilizing IntegratedScience for Research and Manage-ment • Charles van Riper & RobertPowell, chairsPanel Discussion

Panelists:Gary Machlis, Science Advisor to the Director, National Park Service, Washington DCJan van Wagtendonk, Research Forester, Emeritus, U.S. Geological Survey, El Portal, CACarena J. van Riper, Ph.D. Student, Texas A&M University, College Station, TXBob PowellRuss Galipeau

SSeessssiioonn 55Southdown(4th floor)

Managing Tourism Sustainably •Thomas Bremer, chairContributed Papers

Tourism Best Management Practices(TBMP): Design and Acceptance byOperators •Linda Kruger et al.

The Impact of World Heritage Desig-nation on Tourism to Cultural/Nat-ural Heritage Sites • ElizabethHalpenny

Social-ecological Resilience and Sus-tainability of Community-based Na-ture Tourism Development inDominica • Patrick J. Holladay &Robert B. Powell

Understanding Factors that PredictTravel Decisions of U.S. Cultural andHeritage Travelers • XiangpingGao & Michael E. Schuett

The Importance of Intimate Accessto Cultural Sites: Chaco Culture Na-tional Historical Park • WayneFreimund

SSeessssiioonn 66Gallier A/B(4th floor)

Coastal Heritage at Risk: MitigatingThreats to Cultural Heritage inCoastal Zones • Andy Ferrell, chairPanel Discussion

Panelists: Barrett Kennedy, Professor of Architecture, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LADavid Morgan, Director, NPS Southeast Archeological Center, Tallahassee, FLPatrick Sparks, Principal, Sparks Engineering, Round Rock, TXDavid Preziosi, Executive Director, Mississippi Heritage Trust, Jackson, MSGustavo Araoz, President, ICOMOS

SSeessssiioonn 77Nottoway (4th floor)

The Nature of History, The Historyof Nature: Environmental Historyand National Parks • David Louter& Rolf Diamant, chairsPanel Discussion

Panelists: Timothy Babalis, Historian, National Park Service, Pacific West Region, Oakland, CACraig Colten, Professor of Geography, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LARebecca Conard, Professor of History, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TNJim Feldman, Professor of History, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WIPhil Scarpino, Professor of History, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), Indianapolis, IN

SSeessssiioonn 88Oak Alley(4th floor)

Genetics • Robert Winfree, chairContributed Papers

Incorporating New Science intoManagement: Developing a Non-in-vasive Technique to Estimate Popu-lation Size Using Fecal-DNA •Mary Kay Watry et al.

Is Genetic Purity a Problem for theNational Parks? • Peter Dratch

Inbreeding and the Wolves of IsleRoyale • Rolf Peterson et al.

Partnership Approach to NurseryProduction of Locally Genetic Plantsfor Park Restoration and Landscape• Betty Young

Bison: Yesterday, Today, and Tomor-row • Mietek Kolipinski

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SSeessssiioonn 99Bayside A(4th floor)

Visitor Safety & Resource Protec-tion: Impacts of Crime & Illegal Im-migration • Michael Huffman,chairContributed Papers

Rethinking Crime Prevention in Nat-ural Areas • Joel McCormick &Stephen Holland

Attributing Responsibility for VisitorSafety in Mount Rainier NationalPark: An Exploratory Study •Laura Rickard & Clifford Scherer

Continued Cultivation of Illegal Mar-ijuana Production in U.S. WesternNational Parks • Jim Milestone &Charisse Sydoriak

On the Border in Everglades andDry Tortugas: Exploring Immigra-tion Impacts on Florida's NationalParks • Amanda Bentley et al.

Assessing Border-related Human Im-pacts at Organ Pipe Cactus NationalMonument • Christopher Sharp

SSeessssiioonn 1100Bayside B/C(4th floor)

Global Connections: A History of theNational Park Service's Interna-tional Programs • Jonathan Put-nam, chair Panel Discussion

Panelists: Lary Dilsaver, Professor, University of South Alabama, Mobile, ALDavid Reynolds, Chief, Natural Resources and Science, Northeast Region, NPS, Philadephia, PAJacob Fillion, Environmental Education Chief and International Programs Coordinator, Grand Canyon National Park, AZAlvaro Ugalde, Former Director, Costa Rica National Park ServiceStephen Morris, Chief, NPS Office of International Affairs, Washington, DC

SSeessssiioonn 1111Maurepas(3rd floor)

Ecological Restoration • Julie Whit-beck, chairContributed Papers

The Great Lakes Restoration Initia-tive: Opportunity for Restoration!• Brenda Waters et al.

Coming Full Circle: A Logger’s Ap-proach to Forest Restoration atWhiskeytown National RecreationArea • Jennifer Gibson (presentedby Sean Denniston)

LiDAR Derived Forest Metrics forForest Restoration at Redwood Na-tional & State Parks • Daryl VanDyke & Lathrop Leonard

When, Why, and What to Monitor?A Case Study: Iceplant Removal atPoint Reyes • Ellen Hamingson &Dylan Voeller

Q&A

SSeessssiioonn 1122Borgne(3rd floor)

Knowledge and Ways of Knowing:Is Science Knowledge the Only Para-digm for Resource Management De-cision-Making?Sharing Circle

Organizers: Judy Bischoff, CPCESU Coordinator, NPS, Flagstaff, AZJeff Bradybaugh, Superintendent, Bryce Canyon National ParkErik Nielsen, Assistant Professor, Northern Arizona University

NOTE: These two Sharing Circles run simultaneously in the Borgne Room.


Resource Literacy, Resource Needs:A Discussion About Improving Dia-logue and KnowledgeSharing Circle

Organizers: Teresa Moyer, Archeologist, National Park Service, Washington, DCSara Melena, Education Specialist, NPS Office of Education and Outreach, Natural Resource Program Center,Fort Collins, COAngie Richman, Communication Specialist, Climate Change Response Program, National Park Service, FortCollins, CO


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Adapting to Climate Change Effectsin Protected Areas and Across Land-scapes • Cat Hawkins Hoffman,chairInvited Papers

Applying Climate Change Scienceand Vulnerability Analyses to Adap-tation of Natural Resource Manage-ment • Patrick Gonzalez

Climate Change and Cultural Re-sources: NPS Efforts to Address Cli-mate Change Effects on CulturalResources • Stephanie Toothman

Adapting to Sea-Level Rise: Chal-lenges and Opportunities for theNation’s Coastal Parks and Commu-nities • Maria G. Honeycutt

Climate Change Adaptation in Pro-tected Areas and the ‘Real World’:Opportunities/Challenges at theScience-Management Interface •Christopher J. Lemieux

Enhancing Collaborative Ap-proaches and Application of Scienceto Conservation Challenges: TheLandscape Conservation Coopera-tive • Douglas Austen


Establishing New Parks and Net-works of Protected Areas • JohnWaithaka, chairContributed Papers

The Federal Lands Contribution toEcological System Conservation •Lisa Duarte et al.

Factors Influencing the Establish-ment of Protected Areas: Canadaand Mexico • Angeles MendozaSammet & Michael Quinn

Creating New National Parks andMarine Conservation Areas:Achievements and Lesson Learned• Kevin McNamee

Sea-change: A New Approach toOceans Planning and Management• Nicholas Irving

Theoretical Concerns in Networks ofProtected Areas: Symmetry andAsymmetry • Robert Pahre


Fire and Resource Management—Monitoring, Reconstruction, andModeling: Applications of Fire Ecol-ogy • Richard Schwab & Nate Ben-son, chairsInvited Papers

A Methodology for ReconstructingHistoric Fire Regimes in NationalParks • Caroline Noble & CecilFrost

Modeling Long-term Changes toStand Structure and Fuels withinDifferent Burn Severities • KarenKoenig

Mixed Conifer Regeneration Follow-ing Fires of Mixed Severities of theLast Eleven Years in Grand CanyonNational Park • Anna Higgins

A Multifaceted Analysis of Fire Mon-itoring Handbook Data from Zionand Bryce Canyon National Parks• Katie Johnson

Fire Ecology in the Tallgrass PrairieRegion: Integrating Long-term Mon-itoring with Fire Effects • Mike De-Backer & Sherry Leis


Coastal Research and Engineering• Rebecca Beavers and Jodi Eshle-man, chairsInvited Papers

Coastal Engineering Challenges inNational Parks • Jodi Eshleman

A Plan for Coastal Resilience in Mis-sissippi • Susan Ivester Rees &Jason B. Krick

Sea Level Rise Concerns for Ever-glades Restoration Planning •Glenn B. Landers

Marine Mapping for Managers inOcean and Coastal Parks: Making itPossible with Partnerships • MarkBorrelli et al.

Evolution of Cape Lookout and CapeHatteras National Seashores: Re-sponses to Rising Sea Level • Stan-ley R. Riggs


Engaging Local Communities inWorld Heritage Sites: Experiencefrom the Community Managementfor Protected Areas Programme •Jessica Brown, chairPanel Discussion

Panelists: Terence Hay-Edie, Programme Specialist, GEF Small Grants Programme, UNDP, New York, N.Y.Julio Moure, Coordinator, COMPACT-Mexico, Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve, Punta Allen, MexicoCelia Mahung, Executive Director, Toledo Institute for Development and Environment (TIDE), Punta Gorda, BelizeNora Mitchell, Director, Conservation Study, Institute, National Park Service, Woodstock, VT


Interpreting “Hidden” History •Re-becca Conard, chairContributed Papers

Historic Restoration: The Re-Emer-gence of Yosemite and Sequoia'sBuffalo Soldiers • Shelton Johnson

Les survivants de l'esclavage: TheArcheology of Slavery at L’Her-mitage Plantation, Maryland • JoyBeasley

Without Controversy: The Develop-ment of Fort Pillow State HistoricPark • Benjamin Hayes

The National Underground RailroadNetwork to Freedom as an Innova-tive Program • Jenny Masur (pre-sented by Joy Beasley)

But There Aren’t Any Indians Here• Deanna Beacham


Toward Natural Lightscapes and theState of Night in the National ParkService • Jeffrey Hallo, chairPanel Discussion

Panelists: Brandi L. Smith, Doctoral Student, Clemson University Dept. of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management, Clemson, SCChad Moore, Night Sky Team Program Manager, National Park Service, Ft. Collins, COKeven Poe, "Dark" Park Ranger, Bryce Canyon National Park, Bryce Canyon, UTJohn Kelly, Park Planner, Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, MEG.B. Cornucopia, Park Ranger (Archaeoastronomer), Chaco Culture National Historical Park, Nageezi, NM


Streams & Lakes • Rob Middlemis-Brown, chairContributed Papers

Long-term Monitoring and the Ef-fects of Fire on Stream Morphologyand Amphibian Populations • SethRiley et al.

Analysis of Trends in Climate andStream Flow in North Coastal Cali-fornia Park Units • Mary AnnMadej

Climate-induced Predator Extinc-tions Modify Aquatic CommunityStructure in Arid HeadwaterStreams • Kate Boersma et al.

Mississippi National River andRecreation Area Water Quality: As-sessing Past and Monitoring FutureChanges • David VanderMeulen etal.

Monitoring Benthic CommunityStructure: An Investigation of Taxo-nomic Distinctness and Multi-dimen-sional Scaling • Andrea Woodwardet al.


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Religion in the Parks: An Interdisci-plinary Discussion • Thomas Bre-mer, chairPanel Discussion

Panelists: Lynn Ross-Bryant, Associate Professor, University of Colorado, Boulder, COKerry Mitchell, Director of Academic Affairs and Comparative Religion, Long Island University, Brookyln, NYJudy Bonderman, Assistant Professor, American University, Washington, DCDorothy FireCloud, Devils Tower National Monument, WYm


Advances in Biodiversity Discovery(All-taxa Biodiversity Inventories,BioBlitzes, etc.) across the NationalPark System • Kirsten Leong &Sally Plumb, chairsInvited Papers

From ATBI to Bioblitz: An Introduc-tion to Biodiversity Discovery Initia-tives in NPS • Sally Plumb et al.

Development of a Curriculum-basedEducation Program from an Inverte-brate ATBI at Boston Harbor Islands• Marc Albert

A Nationwide Evaluation of NPS Pol-linators (Bees) in Climate SensitiveHabitats • Ann Rodman

Discovering Biodiversity in GreatBasin National Park: Using theBioBlitz to Initiate All-Taxa Data-base Development • GretchenBaker

Advances from Fourth AnnualBioBlitz in Partnership with Na-tional Geographic Society at Bis-cayne National Park • SusanGonshor


Carrying Capacity • Ryan Sharp,chairContributed Papers

Informed User Capacity Manage-ment Decision Making: Linking Visi-tor Use Levels to Visitor Experience• David Pettebone et al.

Alternative Indicators of Crowdingat Alcatraz Island: A ComparativeAnalysis • Nathan Reigner et al.

“Standardized Standards”: UsingGeospatial Data to GeneralizeCrowding Standards • JeremyWimpey et al.

