Daily Schedule of Events the Week at a Glance

daily schedule of events the week at a glance ...... 2

sunday, april 15 ...... 2 monday, april 16 ...... 3 tuesday, april 17 ...... 7 wednesday, april 18 ...... 12 thursday, april 19 ...... 15 friday, april 20 ...... 20

poster / computer demo / exhibit locator ...... 4 meeting room locator ...... 8

important note on late changes to the program We urge you to take a few moments to go through the accompanying Late Changes, Addition- al Abstracts & Errata handout and mark the changes on your copy of the Daily Schedule of Events. The Late Changes handout captures all changes communicated to the conference organizers between the time the Program Guide & Abstracts book was printed and April 12. Some changes involve alterations to the printed schedule of certain sessions, so it is important for you to note these on your Daily Schedule of Events.

Natural Resource Stewardship and Science Program In the event of last-minute cancellations (i.e., those coming after April 12) and/or no-shows Pacific West Regional Office in Invited Papers and Contributed Papers sessions, the session chairs have been instructed Alaska Regional Office to keep to the printed schedule (as amended by the Late Changes handout). Northeast Regional Office

the week at a glance sunday • april 15

On-going events today

>>> Registration • 1:30–9:00 PM • Lower Level Foyer The registration area is located just to the right of the escalators on the Lower Level. We urge you to register on Sunday if at all possible — that way you beat the Monday-morning rush. GWS personnel will be available at the registration area throughout the week to answer your questions and help with any problems.

>>> Walkin’ in the Footsteps of George Silent Auction • 6:00–9:00 PM • Capitol Ballroom If you are bringing items to donate to the auction, please check them in at the Silent Auction window at the registration area. Items will be put on display in the Capitol Ballroom as they are received, and bid- ding on each item opens as soon as it is displayed.

>>> Poster / Computer Demo / Exhibit Set-up • 6:00–9:00 PM • Minnesota West Ballroom If you are presenting a poster, computer demo, or exhibit, set up your presentation as soon as you register. There will be a chart showing your assigned location in the Minnesota West Ballroom.

Special events today

>>> Meeting of George Melendez Wright Student Travel Scholarship Winners & Mentors 7:00 PM • State III All student travel scholarship winners and their mentors will gather for an orientation/welcoming meeting. All registrants are welcome to come by and meet these young scholars from diverse backgrounds.

>>> Meeting of Native Participant Travel Grant Winners • 7:00 PM • State II All NPTG winners will gather for an orientation/welcoming meeting.

gws2007 daily schedule of events ...... page 2 monday • april 16 recommended readings: climate change >> “The Challenges of Climate Change.” The George Wright Forum 24:1 (2007). Plenary Session I The latest edition of the GWS’s journal reprints an extensive 2006 NRDC/ 8:00–9:30 AM • Minnesota East Ballroom Rocky Mountain Climate Organization report on how climate change might disrupt national parks in the American West, as well as remarks from veter- Call to Order • Welcome to the Conference • Announcements an park administrator Jon Jarvis on communicating the “inarticulate truth” Abigail B. Miller, National Park Service (retired) / President, George Wright Society of climate change. www.georgewright.org/forum.html • David Welch, “What Should Protected Area Managers Do in the Face of Cli- mate Change? The George Wright Forum 22:1 (2005). Welch’s article has been Speaker Introduction / Session Moderator called one of the best practical summaries of what park managers actually David J. Parsons, Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute / Member, GWS2007 Conference Committee can (and cannot) do to respond. www.georgewright.org/221welch.pdf • Elizabeth Kolbert, Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate PLENARY ADDRESS Change (2006). Less polemical than other recent books, the reviewer for Sci- The Impact of Climate Change on Parks, Protected Areas, and Cultural Sites entific American compared this to Silent Spring in terms of its potential impact. Lisa Graumlich, Director, School of Natural Resources, University of Arizona • Tim Flannery, The Weather Makers: How Man is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth (2005). Flannery marshals a wide range of Dr. Lisa J. Graumlich’s position as director of the School of Natural Re- evidence and pulls no punches about what Western society needs to do to get sources at the University of Arizona allows her to combine her career-long past denial and get going on solutions. interest in global climate change with the emerging issue of how to best manage natural resources in an uncertain future. As a researcher, she investigates the nature of human–environment interactions by melding Plenary Session II records of severe and persistent climate episodes, such as mega-droughts, 1:30–3:30 PM • Minnesota East Ballroom with historical accounts of social adaptation versus collapse. In addition, Graumlich has developed innovative interdisciplinary science programs Call to Order • Announcements Suzette Kimball, U.S. Geological Survey / George Wright Society Board of Directors that address issues of sustainability of ecosystems and livelihoods. She started her career at the University of Arizona where she was a faculty Speaker Introduction / Session Moderator member in the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research and the first director of Stephen Woodley, Parks Canada / George Wright Society Board of Directors the University of Arizona’s Institute for the Study of Planet Earth (ISPE). While director of ISPE, she engaged the talent of a broad cross-section of UA researchers in defining the potential impacts of climate PLENARY ADDRESS change on semi-arid regions. In 1999, she moved to Montana State University to direct the Big Sky Institute Continental-Scale Conservation in North America: Y2Y and Beyond (BSI). At BSI she worked closely with scientists and managers to develop science-based knowledge relevant to decision-making in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and other large protected areas. In 2007, she was Harvey Locke, conservationist, Canadian Parks & Wilderness Society and Yellowstone to Yukon (Y2Y) Conser- attracted to return to the University of Arizona by the intellectual excitement and social challenges of defin- vation Initiative ing sustainable pathways for the future of the Southwest and other semi-arid regions. Harvey Locke is a Canadian conservationist with global experience. He Graumlich received her Ph.D. from the University of Washington (1985). She was named an Aldo Leopold is strategic advisor to the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative, Leadership Fellow in 1999 and was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of senior advisor on conservation to the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Science in 2004. Society, and program advisor to Tides Canada Foundation. He has worked extensively in the United States, including three years as senior program officer for the environment at the Henry P. Kendall Founda- tion in Boston and nine years on the board of The Nature Conservancy of Montana. He has spoken about large landscape conservation, nation- Concurrent Sessions 1–14 • 10:00 AM–12:05 PM (see p. 5 for schedule) al parks, and wilderness to professional, public, and university audi- ences across North America and in Europe and Africa. His writing (both popular and peer reviewed) and photographs have been published in many countries. He was a member of the executive committee for the 8th World Wilderness Congress and is a member of the World Commission on Protected Areas.

gws2007 daily schedule of events ...... page 3 recommended readings: continental conservation poster / computer demo / >> Charles C. Chester, Conservation Across Borders: Biodiversity in an Inter- dependent World (2006). A broad overview of the history of transboundary exhibit locator conservation efforts. Through detailed examinations of two initiatives, the International Sonoran Desert Alliance (ISDA) and the Yellowstone to Yukon Initiative (Y2Y), the book helps readers understand the benefits and challenges of landscape-scale protection. In addition to discussing general concepts and the specific experience of ISDA and Y2Y, the author considers the emerging concept of “conservation effectiveness.” • Michael E. Soulé and John Terborgh (editors), Continental Conservation: Sci- entific Foundations of Regional Reserve Networks (1999). Scientifically solid but also readable and understandable for the nonscientist. Soulé and Ter- borgh are unrepentant advocates of the need for numerous large, strictly protected nature reserves. >> “Conservation Practice at the Landscape Scale.” The George Wright Forum 22:1 (2005). This special issue has several articles of interest, among them: • Brenda Barrett, “National Heritage Areas: Places on the Land, Places in the Mind.” www.georgewright.org/221barrett.pdf • Emily Bateson, “Two Countries, One Forest: A Landscape-Scale Con- servation Collaborative in the Northern Appalachian Region.” www.georgewright.org/221bateson.pdf • Gustavo A.B. Fonseca et al., “On Defying Nature’s End: The Case for Landscape-Scale Conservation.” www.georgewright.org/221fonseca.pdf

Concurrent Sessions 15–26 • 4:00–6:05 PM (see p. 6 for schedule)

On-going events today

>>> Registration • All day • Registration area (Lower Level)

>>> Poster / Computer Demo Session • All day • Minnesota West Ballroom GWS2007 features an expanded Poster / Computer Demo Session, starting Sunday evening, April 15, and running through Thursday mid-afternoon, April 19. Posters are available for viewing anytime during the day. Computer demos are available at the discretion of the presenter.

>>> Walkin’ in the Footsteps of George Silent Auction • All day • Capitol Ballroom The Auction continues! All proceeds benefit the George Melendez Wright Student Travel Scholarship program.

Special events today

>>> Welcoming Reception • 7:00–8:30 pm • Great River Ballroom The George Wright Society welcomes you to GWS2007 and the Twin Cities! Join us in the Great River Ball- room, overlooking the Mississippi River, to greet old friends and meet some new ones. It’s a fun way to relax and get the conference week off to a great start. All registrants welcome; no tickets required but please do wear your name badge for entry. A selection of complimentary hot and cold hors d’oeuvres; cash bar.

gws2007 daily schedule of events ...... page 4 10:00 – 10:25 10:25 – 10:50 10:50 – 11:15 11:15 – 11:40 11:40 – 12:05

Session 1 No Place to Hide: Climate and Climate Change Science and its Role in Climate Change and Coastal Ecosystems: Adaptation Options of National Parks to Changing Land, Changing Lives: Impacts of Climate Change Communication: Inspiring Minnesota East Environmental Change Impacts to Resource Management / Jonathan Jarvis Potential Impacts and Adaptation Climate Change / Jill Baron et al. Climate Change on Protected Areas and Resource Stewardship in National Parks / Protected Areas / Leigh Welling & John Strategies / Virginia Burkett Associated Indigenous Cultures / Lois Leigh Welling Gross, chairs Dalle-Molle Session 2 Changing Human Relationships with Developing a Framework for Investigating The Displacement Dilemma: Short- and Intergenerational Differences: The Role of GPS, the Web, and Uncertainty about Implications for Management and Great River I/IV Wilderness and Other Wild Lands: Changing Relationships with Wilderness / Long-term Responses to Forces of Change Wild Nature in the Future / Harry Zinn & Future Impacts on Remote Places / Joe Van Education / Chad Dawson & Rick Potts Implications for Management and Robert Dvorak / Ingrid Schneider Alan Graefe Horn Research / He Yang, chair Session 3 Access, Protection, and First Amendment PANEL DISCUSSION Great River II/III Rights in America’s National Parks / Bonnie PANELISTS: Christine Gobrial, John Howard, Ian Crane, Rich Weideman Halda, chair

Session 4 Charting a Future for National Heritage Charting a Future for National Heritage National Heritage Areas in an International Measuring Success in National Heritage An Assessment of Natural Resource Q&A Kellogg I Areas: Superintendents' Perspectives, Areas: Two Superintendents' Perspectives / Context: Learning from English and French Areas: Evaluation as an Organizational Management Conflicts in the Working International Context, Evaluating Our Presenters TBA Landscape-Scale Conservation Approaches Learning and Development Tool / Daniel Landscapes in Turkey: Koprulu-Kanyon Progress / Nora Mitchell, chair / Brenda Barrett Laven & Suzanne Copping National Park / Nedim Kemer Session 5 Management of Carnivore Populations / Long-term Research on the Wolves of Isle Canada Lynx on the Border: Biological and The Value of Data Management: A Wolf Wolf Recovery in Yellowstone: Park Visitor Determining Bear Activity Levels in the Kellogg II Glen Sargeant, chair Royale: Lessons Learned / Rolf Peterson & Political Realities for Recovery Planning / Monitoring Database / Peter Lindstrom & Attitudes, Expenditures, and Regional Lower Brooks River Area, an Area of High John A. Vucetich Ron Moen Sarah Dewey Economic Impacts / John Duffield et al. Visitor Use in Katmai National Park, Alaska / Troy Hamon et al. April 16 • 10:00 – 12:05 Session 6 Marine & Coastal Resources / Cliff Fish Assemblages and Habitat Utilization Coral Bleaching and Disease Combine to Bleaching and Mortality of Acropora A Collaborative Approach to Assessing Status of Kittlitz’s Murrelet in Alaska: Kellogg III McCreedy, chair Patterns in Coastal Waters of Four Cause Catastrophic Mortality on Reefs in palmata at Buck Island Reef National Watershed Conditions in Coastal National Where Have All the Murrelets Gone? / National Parks in Hawaii / Eric Brown et al. U.S. Virgin Islands / Jeff Miller et al. Monument / Ian Lundgren & Zandy Hillis- Parks / Kristen Keteles & Cliff McCreedy Shelley Hall et al. Starr Session 7 La Vida Verde: Hispanic Engagement in PANEL DISCUSSION Governors I Natural Resource Conservation and PANELISTS: Pedro Chavarria, Roel Lopez, Manuel Piña, Roger Rivera, Maria R. Gutierrez Education / Pedro Chavarria, chair

