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Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Forum
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Yosemite Forum
Sponsored by Resources Management and Science
The Yosemite Forum is a free interactive lecture series designed to bring evolving knowledge of the Sierra Nevada to the public and the park. Lectures are noon-1 p.m. on the second Tuesday of the month in the Yosemite Valley Visitor Center Auditorium.
2012 Yosemite Forum Schedule
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| January 10, 2012 |
"If Not Unimpaired, Then What? Thought about the Future of National Parks" [78 kb PDF] Presented by: Dr. William Tweed, Author (Bio) [26 kb PDF] |
February 14, 2012
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"Simulation of Rockfall Trajectories Using Process-based Models" [79 kb PDF] Presented by: Sandra Melzner, Geological Survey of Austria
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March 13, 2012
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"Reversing the Decline of Sierra Nevada Yellow-legged Frog in Yosemite" [79 kb PDF] Presented by: Dr. Roland Knapp, UC Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research (Bio) [59 kb PDf]
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April 10, 2012
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"How do Resource Managers Make the Right Decisions in the Face of Climate Change" [79 kb PDF] Presented by: Debra Schlafmann, California Landscape Conservation Cooperative (CA LCC) Coordinator (Bio) [30 kb PDF]
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May 8, 2012
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"From Catastrophic Birth: The Civil War Origins of Yosemite Park" [79 kb PDF] Presented by: David Hickman, PhD, Adjunct Professor, UC Davis (Bio) [47 kb PDF]
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June 12, 2012
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"Shifting Trends in Growth and Demography of High Elevation Conifers" [78 kb PDF] Presented by: Dr. Chris Dolanc, Post-Doctoral Researcher, UC Davis (Bio) [11 kb PDF]
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July 10, 2012
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"Adaptation and Speciation in California Monkeyflowers" [78 kb PDF] Presented by: Doug Schemske, PhD, Plant Biology Professor, Michigan State (Bio) [26 kb PDF]
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August 14, 2012
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"Gunnar Widforss: Painter of the National Parks" [76 kb PDF] Presented by: Alan Petersen, Curator at Museum of Northern Arizona (Bio) [29 kb PDF]
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September 11, 2012
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"A Mammal's Take on the Rapture Hypothesis, Jacob's Ladder, and other Notions of Gloom, Doom, and Uniform Change in Alpine Ecosystems" [81 kb PDF] Presented by: Dr. Robert C. Klinger, Ecologist, USGS (Bio) [26 kb PDF]
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October 9, 2012
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"Smoke and Health" [75 kb PDF] Presented by: Henry Jay Forman PhD., Professor of Biochemistry and Chemistry, UC Merced (Bio) [13 kb PDF]
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November 13, 2012
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December 11, 2012
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"Endophytes of Forest Tress: Specificity and Adaptive Potential of an Unexplored Symbiosis" [79 kb PDF] Presented by: A. Carolin Frank, PhD, Assistant Professor, UC Merced (Bio) [11 kb PDF]
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The Yosemite Forum is a partnership among:
- Yosemite National Park
- The Yosemite Conservancy
- USGS, Western Ecological Research Center Yosemite Field Station
- University of California, Sierra Nevada Research Institute
- USFS, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Sierra Nevada Research Center
Learn more about the park's research and studies--also detailed in the Yosemite Science online resources management publication published on an occasional basis. Find Yosemite content throughout the Nature & Science and History & Culture web pages.
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Scenic Vistas
Audio podcast episode about scenic vistas and their management.
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Slice of the Meadow
3% of habitat contains large proportion of Yosemite species
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Yosemite reaches out to sister parks
Chinese and Chilean sites learn from Yosemite
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Pseudoscorpion
Newly discovered arachnid found within Yosemite's talus caves
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| |  | | Did You Know?
Black bears in Yosemite are active both day and night. Most bears that rely on natural food sources are active during the day. However, those that get food from people are often active at night, when they can quietly sneak around and grab unattended food.
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Last Updated: February 09, 2012 at 10:45 MST |