In Search of the Magic Number: TheLimitation of Visitor Numbers as aLast Resort in Müritz National Park,Germany • Christopher J. Garthe

An Investigation of PhotographOrder-Effects in Visual-Based Out-door Recreation Research • AdamGibson et al.


Healing Historical Trauma SharingCircle

Organizers:Nathalie Gagnon, Senior Analyst, Aboriginal Affairs Secretariat, Parks Canada, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada



An Interdisciplinary Discussionabout Fire / Fuels Science and Man-agement Sharing Circle

Organizer:Vita Wright, Principal Investigator, Northern Rockies Fire Science Network, RMRS / NPS, Kalispell, MT



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Communicating about ClimateChange to Internal and External Au-diences • Susan Sachs, chairInvited Papers

Communicating Climate Changethrough Citizen Science • TaraCarolin

From Melting Glaciers to SubtleShifts: Strategies to Communicatea Range of Climate Change Impacts• Susan Sachs & Jim Pfeiffen-berger

Using Climate Change Modeling forPark Planning at Gateway NationalRecreation Area • Mark Christiano& Norbert Psuty

Using Great Tools from MultiplePrograms to Better Understand Pol-linators and Climate Change • AnnRodman

Q&A


The National Park Service Institu-tional Animal Care and Use Com-mittee (NPS IACUC): What You Needto Know and How to Use It • JohnA. Bryan II, chair

Day-Capper


Monitoring and State of the ParkReporting Systems for ParksCanada and the U.S. National ParkService • Stephen Woodley, chairPanel Discussion

Panelists: Donald McLennan, Parks Canada Agency, National Monitoring Biologist, Gatineau, QuebecChristie Spence, Head Planning and Reporting, Parks Canada Agency, Gatineau, QuebecStephanie Toothman, Associate Director, Cultural Resources, USNPS, Washington, DCBert Frost, Associate Director, Natural Resources, USNPS, Washington, DC


Advancing Wild and Scenic RiverPlanning across the National ParkService • Tracy Atkins, chairPanel Discussion

Panelists: Bill Hansen, Acting Chief, NPS NRPC Water Rights Branch, Fort Collins, COGary Weiner, Regional WSR Coordinator, NPS Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance, Bozeman, MTJennifer Carpenter, Park Planner, NPS Grand Teton National Park, Jackson, WYChris Church, Project Manager, NPS Denver Service Center, Planning Division, Denver, CO


Wilderness • Dick Anderson, chairContributed Papers

What Wilderness Needs: A ProposedFramework for Managing Commer-cial Services in Wilderness •Michele Dauber et al.

Alaska Case Study: Decision Mak-ing for Science in Wilderness •Judy Alderson & Robert Winfree

Wilderness Inter-group Encounters:An Examination of Monitoring Prac-tices, Standards, and ManagementImplications • Robert Dvorak et al.

Perspectives on Wilderness RockClimbing Fixed Anchors: JoshuaTree National Park, California, CaseStudy • Erik Murdock

Naturalness vs. Wildness: VisitorSupport for Management Alterna-tives to Anthropogenic Changes inthe Bridger Wilderness • AndreaDavidson & Troy Hall


Responding to Disaster: Katrina andDeepwater Horizon • BarrettKennedy, chairContributed Papers

How an Over-emphasis on ShorelineResource Protection May HaveMade the Gulf Oil Spill Worse •Sean Anderson

Irreplaceable Heritage at Risk:Preparing for Disasters in theCoastal Zone (and Elsewhere...) •Barrett Kennedy

Important Interpretive Elements As-sociated with the Story of HurricaneKatrina and Other Significant Hurri-cane Disasters • Donald Rodriguezet al.

Post-Deepwater Horizon MarineSpatial Planning as an Interna-tional Model for Marine ProtectedAreas • Shannon Sims

Strategic Sciences and the Deepwa-ter Horizon Oil Spill • Gary Mach-lis & Marcia McNutt


Knowledge All Around You: CulturalLandscapes Management from aLandscape Point of View • Jill Cow-ley, chairPanel Discussion

Panelists: Elizabeth K. Goetsch, Park Ranger, Stones River National Battlefield, Murfreesboro, TNJill Cowley, Historical Landscape Architect, National Park Service Intermountain Region, Santa Fe, NMLaura Shuster, Chief, Cultural Resource Division, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, HI


Five Minutes of Fame: Using Videoto Promote Science and the Parks• Ted Gostomski and Sara Melena,chairsDay-Capper

Presenters:Ted Gostomski, Science Writer/Biologist, National Park Service, Great Lakes Inventory and Monitoring Net-work, Ashland, WISara Melena, Education Specialist, National Park Service Office of Education & Outreach, Ft. Collins, CO



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Tracking Global Change at LocalScales: Phenology for Science, Con-servation, Management, Education,and Outreach • Jake Weltzin,chairInvited Papers

The Potential Contribution of Phe-nology to the National Park Service• Abraham Miller-Rushing

The California Phenology Network(CPN): Integrating Phenology Moni-toring Across Protected Areas in Cal-ifornia • Angela Evenden et al.

Watching, Photographing, and Lis-tening: Phenology Monitoring inthe Northeast Temperate Network• Brian Mitchell

Phenology at Great Smoky Moun-tains National Park • Keith Lang-don

Role of the USA National PhenologyNetwork: Tools and Opportunities• Jake F. Weltzin


Managing Use on Half Dome: Inves-tigation, Simulation, and Monitor-ing to Inform Planning and VisitorManagement in Yosemite NationalPark • Bret Meldrum, chairInvited Papers

Implementing Crowding InducedChanges to the Wilderness Manage-ment of Half Dome • MarkMarschall

Investigating Day Use on HalfDome: Visitor Behavior and Percep-tions of Crowding and Risk •Nathan Reigner et al.

Half Dome Cables Scenario Analysisand Modeling • Brett Kiser et al.

Monitoring the Effects of the HalfDome Interim Permit System inYosemite National Park • DavidPettebone et al.

Half Dome Cables Historic Overviewand Environmental Planning •Daniel Schaible et al.


Advances in Understanding Human-Wildlife Habituation in and AroundProtected Areas • Kirsten Leong,chairInvited Papers/Panel Discussion

Improving Communication aboutHabituation and Other Learned Be-haviors in Wildlife to Inform Man-agement • Lauren Barish et al.

A Situation Analysis of Human–Wildlife Habituation in NPS Units •Heather Wieczorek Hudenko &Daniel J. Decker

Steering Committee Reflections onAdvances in Knowledge • Human-Wildlife Habituation Steering Com-mittee

Panel discussion and audience Q&A


Keeping Parks Relevant to a Chang-ing American Public Sharing Circle

Organizers:Erik Eichinger, Director, NPCA’s Center for Park Management, Dallas, TXCyndi Szymanski, Director, NPCA’s Center for Park Management, Golden, COTom Ferranti, Deputy Associate Director, Workforce Management, Washington, DC



Oil Spills and Protected Areas: Man-agement ConsiderationsSharing Circle

Organizers:Fritz Klasner, Resource Management Team Leader, Kenai Fjords National Park, Seward, AKJeff Mow, Superintendent, Kenai Fjords National Park, Seward, AK



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Civic Engagement: What Does thatMean Again? • Nora Mitchell,chairPanel Discussion

Panelists: Nora Mitchell, Director, Conservation Study Institute, National Park Service, Woodstock. VTBarbara Little, Archeologist and Editor of CRM Journal, Archeology Program, National Park Service, Washington, DCRick Potts, Chief of Conservation and Outdoor Recreation, National Center for Recreation and Conservation, National Park Service, Washington, DCDean Reeder, Chief of Tourism, Office of Sustainable Tourism, National Park Service, Washington, DC


Sea Level Rise: Science and Applica-tions in Coastal Parks • RebeccaBeavers & Maria G. Honeycutt,chairsInvited Papers

Trends in Sea Level Rise Science •Leonard Pearlstine

Measuring Coastal Elevation •Christine Gallagher & Tim Smith

Planning for Coastal Storms: UsingScientific Tools to Guide Recovery inthe Context of Sea Level Rise •George Rogers & Eric Bardenhagen

Supporting Coastal Resource Man-agement and Increasing Resilience:NOAA Sea-Level Rise Products andServices • Paul M. Scholz

Cultural Resources: ManagementChallenges in Light of Global Cli-mate Change • Teresa Moyer


Managing Protected Areas in theFace of Increasing Urbanization: AnOverview • Christy Brigham &Seth Riley, chairsInvited Papers

The Crucial Role of Urban Parks andEcology in an Increasingly UrbanWorld • Ray Sauvajot

The Dilemma of Managing ParksBased upon Narrow Legislationwithin a Regional Ecological Context• Dan Sealy

Engaging New Audiences in ParkStewardship at the Urban Edge •Christy Brigham

Challenges of Ecosystem Restora-tion and Protection in the New York/ New Jersey Metropolitan Region• Doug Adamo

Urban Fear Factor: An Examinationof Fear Expectancy of Urban Youth& Intentions to Visit Cuyahoga Val-ley National Park • Timia Thomp-son et al.


Engaging America’s Youth the Fu-ture of Conservation and Preserva-tion • Susan Teel et al., chairsInvited Papers

Looking for Polar Bears: InternJourneys in DC's National Parks•Giselle Mora-Bourgeois

Research Internships: Bridging Re-search and Education to Benefit Na-tional Park Service Managers •Joy Marburger

The Misbehaving Spring: StudyingUnique Underground River FlowPatterns with Advanced MiddleSchool Science Students • ShannonTrimboli

Climate Change Ambassadors:Learning, Exploration, and Leader-ship • Nick De Roulhac et al.

Youth in Parks Science Internships• Jessica Luo et al.


Stewardship through Communica-tion • Chad Moore, chairInvited Papers

Stewardship through Communica-tion • Julia Washburn

Telling the Air Quality Story inGreat Smoky Mountains NationalPark • Susan Sachs

A Powerful World of Sound •Lelaina Marin & Deanna Ochs

Ambassadors of the Night • ChadMoore

NPS Herbaria Go Global • AnnHitchcock


Wildlife Management: MammalSpecies • Mary Kay Watry, chairContributed Papers

Partnering for Pikas: A Multi-parkMonitoring Protocol for the Ameri-can Pika • Mackenzie Jeffress etal.

Stable Isotope Ecology of SmallMammals in Great Basin NationalPark • Bryan Hamilton et al.

Cruise Ship–Humpback Whale Inter-actions in Glacier Bay National Park• Scott Gende et al.

Elk Culling at Rocky Mountain Na-tional Park: Rethinking TraditionalFederal and State Roles • GaryMiller et al.

Movement of Elk in Great SandDunes National Park in Response toWater Resource Availability •Sarah Garza


Thresholds for Ecological Systemsand Their Management • AmySymstad, chairInvited Papers

Thresholds for Conservation andManagement: A Conceptual Frame-work • M.J. Eaton et al.

Utility Values and Simulation to Op-timize Bioassessment Designs •D.R. Smith et al.

Ecological Thresholds for Salt MarshNekton and Vegetation Communi-ties • Mary-Jane James-Pirri et al.

Richness and Diversity Responses toManagement and Weather in GreatPlains Grassland Plant Communities• Jayne L. Jonas et al.

Discussion of Ecological, Utility, andDecision Thresholds • Amy J. Sym-stad


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Recreation and Resource Impacts:Ecological and Human Dimensions• Yu-Fai Leung et al., chairsInvited Papers

Establishing the Ecological Signifi-cance of Informal Trail Indicator inYosemite National Park through anIntegrated Meadow Analysis • Yu-Fai Leung et al.

Assessing the Development ofEmerging Informal Trail Networks inDenali National Park and the ArcticNational Wildlife Refuge • JeremyWimpey et al.

Classifying Campsites Using Multi-variate Analyses: A Replacement forCondition Classes? • ChristopherMonz & Paul Twardock

Identifying Indicators of Quality forthe Backcountry Visitor Experienceat Kenai Fjords National Park,Alaska • Kelly Goonan et al.

Sustainably Designed Trails: RecentRecreation Ecology Findings on De-sign Factors Affecting Soil Loss •Jeffrey Marion & Jeremy Wimpey


Climate Change Monitoring • Re-becca Stanfield McCown, chairContributed Papers

Geotemporal Dimensions of Change:Two-Dimensional Coastal Geomor-phological Monitoring in the North-east Coastal and Barrier Network •Norbert P. Psuty et al.

Ice in the Everglades: Impacts of the2010 Cold Event on Flora and Faunaand Implications for Monitoring andResource Management • David Hal-lac

Climate Change, Saguaros, andPerennial Vegetation at Saguaro Na-tional Park • Adam Springer et al.

Managing Climate Station Data toReduce Errors During Analysis •Mike Tercek

Using High Accuracy Geodesy to As-sess Risk from Climate Change inCoastal National Parks • Michael Bradley et al.


