Rocky Mountain Partner Workshop on Climate Adaptation and Cold Water Systems



June 4-5, 2013 • Bozeman, MT • USFWS Fish Technology Center
Overview
The workshop will
focus on adaptation planning and action, how to link
science to strategies to actions and scaling up (and
down) within the Great Northern Landscape
Conservation Cooperative region in terms of:
assessing vulnerabilities, identifying adaptation
options, prioritizing actions and sharing
information on adaptation progress and lessons among
practitioners in the region. This workshop is being
led by the Wildlife Conservation Society, the Center
for Large Landscape Conservation and EcoAdapt.
Agenda & Speakers
Agenda and Logistics
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Greg Pederson, USGS
Robert Al-Chokhachy, USGS
Workshop Summary
Presentations
- The Great Northern Landscape Conservation Cooperative: A Collective Vision for the Landscape- Yvette Converse, FWS Coordinator and Tom Oliff, NPS Coordinator
- Integrating climate change into conservation and natural resource management- Molly Cross, WCS and Lara Hansen, EcoAdapt
- Historic Weather and Climate Trends and Expectations of future Change in the GYA Greg Pederson, USGS
- Climate change and aquatic systems: improving our understanding of the effects of climate change to direct adaptation and management strategies- Robert Al
Chockachy, USGS
- Workplan Implementation for the Transboundary Flathead- Erin Sexton, University of Montana- Flathead Lake Biological Station
- Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration- Anne Carlson, The Wilderness Society
- Potential influences of climate change on population dynamics of nonnative brook trout and native Yellowstone cutthroat trout in headwater stream networks - Bradely Shepard, WCS
- Greater Yellowstone Area Federal Lands Vulnerability Assessment- Virginia Kelly, Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee
- Climate-Aquatics Workshop in Boise- Daniel Isaak, Boise Aquatic Sciences Lab
- What do we learn about climate-informed conservation from the case studies presented at the workshop?- Molly Cross, WCS
Reading & Resources
Workshop Resources