Session 8 Effects of Natural and Human-caused Comparing Visitor Perceptions of Understanding and Managing Soundscapes Modeling Aircraft Noise in Grand Canyon An Adaptive Approach to Managing Park Visitors and the Natural Soundscape: Governors II Sounds on National Park Visitors: A Social Soundscapes at Muir Woods NM, Yosemite in the National Parks: Standards of Quality National Park / Sarah Falzarano & Ken Soundscapes in Muir Woods National Experience Dimensions and Access Trade- Science Perspective / Karen Trevino, chair NP, and Grand Teton NP / Dave Stack et al. / Robert Manning et al. McMullen Monument: A Test of Management Actions offs / Shelley Saxen & Wayne Freimund / Peter Newman et al. Session 9 Managing Cultural Values on a Landscape Appropriate Levels of Restoration and Listening to Neglected Voices: Hmong and Defining, Saving and Managing Urban Q&A Governors III Scale and Understanding How Different Development at Copan Archeological Park: Public Lands in Minnesota and Wisconsin / Cultural Landscapes / John O. Anfinson Cultures Value Resources / David Setting Attributes Affecting the Visitor David Bengston et al. Glassberg, chair Experience / G.N. Wallace & C. Mayer Session 10 Western Airborne Contaminants WACAP: How Results Might Influence Contaminants Present in WACAP Parks / Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Biological and Ecological Consequences of Park-by-Park WACAP Summaries and Governors IV Assessment Project (WACAP): Final Results Management Actions in the National Parks Staci Simonich Contaminants in the WACAP Parks / Daniel Contaminants in Western Parks / Linda Conclusions / Dixon Landers et al. / Tamara Blett, chair / Dixon Landers et al. Jaffe et al. Geiser et al.

Session 11 Citizen Engagement and Park Management Protecting Ecosystems: The Case of the Designing the Urban Mississippi River: Community–Agency Relationships at Assessment of Resident Wellbeing and Engaging Students in Parks and Protected Governors V / Dorothy Anderson, chair Florida Everglades / Sherry Enzler Collaborations between University Voyageurs National Park: Does Trust Perceived Biodiversity Impacts in the Sites through Service Learning / Monica Students and Local Organizations / Patrick Matter? / Dorothy Anderson et al. Padampur Resettlement, Royal Chitwan Siems Nunnally NP, Nepal / Narayan Dhakal et al. Session 12 Expansion of Quagga (Zebra) Mussels PANEL DISCUSSION State I into the Western United States: The NPS PART ONE OF A TWO-PART PANEL/WORKSHOP — CONTINUES IN SESSION #24 Responds (Part 1) / Linda Drees, chair PANELISTS: SandeeDingman, Valerie Hickey, Mark Anderson, Byron Karns, Jay Rendall ent sessions • Monday morning, Session 13 Collaborative Conservation & Cross- A Multi-jurisdictional Collaborative Breakfast at the Cockpit Café and Other Mobilizing Partners and Volunteers for Restoring the Cache River Wetlands in Doing More with More: Increasing the State II boundary Initiatives / Suzette Kimball, Planning Process for Resolving Cross- Innovations in Protected Area Outreach / Habitat Restoration and Natural Resource Southern Illinois through Community- Role of Collaborative Research chair boundary Issues / Donald Rodriguez & Christine Baumann-Feurt & Ward Feurt Management in the Potomac Gorge / Mary Based Conservation Partnerships / Management in Yosemite / N.S. Nicholas et George N. Wallace Travaglini Christopher Bridges et al. al. Session 14 Creating a “Culture of Evaluation” to PANEL DISCUSSION State III Inform National Park Service PANELISTS: Sheri Forbes; Sam Vaughn, Nora Mitchell, Patti Reilly

Concurr Interpretation and Education / Sheri Forbes, chair

gws2007 daily schedule of events ...... page 5 4:00 – 4:25 4:25 – 4:50 4:50 – 5:15 5:15 – 5:40 5:40 – 6:05

Session 15 Concerns and Strategies for Adaptively PANEL DISCUSSION Minnesota East Managing Resources in an Era of Climate PANELISTS: Dan Kimball, Paul DePrey, Bob Krumenaker, Jeff Mow, Bert Frost Change / Kathy Jope, chair

Session 16 Making Good Decisions about Visitor Use Progress in the Planning, Policy, and Legal Arena Related to User Capacity / Linda Dahl & Kerri Cahill (4:00–4:15) Kellogg I and User Capacity: A Progress Report Adaptive Visitor Use Management: A Field Report from Yosemite National Park / Jim Bacon et al. (4:15–4:30) from the Field / Kerri Cahill, chair VERP and Visitor Use Monitoring at Acadia National Park / Charlie Jacobi (4:30–4:45) Applied Visitor Use and User Capacity Management in Shenandoah National Park / Steve Bair (4:45–5:00) Improving Commercial Services Planning with the Visitor Experience and Resource Protection Framework / Marilyn Parris & Kerri Cahill (5:00–5:15; balance of session Q&A) Session 17 Experiencing Change and Resistances to DAY-CAPPER Kellogg II Change / John Griffin, chair

Session 18 Managing Rare and Declining Fauna Rapid Apparent Distributional Shift in a Development and Testing of Automated Protecting Rare Species that Nobody Likes: Migration Across Borders: Science, The Most Endangered Fish: A Report on Kellogg III Populations / David Willey, chair Montane Mammal Responding to Climate Audio Recording Systems for Monitoring Timber Rattlesnake Preservation in Management and Conservation of the Effort to Save the Devils Hole Pupfish / Change and Other Influences / Erik Beever in the Northern Great Plains / Marcia Minnesota State Parks / Edward Quinn & Threatened Fish that Leave Olympic John Wullschleger & Michael Bower & Chris Ray Wilson et al. Shawn Fritcher National Park / Samuel Brenkman & April 16 • 4:00 – 6:05 Stephen C. Corbett Session 19 Changing Views: Manifest Destiny, How the Indians Lost Their Lands: Thomas Rethinking National Park Ownership and Selling the Land Short: Applying Lessons The 19th-Century Literary and Historic The Many Faces of Great Smoky Mountains Governors I Romanticism, and Commercialism / Jefferson, Lewis & Clark, and Manifest Management: An Indigenous Perspective / Learned from Game Management to Public Roots of the Beauty vs. Utility Debate in National Park: The Impacts of Differential Dorothy Anderson, chair Destiny / Robert Miller Jacinta Ruru Land Recreation / Robert Smail the Adirondacks / Erica Morin Histories and Outreach on Local Attitudes and Actions / Marc Stern

Session 20 Hydrology and Water Quality / Charles Science and Operations: Understanding A River Runs through It: Managing Evaluation of Watershed Imperviousness Assessing Impacts of Houseboat Trophic Transfer of Methylmercury in Governors II Roman, chair and Responding to Floods at Yosemite / Hydrologic Modifications in a National Models Using Stream Assessment Greywater Discharge: Acquiring Decision Lacustrine Food Webs of Voyageurs Joseph Meyer et al. Park / Susan O’Ney Techniques in the Cuyahoga Valley / Kevin Making Tools with a Changing User Base / National Park, Minnesota / Kristofer L. Skerl et al. Matthew Julius et al. Rolfhus et al.

Session 21 Inventory and Monitoring / Elaine Leslie, Developing Integrated Assessments for Unrecognized Reservoirs of Pollinator The Effectiveness of a Vegetation-Based Long-term Bioassessment of Park-scale Q&A Governors III chair National Capital Region Network Parks: An Diversity? Bees in National Parks and Approach for Estimating Vertebrate Stream Ecological Integrity in the Rocky Example from Rock Creek Park / Lisa N. Monuments / Terry Griswold & Olivia Species Diversity / Kaci Myrick et al. Mountain Inventory and Monitoring Florkowski et al. Messenger Network / E. William Schweiger et al.

Session 22 Western Airborne Contaminants PANEL DISCUSSION Governors IV Assessment Project (WACAP): Discussion of PANELISTS: Results and Future Monitoring Strategies / Donald Campbell, Staci Simonich, Daniel Jaffe, Adam Schwindt, Linda Geiser Christine Shaver, chair

Session 23 A Hundred Years of the National Park DAY-CAPPER Governors V Service: What Should the Centennial PRESENTERS: Abby Miller, Rolf Diamant, Jon Jarvis, Richard West Sellars Mean? / William H. Walker, Jr., chair

Session 24 Expansion of Quagga (Zebra) Mussels WORKSHOP State I into the Western United States: The NPS PART TWO OF A TWO-PART PANEL/WORKSHOP — CONTINUED FROM SESSION #12 Responds (Part 2) / Linda Drees, chair PRESENTERS: Sandee Dingman, Valerie Hickey, Mark Anderson, Byron Karns

ent sessions • Monday afternoon, Session 25 Ridin' the Rails: An Exploration of DAY-CAPPER State II America’s Resources through a Partnership PRESENTERS: Ann McGinnis, Gillian Bowser with Amtrak / Jim Miculka, chair

Session 26 Vegetation Monitoring / Kara Paintner, Monitoring Vegetation Composition, Status of Whitebark Pine in Pacific Mapping Invasive and Rare Wetland Plant Determining the Disturbance Effect on LiDAR- and CIR-based Vegetation State III chair Structure, and Soils in the Rocky Mountain Northwest National Parks / Regina Species to Visualize Competition and Forest Development for Use in Park Monitoring for Gulf Coast Parks: Potential Region / Dan Manier et al. Rochefort et al. Devise a Control Strategy / Wendy Cass & Management Plans / Bruce Larson at al. Multiple Yields from One Methodology / Concurr James M. Yoder Robert Woodman & Amar Nayegandhi