Natural Resources Emeritus Pro-gram: The Transfer of InstitutionalKnowledge • Lynne Murdock, chairPanel Discussion

Panelists: Lynne Murdock, Interpretive Liaison, NPS, Washington, DCDavid Parsons, Emeritus Program, NPS, Missoula, MTLindsay McClelland, Emeritus Program, NPS, Washington, DCMark Flora, Emeritus Program, NPS, Fort Collins, COGary Johnston, Emeritus Program, NPS, Washington, DC


Successful Restoration of Threat-ened and Endangered Species inNational Parks • Peter Dratch etal., chairsInvited Papers

Introduction: The EndangeredSpecies Program and its Impact onNational Parks • Nancy Brian &Peter Dratch

Propagation and Augmentation ofFederally Listed Mussels in the BigSouth Fork • Steve Bakaletz & TimPinion

Black-footed Ferret Restoration inBadlands National Park: An Exam-ple of Multiagency Cooperationover Multiple Jurisdictional Bound-aries • Brian Kenner & Cay Ogden

Restoration of Threatened and En-dangered Species in Golden GateNational Recreation Area • MietekKolipinski et al.

Strategies for Successful T&ERestoration Proposal and Projects• Peter Dratch & Diane Pavek


Tribal Coalition Project to ProtectCultural Resources in CaliforniaDesertSharing Circle

Organizer:Anthony Madrigal, Director, Cultural Resources, San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, Highland, CA



What Will It Take for NPS to be aHigh-performing Agency?Sharing Circle

Organizer:Kate Richardson, Program Manager–Workplace Enrichment, National Park Service, Sausalito, CA

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National Park Service Inventory &Monitoring Keynote Session: TheState of the Program • NPS Sci-ence Initiative • Steve Fancy, chairPanel Discussion

Panelists: Bert Frost, Associate Director, NRSS, Washington DCSteve Fancy, I&M Program Leader, Fort Collins, COGeorge Dickison, Center Director, NRSS Natural Resource Program Center, Fort Collins, COMargaret Beer, I&M Data Manager, Fort Collins, COGary Machlis, Science Advisor to the Director, Washington DCJon Jarvis, NPS Director (invited)


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Creating Connections with Commu-nities: Case Studies of Civic Engage-ment Principles and Practices •Katherine Faz, chairPanel Discussion

Panelists: Alison Bullock, Community Planner, NPS Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance Program, Chattanooga, TNKatherine Faz, Community Planner, Pecos National Historical Park, Pecos, NMLiz Smith-Incer, Mississippi Field Office Coordinator, NPS Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance Program, Ocean Springs, MSJim Foster, Executive Director, Gulf Coast Heritage Trails Partnership, Ocean Springs, MS


Climate Change at High Latitudes• Jim Lawler, ChairInvited Papers

The Abundance and Distribution ofTrees on the Landscape of DenaliNational Park and Preserve • CarlRoland

Caribou in a Changing World •Kyle Joly & David R. Klein

Impacts of Permafrost Degradationon Shallow Lakes and Wetlands inKobuk Valley National Park • AmyLarsen

Glacier-Change Mapping in theSouthwest Alaska National Parks •Bruce Giffen & Dorothy Hall

Managing Arctic Biodiversity in aChanging World: Proactive AdaptiveManagement in Canada’s Arctic Na-tional Parks • Donald McLennan


Listen in on the Sounds of BryceCanyon and Zion National Parks •Ericka Pilcher et al., chairsInvited Papers

A Multi-Methodological Approach toAnalyzing the Soundscape of BryceCanyon National Park • Britton L.Mace & Grant C. Corser

Acoustical Monitoring in PeregrineFalcon Territories at Bryce CanyonNational Park • Sarah Haas et al.

The History Behind the Creation ofthe Zion National Park SoundscapeManagement Plan • Kristin L.Legg & Kezia Nielsen

Soundscape Management Planningat Zion National Park • Frank Tu-rina & Kezia Nielsen

Integrating Soundscapes into Na-tional Park Service Planning •Vicki McCusker & Kerri Cahill


Gulf to Gulf: Protected Areas of theGulf of Honduras meet the Gulf ofMexico • Brent Mitchell & JessicaBrown, chairsPanel Discussion

Panelists: Celia Mahung, Executive Director, Toledo Institute for Development and Environment (TIDE), Punta Gorda, BelizeGregorio Ch’oc, Executive Director, Sarstoon Temash Institute for Indigenous Management, Punta Gorda, BelizeLuis Fueyo, National Commission on Natural Protected Areas, Mexico


Building Resiliency • Carol Guy,chairPanel Discussion

Panelists: Doug Meffert, Schwartz Professor for River & Coastal Studies, Tulane University, New Orleans, LAElizabeth “Boo” Thomas, President & CEO, Center for Planning Excellence, Baton Rouge, LASean Anderson, Assistant Professor of Environmental Science and Resource Management, California State University–Channel Islands, Camarillo, CA


Inside Management: Understandingthe Decision-making Process andthe Effectiveness of its Outcomes •Carena van Riper, chairContributed Papers

Connecting Place Meanings to Envi-ronmental Governance at the GreatBarrier Reef Marine Park • Carenavan Riper et al.

Effective Organizations for Manage-ment Effectiveness: Another View ofProtected Areas Development •Lloyd Gardner

Management Assessment of theDaymaniyat Islands and Ras alHadd Nature Reserves, Oman •Stewart Fefer et al.

The Nature of Conservation: A Cul-tural Values Approach to NationalParks in Uganda • Arthur Mugishaet al.

Sótano de las Golondrinas: Indige-nous Peoples, Decision-making, andthe Effectiveness of Conservation •Angeles Mendoza Sammet


Imagination, Management and Sur-vival: Investigations into the Histori-cal Geography of American Parks• Terence Young, chairInvited Papers

Outdoors, Indoors and Four Doors:Automobility and the Evolving Char-acter of Outdoor Recreation, 1920-1941 • Peter J. Blodgett(1:30–1:50)

The Abstract Wild: Postcards, His-tory, and Visual Narratives at theGrand Canyon • Yolonda Youngs(1:50–2:10)

Exporting the Park: The NationalPark Service’s Diffusion of NatureManagement around the World •Terence Young & Lary Dilsaver(2:10–2:30)

Did Nature Survive in the UnnaturalMetropolis? Parks in Post-KatrinaNew Orleans • Craig Colten(2:30–2:50)

Q&A (2:50–3:35)


Managing Caves and Bats in theNPS in the Face of White-Nose Syn-drome • Rickard Toomey, chairPanel Discussion

Panelists: Steven C. Thomas, Monitoring Program Leader, Cumberland Piedmont Network (NPS), Mammoth Cave, KYKevin T. Castle, Wildlife Veterinarian, WASO-Biological Resource Management Division (NPS), Fort Collins, COCay Ogden, Wildlife Ecologist and T&E Coordinator, Intermountain Region (NPS), Denver, COTom Rodhouse, Ecologist, Upper Columbia Basin Network I&M Program (NPS), Bend, OR


Estuary & Coastal Environments •Lewis Sharman, chairContributed Papers

Canal Reclamation at the BaratariaPreserve Unit, Jean Lafitte NationalHistorical Park and Preserve,Louisiana • Dusty Pate et al.

Coastal Wetland Management in Eu-rope: A Case Study from the EbroRiver Natural Park (Catalonia,Spain) • Peter J. Sharpe et al.

Understanding Marsh Loss in anUrban Estuary: Jamaica Bay, Gate-way National Recreation Area, NewYork • Patricia Rafferty & CharlesT. Roman

Twenty Years of Rocky IntertidalMonitoring at Cabrillo NationalMonument: Analysis of Long TermTrends • Benjamin Pister & TomPhilippi

Monitoring Salt Marsh ElevationChange in the Northeast: Anticipat-ing Habitat Responses to Sea LevelRise • Charles Roman et al.


The Evolving Role of Tribes inWildlife Restoration in Conjunctionwith the NPS • Jim Stone, chairPanel Discussion

Panelists: Jim Stone, Executive Director, Inter Tribal Buffalo Council (ITBC), Rapid City, SDErvin Carlson, President ITBC, Blackfeet Tribe, Browning MTBirgil Kills Straight, Executive Director, Oglala Sioux Tribe, Kyle, SDTom MacDonald, Director, Natural Resources, Confederated Salish and Kootenai


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Up Close with Danger: ManagingHuman Behavior Around PredatoryAnimals • James Gramann, chairContributed Papers

Visitor-Carnivore Conflicts in Na-tional Parks: Any Reprieve for LargePredators? • John Waithaka

Bear Viewing in Katmai NationalPark: Understanding Bear andHuman Use through Time-lapsePhotography • Carissa Turner

Twenty Years of Brown Bear-HumanConflict Management at BrooksRiver, Katmai National Park andPreserve • Cory Mosby & TroyHamon

Day Hikers in Bear Country: A Studyof Knowledge, Fear, and ProtectionMotivation • Ariel Blotkamp et al.

Federal Preemption of State Inten-sive Management of Predators inProtected Areas • Julie Joly


Native Plant Nurseries in Parks:Their Unique Challenges and Oppor-tunitiesSharing Circle

Organizer:Betty Young, Director of Nurseries, Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, San Francisco, CA



Engaging Indigenous Peoples in theManagement and Protection of Pro-tected Areas Sharing Circle

Organizer:Nathalie Gagnon, Senior Analyst, Aboriginal Affairs Secretariat, Parks Canada, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada

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Inventory and Monitoring DataAnalysis and Synthesis I •TomPhilippi & Tom Rodhouse, chairsInvited Papers

Using Distance Sampling to Esti-mate Dall's Sheep Abundance inGates of the Arctic and Wrangell-St.Elias NPPres • Joshua Schmidt etal.

Harbor Seal Distribution Related toAnthropogenic Disturbance and Nat-ural Variation During 1982–2009• Ben Becker et al.

Long Term Datasets with High An-nual Variability: A Review of theSan Francisco Bay Area NetworkSalmonid Monitoring Program •Michael Reichmuth & Leigh AnnStarcevich

Implications of Model Specificationand Temporal Revisit Designs onTrend Detection • Leigh AnnStarcevich et al.

Q&A

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Effective Science Communication •Ted Gostomski et al., chairsPanel Discussion

Panelists: Megan Nortrup, Science Communicator & Writer, NPS, National Capital Region Inventory and Monitoring Network, Washington, D.C.Cory Nash, Science Communications and Outreach Coordinator, Hawaii-Pacific Islands CESU/University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HawaiiJanine Waller, Editorial Assistant, Yellowstone Center for Resources, Yellowstone National Park, WyomingPaulina Starkey, Science Communication Specialist, U of Idaho/Upper Columbia Basin Inventory & Monitoring Network, Moscow, IdahoMichelle O'Herron, Science Communications Specialist, NPS/Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, San Francisco, California

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Web-based Display of GeospatialData • Nigel Shaw, chairPresentations & Panel Discussion

The Park Atlas: An Overview of Web-Based Mapping Technology for Park Planning • Nell J. Blodgett (1:30–1:50)| Using NPMap to Create Web Maps • Nate Irwin (1:50–2:10) | De-velopment of Web-based Mapping and Analyses Tools to Support Program Initiatives in the Southeast Region • David L. White (2:10–2:30) | Internet GIS Delivery for NPS ResourceManagement • Bill Slocumb & Justin Shedd (2:30–2:50)| Expediting the Deployment of the Google Earth Browser Plug-in, Open Layers, and Google Maps: A Suite of Sweet Tools •Roland Duhaime (2:50–3:10)| Q&A (3:10–3:30)

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Vegetation Inventory Workshop:Consultation, Q&A, and Strategizing• Karl Brown & Tammy Cook,chairs

Workshop

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Stress Management for Ecologicaland Visitor Impacts of ClimateChange in Ocean Parks • Cliff Mc-Creedy, chairInvited Papers

Giacomini Wetland Restoration: En-hancing Ecological Resilience in theTomales Bay Watershed • BrannonKetcham

Impacts on the Visitor Experience atGreat Lakes National Parks • BobKrumenaker

Long-Term Monitoring Pays Off inHealthier Kelp Forest Ecosystems •Russell Galipeau

Raising the Bar for Water Quality inCoastal Parks • Eva DiDonato

Virgin Islands Corals in Hot WaterAgain • Jeff Miller



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Science and Stewardship in the Na-tional Park Service: New Faces, NewChallenges Ahead • Beth Johnson,chairDay-Capper

Presenters:Beth JohnsonBert FrostElaine Leslie


Current Conversations in UngulateManagement in the National ParkService • Therese Johnson et al.,chairsInvited Papers

The Re-emergence of Active Man-agement Programs for AbundantUngulate Populations in NationalPark Units • Ryan Montello

Managing Elk in the Absence of anIntact Ecosystem: Challengesin Rocky Mountain National Park •Therese Johnson et al.

