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8:30–8:50
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Check-in & light refreshments
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8:50–9:05
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1. Welcome
MEG WHITE, Inventory & Monitoring Division Lead, National Park Service
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9:05–10:05
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2. Plenary – Cities of futures past: Examining how social-ecological legacies affect urban biodiversity
CHRISTOPHER SCHELL, Assistant Professor, UC Berkeley Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management
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Break |
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SESSION~ Ways to remember: preserving eco-memories through publishing and data stewardship
MC: K LYNN BERRY, Superintendent, Eugene O'Neill NHS, John Muir NHS, Port Chicago Naval Magazine NM, and Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front NHP
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SESSION~ Plants and parks confront wildfire, invasive species, and climate change
MC: JANET KLEIN, Senior Director of Volunteers and Internships, Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy
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10:20–10:30
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3. The value of sharing field observations, even those from construction monitoring
JEFF ALVAREZ, Owner & Wildlife Biologist, The Wildlife Project
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6. Stewarding nature in a changing climate: Vulnerability and adaptation
ALISON FORRESTEL, Chief of Natural Resource Management and Science, Golden Gate National Recreation Area
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10:30–10:40
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The value of sharing field observations, con’t
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7. Documenting plant community response in the wake of the Woodward Fire
KELSEY SONGER, Botanist, San Francisco Bay Area Inventory & Monitoring Network
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10:40–10:50
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4. Data never forgets: Safeguarding the digital memory of long-term monitoring
LIZZY EDSON, Natural Resources Data Manager, Golden Gate National Recreation Area & Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy
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8. Evaluating Post-Invasion Recovery of Subalpine Wet Meadows In Sequoia National Park
NOAH TELLER, Ecological Restoration Coordinator, Presidio Trust
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| 10:50–10:55 |
Q&A |
Q&A |
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10:55–11:55
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5. SPECIAL SESSION~ Lessons from the past: Amah Mutsun research and stewardship on the central California coast
Moderator: KENT LIGHTFOOT, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley
Panelists:
VALENTIN LOPEZ, Chairman of the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band,
RICK FLORES, Steward of the Amah Mutsun Relearning Program (AMRP) and Associate Director of UC Santa Cruz Arboretum & Botanic Garden,
MICHAEL GRONE, Associate State Archaeologist, Santa Cruz District of California Parks and Recreation,
ALEC APODACA, Environmental Archeologist, University of California, Berkeley, and Cultural Resource Manager for the Amah Mutsun Land Trust
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9. SPECIAL SESSION~ Working with communities to understand and coexist with Bay Area coyotes
Moderator: CHRISTOPHER SCHELL, Assistant Professor, UC Berkeley Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management
Panelists:
TALI CASPI, PhD Candidate in Ecology, University of California, Davis,
BILL MERKLE, Wildlife Ecologist, Golden Gate National Recreation Area,
KATIE SMITH, Wildlife Biologist, Golden Gate National Recreation Area,
CHRISTINE WILKINSON, Conservation Scientist and Postdoctoral Researcher, UC Berkeley Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management and the California Academy of Sciences
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| 11:55–12:55 |
Lunch |
Lunch |
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12:55–1:35
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SPECIAL SESSION~ Lightning Talks
MC: CRAIG KENKEL, Superintendent, Point Reyes National Seashore
10. The value of sweat equity in instream habitat restoration for juvenile salmonids
DARREN FONG, Aquatic Ecologist, Golden Gate National Recreation Area
11. Puma population health at San Francisco Bay Area’s urban edge
ALYS GRANADOS, Wildlife Ecologist, Felidae Conservation Fund
12. The Bears are Back in Town: return of the American black bear to Marin
RACHEL TOWNSEND, Wildlife Biologist, Golden Gate National Recreation Area
13. The Snowy Plovers of San Francisco
KATIE SMITH, Wildlife Biologist, Golden Gate National Recreation Area
14. Western snowy plover predator management: Past, present, and looking into the future
CARLETON EYSTER, Avian Ecologist, Point Blue Conservation Science
15. Motus: An overview
LEVI SOUZA, Senior Environmental Scientist, California Department of Fish and Wildlife
16. Hoary for the home team: Migratory connectivity of California's hoary bats
GABRIEL REYES, Biologist, Western Ecological Research Center, U.S. Geological Survey
17. Motus and dunlin
DAVID LUMPKIN, Avian Ecologist, Audubon Canyon Ranch
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18. SPECIAL SESSION~ Forests: Past, Present, and Future - Insights from the Marin Regional Forest Health Strategy
Moderator: DANIEL FRANCO, Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, Senior Project Manager
Panelists:
ALISON FORRESTEL, Chief of Natural Resource Management and Science, Golden Gate National Recreation Area,