gws2007 daily schedule of events ...... page 6 serve on the Wallowa Nez Perce Homeland Project and is a special advisor to the Board of the Oregon Cul- tural Trust and a former member of that board. Prior to moving home, Conner worked 13 years for the U.S. tuesday • april 17 Small Business Administration. She is a graduate of the University of Oregon and Willamette University’s Atkinson Graduate School of Management. Bobbie Conner is Cayuse, Umatilla, and Nez Perce and a member of the Confederated Tribes of Umatilla. Her Sahaptian ancestors were from the Columbia and Snake Plenary Session III Rivers and their tributaries. 8:00–9:30 AM • Minnesota East Ballroom Tom Lee is a graduate of McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, and of the Uni- Call to Order • Announcements versity of Illinois. From 1966 to 1993 he held a number of positions in the natural Gillian Bowser, Texas A&M University / Secretary, George Wright Society resources field in Canada, both provincially and nationally. Lee then held the positions of associate deputy minister and CEO for Parks Canada from 1993 to 2002. Panel Introduction During this period he led the organization in a number of national initiatives. In Nathalie Gagnon (Algonquin First Nation), Senior Advisor, Aboriginal Affairs Secretariat, Parks Canada addition to these responsibilities within Canada, he has served as a member of the Canadian delegation to the founding meetings of the UNESCO World Heritage Con- PLENARY PANEL DISCUSSION vention; head of the delegation to the IUCN conferences in Buenos Aires, Montreal, Native Peoples, Protected Lands (continued on p. 8) Session Moderator Charles Hudson, Public Affairs Manager, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission recommended readings: native peoples Panelists Roberta (Bobbie) Conner, Sisaawipam, Director, Tamástslikt Cultural Institute, Confederated Tribes of the >> Charles Wilkinson, Blood Struggle: The Rise of Modern Indian Nations Umatilla Indian Reservation (2005). A “remarkable, uplifting story of how a new generation of tribal lead- Tom Lee, Chief Executive Officer, Parks Canada (1998–2002) ers overcame several centuries of adversity to win self-determination for Native peoples.” — Stewart Udall Charles Hudson is a member the Mandan/Hidatsa tribe of Fort Berthold, North • Winona LaDuke, Recovering the Sacred: The Power of Naming and Claiming Dakota, and is a 1983 graduate of Washington State University. He has spent several (2005). “A brilliant study of cases dealing with rights to land, resources, cul- years working in media and American Indian education in the Pacific Northwest. ture, religion, and genetic information. A much-needed challenge to the exist- Hudson currently serves as public affairs manager for the Columbia River Inter- ing ethical constructs that govern these rights claims.” — Rebecca Tsosie Tribal Fish Commission, the policy and technical coordinating agency for the Colum- • Stan Stevens (ed.), Conservation through Cultural Survival: Indigenous Peo- bia River Treaty Tribes in Portland, Oregon. Hudson has spoken throughout North ples and Protected Areas (1997). “National parks are the highest expression of America on treaty rights, salmon, and environmental justice. His passion for tribal the commitment of modern generations to the preservation of nature, but no issues is derived from his family’s generations-long fight for treaty rights and justice system can lay claim to moral authority that is built on the bones of tradition- on the Missouri River, chronicled in the 2004 Little/Brown novel Coyote Warrior by al cultures dispossessed and destroyed. This book provides insight into an Paul Vandevelder. Hudson also serves on the boards of the Oregon Chapter of Physi- alternative, more humane path.” — R. Michael Wright cians for Social Responsibility and of the Open Meadow alternative school, and is a >> Mark David Spence, Dispossessing the Wilderness: Indian Removal and the founding board member of the Rivers Foundation of the Americas. He recently Making of the National Parks (1999). “A landmark historical reconstruction served as guest editor of “Modern Tribal People,” a special edition of Oregon’s Future magazine, and will of a forgotten story—the eviction of American Indians from a troika of our soon begin serving on the Advisory Team on Underrepresented and Minority Student Achievement for the nation’s major parks: Yosemite, Yellowstone, and Glacier.” — Peter Nabokov Oregon Department of Education. • David Neufeld, “The Commemoration of Northern Aboriginal Peoples by the Canadian Government,” The George Wright Forum 19:3 (2002). Neufeld’s the- Bobbie Conner became director of Tamástslikt Cultural Institute in April 1998. The sis is that the government’s “designation of national significance is the con- Institute opened in August 1998 with three goals: (1) to preserve the tribes’ cultures, struction of national identity; it is an expression of power,” and, by reviewing (2) to accurately present the tribes’ history, and (3) to contribute to the development the history of Canada’s commemoration of First Nations, “it becomes possi- of a tribal economy. Tamástslikt (Tah-mahst-slickt) means “turn,” “translate,” or ble to see who have been left out of the national identity and who have been “interpret” in Wallulapam. The 45,000-square-foot facility houses permanent and conscripted to fill needed roles in the national self-image.” www.george- changing exhibits; a classroom, research library, photo archive, and collection vaults; wright.org/193neufeld.pdf a spacious museum store; the Kinship Café with a sweeping view of the Blue • Joe S. Watkins, Indigenous Archaeology: American Indian Values and Scien- Mountain foothills; and a variety of meeting rooms. tific Practice (2000). “Does science’s universality supersede national claims? Does U.S. cultural patrimony encompass its conquered nations’ forbears? Conner is vice president of the National Council of the Lewis and Clark Bicentenni- Watkins covers the history of antiquities legislation and, with a few well-cho- al Board of Directors and a leader of its Circle of Tribal Advisors. She continues to sen cases, illustrates a range of outcomes.” — Alice Beck Kehoe gws2007 daily schedule of events ...... page 7 and Amman, Jordan; co-chair with Russia of the review of World Heritage in the Boreal Forests; and member of the drafting committee of the Durban Accord of the 2003 World Parks Congress in South Africa.

Lee’s responsibilities have engaged him in extensive dialogue and partnerships with indigenous peoples. These have included participation in many of the land claim processes in Canada, numerous partnerships in the creation and management of national parks and national historic sites, incorporation of Aboriginal interests in the legislative frameworks governing Parks Canada Agency and the national park and national marine conservation systems, establishment of a permanent Aboriginal Secretariat reporting directly to the CEO of Parks Canada to foster the engagement and interests of Aboriginal people in the agency’s programs, and establishment of a continuing Aboriginal Consultative Committee to assist in the development of policy and to identify opportunities and mechanisms for meaningful relationships. Lee is retired and lives with his wife Terry in Ottawa. He continues to be involved as a consultant on issues pertaining to natural resource conservation in Canada and internationally. meeting room locator

Concurrent Sessions 27–68 • 10:00 AM–6:05 PM (see pp. 9–11 for schedule)

On-going events today

>>> Registration • All day • Registration area (Lower Level)

>>> Poster / Computer Demo Session • All day • Minnesota West Ballroom Posters are available for viewing anytime during the day. Computer demos are available at the discretion of the presenter.

>>> Walkin’ in the Footsteps of George Silent Auction • all day until 9:00 PM • Capitol Ballroom Today is the final day of the Auction! All proceeds benefit the George Melendez Wright Student Travel Scholarship program. See below for information on the Auction Wrap-Up Gala.

Special events today

>>> Luncheon Honoring the George Melendez Wright Student Travel Scholarship Winners 12:00–1:30 PM • Mississippi Garden Court Poolside Each year we honor our Student Travel Scholarship winners with a luncheon. This year’s event will take place in the Mississippi Garden Court Poolside at the Crowne Plaza and will feature Native American cui- sine. It’s a great opportunity to meet these promising scholars from diverse backgrounds. Advance ticket purchase required.

>>> Poster Spotlight Reception • 6:30–7:30 PM • Minnesota East /Capitol Ballrooms GWS2007 features an expanded Poster Session, starting Sunday evening, April 15, and running through Thursday mid-afternoon, April 19. This evening from 6:30 to 7:30, we will host a reception in the area immediately adjacent to the posters. Presenters will be standing by their posters / computer demos so you can ask questions. It's the perfect time to cruise the posters and demos! Complimentary light snacks; cash bar. Once you’ve viewed the posters, stick around for the Silent Auction Wrap-Up Gala.

>>> Silent Auction Wrap-Up Gala • 7:30–9:00 PM • Capitol Ballroom Immediately following the Poster Spotlight Reception, we’ll segue to the wrap-up of the Walkin’ in the Footsteps of George Silent Auction to benefit the Travel Scholarship program. Live music and an emcee will get you in the mood to bid on a large variety of fun silent auction items. Your winning bids benefit a great cause, so plan to be there! Complimentary desserts; cash bar.

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Session 27 Evolving Concepts: The Influence of Native Aboriginal Cultural Landscapes in a Parks Wherein Lays the Heritage Value? From Potsherds to Landscapes: A Cautious Presentation TBA Bobbie Conner, discussant Minnesota East Communities on Cultural Landscape Canada Context / Ellen Lee Rethinking the Heritage Value of Cultural Glance Out of the Test Pit / Dave Ruppert Commemoration / Ellen Lee and Dave Landscapes from an Aboriginal Perspective Ruppert, co-chairs / Lisa Prosper Session 28 The Natural Resource Challenge: The PANEL DISCUSSION Great River I Vision, How it Turned Out, Where We Go PANELISTS: Mike Soukup, Abby Miller, Cat Hawkins Hoffman, Monika Mayr, Jon Jarvis from Here / Gary Davis, chair

Session 29 Understanding Diverse Mechanisms for PANEL DISCUSSION Great River IV Protecting Areas from a Global Perspective PANELISTS: Nikita Lopoukhine, Jonathan Putnam / Brent Mitchell, chair

Session 30 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MIDWEST REGION SUPERINTENDENTS’ CONFERENCE — BUSINESS MEETING (by invitation only) Kellogg I

Session 31 New Technologies in Resource Using 3D Models of Yellowstone's Archeology, National Natural Landmarks, Agency-Sponsored Treasure Hunts: Armchair Education and Biology—Are ROVs in the Great Lakes: National Parks Kellogg II Management, Education, and Developed Areas to Visualize Different and State Game Sanctuaries: Combining Providing Alternatives to Traditional Webcams for You? / Joe Meehan et al. Case Studies / Laurie Harmon & Mark Interpretation / Ron Moen, chair Planning Alternatives / Ann Rodman & Efforts for Science and Management / Judy Geocaching / Stuart West Gleason Steve Cater Alderson et al. April 17 • 10:00 – 12:05 Session 32 Soundscape Management and National Soundscape Management Planning under Managing Noise Instead of Access: Natural Soundscape Analysis and Air Tour Collecting and Using Audibility Logging Interpreting Soundscape Issues: Making Kellogg III Park Planning: Concepts and Cases / Frank the National Park Planning Framework / Sound Indicators and Standards in the Management Planning: Methods and Data to Support Soundscape Management Sound Meaningful / Sky McClain Turina, chair Vicki McCusker Denali Backcountry Management Plan / Approaches Used at Mount Rushmore and Planning / Dave Schirokauer Charlie Loeb & Mike Tranel National Memorial / Frank Turina Session 33 Management and Ecology of Ungulates / Natural Demographics of Bison in the Sturgeon River Plains Bison: Wildlife The Deer Quandary at Apostle Islands NL: Models and the Management of Challenges of Managing Regional Wildlife Governors I Dan Licht, chair Great Plains / Joshua Millspaugh et al. Management at the Public/Private Efforts to Protect Unbrowsed Landscapes / Reintroduced Elk Populations: A Case Populations: A Case Study for Rocky Interface / Jason Kelly et al. Julie Van Stappen Study of Theodore Roosevelt National Park Mountain National Park Elk / Therese / Glen Sargeant & Michael W. Oehler, Sr. Johnson et al. Session 34 Taking Action on Exotic Species in the Invasive Species Management from NPS Exotic Plant Management Teams: Five Non-native Pests: A Growing Threat to Introduced and Invasive Aquatic Species: A Disposable Pets, Unwanted Giants: Pythons Governors II National Park Service / Rita Beard, chair Strategy to Action: Implications for the Years of Serious “Weeding” / Nancy Fraley Forests in Our National Parks / Linda Drees Problem of Increasing Magnitude within in Everglades National Park / Ray W. Snow National Park Service / Chris Dionigi & Rita & Rita Beard & Scott Schlarbaum the National Park System / James Tilmant & Lori Oberhofer Beard Session 35 Setting the Table for Sustainability: A New PANEL DISCUSSION Governors III Network of National Parks, Local Food PANELISTS: Rolf Diamant, Wendy Behrman, John Debo, Howard Leavitt, Laura Rotegard