White-tailed Deer Management atCatoctin Mountain Park • LindseyDonaldson et al.

Balancing Brucellosis Risk Manag-ment and Bison Conservation in Yel-lowstone • PJ White et al.

To Ungulate or Not to Ungulate: Isthat the Question? • Glenn Plumb


Fire and Resource Management:Our Landscapes are Being Invaded!• Richard Schwab & Mark Fitch,chairsInvited Papers

Perennial Invasive Grass FiresThreaten to Convert the SonoranDesert Ecosystem • Dana Backer &Perry Grissom

Fire and Exotic Plant Managementin Southern Florida • Jim Burch

Fighting Cheatgrass Instead of Firein Zion National Park—Summary ofTreatment Effectiveness and Les-sons Learned • Eric Lassance &Cheryl Decker

A New Challenge for Resource Advi-sors: Preventing the Spread ofAquatic iIvasive Species During FireOperations • Sandee Dingman

Effects of Post-fire Restoration Workin Zion National Park: BattlingCheatgrass with Large-scale Applica-tions of Herbicide • Andrea Thode


Conserving Aquatic Species withinthe National Park System • JohnWullschleger & Nic Medley, chairsInvited Papers

Reef Fish Movements from the DryTortugas National Park ResearchNatural Area • Michael Feeley etal.

The Invasion of the Indo-Pacific Li-onfish in Biscayne National Park •Vanessa McDonough

Using Stereo-video Technology toMonitor Population Dynamics ofthe Critically Endangered DevilsHole Pupfish • D. Bailey Gaines etal.

Development and Application of aRIVPACS Biological AssessmentModel for Streams in Alaskan Na-tional Parks • Trey Simmons & Jef-frey Ostermiller

Planning for an evolutionary futurein the presence of climate change:The quest for adaptive genetic vari-ation among brook trout popula-tions • Tim King


New Orleans Musical Heritage:Songs of the Underground Railroad• Carol Clark, chairDay-Capper

Musical presenters:Bruce Barnes, Jean Lafitte NHP&PresMatt Hampsey, Jean Lafitte NHP&Pres(more TBA)


Technology for Cultural ResourcesManagement: GIS and Other Tech-niques • Bonnie Halda, chairContributed Papers

Historical GIS and the Pre-Park Pop-ulation of Mammoth Cave NationalPark • Katie Algeo

How Battlefields Disappear • JohnKnoerl

What Lies Beneath: Design Tech-niques for Volumizing and Reveal-ing Layers of an ArchaeologicalPark • Laurie Matthews

Creating Cultural Resource SpatialData Standards • Deidre McCarthy

Q&A


Managing Visitor Activities inWilderness • David Parsons, chairContributed Papers

Management Implications Based onVisitor Use Data from NordhouseDunes Wilderness • Carol Griffin

Learning from Locals: Using OralHistory in the Wilderness PlanningProcess • Alison Steiner & DanielR. Williams

Frontcountry and Backcountry Visi-tor Attitudes Towards Leave NoTrace: Are We Preaching to theChoir? • Derrick Taff et al.

Building the Next 50 Years of Re-search at the Aldo Leopold Wilder-ness Research Institute • CindySwanson

Yosemite Wilderness Visitor TravelPatterns: Implications for TrailheadPermit Quotas • Mark Douglas &Steven R. Martin


Vernacular Cultural Landscapeswithin Lake Superior Area NationalParks • Brenda Williams, chairInvited Papers

Managing Historic Light StationProperties at Apostle Islands Na-tional Lakeshore • David J. Cooper

Addressing Layers of Time in theLandscape at Grand Portage Na-tional Monument • Marla McEnaney

Preserving and Interpreting FishingCamps at Isle Royale National Park• Seth DePasqual

Managing the Historic IndustrialLandscapes at the Quincy MiningCompany Historic District NationalHistoric Landmark • BrendaWilliams

Q&A


Southeast Region Science and Natu-ral Resource Management MarineScientists Meeting

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Addressing Invasive Exotic Insects Af-fecting Eastern Parks • Rich Evans,chairPanel Discussion

Panelists: Faith Campbell, Senior Policy Representative, The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VADave Reynolds, Chief Natural Resources and Science, NPS NER Philadelphia, PA,James Akerson, Exotic Plant Management Team Liaison, Supervisory Ecologist, Shenandoah NP, Luray, VACharlie Pepper, Deputy Director, Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation, Boston, MAPaul Chaloux, National Emerald Ash Borer Program Manager, USDA APHIS, Riverdale, MD


Resource Stewardship Strategies:Learning from the Pilot Parks •Guy Adema & Larissa Read, chairsPanel Discussion

Panelists: Fred Armstrong, Resource Management Specialist, Guadalupe Mountains NP, Salt Flat, TXJoy Beasley, Cultural Resources Program Manager, Monocacy NB Frederick, MDJill Cowley, Historical Landscape Architect, IMR Historic Preservation Programs - Cultural Landscapes, Santa Fe, NMPhilip Hooge, Assistant Superintendent - Resources, Science, and Learning, Denali NP & Preserve, Denali Park, AKRick Slade, Chief - Science and Resource Management, Chattahoochee River NRA, Sandy Springs, GA


Including Non-federally RecognizedTribal Descendent Communities inLand Conservation, Planning, Inter-pretation, and Education Activities• John Reynolds, chair

Sharing CircleOrganizers: Deanna Beacham, Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail Advisory Board, Me-chanicsville, VAJohn Maounis, Superintendent, Chesapeake Bay Office, National Park Service, Annapolis, MD



Meeting Our Mission through Envi-ronmental Compliance: How Can Webe More Efficient?

Sharing CircleOrganizer: Linda Mazzu, Chief, Environmental Quality, Yellowstone NP


Inventory and Monitoring DataAnalysis and Synthesis II • TomPhilippi & Tom Rodhouse, chairs Invited Papers & Swap Meet

Strip Adaptive Cluster Samplingwith Application to Cave Cricketsand Lemhi Penstemon • Kurt Helf& Tom Rodhouse

Using Advanced Satellite Productsto Better Understand Inventory andMonitoring Data within a LargerContext • Kevin M. James et al.

Developing Wetland BioassessmentModels in Support of Long TermVital Signs Monitoring • E. WilliamSchweiger et al.

Analyses of Long-term Kelp ForestMonitoring at Channel Islands Na-tional Park • David Kushner et al.

“Swap Meet”


Using GIS to Evaluate Park Re-sources • Peter Budde & Neil J.Blodgett, chairsInvited Papers

Assessing Cultural Resources in theWake of a Disaster • Deidre Mc-Carthy

Use of GIS to Evaluate Sensitivity ofI&M Parks to Effects from Atmos-pheric Nitrogen Deposition • TimSullivan et al.

Renewable Energy & Landscape Al-teration Surrounding U.S. NationalParks • Susan McPartland & Jor-dan Hoaglund

Mapping Mercury Vulnerability ofAquatic Ecosystems across NPS I&MProgram Parks • Michelle Lutz etal.

Q&A


Making Science Relevant for Parksand People • Mike DeBacker, chairPanel Discussion

Presenters: Mike DeBacker, Network Program Manager, Heartland I&M Network, Republic, MO | Sherry Middlemis-Brown, Biologist - Information Specialist, Heartland Network, LakeLinden, MI | Diane Eilenstein, Park Ranger, George Washington Carver NM, Diamond, MO | Theresa Johnson, Science Teacher, Miller High School, Miller, MO | Erica Cox, EducationSpecialist, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO | Meg Plona, Biologist, Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Brecksville, OH


Phenology Monitoring in ProtectedAreas: Networking to Improve Com-munication, Coordination, and Col-laboration • Jake Weltzin & BrianMitchell, chairs

Workshop


Natural Resource Information Por-tal: NPSpecies Workshop • AlisonLoar, chair

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Responding to Climate Change:Where We’ve Been, Where We Needto Go • Matthew Brownlee, chairContributed Papers

The History of Climate Science •Mary Foley

Climate Change, Management Deci-sions, and the Visitor Experience:The Role of Social Science Research• Matthew T.J. Brownlee et al.

Climate Friendly Park Employees,Part I: Overview of the IMR’s Cli-mate Change Training AssessmentProject • Theresa Ely

Climate Friendly Park Employees,Part II: Recommendations for Inter-mountain Region Climate ChangeTraining • Gregg Garfin et al.

Policy Directions for ClimateChange and Protected Areas inCanada: A Perspective from ParksCanada • Catherine Dumouchel etal.


Human Dimensions of Wildlife Man-agement • John Waithaka, chairContributed Papers

Swimming with the Manatee: Re-thinking Policy of a ProtectedSpecies? • Joel McCormick &Stephen Holland

Appealing to the Moderates in Is-sues of Animal Eradication: LessonsLearned from Point Reyes NationalSeashore • Natalie Gates & An-thony DeNicola

Identifying Common Ground in Cali-fornia Condor Recovery • DanielGeorge & Jim Petterson

Understanding Motivations for Ille-gal Transport and Release of WildBoar Adjacent to the Great SmokyMountains National Park • Eliza-beth Baldwin

Sandhill Cranes (Grus canadensis):Measuring Effects of Human Visitorson the Behavior of a CharismaticMigratory Species • Kate Wilkins


Fire and Resource Management:Tools and Techniques for Better Fireand Resource Management Deci-sions • Richard Schwab, chairInvited Papers

Techniques Developed to Improvethe Accuracy of Monitoring Trendsin Burn Severity (MTBS) Data Prod-ucts • Eric Gdula

Using Landsat Imagery to CreateHistoric Fire Atlases within theSoutheast Region • Joshua Picotte

How Quickly Can a Hoodoo Form?Measurements of Severe ErosionFollowing Fires at Bryce Canyon •Sean Eagan

Management Prioritization ofWilderness Fires Using LightningFire Ignition Distribution Analyses• Kent van Wagntendonk

Planning for Success: Applying ParkValues to the Analysis of FireManagement Program Alterna-tives• Jeff Manley


Engaging Youth • Lavell Merritt,Jr., chairContributed Papers

Beyond Outreach: Practicing DeepEngagement in Youth Programming• Rebecca Stanfield McCown et al.

Stewardship 101: An Evaluation ofthe Great Smoky Mountains Na-tional Park Junior Ranger Program• Susan Vezeau et al.

Technology in Parks: Using Under-water Remotely Operated Vehicles(ROVs) to Explore and Educate •Laurie Harmon & Mark Gleason

ProRanger Academic Intake Pro-gram: A New Approach to GrowingChallenges • Ben Baldwin et al.

The Rocky Mountain Sustainabilityand Science Network: A PartnershipUsing Public Lands and Student In-ternships to Engage Diverse Stu-dents in Science • Gillian Bowser


Kwáavichuyam ‘ókkiwuntum—Pechanga Tribe’s Models to “Pre-serve and Protect” CulturalResources • Lisa Woodward, chairInvited Papers

Cultural Applications Using GIS •Shelly Knight

Preservation through Defining theCultural Landscape in Southern Cal-ifornia • Jim McPherson

The Process of Mapping TraditionalProperties Using Ethnographic andHistoric Resources • Lisa Wood-ward

Museum Best Practices vs. NativeAmerican Values in Collections Man-agement • Teresa Lorden

Preservation Challenges from a Na-tive American Perspective • PaulMacarro


Managing Cultural Resources at theRiver’s Edge • Frances McMillen,chairInvited/Contributed Papers

From Factory to Forest: A CulturalLandscape on the ShenandoahRiverfront, Harpers Ferry, WV •Deana Poss

DC's Island Sanctuary: ManagingNature and Culture on TheodoreRoosevelt Island • Saylor Moss

On the Waterfront: Managing a Cul-tural Landscape Along the Chesa-peake & Ohio Canal • SamTamburro

C&O Canal Quarters InterpretiveProgram: Unlocking a Re-UsablePast for Park Visitors • Sam Tam-burro

Q&A


Wetlands • Rob Middlemis-Brown,chairContributed Papers

Vegetation Restoration in SaltMarsh Dieback Areas Using ErosionControl Fabric (Cape Cod, MA) •Stephen Smith

Road to Restoring Prisoners HarborCoastal Wetland, Santa Cruz Island,Channel Islands National Park •Paula Power et al.

Ecads! (Salt Marsh Fucoid Algae):Ecosystem Engineers of North Tem-perate Marshes • Megan Tyrrell &Jennifer Burhkard

TITLE TBA • Julie Whitbeck Results of wetlands mapping in thevicinity of the Mineral King Valleycabins and corral, Sequoia andKings Canyon National Parks •Joel Wagner & Joe Seney


Surviving Katrina: Historic Preserva-tion and Recovery of the GulfCoast—A Toolbox for Future Disas-ters • Hampton Tucker, chairPanel Discussion

Panelists: Jenifer Eggleston, Katrina Recovery Grants Administrator, National Park Service, Holly Springs, MSNicole Hobson-Morris, Executive Director, Louisiana State Historic Preservation Office, New Orleans, LAKen P’Pool, Deputy SHPO, Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson, MSElizabeth Brown, Deputy SHPO, Alabama Historical Commission, Montgomery, ALDeidre McCarthy, GIS Specialist, National Park Service, Washington, DC


Promoting Health of All Species:One Health Demonstration Projectsin the NPS • Kevin Castle, chairInvited Papers

Evaluating One Health Communica-tion of the NPS: A Case Examinationof Plague Response at GrandCanyon National Park • Rich Sted-man et al.