SARAH MINNICK, Vegetation & Fire Ecologist, Marin County Parks ,
CARL SANDERS, Natural Resources Program Manager, Marin Water
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| 1:35–1:40 |
Q&A |
Forests: Past, Present, and Future, con’t |
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SESSION~ Learning from birds across decades
MC: SAM CHIRIBOGA, Associate Director, Point Reyes National Seashore Association
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SESSION~ Tracking biodiversity and bringing species back to heal broken links
MC: LAURA BOOTH, Biologist, Golden Gate National Recreation Area
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1:40–1:50
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19. Protected areas safeguard landbird populations in central coastal California: Evidence from long-term population trends
MARK DETTLING, Avian Ecologist, Point Blue Conservation Science
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23. Presidio environmental health
LEWIS STRINGER, Associate Director of Natural Resources, Presidio Trust
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1:50–2:00
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20. Decadal trends of waterbirds on Tomales Bay – 1989-2021
NILS WARNOCK, Director of Conservation Science, Audubon Canyon Ranch
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24. Bringing back the butterflies: Re-weaving the web of life
STUART B. WEISS, Chief Scientist, Creekside Science
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2:00–2:10
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21. Alcatraz seabirds in a changing world
MAGGIE LEE POST, Alcatraz Marine Ecologist, Farallon Institute
LIDIA D’AMICO, Alcatraz biologist, Golden Gate National Recreation Area
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25. Reversing extinction: Seeking an ‘ecological stand-in’ for the extinct Xerces blue butterfly
DURRELL D. KAPAN, Senior Research Fellow, California Academy of Sciences
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2:10–2:20
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22. The last stable northern spotted owl population: What we’ve learned from long-term monitoring
TAYLOR ELLIS, Wildlife Technician, Point Reyes National Seashore & San Francisco Bay Area Network
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26. Restoring quail to the Presidio: Roadmap and challenges
PHOEBE PARKER-SHAMES, Wildlife Ecologist, Presidio Trust
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Q&A |
Q&A |
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Break |
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SESSION~ In search of causal links and landscape-scale learnings
MC: MARK DETTLING, Avian Ecologist, Point Blue Conservation Science
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SESSION~ Tied to water: Ebbs and flows across place and time
MC: DAVID SMITH, Superintendent, Golden Gate National Recreation Area
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2:40–2:50
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27. Teaming up with the Californian CESU to tease out cause and effect in long-term National Park Service monitoring data: Tidewater gobies, harbor seals, and Pinnacles’ prairie falcons
BEN BECKER, Science Advisor and Research Coordinator, National Park Service
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30. Influence of hydrologic gradients on stream biodiversity at Pinnacles National Park
TRAVIS M. APGAR, Evolutionary Ecologist, UC Berkeley Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management
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2:50–3:00
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28. Mammals on the Marin landscape: Lessons from the Marin Wildlife Watch
BILL MERKLE, Wildlife Ecologist, Golden Gate National Recreation Area
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31. Eco-memories of extreme precipitation: leveraging lake sediments from Point Reyes National Seashore, California, to understand 2,500 years of hydrology
CLARKE KNIGHT, Research Geographer, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey
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3:00–3:10
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29. Talons, beak, and feathers: Migratory raptors as ecological indicators
RYAN BOURBOUR, Environmental Scientist, California Fish and Wildlife
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32. The Point Reyes Mountain Beaver (Aplodontia rufa phaea): History, current status, future prospects
ALAN SHABEL, Professor of Biology, UC Berkeley Department of Integrative Biology
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| 3:10–3:15 |
Q&A |
Q&A |
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3:15–4:15
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33. SPECIAL SESSION~ Keeping a pulse on the landscape: approaches to ecological health assessment
Moderator: YOLANDA MOLETTE, Director of Conservation & Community Science, Parks Conservancy
Panelists:
LIZZY EDSON, Natural Resources Data Manager, Golden Gate National Recreation Area & Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy,
JENA HICKEY, Inventory & Monitoring Network Program Manager, National Park Service,
JANET KLEIN, Senior Director of Volunteers and Internships, Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy,
BILL MERKLE, Wildlife Ecologist, Golden Gate National Recreation Area,
LEWIS STRINGER, Associate Director of Natural Resources, Presidio Trust
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34. SPECIAL SESSION~ Swiping right on seeds: an interactive talk on ecological variables to consider when seed Collecting for restoration
MARTINE GLAROS, Seed Ecologist, Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy
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| 4:15–5:15 |
35-43. POSTER SESSION / SOCIAL HOUR - Cypress Room |
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