uesday morning, Producers, and Craftspeople is Born / Nora

T J. Mitchell, chair Session 36 Assessing Public Opinion of Parks and The Tangible Effects of Differential Factors that Affect Visitor Donations to Public Opinion of Proposed Wilderness in Social Assessment to Inform Coastal Perceptions of North Country National Governors IV Protected Areas / Michael Schuett, chair Community Interface on Resource Park Programs / Elizabeth Halpenny the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Protected Area Management / Thomas E. Scenic Trail Visitors on the Huron-Manistee Management / Marc Stern Lakeshore Area / Gregory Wood & Carol Fish & Shawn E. Dalton National Forest / Carol Griffin & R. Holst Griffin Session 37 Beyond the Stand-alone Park: Planning America’s Conservation Landscape 2076: Conserving Bird Diversity in the United Working to Complete Canada’s National The Ecological Content and Context of the What Would We Do Differently if We were Governors V and Managing Protected Area Systems / Where, What, Who? / Mike Scott & Dale States: The Role of the National Wildlife Parks System: Progress and Lessons National Park Service / Leona Svancara & Serious about Landscape Context for Our Mike Scott, chair Goble Refuge System / David Rupp & Mike Scott Learned / Kevin McNamee Mike Scott Protected Areas? / Kevin Gergely & Mike Scott Session 38 Examining Transportation Issues in Transportation as an Experience: Insights Alternative Transportation Systems and An Assessment of Road Impacts on Mass Transportation and Quality National Transportation Research Needs in National State I National Parks / Jeffrey Hallo, chair from Interviews with Visitors to Three Visitor Experiences in Yosemite National Wildlife Populations in U.S. National Parks Park Experience: The Going-to-the-Sun Parks: A Summary and Exploration of National Park Service Sites / Jeffrey Hallo Park / Dave D. White et al. / Amanda Hardy et al. Road Example / Melissa Baker Future Trends / John Daigle & Robert Manning ent sessions • Session 39 Climate Change and Cultural Heritage: PANEL DISCUSSION State II Impacts and Ideas for Protecting Our PANELISTS: Charles Allen III, Rebecca Beavers, Dinu Bumbaru Natural and Cultural Resources / Michelle Berenfeld, chair Session 40 Management Interventions for Restoration Free of Exotic Pigs: Two Decades of Rats and Weeds and Lizards — Oh My! / Restoring Ungulate Winter Range In and Measures to Prevent Arrival of Further Free Prisoners! Restoring Buried Wetlands State III / Mike Wong, chair Dedicated Effort / Jim Petterson et al. Daniel Clark et al. Near Yellowstone National Park / Mary Strains of Eucalyptus Rust to Safeguard and Protecting Cultural Features at

Concurr Hektner et al. Hawaii’s Ohia Forest / Lloyd Loope et al. Prisoners’ Harbor, Channel Islands National Park / Paula Power et al.

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Session 41 Native American Treaty Rights / Chuck PANEL DISCUSSION Minnesota East Sams & Robert Miller, co-chairs PANELISTS: Chuck Sams, Robert Miller

Session 42 The NPS Inventory and Monitoring PANEL DISCUSSION Great River I Program: Highlights for Managers, PANELISTS: Bert Frost, Steven Fancy, Beth Johnson, Sara Wesser Planners, Interpreters, and Visitors / Steven Fancy, chair / panel discussion Session 43 International Connections: The U.S. PANEL DISCUSSION Great River IV National Park Service and the World / PANELISTS: Stephen Morris, Jack Potter, Bill Dolan, Niki Nicholas, Gary Davis Jonathan Putnam, chair

Session 44 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MIDWEST REGION SUPERINTENDENTS’ CONFERENCE — BUSINESS MEETING (by invitation only) Kellogg I

Session 45 Bioprospecting and Benefits Sharing in the PANEL DISCUSSION Kellogg II National Park Service / Lindsay McClelland, PANELISTS: Michael Soukup, Carla Mattix, Ann Hitchcock, Dale Pate, Tom Oliff April 17 • 1:30 – 3:35 chair

Session 46 Post-Wildfire Burned Area Emergency Effective Resource Advising and Flick Creek Fire Case Example / Jack Oelfke Assessment of the Water Quality and Restoration Strategies in Fire-Damaged Planning through Implementation: Kolob Kellogg III Response / Richard Schwab, chair Suppression Rehabilitation, BAER Teams, Aquatic Habitat after the French Fire / Mesic and Wet Hawaiian Forest, Hawaii Fire Burned Area Restoration, Zion Planning and Assessments / Sandee Jennifer Gibson Volcanoes National Park / Rhonda Loh National Park / Kelly Fuhrmann et al. Dingman Session 47 Sustainable Tourism / Elizabeth Halpenny, International Perspectives on Visitor Use Changing Coastal Agrarian Livelihood Recreation Opportunity Classification and An Integrated Study of Road Capacity at Q&A Governors I chair and Resource Management / Michael Strategies Bordering a Chilean Biosphere Challenges in Maintaining Recreation Denali National Park & Preserve / Laura Tollefson & N.S. Nicholas Reserve in the Norte Chico / Susie Qashu Diversity in Thailand’s National Parks / Phillips et al. Noppawan Tanakanjana Session 48 Invasive Plant Management in the Status of Maui Miconia Control in Maui: Finding Effective Treatments for Japanese Shrinking Budgets Demand Getting Work Cost-Effective Mapping of Invasive Plants Minimizing the Spread of Invasive Plants Governors II National Park Service / Rita Beard, chair Seventeen Years of Developing Hops: Cooperative Rapid Response to a Done with Volunteers / James Akerson Using Systematic Reconnaissance Flights on Roads and Trails / Sarah Wynn & Rita Partnerships and Escalating Management / Newly Invasive Exotic Plant / Sue Salmons (SRFs) / Tony Pernas Beard Jeremy Gooding et al. et al. Session 49 Putting Wheels under Science – Connecting Research, Education, and Outreach through Research Internships / Joy Marburger (1:30–1:50) • Effective Science Communication: Design Strategies Supporting Resource Management and Stewardship / Giselle Governors III Communicating about Science: Mora (1:50–2:10) • Improving Natural Resource Science Communication in the Midwest Region / Jerrilyn Thompson & Gary Willson (2:10–2:30) • Training Wheels, Best Practices, and Insights on Science Communication for uesday afternoon, Collaborations, Assessments, and Insights / the Public / Christie Anastasia (2:30–2:50) • Sharing Park Science with the Public: Strategy and Tools / Marie Zhuikov (2:50–3:10) • Learning Centers as Communication Tools for Vital Signs Monitoring: One-Stop Shop for T Diane Pavek, chair Resource Information / Ann Rodman et al. (3:10–3:30) Session 50 Offshore Wind Energy on the East Coast: PANEL DISCUSSION Governors IV Interior Agencies Discuss Management and PANELISTS: David Reynolds, Susan Russell-Robinson, James Kendall, Scott Johnson Research Issues / David Reynolds, chair

Session 51 Implementing the “Seamless Network” of “CAFÉ CONVERSATION” WORKSHOP Governors V National Parks, Wildlife Refuges, Marine CO-CHAIRS: Gary Davis, Cliff McCreedy, Andrew Gude Sanctuaries, and Estuarine Research PART ONE OF A TWO-PART WORKSHOP: CONTINUES IN SESSION #65 Reserves I / Brad Barr et al., co- chairs Session 52 NPS Intermountain Region Hot Topics in SIDE MEETING (by invitation only) State I Resource Stewardship Meeting / Janet Wise, chair ent sessions • Session 53 Developing a Framework for Evaluating WORKSHOP State II Proposals for Scientific Activities in PRESENTERS: Peter Landres, Scott Gende, Mark Fincher, Laurel Boyers, Lewis Sharman Wilderness I / Susan Boudreau, chair PART ONE OF A TWO-PART WORKSHOP: CONTINUES IN SESSION #67

Session 54 Confronting Climate Change / Kathy Jope WORKSHOP State III and David M. Graber, co-chairs Concurr

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Session 55 An Interagency and Native Californian PANEL DISCUSSION Minnesota East Model Collaboration: Public Lands OPENING PRAYER: Lucy Parker Traditional Gathering Policy / Shannon PANELISTS: Renee Stauffer, Merv George, Sonia Tamez, Ken Wilson Brawley, chair DISCUSSANTS: Bernie Weingardt, Mike Pool Session 56 Highlights from the Chico Hot Springs Integration of Science and Management: Communicating Monitoring Results to Integrating Science and Resource Integrating Science and Park Resource The “Planner’s Perspective”: Integrating Great River I Workshop on Integrating Science and Park What Does It Mean? / Robert Bennetts Multiple Stakeholders at Multiple Scales / Management at a Small Park: A Management: A Large-Park Resource Science and Vital Signs into the Planning Resource Management / Bruce Bingham, Shawn Carter Superintendent's Perspective / Brad Traver Manager's Perspective / Tom Oliff Process / Kerri Cahill chair Session 57 Adapting to Climate Change / Joseph Opportunities in a Changing Climate: Climate Change and Protected Areas Enhancing Management of Protected Paleontological Parks and Global Change / Establishment of the USA-National Great River IV Meyer, chair Biodiversity and Protected Areas in British Adaptation in Canada / Christopher J. Areas in a Changing Climate / Kelly Levin James Hammett et al. Phenological Network: Opportunities for Columbia / Victoria Stevens Lemieux et al. Monitoring, Interpretation, and Management / John Gross et al. Session 58 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MIDWEST REGION SUPERINTENDENTS’ CONFERENCE — BUSINESS MEETING (by invitation only) Kellogg I

Session 59 Biosphere Reserves in the United States / PANEL DISCUSSION Kellogg II Tom Gilbert, chair PANELISTS: Kenton R. Miller, John Dennis, Christine Alssen-Norodom April 17 • 4:00 – 6:05

Session 60 Assessing Storm Hazards in Vulnerable DAY-CAPPER Kellogg III Areas of the National Park Service / Mark PRESENTERS: Jung Eun Hung, Mark Borrelli, Rebecca Beavers, Gillian Bowser Borrelli, chair

Session 61 Cultural Resource Management in PANEL DISCUSSION Governors I Wilderness / Paul Gleeson, chair PANELISTS: Jon Jarvis, William Laitner, Rick Potts

Session 62 Wildlife Disease Management in National Maintaining Ecological Integrity in Canada’s Back to Basics Management: Could Wolves Roles for National Parks in Canada’s Wildlife Disease in U.S. National Parks: Planning for Highly Pathogenic Avian Governors II Parks / Todd Shury, chair National Parks: To Manage or Not to Control Chronic Wasting Disease? / National Wildlife Disease Strategy / Ted What is Out There? / Jenny Powers & Influenza in Wildlife in the U.S. National Manage? / Todd Shury & Stephen Woodley Margaret Wild et al. Leighton & Todd Shury Margaret Wild Parks / Mark Graham et al.