Communicating One Health • Dar-rick Evensen et al.

Rabies Prevention from a OneHealth Perspective • Amy Chan-longbutra & Kevin Castle

NPS One Health Initiative: Effects ofExposure to Natural Sounds on Indi-vidual and Public Health • KarenTrevino

An NPS One Health Disease Out-break Investigation Team • KevenCastle et al.


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Economics and Protected Areas •Frank J. Priznar, chairContributed Papers

The Potential of Aguajal Concessionsin the Peruvian Amazon for Prof-itable Conservation • Justin Taillon& Chris Schalk

The Economic Impact of Canada'sNational, Provincial and TerritorialParks 2009 • Erik Val

Protected Areas and Poverty Allevia-tion: Comparing Experiences inCanada, Tanzania, and Ghana •Rick Rollins & Rosaline Caness

Katmai National Park and PreserveEconomic Significance Analysis •Ginny Fay et al.

Ecosystem Services in Decision Mak-ing for Public Lands: A BLM CaseStudy • Kenneth Bagstad et al.


Next-Tech: Online Tools in Service ofParks, Protected Areas, and CulturalSites • Melia Lane-Kamahele, chairContributed Papers

Using the Google Earth Plug-in forViewing NPS GIS Information fromwithin a Web Browser • RolandDuhaime & Nigel Shaw

Blending iPhone/Android Apps andCitizen Science with Early Weed De-tection to Better Serve Urban Parks• Irina Irvine

Improving Scientific Communicationthrough the Use of U.S. GeologicalSurvey Video Podcasts • MichelleMoorman et al.

Bringing the Field Inside: Chal-lenges and Lessons about ScienceWriting Online • Susan Simpson

The Wiki Approach to Keeping Na-tional Parks and Protected Areas onthe Global Map • Charles Besan-con et al. (presented by AmyMilam)


Sustaining the Conservation Fieldthrough the Next Generations ofFederal Professionals: DevelopingLasting University Collaborations

Sharing CircleOrganizer: Lisa Sanders, Program Coordinator, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Califor-nia, Davis



Continuing the Visioning: The Na-tional Park Service in Its SecondCentury

Sharing CircleOrganizer: Jerry Rogers


Forest and Shrub Vegetation Moni-toring • Donna Shorrock, chairInvited Papers

Spruce Beetle Outbreaks in South-west Alaska: Retrospective Studiesand Long-term Monitoring UsingTree-ring Data • Amy E. Miller etal.

Collaborative Monitoring of ForestHealth in Eastern National Parks •Brian Mitchell et al.

Upland Vegetation and Soils Moni-toring in the Sonoran and Chi-huahuan Desert Networks • J.A.Hubbard et al.

Monitoring Mature and Old-growthForests in the North Coast and Cas-cades Network • Steven Acker etal.

Vegetation Monitoring in the Kla-math Network • Dennis C. Odionet al.


Water Resources Monitoring •Dean Tucker & Pete Penoyer, chairsInvited Papers

Monitoring Ocean Acidification inthe NPS: Perspectives from a PilotProgram in Olympic National Park• Steven C. Fradkin

Integration of Estuarine Water-Qual-ity Data in Northeast Coastal andBarrier Network Parks at Local andRegional Scales • Hilary A. Neck-les et al.

Status of DOI’s Climate Change Re-sponse Monitoring Network •Glenn Patterson

Continuous Water Resources DataManagement: Aquarius and theSouthwest Alaska Network Ap-proach• Cuyler Smith & RussellFrith

Exploratory Data Analysis: NPS Ex-perience, Tools, and Techniques•Roy Irwin et al.


Electronic Field Data Collection toImprove Data Quality • PeterBudde & Kristen Beaupre, chairsInvited Papers

Two Electronic Data Collection Solu-tions from Grand Canyon’s Vegeta-tion Mapping Project • MichaelKearsley et al.

NPS Abandoned Mineral Lands(AML) Database Mobile InventoryTool • John Burghardt & N. Irwin

Project Planning and Data Diction-ary Design: Keys to Successful GPSData Collection • James Stein

Collecting Protocol Data with Sil-verlight Interface: A Solution to Dis-connected Work Place • KristenBeaupre & Tom Richie

Q&A


Climate Change Vulnerability As-sessments for Natural and CulturalResources • John Gross & R. JayFlaming, chairs

Affinity Meeting • Open to all registrants


Managing Protected Areas in theFace of Increasing Urbanization:Case Studies • Seth Riley & ChristyBrigham, chairsInvited Papers

Wildlife Management Challengesfor Urban National Parks in the SanFrancisco Bay Area • Bill Merkle &Tania Pollak

Cryptic Effects of Urbanization onPark Wildlife: Toxicant Exposureand Genetic Impacts • Seth P.D.Riley

Canada Goose Herbivory Monitor-ing along the Anacostia River,Washington, DC • Mikaila Miltonet al.

Restoration of Endangered HabitatIncluding Dunes and SerpentineGrasslands within a FragmentedUrban Environment • Sue Fritzke

Balancing Park Natural Resourcesand Fire Safety at the Urban-Wild-land Interface • Marti Witter et al.


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Integrating Cultural Resources withWilderness Character: Bridgingthe Traditional Divide • Peter Lan-dres & Melissa Memory, chairs

Sharing Circle Presenters: Peter Landres, Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute, Missoula, MTMelissa Memory, Everglades National Park, Homestead, FL


A National Park System Plan for theFuture • Warren Brown, chair

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Ecosystem-Level NetworksContributed Papers • Gary Davis,chair

Landscape Conservation: Building aNetwork in the Pacific West Region• Angela Whitney et al.

Applying Systems Thinking to Holis-tic Park Management • KatherineHanson

The Open Parks Grid: A Catalyst forStewardship of Protected Areas •Elizabeth Baldwin et al.

Islands to Networks : Solution forNature Conservation? • StephenWoodley

Community Leaders on the Land-scape: An Integrated Approach toAquatic Habitat Conservation alongthe Trent-Severn Waterway • JoanChamberlain


Crossing Institutional Boundariesfor Better Management of Parksand Protected Areas (Part 1) •Robert Bennetts & Andy Hubbard,chairs • Invited Papers

Crossing Institutional Boundariesfor Better Management of Parksand Protected Areas • Robert Ben-netts et al.

Integrated Grassland MonitoringCollaboration between SouthernPlains Fire Group and SouthernPlains I&M Network • RichardGatewood & Tomye Folts-Zettner

Collaboration across Agencies andDisciplines to Protect the SierraAncha Cliff Dwellings • Duane C.Hubbard et al.

Collaborations in Data Manage-ment—The Best Protection for Parks:Sharing Data • Skip Edel & LindaKerr

Climate Change Monitoring in theDesert Landscape Conservation Co-operative • Kirsten Gallo


Parks Canada/USNPS/CONANP Pro-tected Areas Workshop I

Business Meeting • By invitation only


Engaging Youth in Our NationalParks: Sharing Lessons Learned toImprove Practice • Rebecca Stan-field McCown & Nora Mitchell,chairs

Panel DiscussionPanelists TBD


The Power of Your Power Button:Communicating Science throughDigital Media • Corbett Nash etal., chairs

WorkshopPresenters: Alice Wondrak Biel, Science Writer-Editor, National Park Service, Sonoran Desert Network and Northern Colorado Plateau Network, Devils Tower, WYDominic Cardea, Ranger-Interpretation Learning and Development, National Park Service, Northeast Regional Office, Philadelphia, PATodd Edgar, Web Manager, Natural Resource Program Center, Office of Education and Outreach, National Park Service, Fort Collins, CO


Research Learning Center StrategicPlanning Meeting • Ben Becker,chair



Threatened and EndangeredSpecies • Abby Miller, chairContributed Papers

The Species at Risk Program atParks Canada Agency: Ten Years ofConservation • Denyse La jeunesse& Marie-Josée Laberge

Research, Monitoring, and Propaga-tion of the Endangered ShivwitsMilk-vetch (Astragalus ampullari-oides), Washington County, Utah •Rebecca Lieberg

Preventing the Extinction of theFederally Endangered SonomaSpineflower at Point Reyes NationalSeashore • Amelia Ryan & Lor-raine Parsons

Keeping Skeletons Out of theCloset: Proactive Approaches to Fu-ture Climate Change-Driven Extinc-tions • Alison Colwell & JudiWeaser

An Experimental Restoration of TwoThreatened and Endangered AnnualPlants in the Presidio, Golden GateNational Recreation Area • LewisStringer


Building Partnerships to Meet Re-source Management Objectives •Linda Drees et al., chairsInvited Papers

The Value of Partnerhsips • MartySterkel

Connecting Students with Sound-scape through Educational Travel •Lelaina Marin et al.

Critical Ingredients of SuccessfulPartnerships • Ray Murray

New Horizons for Cooperative Man-agement and Collaborative Partner-ships • Joe Seney

Partnerships: Policy Implications toUse in the NPS • Karyn Ferro


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Going Global: The IUCN Global Pro-tected Areas Programme • TrevorSandwith & Brent Mitchell, chairs Panel Discussion

Panelists: Nikita Lopoukhine, Chair, World Commission on Protected Areas, Ottawa, ON, Canada; Cyril Kromos, WCPA Vice Chair for North America and WILD Foundation, Ojai, CA; Julia Miranda,Chair, RedParques, and CEO, National Parks, Bogotá, Colombia; Ernesto Enkerlin, WCPA Vice Chair and Technical University of Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico


Social Science and the NationalParks Sharing Circle

Robert Pahre, organizer Note: These Sharing Circles run simultaneously in the Borgne Room.


Wilderness Management alongToday's US/Mexico BorderSharing Circle

Mark Sturm et al., organizers

SSeessssiioonn 112211Rhythms I (2nd floor)

Applications of Vegetation Monitor-ing Data for Management and Plan-ning • Stephanie Perles & JamesComiskey, chairsPanel Discussion

Panelists: Stephen M. Smith, Plant Ecologist, Cape Cod National Seashore, Wellfleet, MA • Kate Miller, Plant Ecologist, National Park Service, Northeast Temperate I&M Network, BarHarbor, ME • John Paul Schmit, Quantitative Ecologist, National Park Service, National Capital Region I&M Network, Washington, DC • Wendy Cass, Botanist, National Park Service,Shenandoah National Park, Luray, VA • Suzanne Sanders, Ecologist, National Park Service, Great Lakes I&M Network, Ashland, WI • Peter J. Sharpe, Biologist, National Park Service,Northeast Region, Fredericksburg, VA

SSeessssiioonn 112222Rhythms II(2nd floor)

Bayesian Approaches to the Analy-sis of Data • Joshua Schmidt, chairWorkshop

Presenters: Noble Hendrix, Statistician, R2 Resource Consultants, Redmond, WA; and Scott Gende, Ecologist, Coastal Cluster Program, Juneau, AKBill Thompson, Ecologist (Biometrics), Southwest Alaska Network, Anchorage, AKJoshua Schmidt, Data Manager, Central Alaska Network, Fairbanks, AKTom Rodhouse, Ecologist, Upper Columbia Basin Network, Bend, ORPenelope S. Pooler, Quantitative Ecologist, Northeast Coastal and Barrier Network, Kingston, RI


SQL Server: Who’s Using It, How,and Why • Margaret Beer, chairInvited Papers

Natural Resource Monitoring Data-bases Development Using SQLServer: A Comparison Between Vi-sual Basic/ADO .Net and MicrosoftAccess Data Projects • Scott Miller

Leveraging the Power of the NRPCInformation Platform to Benefit anIndividual I&M Network • BillJohnson

A Case Study of Implementing SQLServer • John Boetsch & BretChristoe

Cold Fusion 9 and MS Access:Problems and Possible Solutions •Simon Kingston & Russ DenBleyker

Managing Data and Informationwith the Southeast Coast NetworkDecision Support System•ChristinaWright


Rocky Mountain Sustainability andScience Network (RMSSN) AffinityMeeting • Gillian Bowser, Chair

Affinity Meeting • By invitation only


Friends Group • Mike Soukup &Jerry Mitchell, chairs


Data Management and GIS "OpenHouse" I • Margaret Beer, chair

4-hour Workshop (continues in Session 144) • NPS resource persons and area of expertise: Miftah Ahmad (SQL Server Development and Administration) | Kathy Dratch (NRInfo Por-tal, NRInfo Reference Application, SharePoint) | Kirk Sherrill (GIS Technician) } Michelle Flenner (NPSpecies) | Brent Frakes (NRInfo Portal, NRInfo Reference Application) } DaveHollema (GIS Developer) | Fagan Johnson (I&M Websites, Natural Resource Technical Report Series) | Simon Kingston (Natural Resource Database Template, Microsoft Access, SQLServer) | Dan Kocol (NRinfo Portal—User Feedback) | Alison Loar (NPSpecies) | Lisa Nelson (GIS Applications and Administration, SQL Server)



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Listening Session on a NationalPark Service Cultural ResourcesChallenge • Stephanie Toothman,chair

Workshop


Partnerships • Barbara Goodman,chairContributed Papers

International Partnerships: SisterParks Agreement between SamlautProtected Area, Cambodia, and Se-quoia and Kings Canyon NationalParks • Karen Taylor-Goodrich

The CESU Network: Vital Statisticsand Future Directions • ThomasFish

Everglades Cooperative InvasiveSpecies Management Area(ECISMA) • Antonio Pernas

Challenges of Multi-jurisdictionalManagement of Bovine Tuberculosisin the Riding Mountain NationalPark Region, Canada • Ken King-don et al.

