2019 – Landscape Ecology and NEPA Planning
Building Credible, Science-Based Rationale for “Why Here, Why Now”
November 5, 2019
LaSells Stewart Center, OSU, Corvallis, OR
Organized by the Central Cascades Adaptive Management Partnership, Willamette NF, USFS R6 Ecology Program, R6 Planning and Natural Resources, and the Pacific Northwest Research Station
Landscape Ecology and NEPA Planning Training Final Agenda
FP_DECK_POSTER1 (Lisa Balduman)
OCAMP Implementation Plan (Rachel Wheat)
Cheryl Friesen, Science Liaison, USFS
Karen Bennett, Regional Soil Scientist, R6 (Retired)
Climate, environment, and disturbance history govern resilience of PNW forest landscapes.
Paul Hessburg, Research Landscape Ecologist, USDA-FS, PNW Research Station-Wenatchee, WA
Integrating the aquatic and terrestrial: it’s all connected.
Gordon Reeves, Emeritus Scientist, Aquatic Ecologist, USFS PNW Station
Integrating the aquatic and terrestrial: it’s all connected
Dede Olson, Research Ecologist, USFS PNW Station, Corvallis
How do wildlife perceive landscapes?
Julianna Jenkins, Post-doctoral Research Wildlife Biologist, PNW Station, Corvallis
Humans as ecosystem modifiers: influences on the forest landscape over time
Michelle Steen-Adams, Social Scientist, PNW Research Station
Historical and Natural Range of Variability: pros and cons for use as a guide for planning
Summer Kemp-Jennings, USFS Ecologist, SW OR Zone; Jessica Hudec, USFS Ecologist, W. Washington Zone
Historical and Natural Range of Variability: pros and cons for use as a guide for planning
Tom DeMeo, USFS R6 Ecologist
How does landscape ecology fit into the NEPA Triangle?
R6 Planners Planning Panel
Suzanne Schindler, Willamette NF; Darren Goodding, Wenatchee-Okanogan NF; Bill Conroy, Fremont-Winema West Zone Districts; Marcelle Anderson (f), Acting R6 Administrative Review Coordinator; Carrie Spradlin (f), NWFP Core Team Forester;
(F facilitator)
Rigdon Dry Forest Landscape Analysis and Design.
Allen Hambrick, Planner, Willamette NF and Jane Kertis, USFS Ecologist, NW Oregon Area
Upper Wenatchee Watershed Restoration
James Dickinson, USFS Landscape Ecologist, W. WA Area
Upper Wenatchee Watershed Restoration
Darren Goodding, Forest Environmental Coordinator, Wenatchee-Okanogan NF
Rogue Basin Cohesive Forest Restoration Strategy
Kerry Metlen, TNC
Rogue Basin Cohesive Forest Restoration Strategy
Rob Barnhart, USFS R6 Stewardship Coordinator
Landscape Planning and Collaboration on the Malheur National Forest
Amanda Lindsay, District Silviculturist, and Sasha Fertig, District Environmental Coordinator, Malheur National Forest, Blue Mountain Ranger District; with Bob Hassmiller, District Hydrologist, Whitman Ranger District, Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
Panel Discussion -- What did we hear? What didn’t we hear? Challenges and benefits to integrating landscape ecology and planning.
Tom DeMeo, USFS R6 Ecologist; Rob Barnhart, USFS R6 Stewardship Coordinator; Deb Whitall, Assistant Director of Planning; Michelle Mitchell, Assistant Director of Recreation; Brad Washa, Acting Assistant Director of Fire; Duane Bishop, Middle Fork District Ranger, Willamette NF; Kelly Lawrence, Naches District Ranger, Okanogan-Wenatchee NF