Session 63 Technologies and Applications for Reducing the Cost and Complexity of Sound Denali National Park and Preserve Sound Acoustic Data Collection in Grand Canyon Understanding and Managing Automated Processing of Animal Sounds Governors III Environmental Acoustic Monitoring / Kurt Level Monitoring: Less Can Deliver More / Monitoring Program / Jared Withers & National Park / Laura Levy et al. Soundscapes in the National Parks: Visitor from Long-term Recordings / Russell Charif uesday afternoon, Fristrup, chair Damon Joyce Chad Hults Use and Soundscape Modeling / Steve et al. T Lawson et al. Session 64 Managing Landscapes for Social and Gigidowin: Dialogue with the Elders / The Impacts of Population and Landscape Racial and Ethnic Minority Under- Environmental Justice and Sustainable Q&A Governors IV Cultural Sustainability / Dorothy Anderson, William Allen Change on National Parks / Michael Representation in Pittsburgh’s City Parks: Tourism: The Missing Cultural Link / Tazim chair Schuett et al. An Empirical Study / Rebecca McCown et Jamal et al. al. Session 65 Implementing the “Seamless Network” of “CAFÉ CONVERSATION” WORKSHOP Governors V National Parks, Wildlife Refuges, Marine CO-CHAIRS: Gary Davis, Cliff McCreedy, Andrew Gude Sanctuaries, and Estuarine Research PART TWO OF A TWO-PART WORKSHOP: CONTINUED FROM SESSION #51 Reserves II / Brad Barr et al., co-chairs Session 66 CANCELED State I ent sessions • Session 67 Developing a Framework for Evaluating WORKSHOP State II Proposals for Scientific Activities in PRESENTERS: Peter Landres, Scott Gende, Mark Fincher, Laurel Boyers, Lewis Sharman Wilderness II / Peter Landres, chair PART TWO OF A TWO-PART WORKSHOP: CONTINUED FROM SESSION #53

Session 68 Challenges and Rewards of Citizen Science Citizen Science: A Best Practices Manual Ivory-billed Woodpecker Searches with Volunteers in the Backcountry: Case Using Citizen Science to Determine the Global Citizen, Local Volunteer / Beth State III Programs / Sallie Hejl & Joy Marburger, and How it Can be Applied / Paul Super et Citizen Scientists: Lessons Learned at Studies of Projects from Rocky Mountain Population Status of Common Loons at Middleton Concurr chairs al. Congaree National Park / Theresa Thom National Park / Cheri Yost & Judy Visty Glacier National Park / Sallie Hejl & Jami Belt

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wednesday • april 18 recommended readings: civic engagement >> “Places of Conscience / Places of Commemoration,” Common Ground: Pre- Plenary Session IV serving Our Nation’s Heritage (Winter/Spring 2007). This special double 8:00–9:30 AM • Minnesota East Ballroom issue recaps the 2006 Scholars Forum on the National Park Service and Civic Reflection. Contributors include Eric Foner, Patricia Limerick, Michael Call to Order • Announcements Kammen, Edward Linenthal, Richard West, John Hope Franklin, and Rebecca Conard, Middle Tennessee State University / Treasurer, George Wright Society William Cronon. A complimentary copy is in your conference packet. • “Civic Engagement at Sites of Conscience,” The George Wright Forum 19:4 Speaker Introduction / Session Moderator (2002). This special issue has several articles of interest, including: Rolf Diamant, Marsh–Billings–Rockefeller National Historical Park / Vice President, George • John Tucker, “Interpreting Slavery and Civil Rights at Fort Sumter.” Wright Society www.georgewright.org/194tucker.pdf • Sarah Craighead, “Civic Engagement with the Community at Washita PLENARY ADDRESS Battlefield National Historic Site.” www.georgewright.org.194craighead.pdf The National Park Service and Civic Reflection • Liz Sevcenko, “Activating the Past for Civic Action: The International Coalition of Historic Site Museums of Conscience.” www.georgewright.org/ Daniel L. Ritchie, Chancellor Emeritus, University of Denver 194sevcenko.pdf Daniel L. Ritchie, in his role as chair of the National Park System Advisory • Louis P. Hutchins, “Dialogue between Continents: Civic Engagement and Board’s Education Committee, was instrumental in convening two unprece- the Gulag Museum at Perm-36, Russia.” www.georgewright.org/194hutchins- dented conversations about national parks: the January 14, 2006, Scholars .pdf Forum on the National Park Service and Civic Reflection at Independence National Historical Park, and the Interpretation and Education Evaluation Concurrent Sessions 69–90 • 10:00 AM–5:00 PM (see pp. 13–14 for schedule) Summit, held October 25–26, 2006, at the University of Denver. The Scholars Forum brought together distinguished historians and sociologists to talk with On-going events today U.S. National Park Service leaders about civic engagement, the place of national parks in our nation’s educational system, and how an NPS commit- Registration • All day • Registration area (Lower Level) ment to young people and education can strengthen civic awareness and stew- Poster / Computer Demo Session • All day • Minnesota West Ballroom ardship in America. The Interpretation and Education Evaluation Summit Posters are available for viewing anytime during the day. Computer demos are available at the discretion focused on “creating a culture of evaluation” within interpretation and edu- of the presenter. cation—infusing evaluative thinking into the design and delivery of interpretive and educational programs, products, and service—to keep national parks relevant in the 21st century and move Special events today toward decision-making based on audience analysis and outcome data. Ritchie served on the National Park System Advisory Board from 2002 to 2006. He is former chair of the University of Field Trips Denver Board of Trustees and and was the school’s 16th chancellor, serving from 1989 to 2005. All field trips meet in the lobby. Please be in the lobby ready to go 15 minutes prior to departure. He is now chancellor emeritus. Ritchie remains active in areas of education policy, education financing, early childhood education, and the future of higher education. He has participated in Departs Trip name Arrives back at hotel several national and international organizations, including the American Association of Univer- 8:00 AM St. Croix National Scenic Riverway 5:15 PM sity Presidents, the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, and the Inter- national Association of University Presidents. He is currently chair and CEO of the Denver Center 8:00 AM Minnesota State Parks 5:00 PM for the Performing Arts, one of the largest cultural complexes in the United States. 10:00 AM Great River Bike Tour 4:00 PM Ritchie was CEO of Westinghouse Broadcasting for eight years before moving to Colorado in 1987. That year, the long-time corporate executive began a new life on Grand River Ranch, a large prop- 1:00 PM Historic Murphy’s Landing 5:45 PM

erty he had owned near Kremmling for many years. The move to Colorado capped a career of 1:00 PM Historic Minneapolis Riverfront District 5:00 PM nearly 30 years spent in executive positions with MCA, Inc., and Westinghouse. The son of a North Carolina farm implement dealer, Ritchie grew up during the Great Depression. He became enam- 1:30 PM Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary 4:30 PM ored with Colorado during his college years at Harvard, when he spent a summer in a University of Colorado library studying economics. He holds both undergraduate and MBA degrees from Native Film Night & Social • 8:00–9:30 PM • Kellogg III Harvard. Three short Native-themed films will be shown, total time about one hour, followed by complimentary refreshments. Open to all registrants.

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Session 69 National Park Service Inventory and SIDE MEETING (open to all) Minnesota East Monitoring Program Business Meeting I / Steven Fancy, chair PART ONE OF A TWO-PART SIDE MEETING: CONTINUES IN SESSIONS #81, 84, 85, 86 & 87

Session 70 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MIDWEST REGION SUPERINTENDENTS’ CONFERENCE — BUSINESS MEETING (by invitation only) Kellogg I

Session 71 Fire in Cultural and Natural Landscapes / Place Meanings of a Changing Cultural Agents of Depredation, Agents of Untrammeling Fire: Wilderness Quantifying Benefits of Low-intensity Fire Influence of Forest Fires on Ozone and State II Victoria Stevens, chair Landscape: Implications for Fuel Renewal: Intersections between Fire Restoration, Fire, Advocacy Coalitions, and under a Changing Regulatory and Climate Particulate Matter Concentrations in the Treatment, Flathead Indian Reservation, Management and Aboriginal Policy in the Future / David Ostergren Regime in Yosemite National Park / Leland Western United States / Dan Jaffe et al. Montana / Roian Matt & Alan Watson Banff National Park / Shauna McGarvey Tarnay

Session 72 Diverse Aspects of the Visitor Experience / Bridging the Gap: Managers’ Perspectives Providing Resource Management Connecting Visitors to Land, People, and Effective Communication about Natural Q&A Governors IV Robert Winfree, chair of Visitor Experiences at Canyon de Chelly Directives to Visitors through Commercial Place: Place Attachment and Perceptions Resources: Combining Science and Art at National Monument / Carena Van Riper & Operators at a Fly-in-Only Alaska Park / of Cultural Authenticity at Canyon de Denali National Park and Preserve / Lucy Dave D. White Troy Hamon Chelly National Monument / Megha Tyrrell Budruk et al. April 18 • 10:00 – 12:05 Session 73 Research Learning Centers Strategic SIDE MEETING (by invitation only) Governors I Planning Session I / Leigh Welling, chair PART ONE OF A TWO-PART SIDE MEETING: CONTINUES IN SESSION #83

Session 74 Good Up High, Bad Nearby: Ozone Development and Field Testing of a Outside Influences Control the Air Quality Ozone Effects in California National Parks Foliar Ozone Injury Survey at Mammoth Using Students to Monitor Ground-Level Governors II Pollution in National Parks / Ellen Porter, Handbook for Assessing Foliar Ozone in Parks: Trends and New Measurement and Forests: Science Meets Resource Cave National Park, Kentucky / Bob Carson Ozone Effects on Plants / Susan Sachs chair Injury on Plants / Robert Kohut Tools / John Ray Management and Policy / Judy Rocchio

Session 75 Landscapes and Policy / Steve Cinnamon, Glacier National Park and its Neighbors: A Extending Habitat Protection Beyond Park A Comparison of Park Management in Stopover Ecology and Habitat Utilization Using Decision Support Tools to Assist in Governors III chair Twenty-Year Study in Regional Resource Boundaries: A Case Study from Costa Rica / South Africa and in the United States / of Migrating Land Birds in Colorado River Open Space Land Acquisition in an Management / Robert Keiter & Joseph Sax Barry Allen & Lee Lines Daniel Licht et al. Riparian Forests of Mexico and the Urbanizing Landscape / Stephanie Snyder Southwestern U.S. / Charles van Riper III et et al. al. Session 76 Tribal Parks, Native Tourism, and Living PANEL DISCUSSION Capitol Cultures / Destry Jarvis, chair PANELISTS: Thomas Gates, Bambi Kraus, Alvin Warren, Denelle High Elk ednesday morning, W

Session 77 The City that Reclaimed the Waterfall that PANEL DISCUSSION Governors V Built It: Minneapolis Riverfront Revival / PANELISTS: John Crippen, Ann Calvert, Jon Oyanagi, David Wiggins David Wiggins, chair

Session 78 Transcending Boundaries: Facilitating and WORKSHOP State I Managing Complex Systems Change / John Griffin, chair

Session 79 CANCELED ent sessions •

Session 80 NPS Regional Wilderness Coordinators SIDE MEETING (by invitation only) State III Meeting I / Tim Devine, chair PART ONE OF A TWO-PART SIDE MEETING: CONTINUES IN SESSION #90 Concurr

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Session 81 National Park Service Inventory and SIDE MEETING (by invitation only) Minnesota East Monitoring Program Business Meeting II / Steven Fancy, chair PART TWO OF A TWO-PART SIDE MEETING: CONTINUES FROM SESSION #69 (see Breakout Group Meetings, below)

session concludes at 5:00 Session 82 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MIDWEST REGION SUPERINTENDENTS’ CONFERENCE — BUSINESS MEETING (by invitation only) Kellogg I session concludes at 5:00

Session 83 Research Learning Centers Strategic SIDE MEETING (by invitation only) Governors I Planning Session II / Leigh Welling, chair PART TWO OF A TWO-PART SIDE MEETING: CONTINUES FROM SESSION #73

April 18 session concludes at 5:00 Session 84 National Park Service Inventory and I&M BREAKOUT GROUP MEETING Governors II Monitoring Program Business Meeting / Steven Fancy, chair

Session 85 National Park Service Inventory and I&M BREAKOUT GROUP MEETING Governors III Monitoring Program Business Meeting / Steven Fancy, chair

Session 86 National Park Service Inventory and I&M BREAKOUT GROUP MEETING Governors IV Monitoring Program Business Meeting / Steven Fancy, chair

Session 87 National Park Service Inventory and I&M BREAKOUT GROUP MEETING Governors V Monitoring Program Business Meeting / Steven Fancy, chair ednesday afternoon,