Parknership: A 21st Century Modelat Keweenaw National HistoricalPark • Tom Baker


Transportation • David Louter,chairContributed Papers

No Ordinary Highway: TransCanada Highway Twinning, BanffNational Park—A 30 Year Retrospec-tive • Terry McGuire

Transit in the Parks: The Role ofFoundations and the Private Sector• Katherine Turnbull

Alternative Transportation Partner-ship Case Studies • Patricia Stein-holtz

Visitor Perceptions of AlternativeTransportation in Yosemite andRocky Mountain National Parks •David Pettebone et al.

Q&A


Crossing Institutional Boundariesfor Better Management of Parksand Protected Areas (Part 2) •Robert Bennetts & Andy Hubbard,chairs • Invited Papers

Environmental History: Laying theFoundation for an InterdisciplinaryApproach to Resource Management• Maren Bzdek & Cori Knudten

Moving Towards Integrated Re-sources Management Planning •Jill Cowley

Integrated Resources Reporting: AStep toward Integrated Thinking •Robert Bennetts et al.

Practical Linkages Between Man-agement and Monitoring: Manage-ment Assessment Points in Action •Robert Bennetts & Andy Hubbard

Q&A


The Fifth Element: Beyond Earth,Air, Fire and Water • Emma Lynch,chair

Day-Capper


A New Generation Honors GeorgeWright’s Legacy: Climate ChangeFellows and Interns in the NationalParks • Lisa Norby et al., chairs

Day-CapperPanelists: Gregg Garfin, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZPaul Dion, National Council for Science and the Environment, Washington, DC


Collaborative Efforts of the Col-orado River Parks • Jane Rodgers& Sandee Dingman, chairsInvited Papers

A River Runs through Us • JaneRodgers

The Colorado River: A Narrow Rib-bon of Green—Some are Weeds andthe Beetles are Coming! • Curtis E.Deuser

Trespass Ungulates and Other Man-aged Grazing Issues in ColoradoRiver Parks • Alice Newton

Bright Lights, Big City & Dark Skies,Deep Canyons: A Colorado PlateauDark Sky Reserve • Dan Duriscoe

Q&A


Rethinking Protected Area Zoning ina Changing World II• CatherineDumouchel & Denyse Lajeunesse,chairs

Workshop


Where are the S’mores and Whoare All These People at the Camp-fire? • Laurie Heupel & BarbaraKubik, chairs

Day-Capper


The Next Wave: Training & CapacityBuilding for Coastal and MarineProtected Area Managers • LaurenWenzel & Mary Sue Brancato,chairs

Day-Capper



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Planning the Future of NationalPark Service International Pro-grams • Jonathan Putnam &Stephen Morris, chairs

Business Meeting • Open to all registrants


Meeting for Parks and Partners onBiodiversity Discovery Activities (All-Taxa Biodiversity Inventories,BioBlitzes, etc.) • Kirsten Leong &Sally Plumb, chairs



Parks Canada/USNPS/CONANP Pro-tected Areas Workshop II


SSeessssiioonn 114400Rhythms I (2nd floor)

Invasive Plant Early Detection Proto-cols • Craig Young, chairRapid-Fire Session

Early Detection of Invasive Species in the Eastern Rivers and Mountains Network (Opportunistic Observations and EDDMapS) • Jennifer Stingelin Keefer | Invasive Plant Detection inMidwestern Cultural Landscapes • Craig Young | Integrated Analyses and Syntheses • Dennis Odion and Dan Sarr | Monitoring Corridors and Hot Spots Using Sampling and Inciden-tal Observations • Dusty Perkins or Rebecca Weissinger | Partnerships and Communication • Alison Ainsworth | Use of Volunteers • Robert Steers | Corridors of Invasiveness: NPSExotic Plant Early Detection Monitoring Protocol for South Florida • Kevin Whelan | Edge Effects • Robert Bennetts | Early Detection Smartphone Software • Bobbi Simpson

SSeessssiioonn 114411Rhythms II/III(2nd floor)

Structured Decision-making: LinkingScience and Management • Mag-gie MacCluskie, chair

Workshop • Application of Structured Decision Making to Sea Otter Management • Jim Pederson, Oregon Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, USFWSManagement of Amphibian Populations in the National Capital Region Network of National Parks • Evan Grant, Patuxent Research Center, USGSWolf Population Management in Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve and the Utility of Structured Decision Making • Josh Schmidt, CAKNGolden Eagle Management in Denali National Park and Preserve: A Case Study for Structured Decision Making • Maggie MacCluskie, CAKN


Connecting with Hearts, Minds andMuscles: Social Marketing for Inva-sive Plants • Emily Gonzales andStephane Bruneau, chair

Workshop


NPS Network for Innovation •Nora Mitchell & Brent Mitchell,chairs



Data Management and GIS "OpenHouse" II • Margaret Beer & PeterBudde, chairs

4-hour Workshop (continued from Session 126) • NPS resource persons and area of expertise: Miftah Ahmad (SQL Server Development and Administration) | Kathy Dratch (NRInfoPortal, NRInfo Reference Application, SharePoint) | Kirk Sherrill (GIS Technician) } Michelle Flenner (NPSpecies) | Brent Frakes (NRInfo Portal, NRInfo Reference Application) } DaveHollema (GIS Developer) | Fagan Johnson (I&M Websites, Natural Resource Technical Report Series) | Simon Kingston (Natural Resource Database Template, Microsoft Access, SQLServer) | Dan Kocol (NRinfo Portal—User Feedback) | Alison Loar (NPSpecies) | Lisa Nelson (GIS Applications and Administration, SQL Server)



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International Parks and ProtectedArea Research: Social Issues andCultural Differences • Robert C.Burns & Eick von Ruschkowski,chairsInvited Papers

Differences in Values between USand Austrian Park and ProtectedArea Managers: A Qualitative Study• Robert C. Burns & Arne Arn-berger

Harz National Park, Germany: In-ventorying and Identifying Social Is-sues • Eick von Ruschkowski &Robert C. Burns

Residents’ Interactions with RetezatNational Park, Romania: Implica-tions for Perceived EnvironmentalResponsibility • Natalia Buta &Stephen Holland

Exploring Cultural Differences inLandscape Preferences: Differencesbetween Austrian and United StatesVisitors • Franziska Rom et al.

Addressing International Manage-ment Capacity Building Needs forMarine Protected Areas • ThomasE. Fish & Anne H. Walton


In Search of Relevance • ShawnCardiff, chairContributed Papers

NPS Comprehensive Survey of theAmerican Public: Broad Trends be-tween 2000 and 2008 • PatriciaTaylor et al.

Inequalities in US National ParkSystem Visitation: An Application ofthe Multiple Hierarchy StratificationPerspective • Timia Thompson &Myron F. Floyd

Public Attitudes toward SelectedNatural Resource and RecreationManagement Issues in U.S. NationalParks • Gerard Kyle et al.

Setting the Stage for Visitor Experi-ences in Canada’s National Her-itage Places • Ed Jager

Protection and Visitor Experience:Synergies in Support of Relevance• Kathie Adare & Catherine Du-mouchel


NPS Safety Leadership CouncilPanel Discussion: Risk, Culture, andSafety in Natural Resource Manage-ment • Cicely Muldoon & Saman-tha Richardson, chairsPanel Discussion

Panelists: Jon Jarvis, Director, National Park Service, Washington, DCCicely Muldoon, Superintendent, Point Reyes NS, NPS/Chair, NPS Safety Leadership Council, Point Reyes Station, CAMargaret Wild, Wildlife Health Program Chief, NPS, Fort Collins, COJerry Mitchell, Chief, Biological Resource Managment Division, NPS, Fort Collins, COMark Herberger, Operational Leadership Program Manager, NPS, Washington DC


Indigenous Women Exploring Bio-cultural Conservation and CulturalAlliances • Melia Lane-Kamahele,chairPanel Discussion

Panelists: Nathalie Gagnon, Policy Analyst, Aboriginal Secretariat, Parks Canada, Gatineau, Quebec, CanadaJeanette Pomerenke, National Park Service, Superintendent, Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, AlaskaElizabeth F. Nanticoke, Acting Director, Department of Environment, Mohawk Council of Akwesasne, Kawehnoke, Ontario, CanadaDeanna Beacham, Virginia Council on Indians and Program Specialist, Office of the Secretary of Natural Resources, Commonwealth of VirginiaFawn YoungBear-Tibbetts, Student intern/researcher, University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum, Madison, Wisconsin


Integrating Wilderness Characterinto NPS Planning, Monitoring, andManagement • Wade Vagias, chairInvited Papers

Welcome & Session Overview •Wade Vagias (10:00–10:05) | Overview of Wilderness Character as a Foundation for NPS Wilderness Planning, Monitoring, and Management • PeterLandres (10:05–10:20) | Introduction of the Wilderness Character Integration Team • Suzy Stutzman (10:20–10:35) | Protecting Wilderness Qualities: The Marriage of the WildernessCharacter and User Capacity Frameworks • Julie Sharp et al. (10:35–10:55) | Developing a Wilderness Character Monitoring Protocol for the Otis Pike Fire Island High Dune Wilder-ness • Michael Bilecki (10:55–11:15) | Mapping Wilderness Character in Death Valley National Park: New Tools for New Concepts • James Tricker et al. (11:15–11:35) | WildernessFellows Program • Wade Vagias (11:35–11:50) | Q&A (11:50–12:05)


Fire Management, Modeling, andMonitoring • Jan van Wagten-donk, chairContributed Papers

Modeling the Santa Ana “DevilWinds,” Extreme Wildfire Behavior,and the Geography of Disaster •Robert Taylor

Perspectives of Potential ScienceUsers in the Context of Fire Man-agement • Vita Wright

Earth, Wind & Fire: An Analysis ofHistorical Chaparral Fire Regimes inSouthern California • Keith Lom-bardo et al.

Cracking a Few Eggs—A Small ParkPerspective on What Works andDoesn’t Work in Adaptive Manage-ment • Caroline Noble

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Monitoring Marine Natural & Cul-tural Resources • Brad Barr, chairContributed Papers

Pinnipeds: Sentinels of the Sea •Sarah Allen et al.

Driving the Marine Ecosystem: Mon-itoring the Oceanography of GlacierBay, Alaska •Lewis Sharman et al.

Assessing Marine Protected AreaVital Signs: A Pilot Project on NorthAmerica’s West Coast • Gary Daviset al.

Battle of the Atlantic: Heritage Re-source Managment and ProtectionInitiatives off the Coast of NorthCarolina • Joseph Hoyt & David Al-berg

Q&A


Transportation and Recreation Re-search in Yosemite National Park:Integrating Disciplines to InformManagerial Issues • David Pette-bone, chairInvited Papers

Thinking Beyond Traditional Recre-ation Research for Visitor CapacityDecisions • Bret Meldrum et al.

Pedestrian Modeling to SimulateTransportation: Visitor ExperienceRelationships for Capacity Manage-ment at Attraction Sites • BrettKiser et al.

Visitor Evaluation of Indicators ofQuality for Integrated Transporta-tion and Capacity Management,Yosemite National Park • NathanReigner et al.

Understanding Functional and Ex-periential Dimensions of VisitorTravel to Inform TransportationManagement in Yosemite NationalPark • Dave D. White et al.

Transportation Model Developmentand Simulation in Yosemite Na-tional Park • Bill Byrne


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National Park Service World War IINetwork: Preserving America'sWorld War II Heritage • VincentSantucci, chairInvited Papers

World War II Military IntelligencePrograms at P.O. Box 1142, Alexan-dria, Virginia • Vincent Santucci etal.