W Session 88 CANCELED State I

Session 89 CANCELED State II

Session 90 NPS Regional Wilderness Coordinators SIDE MEETING (by invitation only) State III Meeting II / Tim Devine, chair / side meeting PART TWO OF A TWO-PART SIDE MEETING: CONTINUES FROM SESSION #80

session concludes at 5:00 Side meetings •

gws2007 daily schedule of events ...... page 14 • recommended readings: communicating the thursday april 19 environment & navigating the new media Plenary Session V • Daniel Yankelovich, “Winning Greater Influence for Science,” Issues in Science & Technology 8:00–9:30 AM • Minnesota East Ballroom Online (Summer 2003). An exceptionally clear discussion of the perennial problems facing scientists when they try to translate their worldview and truth standards into words and images that Call to Order • Announcements the general public can understand. www.issues.org/19.4/yankelovich.html Brad Barr, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Sanctuary Program / • Andreas Kluth, “Among the Audience,” The Economist (April 2006). Kluth says we are entering George Wright Society Board of Directors a time when Internet users will be putting as much into the network as they get out of it—a two- way pipeline that the Internet was not really built for. “Participatory media,” he says, presumes Speaker Introduction / Session Moderator “always-on broadband access” that currently exists only in Hong Kong, Japan, and South Korea. Suzanne Lewis, Yellowstone National Park / George Wright Society Board of Directors Once the U.S. and Europe catch up in terms of the in/out pipeline, journalism will truly enter a whole new era. www.economist.com/surveys/displayStory.cfm?story_id=6794156 PLENARY ADDRESS • The New Media Lecture Series, University of California, Berkeley. Held in March 2006, the lec- Media Realities: The Complex Environment of News Reporting tures cover topics such as how to create a multimedia story, integrating citizen journalism into stories, and doing flash stories. Webcasts and PowerPoint presentations are available on the site Elizabeth Arnold, reporter, National Public Radio for viewing/download. http://journalism.berkeley.edu/events/details.php?ID=295 • John D. Varley and Paul Schullery, “Reaching the Real Public in the Public Involvement Process: Elizabeth Arnold is a freelance reporter for NPR. From 2000–2004, she was Practical Lessons in Ecosystem Management,” The George Wright Forum (1996). An unusually an NPR national correspondent, covering America's public lands with a focus candid assessment of the challenges of reaching the “reachable” segment of the general public— on the environment, politics, economics, and culture. Arnold’s 15 years of that is, the people not on the extremes of an issue. Includes practical techniques for bypassing reporting experience with NPR began in rural Alaska, moved to the halls of the filters of the media and getting park-related messages directly into the hands of the public. Congress and the presidential campaign trail, and then back west. That path www.georgewright.org/134.pdf imbues Arnold’s reports with both the seasoned experience of national politics • Michael Kinsley, “Do Newspapers Have a Future?”, Time (October 2, 2006). Newsprint journal- and a personal understanding of the rapidly changing American West. ists are (understandably) preoccupied with this question nowadays. Kinsley’s verdict? “News- papers on paper are on the way out.” What exactly will replace them is up in the air, but, no mat- Arnold's stories are heard on Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and ter what, “there is room between the New York Times and myleftarmpit.com for new forms that Weekend Edition. Her analysis has also been featured on NPR’s Talk of the liberate journalism from its encrusted conceits while preserving its standards, like accuracy.” Nation and numerous election specials. She has been a substitute host for www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1538652,00.html Morning Edition and All Things Considered. She has been a frequent panelist on PBS’s Washington Week in Review and a guest on the Jim Lehrer Newhour.

Arnold’s career with NPR officially began the day the Exxon Valdez ran aground in Prince William Sound. Visiting NPR headquarters in Washington, IMPORTANT! Thursday’s afternoon sessions begin at 1:00 pm—30 minutes earlier D.C., on an internship, she was immediately pressed into service, and spent the next few weeks covering than normal—so that we can accommodate Plenary Session VI on the program (for the response to the massive oil spill from the White House to the congressional investigation on Capitol details on that plenary, see next page). Plan on grabbing a quick lunch today! Hill.

For for the last six years Arnold has been covering conservation and public lands issues in North America and abroad for both NPR and National Geographic—for example, the environmental consequences of the tsunami in Sri Lanka, the effects of climate change on alpine plants in Tibet, and, most recently, conser- Concurrent Sessions 91–132 • 10:00 AM–5:35 PM (see pp. 17–19 for schedule) vation efforts in Mongolia with regard to snow leopards and gazelles.

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>>> Poster / Computer Demo Session • 8:00 AM–3:00 PM • Minnesota West Ballroom Posters are available for viewing anytime. Computer demos are available at the discretion of the presenter. The poster session concludes at 3:00 PM. All posters must be removed by 3:30 PM.

gws2007 daily schedule of events ...... page 15 Plenary Session VI ment issues, and earned a Ph.D. in Wildlife Ecology from Texas A&M 5:30–6:30 PM • Minnesota East Ballroom University in 1995. He remains an active researcher on using flagship species for ecosystem and landscape conservation; designing, promoting, financing, Call to Order and managing protected natural areas; and planning regional land use for Abigail B. Miller, National Park Service (retired) / President, George Wright Society sustainability. In 1997, Enkerlin founded and directed Pronatura Noreste and positioned it as one on Mexico’s leading conservation organizations. PLENARY PANEL DISCUSSION Adapting to Global Change: Perspectives from North American Park Leaders In January 2001, he was tapped by former President Vicente Fox to lead the National Commission for Protected Areas of Mexico. In just the first two years Moderator of his tenure, the Commission increased its budget by 24%, regionalized oper- Ernest Quintana, Regional Director, Midwest Region, U.S. National Park Service ations, obtained international funding of over US$70 million, developed innovative mechanisms for user fees, started private–public partnerships in Panelists land conservation, added about 1 million hectares of protected area, created the country’s first 15 wildlife Mary Bomar, Director, U.S. National Park Service sanctuaries, and initiated the consolidation and increased visibility of this young organization and its Ernesto C. Enkerlin Hoeflich, President, Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas (Mexico) mandate in Mexican public policy. Alan Latourelle, Chief Executive Officer, Parks Canada

In this panel discussion, the leaders of the three national park and protected area agencies in North Alan Latourelle is chief executive officer of the Parks Canada Agency, a fed- America offer perspectives on what their agencies can do to adapt to sweeping global changes. They have eral agency responsible for the protection and presentation of 41 national been asked to reflect upon what they think the greatest challenges are to their agency in terms of adapt- parks, 195 national historic sites, and two national marine conservation areas ing to global change, and what kinds of cooperation will be needed among Canada, Mexico, and the USA across Canada. Parks Canada employs in excess of 5,500 individuals and is to meet these challenges. The focus will be on how each agency is positioned to respond to current global the largest provider of heritage tourism products in Canada. Prior to his trends, and what each agency needs to do better in order to make sure parks, protected areas, and cultur- appointment in 2002, Latourelle served as Parks Canada’s chief administra- al sites remain relevant in a fast-changing 21st century. tive officer. From 1997 to 1999 he was based in Calgary as Parks Canada’s director general for Western and Northern Canada. While in that position he ensured that federal government objectives were achieved by developing Mary Bomar was sworn in as the 17th director of the United States National sound public policies and service delivery approaches within a multi-stake- Park Service in October 2006. From 2003 to 2005, Bomar served as superin- holder environment where conflicting interests are highly political and publi- tendent of Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia. During cized by the media. In this environment, Latourelle led national policy initia- her tenure, both the Liberty Bell Center and the National Constitution Center tives that are considered landmark decisions for the protection of national opened in the park on Independence Mall as part of the largest urban revital- parks. ization project in the nation. Also during her tenure, the NPS reopened the park’s Second Bank of the United States after a two-year utilities project and Before joining Parks Canada, Latourelle spent the previous 14 years in different departments and crown installed a new exhibit, “The People of Independence.” Concurrently, the park corporations in the federal government, occupying positions of increasing responsibility in the field of cor- managed a $5.2 million rehabilitation of Independence Square, the site of porate services, strategic planning, portfolio affairs, policy, and operational program delivery. Latourelle Independence Hall. is a graduate of the Université du Québec à Hull in Accounting and holds a Masters of Business Admini- stration from Queen’s University. Previously, Bomar served as the first superintendent at the Oklahoma City National Memorial, the first NPS Oklahoma state coordinator, acting superintendent at Rocky Mountain National Park, and assistant superintendent at San Antonio Missions National Special events today Historical Park. Bomar’s National Park Service career began in the financial arena at Amistad National Recreation Area in Texas where she served as chief of administration. Prior to joining the National Park >>> GWS / NPS Awards Banquet • 7:00–9:30 PM • Science Museum of Minnesota Service, Bomar worked in a managerial capacity at the Department of Defense. Raised in Leicester, A George Wright Society tradition, the Thursday evening Awards Banquet recognizes the winners of England, Bomar became a U.S. citizen in 1977. “Imagine Excellence,” the GWS awards program. For GWS2007, the banquet will also feature the presentation of the National Park Service Director’s Awards for Natural Resource Stewardship. In addition, former U.S. Vice President Walter Mondale will receive an Honorary Park Ranger Award. Ernesto C. Enkerlin Hoeflich is a native of Monterrey, Mexico, and graduated from Monterrey Tech with a degree in agronomy, wildlife, and animal science. He then worked as a conservation-oriented entrepre- The banquet will be held at the Science Museum of Minnesota, a four-block walk from the Crowne Plaza neur, developing and managing diversified wildlife/cattle ranches and fruit orchards and establishing (transportation not provided). Seating for dinner is at 7:15; however, your banquet ticket gives you free cooperative marketing labels. In 1990, Enkerlin turned full-time to conservation and sustainable develop- admission to the museum all day, so you’ll be welcome to browse the award-winning exhibits anytime today. Advance ticket purchase required.

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Session 91 Delivering Your Message to the Public: WORKSHOP Minnesota East Breaking News and Blogs / Mike Whatley, PRESENTERS: Elizabeth Arnold, others TBA Peter Dratch, Jackleen de La Harpe, co- chairs Session 92 Innovative Tools for Collecting, Managing, Rugged Tablet Computers in the Wilds of A Database Template for Managing The NPS Metadata Tools and Editor / Chris The NPS Data Store: “Open” for Data Development of an Internet Mapping Great River I/IV and Delivering Inventory and Monitoring Alaska: Bringing Data Quality Control to Natural Resource Inventory and Dietrich Discovery and Delivery / Peter Budde Service to Visualize and Distribute Data / Peter Budde, chair the Field / Doug Wilder Monitoring Data / Margaret Beer Environmental Monitoring Data / Mark Hart Session 93 When Preservation Isn’t Enough: The Case Managing for Wild Nature: A National The Changing Definition of Native Species: Making the Difficult Decision to Use Managing Wildlife Health and Disease in Integrating the Human and Ecological Great River II/III for Active Management in the NPS (Part 1) Parks Management Strategy for the 21st All Natives are Not Created Equal / Nancy Herbicides / Rita Beard & Carol DiSalvo an Ever-shrinking World / Jenny Powers et Dimensions of Biological Resource / Karl Brown, chair Century / Jerry Freilich & Philip Cafaro Brian & Rita Beard al. Management to Improve Decision-making / Kirsten Leong et al. Session 94 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MIDWEST REGION SUPERINTENDENTS’ CONFERENCE — BUSINESS MEETING (by invitation only) Kellogg I

Session 95 Healthy Parks, Healthy People: An PANEL DISCUSSION WITH PAPER PRESENTATIONS Kellogg II Examination of the Paradigm of Parks and PANELISTS: Alex McIntosh, Gerard O’Neill, others TBA Today’s Health Issues / Alex McIntosh,