Remembering and Revisiting theLost Villages of the Aleutians •Rachel Mason

World War II on the Home Front: TheChallenge of Preserving SocialChange • Isabel Jenkins Ziegler

WWII Valor in the Pacific NationalMonument: A New Interpretationand Meaning • Daniel A. Martinez

Preserving World War II Resources atGolden Gate National RecreationArea • Stephen Haller

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Soundscapes • Theresa Ely, chairContributed Papers

Motorcycle Noise and Quieter Pave-ment Research at National Parks •Judith Rochat

Denali National Park SoundscapeInventory: A First Look at Park-wideAcoustics • Davyd Betchkal

Aviation Noise in National Parks:Analysis of Noise-Exposure-VisitorResponse Data—What Do the Num-bers Tell Us? • Grant Anderson &Amanda S. Rapoza

Physiological Impacts of Noise inNational Parks: Study Design Con-siderations • Christopher Zevitas

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SSeessssiioonn 115555Grand Coteau(5th floor)

Taking Stock: Assessing Culturaland Natural Resource Conditions inNational Parks • Jeff Albright &Bob Page, chairsInvited Papers

Introduction: Laura Schuster (10:00–10:10)Paper Presentation: Cultural Resource Condition Assessments: Developing a Framework that Combines Several Assessment Techniques • Bob Page (10:10–10:35)Paper Presentation: Natural Resource Condition Assessments: Highlights and Examples from an Ongoing Series of Park-Based Studies • Jeff Albright (10:35–11:00)Panel Discussion: Robert Bennetts, Coordinator, Southern Plains Inventory and Monitoring Network, National Park Service, Des Moines, NM; Tim Carruthers, Program Manager, Integra-tion and Application Network, University of Maryland, Cambridge, MD; Jill Cowley, Historical Landscape Architect, Intermountain Region, National Park Service, Santa Fe, NM; DavidLouter, History Program Lead, Pacific West Region, National Park Service, Seattle, WA (11:00–12:00)

SSeessssiioonn 115566Waterbury(2nd floor)

Climate Change Policy Challengesin the National Park Service •Susan Johnson, chairPanel Discussion

Panelists: Jeff Mow, Superintendent, Kenai Fjords NP, Seward, AKRussell Galipeau, Superintendent, Channel Islands NP, Ventura, CARichard Bahr, Fire Science and Ecology Lead, Fire Management Program Center, NPS, Boise, IDDavid Graber, Chief Scientist, Pacific West Region, NPS, Three Rivers, CATrish Kicklighter, Superintendent, Assateague Island NS, Berlin, MD


NPScape Landscape Dynamics Moni-toring in US National Parks • BillMonahan, chair

Workshop


Data Management Rapid-Fire Ses-sion • Whitney Granger, chairRapid-Fire Session

Galax Poaching on the Blue Ridge Parkway: Monitoring for Illegally Harvested Species and the Feedback Loop for Resource Protection • Patrick Flaherty | Digital Photo Metadata andFile Properties • Tom Richie | I&M Data Management Reviews: Progress Report • Margaret Beer | Communication Planning: Know Thine Audience • Sara Melena | The New NPSFocus Digital Asset Management System and a New NPS Search Portal, NPSearch • Christie McDonald | Natural Resource Web Update • Todd M. Edgar

SSeessssiioonn 115599Salon 816–820(8th floor)

Climate Change Ambassadors: Citi-zen Science Projects • Susan Teel,chair



Utility-Scale Renewable Energy andMarcellus Shale Gas Development:Challenges and Opportunities forProtecting Parks and Other SpecialPlaces • Carol McCoy, chairPanel Discussion

Panelists: Holly Salazer, Air Resources Coordinator and Marcellus Shale Coordinator, NPS-Northeast Region, University Park, PADavid A. Reynolds, Right-of Way-Program Coordinator and External Renewable Energy Coordinator, NPS-Pacific West Region, Oakland, CADan McGlothlin, Supervisory Hydrologist and NPS Lead for the BLM-DOE Solar Programmatic EIS, NPS-Water Resources Division, Fort Collins, COAndrea Compton, Chief of Resources, Joshua Tree National Park, Twentynine Palms, CAJohn McCarty, Chief Landscape Architect, Bureau of Land Management, Washington, DC


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Amphibians • Ross Haley, chairContributed Papers

Modeling the Past to Predict the Fu-ture: A Case Study of a Montane En-demic Salamander • AmyLuxbacher

Responding to Emerging Pathogensby Reintroducing Boreal Toads intoRocky Mountain National Park •Mary Kay Watry & Erin Muths

Restoration of the Relict LeopardFrog: NPS Leads Program in andaround Lake Mead National Recre-ation Area • Ross Haley

Amphibian Population Dynamics:Counting Toads for Twelve Years inHorseshoe Canyon, CanyonlandsNational Park, Utah • Tim Graham& Gary Cox

Monitoring Aquatic Amphibians inSanta Monica Mountains NationalRecreation Area, the Largest UrbanNational Park • Kathleen Delaneyet al.


Planning for Effective Management• Warren Brown, chairContributed Papers

Choosing Appropriate Socioeco-nomic Analyses for NPS Planning:Development of a Decision SupportTool • Lynne Koontz et al. (pre-sented by Jessica Montag)

Visitor Use Data Collection Strate-gies in Denali National Park andPreserve • Andrew Ackerman

Park Planning and Social ScienceInforming General ManagementPlans: An Ozark National ScenicRiverways Case Study • LoganPark et al.

A New, Better Way to ManageFlorida Bay’s Tricky Shallow Waters(Everglades National Park) • FredHerling & Dave Hallac

Examination of Qualitative Method-ology Usefulness in Assessing Man-agement Effectiveness of ProtectedAreas: A Case Study of Mexico •Carla Mora & Elizabeth Baldwin


Quantifying Beauty • Chad Moore,chairInvited Papers

The Value of Beauty • Terrel Gall-away

The Economics of Natural Sounds •Frank Turina

Understanding Incremental Loss ofScenery • Tyler Nordgren

An Index of Night Sky Quality •Chad Moore & Dan Duriscoe

1582 • National Park Service UnitManagers' Perceptions, Priorities,and Strategies of Night as a UnitResource • Brandi Smith & JeffHallo


Parchi Italiani: State and the “BestPractices” of National Parks andProtected Areas in Italy • MaurilioCipparone, chairInvited Papers

State of Italian National Parks •Maurilio Cipparone

Rete DNA: A New Network and anAlliance of Academies and Parks,for Park Management in Italy •Maurilio Cipparone

Parks for the One and Only Earth:Lessons Learned from Italy’s Na-tional Park Experience • Nino Mar-tino

“API”: The Italian Protected AreasData Bank • Davide Marino

Q&A


Fire and Resource Management:Fire in the Wilderness • RichardSchwab & Jeff Manley, chairsInvited Papers

Fires in Previously Burned Wilder-ness Areas: Fire Severity and Vege-tation Interactions in a ChangingWorld • Kent Van Wagtendonk

Assessing Fire Management Trade-offs: A Monday-morning Quarter-back Approach • Carol Miller

Prescribed Fire in Wilderness: Na-ture or Nurture? • Jason Lawhon

New Approaches to Fire and Wilder-ness Management in Grand CanyonNational Park • Christopher Marks

Q&A


Preserving America’s Paleontologi-cal Heritage through Inventory andMonitoring • Vincent Santucci,chairInvited Papers

Paleontological Inventory of BigBend National Park • Steven Wick& Donald Corrick

Glacier Bay National Park and Pre-serve Paleontological Resource In-ventory • Robert B. Blodgett et al.

Monitoring Paleontological Re-sources in Glen Canyon NationalRecreation Area • Erica Clites et al.

Monitoring, Stabilization, and Cura-tion of Paleontological Sites fromClaystone Deposits at Wind CaveNational Park • Rodney D. Hor-rocks & Rachel A. Brown

Utilizing Parks’ Fossil Ecosystems toInterpret Past, Present, and FutureClimate Change • Jason P. Kenwor-thy


Air Quality • Alan Ellsworth, chairContributed Papers

Thresholds for Ecosystem Changes(Critical Loads) from Deposition ofAir Pollutants in the Western U.S. •Tamara Blett et al.

Partnership to Reduce the Ecologi-cal Effects of Atmospheric NitrogenDeposition in Rocky Mountain Na-tional Park • Jim Cheatham

The Composition and Origin of Ni-trogen Deposited in Rocky Moun-tain National Park during theROMANS Study • Bret Schichtel etal.

Planning Tools for Healthy and Re-silient Ecosystems: Critical Loads forAir Pollution in Eastern Parks •Ellen Porter et al.

Quality Air and Water at Acadia Na-tional Park: An Historical Analysis• Alan Ellsworth et al.


Open Space: Cathedrals or Conduits(Assessing Societal Needs for bothInfrastructure and Inspiration) •Leslie Morlock & John J. Donahue,chairsPanel Discussion

Panelists: John J. Donahue, Superintendent, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, Bushkill, PACasey Reese, Natural Resource Program Manager, Appalachian National Scenic Trail, Harpers Ferry, WVL. Suzanne Gucciardo, Natural Resource Specialist, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail, Omaha, NEJ. David Anderson, Resident Landscape Architect/GIS & GPS Coordinator, Blue Ridge Parkway, Asheville, NCLeslie Morlock, GIS Specialist, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, Milford, PA


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Voices of the Next Generation: Per-spectives on the Park Break Pro-gram • Matthew Heard & MeghanLindsey, chairsPanel Discussion & Presentation

Panelists: Archi Rastogi, Ph.D. Student, McGill University, Montreal, CanadaJonathan (Rodney) White, Ph.D. Student, University of Louisville, Louisville, KentuckyAnnamarie Leon Guerrero, M.A. Student, Sonoma State University, California

Presentation: Evaluating Park Break: A GWS, NPS & USGS Sponsored Park-Based Field Seminar for Graduate Students • Susan Vezeau et al.


Cultural Resource Response to anOil Spill • Mary Striegel & KirkCordell, chairsInvited Papers

Mixing Oil and Historic Structures:Hazards and Response • Mary F.Striegel

Implementing Section 106 Compli-ance in an Oil Response: LessonsLearned • Meredith Hardy & DavidMorgan

Rapid Documentation for CulturalResource Conservation Using a Spa-tial Video • Andrew Ferrell

Case Study: Fort Livingston, GrandTerre Island, Louisiana • CarolChin

Evaluation of Cleaners for Removalof Crude Oil from Historic Structures• Payal Vora


Case Studies in Administrative His-tory: NBS and NPS • Vivien E.Rose, chairContributed Papers

The Ill-fated NBS: A Historical Analy-sis of Bruce Babbitt’s Vision to Over-haul Interior Science • DianeKrahe

"Pristine Nature" Between SteelMills and Suburbs: The Creation ofIndiana Dunes National Lakeshore• Jackie Mirandola Mullen

The Ghost of Christmas Past: His-toric Preservation and the 1916 NPSAct • Richard Sellars

Reinterpreting Our Heritage: To-ward a New History of the NationalPark Service • David Glassberg

Was Redwood National Park Expan-sion Related to Woodstock, EarthDay and the Kent State Massacre?• Dan Sealy et al.


Climate Change Scenario Planning:Different Perspectives on Preparingfor an Uncertain Future • PatrickMalone, chairInvited Papers

The National Park Service’s Use ofScenario Planning • Don Weeks

Scenario Planning: A Tool for Place-based Natural Resource Manage-ment and Conservation Planning inLight of Climate Change • ErikaRowland

How Do Models and Downscaled Cli-mate Data Fit into Climate ChangeScenario Planning Activities? •Steve Gray

Scenario Planning in Water Man-agement: Evaluation of Alternativesand the Public Process • HollyHartman

The Use of Scenario Planning toPrepare for Climate Change at As-sateague Island National Seashore• Courtney Schupp


Landscape Dynamics Monitoring Ap-plied to Natural Resource Manage-ment in Canada and US NationalParks • Bill Monhan, chairInvited Papers

Modeling Disturbance Agents withLandTrendr and GIS Data in NorthCoast and Cascades Parks •Catharine Copass Thompson et al.(presented by John Boetsch)

A Cost Effective Predictive ModelingApproach for Developing Process-based Ecological Inventories for Arc-tic National Parks • DonaldMcLennan et al.

PALMS: Monitoring, Evaluating, andForecasting the Condition of ParkLandscapes • John E. Gross et al.

Use of NASA Technologies for Moni-toring Park Condition: Integrationof Four Case Studies • Andrew J.Hansen et al.

Using NPScape Data and AdvancedSatellite Products to Compare LandSurface Phenology Inside and Out-side of National Park Units in theGreat Plains • Kevin M. James etcal.