April 19 • 10:00 – 12:05 chair Session 96 Local Knowledge, Living Traditions / Elaine Protecting Resources, Protecting Commercial Grizzly Bear Viewing Bears, Fish, Prehistory, and Deferred Collaborative Archaeology at One Landscape, Multiple Histories: The Kellogg III Leslie, chair Livelihoods: Contributions of Traditional Management in the Fishing Branch Maintenance at Brooks Camp, Katmai Hassanamesit Woods / Rae Gould Partnership to Preserve Hassanamesit Ecological Knowledge to the Development (Ni'iinlii Njik) Protected Area (Yukon, National Park and Preserve / Dale Vinson Woods / Joanna Doherty & Edmund of Scientific Policy / Elizabeth Barron Canada) / Erik Val Hazzard Session 97 Factors Affecting Mercury Accumulation Human and Natural Controls on Synergistic Effects of Water-table Impact of Wildfire on Mercury in Forest Decline in Mercury Levels in Fish in Inland Monitoring Mercury in Wildlife / David Governors I and Biomagnification in National Parks in Methylmercury in Aquatic Food Webs of Fluctuation and Atmospheric Sulfate on Soils, Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota / Lakes of Isle Royale National Park / Paul Evers the Great Lakes Region / Larry Kallemeyn Voyageurs NP and Apostle Islands NL / Methylmercury Production in Boreal Laurel G. Woodruff & William F. Cannon Devnick et al. & Steve Windels, co-chairs James Wiener et al. Wetlands / Jill Coleman-Wasik et al. Session 98 The Evolving Wilderness: New Perceptions, Rethinking Wilderness Concepts in a Keeping the Wild in Wilderness: Minimizing NPS Managers’ Perceptions of Wilderness The Adaptable Human: Implications for Evaluating Research Proposals in Governors II New Management Challenges / Alan Changing World: A Canadian Perspective / Nonconforming Uses in the National Day Use: Use Patterns, Impacts and Recreation Management in Wilderness / Wilderness: Policy Guidance, the NEPA Watson, chair Kevin McNamee Wilderness Preservation System / Kevin Management Practices / James D. Abbe & David Cole & Troy Hall Connection, and Minimum Requirements Proescholdt Robert Manning Analysis / Richard L. Anderson sday morning, Session 99 State Agency Responses to the Challenges PANEL DISCUSSION Governors III of Climate Change Impacts for Fish and PANELISTS: Jim DeVos, Randy Kreil, Greg Wathen, Fred Harris, Priya Nanjappa-Mitchell, Dave Schad Wildlife Resources / Amber Pairis, chair Thur Session 100 The NASA/NPS Connection: Parks for Assessment of Mangrove Height, Biomass, Utilizing Remote Sensing to Analyze Evaluation of Integrating NASA's Invasive Monitoring Resources in the Fremont- Using Satellite-based Tree Cover and Governors IV Science, Science for Parks (Part 1) / Woody Productivity and Hurricane Impact Aerosols over Glacier National Park, Species Forecasting System to Winema National Forest and Yosemite Impervious Cover Data to Monitor Turner & Mike Story, co-chairs in Everglades National Park / Marc Simard Montana / Amanda D. Smith et al. Support National Park Service Decisions / National Park Using Satellite Imagery / National Parks in the Upper Delaware et al. Jeffrey T. Morisette et al. J.W. Skiles et al. River Basin / Eric Brown de Colstoun et al. Session 101 The BLM's National Landscape PANEL DISCUSSION Governors V Conservation System: Opportunities for PANELISTS: Elena Daly, Wendy Vanasselt, Nina Chambers, Gregory A. Miller and Challenges to Conserving Public Lands in the 21st Century / Mala Malhotra, chair Session 102 Ocean Park Stewardship Action Plan / Cliff SIDE MEETING (OPEN TO ALL) State I McCreedy & Gary Davis, chairs ent sessions • Session 103 Interpreting Contested Cultural Heritage / Partnerships and New Interpretations of The Ename Charter for the Interpretation An Ename Charter Perspective on Whose Interpretation Is It? / Lloyd Q&A State II Robert Fudge, chair Neglected Native American Stories and of Cultural Heritage Sites: Evolution, Interpreting the History of the Cane River, Masayumptewa Places / Anne Ketz Impacts and Opportunities / Suzanne Louisiana, Region / David Morgan et al. Copping & Claudia Liuzza Session 104 Indicators and Standards for NPS Units in WORKSHOP State III the Great Lakes/Northern Forest PRESENTERS: Jerrilyn L. Thompson, others TBA Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit / Concurr Robert Manning, chair

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Session 105 Delivering Your Message to the Public: WORKSHOP Minnesota East Engaging the News Audience through PRESENTERS: Elizabeth Arnold Complex Stories / Mike Whatley, Peter Dratch, Jackleen de La Harpe, co-chairs Session 106 Natural Resource Assessments: Approaches PANEL DISCUSSION Great River I/IV for Evaluating Resource Condition / PANELISTS: Stephen Woodley, Donald McLennan, Steven Fancy, Jeff Albright, William Knight William Knight, chair

Session 107 When Preservation Isn’t Enough: The Case Managing to Give Nature a Chance / Jerry Data-driven Decision-making and Beyond Hunting: Increasing the Options Livestock as Management Tools in Moderated audience discussion: When do Great River II/III for Active Management in the NPS (Part 2) Mitchell Management / Mark Wotawa and Peter for Effective Wildlife Management in the National Parks: Challenges and you think active management is appropri- / Karl Brown, chair Dratch National Park System / Margaret Wild et Opportunities / Ben Bobowski ate in a national park? al. Session 108 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MIDWEST REGION SUPERINTENDENTS’ CONFERENCE — BUSINESS MEETING (by invitation only) Kellogg I

Session 109 Relationships and Understanding: The PANEL DISCUSSION

April 19 • 1:00 – 3:05 Kellogg II Building Blocks at Jeffers Petroglyphs and PANELISTS: Joe Williams, Tom Ross, Thomas Sanders, Gia Wagner Pipestone National Monument / Thomas Sanders, chair Session 110 External Review for Interpretive, WORKSHOP Kellogg III Educational or Cultural Resource Programs: The Benefits and Challenges / Doris Fanelli & Steve Sikarski, co-chairs Session 111 Monitoring and Managing Avian Species / Use of Digital Recordings to Supplement Human Dimensions of California Condor Population Ecology of Mexican Spotted Managing Park Habitats for Viable Biological Integrity and Diversity: Governors I Steve Windels, chair Avian Surveys / Skip Ambrose & Sonya Reintroduction / Jim Petterson et al. Owl Prey in Grand Staircase-Escalante Songbird Populations / Lisa Petit et al. Waterfowl and the National Wildlife Daw National Monument: Top Down or Bottom Refuge System / Anna Pidgorna Up? / David Willey Session 112 Protected Areas and Democracy: The Rules They are a Changin’: Russian The Historical Roots of Modern Protected Areas and Ecological Democracy Community Perceptions of Wildlife and Finding Identity with Cultural Protected Governors II Participation, Exclusion, Burdens, and Protected Area Institutions Adapt to Exclusionary and Paternalistic Protected in Nepal: Towards Community-based Protected Areas in Ethiopia / Rob Lilieholm Areas: The Vevè of Afa, Palma Soriano, Benefits / Chair: David Ostergren Regional Strategies / David Ostergren Area Policies toward Indigenous People / Protected Areas Management / Sudeep et al. Cuba / Maria Ayub Dennis Martinez Jana Thing & Somat Ghimire sday afternoon, Session 113 Visitor Impact Monitoring Protocols as Establishing Water Quality Standards for Keeping Wildlife Wild: Addressing Human- Happy Trails: Combining Natural Resource If the Shoe Doesn't Fit, Wear It! Monitoring Visitor Use and Experiential Governors III Applied to Yosemite National Park / Yu-Fai the Merced and Tuolumne Wild and Scenic Wildlife Interactions in Yosemite National Preservation and Visitor Use in Yosemite Integrating Cultural Resources and Visitor Conditions in Yosemite National Park: A Leung & Peter Newman, co-chairs Rivers in Yosemite National Park / Jim Park / Tori Seher et al. National Park / Crystal Elliot et al. Use Management in Yosemite National Case Study of Successes and Lessons

Thur Roche et al. Park / Laura Kirn et al. Learned / Peter Newman et al. Session 114 The NASA/NPS Connection: Parks for Climate Change and the National Park Visualizing Yellowstone through an Grand Canyon Fly-through Animation and Use of LIDAR Digital Map Atlases in Urbanization in the Chesapeake Bay Governors IV Science, Science for Parks (Part 2) / Anita System / Cynthia E. Rosenzweig & Radley Interactive Kiosk / Fred Watson et al. Grand Canyon Comparison to Valles Natural Resources / Brian Witcher & Judd Watershed: A Modeling Tool to Support Davis & Mike Story, co-chairs M. Horton Marineris on Mars / Andy Pearce et al. Patterson Decision-making for Watershed Management / Claire A. Jantz et al. Session 115 Aquatic Non-native Species: An Increasing Non-native Species in the Great Lakes / Jay Non-native Aquatic Species Research, Fish Introductions into South Florida Unintended Consequences: The Continuing Preventing Zebra Mussel (Dreissena sp.) Governors V Problem in the National Park System / Glase & Brenda Moraska-Lafrancios Monitoring and Removal at Point Reyes NS National Parks: An Unforeseen Impact of Fish Stocking in Rocky Mountain Infestation at Lake Powell / Mark James Tilmant, chair and Golden Gate NRA / Ben Becker et al. Consequence of Restoration / William National Park / Mary Kay Watry Anderson & Jesse Granet Loftus et al. Session 116 Renewing Connections to America’s PANEL DISCUSSION State I Wilderness in a Changing World / Connie PANELISTS: Bill Paleck, Saul Weisberg, Cicely Muldoon, Wyndeth Davis, Laurel Boyers Myers, chair ent sessions • Session 117 Engaging Youth / Rebecca Conard, chair Last Child in the Parks? Age Trends in U.S. Using Experiential Learning Opportunities Teacher to Ranger to Teacher Program: Texas Latino College Student Outdoor Q&A State II National Park Visitation / Jim Gramann et in the National Parks to Inform Science Making Parks Relevant to a New Audience Recreation Participation Levels and al. Classroom Practice / Michael Marlow / Linda Lutz-Ryan Natural Resource and Environmental Attitudes / Angelica Lopez et al. Session 118 Annual Meeting of the NPS CESU Research SIDE MEETING (by invitation only) State III Coordinators I / Gary Willson, chair

Concurr PART ONE OF A TWO-PART SIDE MEETING: CONTINUED IN SESSION #132

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Session 119 Delivering Your Message to the Public: DAY-CAPPER Minnesota East What's the Media Got to Do with It? / PRESENTERS: Mike Whatley, Peter Dratch, Jackleen de La Elizabeth Arnold, others TBA Harpe, co-chairs / day-capper Session 120 Landscape Dynamics: Monitoring WORKSHOP Great River I/IV Approaches and Tools for Protected Area PRESENTERS: John Gross, Steven Fancy, Stephen Woodley Managers / Donald McLennan, chair

Session 121 Social Dynamics of Yellowstone’s Snowmobiles in Yellowstone: Contested The Relationship of Visitor Values and It’s All About Communication: Developing Great River II/III Snowmobile Controversy / John Sacklin, Landscape, Conflicting Meanings / Michael Meanings to Support for Yellowstone Shared Stewardship in the Winter Use chair / DAY-CAPPER Yochim National Park Management / Wayne Planning Process / Denice Swank Freimund & Mike Patterson Session 122 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MIDWEST REGION SUPERINTENDENTS’ CONFERENCE — BUSINESS MEETING (by invitation only) Kellogg I

Session 123 Dealing with Recreational Impacts on A Systematic Approach to Seagrass and Managing Visitor Impacts to Coastal and Addressing Recreational Fisheries in Managing Recreational Activities in NOAA Marine Education: Charting a Course for

April 19 • 3:30 – 5:35 Kellogg II Marine Resources: We’re All in the Same Coral Reef Restoration in the National Submerged Resources in Virgin Islands Marine Parks through Interagency National Marine Sanctuaries / Brad Barr Resource Protection / Cliff McCreedy Boat / Cliff McCreedy, chair Parks / Joe Carriero National Park / Ralf H. Boulon, Jr. Cooperative Fishery Management Plans / James T. Tilmant Session 124 Youth Voice and Natural Parks / Corliss PANEL DISCUSSION Kellogg III Wilson Outley, chair PANELISTS: Corliss Wilson Outley, Sonja Wilhelm, Janise LaBoard, Sam Roberson