GIS Rapid-Fire Session • Kirk Sher-rill, chairRapid-Fire Session

Presenters: Historic Aerials in Park Planning and Resource Management Grand Teton National Park • Kathryn Mellander (1:30–1:45) | Assessing Regional Climatological Trends withthe Climate Grid Analysis Toolset • Kirk Sherrill & Brent Frakes (1:45–2:00) | Use of ArcGIS and Mobile GIS (ArcPad) for Viewshed Protection • David Anderson (2:00–2:15) | Na-tional Park Service Theme Manager • Angie Southwould (2:15–2:30) | Managing and Analyzing Spatial Data from GPS-Collared Caribou Using the SQL Server 2008 Geography DataType • Scott Miller & Kyle C. Joly (2:30–2:45) | Travel Time Cost Surface Model: A Planning and Logistical Resource Tool • Kirk Sherrill et al. (2:45–3:00) | GIS Support at KatmaiBranch Search and Rescue • Angie Southwould (3:00–3:15) | New Process for Updating Vegetation After Fires • Janice Vogel (3:15–3:30)


Natural Resource Information Por-tal: Reference Application Workshop• Brent Frakes, chair

Workshop


Bayesian Methods/Structured Deci-sion Making: General Discussion ofMethods and Approaches, Addi-tional Applications • JoshuaSchmidt & Maggie MacCluskie,chairs

Workshop



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“Who Wants to be a Millionaire?”Live on NPS Network • Ann Hitch-cock et al., chairs

Day-CapperPresenters: Julia Brunner, Policy/Regulatory Specialist, National Park Service, Denver, COJohn G. Dennis, Deputy Chief Scientist, National Park Service, Washington, DCAnn Deutch, Environmental Protection Assistant, National Park Service, Yellowstone, WYDale Pate, Supervisory Physical Scientist, National Park Service, Carlsbad, NM


Sea Change: The New Ocean Pol-icy—What it Means for You and Pro-tected Areas • Lauren Wenzel etal., chairs

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Transportation in Parks: Under-standing Choices and Experiences• Jeffrey Hallo, chairInvited Papers

NPS Transportation Planning andImplementation: Enabling RelevantVisitor Experiences • Patricia Sacks& Patrick Shea

Indicators and Standards of Qualityfor Transportation in NationalParks: Does Trip Purpose Matter? •Laura Anderson et al.

Visitors’ Potential Use and Percep-tions of a Proposed Transit Systemat Cumberland Island NationalSeashore • Jeffrey C. Hallo &Robert E. Manning

Travel Mode Choice at Yosemite Na-tional Park: A Stated-PreferenceStudy • Peter R. Pettengill et al.

Alternative Transportation Planningand Experiential Quality in MuirWoods: An Application of Simula-tion Modeling • Steve Lawson etal.


Invasive Species • Abby Miller,chairContributed Papers

Ten Year Review of the Exotic PlantManagement Team • Rita Beard& Abby Miller

Winning Battles, Losing the War:Hemlock Forest Decline at DelawareWater Gap National Recreation Area• Richard Evans

Extent and Impact of the BalsamWoolly Adelgid in Subalpine FirForests, Olympic Peninsula, WA •Karen Hutten et al.

Bee Biodiversity in Marin County,California • Benjamin Colteaux etal.

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Managing Bird Species: Inventory,Monitoring, Proactive Management,and Public Involvement • KristenDybala, chairContributed Papers

The Status and Distribution ofBarred Owls (Strix varia) in MarinCounty, California • Bill Merkle etal.

Monitoring Landbirds within the Na-tional Parks of the Gulf Coast Net-work • Daniel Twedt & MarthaSegura

Proactive Management of NorthAmerica’s Lone Insular Bird Speciesin the Face of Global Change •Scott Morrison et al. (presented byScott Sillett)

Solutions for Dreamers: Citizen Sci-ence as a Tool for Defensible Re-sults • Kevin Schallert et al.

Effects of Weather on Survival Ratesin Song Sparrows • Kristen Dybala


Preparing 21st Century Park Lead-ers • Kristen McConnell, chairPanel Discussion

Panelists: Kathy Hanson, Chief, Learning & Development, National Park Service, Washington, DCBrett Wright, Professor & Chair, Department of Parks, Recreation & Tourism Management, Clemson University, Clemson, SCVirginia Farley, Director for Leadership Programs, Conservation Study Institute, National Park Service, Woodstock, VTSteve Shackelton, Associate Director for Visitor and Resource Protection, National Park Service, Washington, DC


Cultural Heritage Resources in theNational MPA System: Benefits inPartnership • Valerie Grussing,chairPanel Discussion

Panelists: Valerie Grussing, NOAA’s National MPA Center, Silver Spring, MDJohn Jensen, Professor, Sea Education Association, Woods Hole, MABonnie Newsom, Penobscot Indian Nation THPO


The Role of Science in Making (andJustifying) Decisions: Perspectivesfrom Management, the Law, SocialScience, and Museology •Con-tributed Papers • Gary Davis, chair

Effective Strategies to Promote Sci-ence-based Management Decisions• Lisa Acree

Potato Chips or Pornography: Defin-ing Impairment for the NationalParks • Jacob J. Hoogland

Still Fighting the Last War? Preser-vation and the Search for Legitima-tion • Diane Barthel-Bouchier

Interdisciplinary Research: Navigat-ing the Pitfalls, Processes, & Poten-tial of Integrating Social andNatural Science • Rudy Schuster &Craig E. Colten

Relations between People and theirEnvironment: New Kinds of Engage-ment • Annegien Canoy


New Orleans: Where the Real SaintsGo Marching In • Patricia Corral,chair

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Rights, Policy & Knowledge: Engag-ing with Native Communities •Erik Val, chairContributed Papers

Aboriginal Community Engagementfor Reconciliation and Reconnectionin a Canadian Rocky Mountain Na-tional Park • Shawn Cardiff

Policy, Laws, and Preservation andthe Effects on Indigenous Rights forCultural & Spiritual Practices •Freddie Romero

Beyond Consultation: Aboriginal En-gagement for Effective Manage-ment of Legacy Contamination inan Arctic National Park • EdwardMcLean et al.

Protecting Traditional ResourcesRights in Conservation: NativeKnowledge in National Parks •Fernando Villalba

Are Aboriginal Title and TreatyRights Compatible with NationalParks? • Heidi Cook et al.


Sound Sessions: Recent Social Sci-ence Studies in National Park Units• Peter Newman et al., chairsInvited Papers

The Role of Messaging on the Ac-ceptability of Commercial AircraftSounds and Sights • Derrick Taffet al.

Motivation and Acceptability Normsof Human-caused Sound in MuirWoods National Monument •Lelaina Marin et al.

Sources and Prevalence of Anthro-pogenic Noise in Cultural Parks: In-dependence Hall and Valley Forge• Jacob A. Benfield

Is Personal Reflection Affected byAmbient Soundscapes? • Jacob A.Benfield et al.

The Influence of AnthropogenicSound on Cultural Park Tours •Gretchen Nurse et al.


Climate Change Forecasting andPlanning • Jan van Wagtendonk,chairContributed Papers

Testing the Limits: Effects of Climateon Conifer Distributions in MountRainier National Park • Ailene Et-tinger et al.

Plant Responses to Climate in Na-tional Parks of the SouthwesternUS: Forecasts for Land Management• Seth Munson et al.

How Climate Change ThreatensCommunities: A Management Ques-tion at Point Reyes NationalSeashore • Sarah Hameed et al.

Climate Change Scenario Planningin Alaska • Robert Winfree et al.

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SSeessssiioonn 118899Rhythms I(2nd floor)

Future Monitoring with RemoteSensing • Michael Story, chairPanel Discussion

Panelists: Tom Loveland, Senior Scientist, USGS, Sioux Falls, SDJason Stoker, Project Manager for the Lidar Science Project, USGS, Sioux Falls, SDJim Irons, Deputy Landsat Project Scientist, NASA, Greenbelt, MD Mike Hutt, Unmanned Aerial Systems Project Manager, USGS, Lakewood, CO

SSeessssiioonn 119900Rhythms II(2nd floor)

Enhanced Monitoring to Better Ad-dress Climate Change: Results fromScoping and Prioritization in 2010• Sara Wesser, chairPanel Discussion

Panelists: Joe DeVivo, Program Manager, Southeast Coast I&M Network, Athens, GALisa Garrett, Program Manager, Upper Columbia Basin I&M Network, Moscow, IDAndy Hubbard, Program Manager, Sonoran Desert I&M Network, Tucson, AZMichael Shephard, Program Manager, Southwest Alaska I&M Network, Anchorage, AK


The NPS Natural Resource Informa-tion Portal: Current Status, Innova-tive Uses, Future Directions •Margaret Beer, chairInvited Papers

The NRInfo Portal: Introduction andProgress Report • Margaret Beer

The NRInfo Portal as the Spring-board for DOI-wide Collaboration• Brent Frakes

Using NRInfo Web Services to Cre-ate Dynamic Web Applications •Melanie Ransmeier & Michael Cox

Extending the NRInfo Reference Ap-plication: Programmatic Genera-tion of Map Services • Peter Buddeet al.

Dissolving Data Boundaries: DataDiscovery among Many Systems •Dan Kocol


Developing a Culture of Evaluationfor Interpretation and Education inGreat Smoky Mountains NationalPark: Implications for National Pol-icy • Robert B. Powell & Marc J.Stern, chairs • Panel Discussion

Panelists: Susan Sachs, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Gatlinburg, TNBeth Wright, Education Technician, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Gatlinburg, TNSue Vezeau, Social Scientist, Yosemite National Park, El Portal, CAMarc J. Stern, Assistant Professor, Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation, College of Natural Resources and Environment, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VARobert B. Powell, Assistant Professor, Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management, Clemson University, Clemson, SC


Putting User Capacity in Perspec-tive: Integration of User Capacityinto the Visitor Use ManagementFramework • Ryan Sharp, chairPanel Discussion

Panelists: Kerri Cahill, Visitor Use Technical Specialist, National Park Service, Denver, COJim Bacon, Visitor Use Technical Specialist, National Park Service, El Portal, CADavid Cole, Research Geographer, Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute, Missoula, MT Ryan Sharp, Visitor Use Specialist, National Park Service, Denver, COEricka Pilcher, Visitor Use Specialist, National Park Service, Denver, CO



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Parks and Protected Areas Where Farms and Food Matter Affinity Meeting • Open to all registrantsRolf Diamant, Lucy Lawliss, Paula Vlamings, Christina Marts & Angie Richman, chairs


Regional Wilderness Coordinators Affinity Meeting Affinity Meeting • By invitation onlyWade Vagias & Garry Oye, chairs

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The Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum Geology of NationalParks Project: Update, Discussion, and Prospects

Business Meeting • Open to all registrantsH.L. Vacher, Judy McIlrath, Tom Juster, Mark Rains, Meghan Lindsay, Laura Wetzel, David W. Hastings & Ben Becker, chairs


National Park Service CESU Coordinators Annual Meeting I Business Meeting • By invitation onlyKathy Tonnessen & Pei-Lin Yu, chairs


World Heritage and the United States Business Meeting • Open to all registrantsStephen Morris, Phyllis Ellin, and Jonathan Putnam, chairs


Putting the USA’s National Parks and Protected Areas on theGlobal Map Workshop I

Business Meeting • Open to all registrantsCharles Besancon, Cyril Kormos, Lisa Duarte, chairs

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World Commission on Protected Areas / Species Survival Com-mission Joint Task Force on Biodiversity

Affinity Meeting • Open to all registrantsStephen Woodley & Thomas Brooks, chairs


National Park Service Cultural Resources Programs BusinessMeeting I

Business Meeting • Open to all registrantsStephanie Toothman, chair


Wild and Scenic Rivers Program Updates and Discussion Business Meeting • Open to all registrantsJoan Harn & Bill Hansen, chairs


National Park Service CESU Coordinators Annual Meeting II Business Meeting • By invitation onlyKathy Tonnessen & Pei-Lin Yu, chairs


Intermountain Region / Resource Stewardship Advisory Team(RSAT)

Business Meeting • Open to all registrantsDave Roemer, chair


Putting the USA’s National Parks and Protected Areas on theGlobal Map Workshop II



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NPS Climate Change Response Strategy Business Meeting • Open to all registrantsLeigh Welling, chair


National Park Service Cultural Resources Programs BusinessMeeting II

Business Meeting • Open to all registrantsStephanie Toothman, chair


Who’s on First? Clarifying NPS Marine Jurisdiction and Policies toProtect Ocean and Coastal Parks

Affinity Meeting • Open to all registrantsJulia Brunner & Jeffrey Cross, chairs


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Building the Next 50 Years of Research at Aldo Leopold Wilder-ness Research Institute (ALWRI): A Discussion

Affinity Meeting • Open to all registrantsCindy Swanson, chair


Putting the USA’s National Parks and Protected Areas on theGlobal Map Workshop III


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Wilderness Stewardship: Mitigating Conflict through Confrontingthe Human-Nature Relationship

Affinity Meeting • Open to all registrantsMatthew Carroll, Jason Lawhon & Jesse Burkhart, chairs


Putting the USA’s National Parks and Protected Areas on theGlobal Map Workshop IV



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