Session 125 Using Fire as a Restoration Tool: Examples Use of Prescribed Fire to Restore Restoring Ponderosa Pine Forests at Devils Effect of Prescribed Fire on Herbaceous Monitoring Restoration of a Tallgrass CONCLUDING PANELISTS: Governors I from the Midwest Region / Kara Paintner Grasslands in National Park Units of the Tower NM and Mount Rushmore NM Using Biotic Diversity and Cover in Upland Oak- Prairie, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore / Doug Alexander, Dan Swanson, Andy Northern Great Plains / Andy Thorstenson Mechanical Fuel Reduction and Prescribed Hickory-Pine Forests at Ozark National Scott Weyenberg & Amy Ortner Thorstenson, Scott Weyenberg, Cody Wienk & Cody Wienk Fire / Cody Wienk & Andy Thorstenson Scenic Riverway / Dan Swanson Session 126 When Sustainability is the Treasure / Delia DAY-CAPPER Governors II Clark, chair sday afternoon, Session 127 A Workshop to Discuss the Approval WORKSHOP Governors III Process for National Park Service- Sponsored Public Surveys / Robert

Thur Manning, chair Session 128 The Craziest Thing I Ever Saw in DAY-CAPPER Governors IV Wilderness / Alan Watson, chair PRESENTERS: Alan Watson, He Yang

Session 129 Consultation Tales: Four Experiences / PANEL DISCUSSION Governors V Gerard Baker, chair PANELISTS: Gerard Baker, Tim Mentz, Nathalie Gagnon, Glen Livermont

Session 130 Building Leadership for the 21st Century in DAY-CAPPER State I Public Land Agencies / Brian Kenner, chair PRESENTERS: Brian Kenner, Kathy Jope, Dan Evak ent sessions • Session 131 Wildland/Urban Interface / (SESSION IN PENDING PENDING PENDING PENDING PENDING State II DEVELOPMENT) /

Session 132 Annual Meeting of the NPS CESU Research SIDE MEETING (by invitation only) State III Coordinators II / Gary Willson, chair / side

Concurr meeting PART TWO OF A TWO-PART SIDE MEETING: CONTINUED FROM SESSION #118

gws2007 daily schedule of events ...... page 19 • recommended readings: friday april 20 rethinking what we call “natural”

Concurrent Sessions 133–146 • 8:00–10:05 AM (see p. 21 for schedule) >> Charles C. Mann, 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus (2005). “Powerful, provocative, and important.... 1491 vividly compels us to re-examine how we teach the ancient history of the Americas.” — Alan Taylor, Registration • until 10:00 AM • Registration area (Lower Level) Washington Post Book World. “A landmark of a book that drops ingrained images of colonial America into the dustbin one after the other.” — Roger Atwood, Boston Sunday Globe. “Surprising, intriguing stories fill the pages of Plenary Session VII 1491.... Mann taps into recent scholarship that challenges the conventional 10:30 AM–12:00 PM • Minnesota East Ballroom wisdom about Indian culture, society, and politics.” — Christopher Farrell, Businessweek. Call to Order • Announcements • William Cronon (ed.), Uncommon Ground: Rethinking the Human Place in Abigail B. Miller, National Park Service (retired) / President, George Wright Society Nature (1996). Contains Cronon’s seminal critique “The Trouble with Wil- derness; or, Getting Back to the Wrong Nature.” This essay set off a firestorm Speaker Introduction / Session Moderator of debate that still hasn’t died down. Stephanie Toothman, National Park Service / George Wright Society Board of Directors >> J. Baird Callicott and Michael P. Nelson (eds.), The Great New Wilderness Debate: An Expansive Collection of Writings Defining Wilderness from John PLENARY ADDRESS Muir to Gary Snyder (1998). Most of the important recent thinkers on wilder- The Pristine Myth ness are represented in this large collection of essays that considers the social science critique of wilderness from all angles. Cronon’s “Trouble with Wil- Charles C. Mann, author derness” essay is included—and vigorously challenged by wilderness stalwart Dave Foreman. Also particularly valuable are some of the essays in the sec- Charles C. Mann's most recent book is 1491: New Revelations of the Americas tion titled “Third and Fourth World Views of the Wilderness Idea.” Before Columbus (Knopf), which won the National Academy of Science’s Keck • Alice Beck Kehoe, The Land of Prehistory: A Critical History of American Prize for the best book of the year. A correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly Archeology (1998). Kehoe’s thesis is that “archeology as a science, the system- and Science, he has covered the intersection of science, technology, and com- atic study of the human past, was constructed in the mid-nineteenth century merce for many newspapers and magazines here and abroad. In addition to 1491, he has co-written four by men committed to an interpretation of history untrammeled by the au- other books, including The Second Creation: Makers of the Revolution in 20th-Century Physics (rev. ed., thority of texts.” 1995) and Noah’s Choice: The Future of Endangered Species (1995). He has also written for CD-ROMs, >> Paul A. Delcourt and Hazel R. Delcourt, Prehistoric Native Americans and HBO, and the television show “Law and Order,” and was the text editorial coordinator for the internation- Ecological Change: Human Ecosystems in Eastern North America Since the ally best-selling photographic projects Material World (1994), Women in the Material World (1996), and Pleistocene (2004). Helps resolve disagreements between ecologists and arch- Hungry Planet (2005). A three-time National Magazine Award finalist, he has received writing prizes from aeologists about the importance of prehistoric Natives as agents for change. the Lannan Foundation, the American Bar Association, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and the Margaret • Adrian Phillips, “Turning Ideas on Their Head: The New Paradigm for Pro- Sanger Foundation. tected Areas,” The George Wright Forum (2003). Phillips recounts the rise of the “new paradigm” of protected areas. It recognizes that the Yellowstone Conclusion of the Conference model “is now often regarded as incomplete, and in some situations poten- Abigail B. Miller, National Park Service (retired) / President, George Wright Society tially counterproductive”—especially in contexts outside of North America. New paradigm protected areas, such as protected landscapes, focus on places A book signing by Mr. Mann will follow immediately upon the conclusion of the conference. The book sign- where it is difficult or impossible to distinguish natural dynamics from ing will take place at the Birchbark Books booktable in the Lower Level Foyer. Copies of 1491 will be avail- changes that are the result of cultural choices. www.georgewright.org/ able for purchase. 202phillips.pdf • Harvey Locke and Philip Dearden, “Rethinking Protected Area Categories and the New Paradigm,” Environmental Conservation (2005). Locke and Dearden contend that support for the new paradigm by such organizations as IUCN–The World Conservation Union has gone too far. The new paradigm “will devalue conservation biology, undermine the creation of more strictly protected reserves, inflate the amount of area in reserves and place people at the centre of the protected area agenda at the expense of wild biodiversity.”

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Session 133 Research for Management: Paleoecological Using Research to Improve Management: Future Maintenance of Biodiversity within Signals of Landscape Destabilization from Paleoecology for Conservation Biologists Q&A Minnesota East Baseline Information for Conservation The Two-way Street of Communication / the South Swedish Cultural Landscape: Paleoecological Records: Their Relevance and Park Managers in North America / Biology / Shinya Sugita & Diane Larson, Diane Larson et al. Contribution of Palaecological Studies / to Management of Michigan’s Public Lands Shinya Sugita chairs Marie-José Gaillard / Walter Loope & David Lytle Session 134 The National Park Service Interpretation PANEL DISCUSSION Minnesota West and Education Renaissance / David Larsen, PANELISTS: David Larsen, Julia Washburn, Patti Reilly chair

Session 135 Sustaining Indigenous Cultures in an Introducing the Kluane / Wrangell-St. Elias Healing Broken Connections / Craig Return to K’wát’ Aaní (Seagull Eggs Land): The Role of Subsistence in Ahtna Village Connecting Place and Science: Katie John Capitol Alaska–Canada Border World Heritage Site / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek World McKinnon Restoration of a Native Tradition in Glacier Economies Today / Kathryn Martin and the Tanada Creek Fish Weir / Vicki / Barbara Cellarius, chair Heritage Site / Vicki Snitzler & Peter Levy Bay / Kenneth Grant Penwell

Session 136 From the Antiquities Act to Eternity: How The 1906 Antiquities Act in Historical The Role of Law within the Fabric of The 1916 National Park Service Act and Last Great Wilderness: The Campaign to Drawing a Line in the Tundra: Kellogg I Conservation Law Shaped 20th-Century Context / Richard West Sellars United States Archaeology / Hilary Cultural Resources / Richard West Sellars Establish the Arctic National Wildlife Conservationists and the Mount McKinley American History / Bonnie Halda, chair Soderland Refuge / Roger Kaye Park Road / Frank Norris

Session 137 Coastal Watershed Condition Assessment SIDE MEETING (by invitation only) Kellogg II Implementation Meeting / Kristen Keteles, NOTE: This meeting will run from 7:30 to 10:00 chair April 20 • 8:00 – 10:05 Session 138 Ecological Restoration / Mary Foley, chair National Park Service CD Workbook for Ecological Restoration Standards and The Science of Large Dam Removal: Formation of a Cooperative to Conduct The Development of a Restoration Rapid Kellogg III Planning, and Specifications for Ecological Guidelines for Protected Areas / Mike Creation of the Elwha Research Research on Native Plants and Restore Assessment Tool / Ron Hiebert & Linda Restoration / Wendell Hassell et al. Wong et al. Consortium / Jerry Freilich Damaged Ecosystems / Steven Link et al. Drees

Session 139 Seeing and Valuing Biodiversity and The Lords of the Wings: A Quest to Boston Harbor Islands All Taxa Biodiversity Sensing the Park: The Park Experience Rethinking Evaluation of Terrestrial Q&A Governors I Nature / Dorothy Anderson, chair Understand the Human Dimensions of Inventory / Jessica Rykken through Sight and Sound / Patricia A. Biodiversity Conservation in Protected Dragonfly-viewing / Harvey Lemelin Taylor et al. Areas Systems of Tropical Islands / Suzanne Davis Session 140 How Do You Manage Your Resources if PANEL DISCUSSION Governors II They are Being Stolen and Sold at the PANELISTS: Tim Alley, Joseph Johns, Alice Newton, Todd Swain Swap Meet? / Todd Swain, chair

Session 141 Informal (Visitor-Created) Trails: Informal Trail Impacts: Impact Description, The Efficacy of Management Alternatives Applying a Spatially Balanced Probability- Methodological Approaches for Using Indices to Characterize Impacts of Governors III Management and Monitoring Challenges Decision Process, and Management / Jeff Designed to Discourage Off-trail Hiking / Based Sampling Design to Locate and Monitoring the Number, Lineal Extent, and Informal Trails: Past Research and Current and Solutions / Jeff Marion, chair Marion Logan Park & Jeff Marion Quantify Informal Trails in Rocky Mountain Condition of Informal Trails / Jeremy Development / Yu-Fai Leung NP / Dave Pettebone et al. Whimpey & Jeff Marion Session 142 NPS Fisheries Scientists Meeting / Samuel SIDE MEETING (open to all) Governors IV Brenkman & James Tilmant, chairs

Session 143 A Socratic Workshop to Explore Marine “CAFÉ CONVERSATION” WORKSHOP Governors V Reserve Performance Measures / Gary PRESENTERS: Davis, chair Jim Taggart, Matt Patterson, Caroline Rogers, Robert Brock

Session 144 Exotic Plant Management Team Meeting / SIDE MEETING (by invitation only) State I Rita Beard, chair ent sessions • Friday morning,

Session 145 Environmental Communications: WORKSHOP State II Interpreting Complex Natural Resource PRESENTERS: Marcus Koenen, Christie Anastasia, Dawn Adams, Sara Melena Issues and Topics / Mike Whatley, chair

Session 146 Wildlife Habituation: Finding the Middle KICK-OFF PRESENTATION PANEL DISCUSSION / Moderator: Dan Decker Concurr State III Ground / Margaret Wild, chair Wildlife Habituation: Finding the Middle PANELISTS: Colleen Cassady St. Clair, Bruce Connery, Peter Dratch, Jim Schaberl, Harry Zinn Ground / Collen Cassady St. Clair et al.

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