8:00 – 8:30 AM: Registration, Poster Display & Coffee
Location: Memorial Student Lounge, College Union Building, Fort Lewis College
8:30 – 9:00 AM: Welcome and Introductions
John Ninnemann, Dean, Natural & Behavioral Sciences, Fort Lewis College, and Ellen Stein, Executive Director, Mountain Studies Institute
9:00 – 9:30 AM: Introduction to Workshop Goals, MSI Research Themes & Climate-Related Research in the San Juans
Koren Nydick, Director of Research and Education, Mountain Studies Institute
Research Presentations & Discussion
9:30 – 10:00 AM: Climate Variability & Change in the San Juan Mountains
Jonathan Overpeck, Director, Institute for the Study of Planet Earth, University of Arizona; Vice-President, Mountain Studies Institute
10:00 – 12:00 AM (Break at 10:30):
Hydrology & Biogeochemistry, Joel Herr, Systech Engineering; Tom Painter, University of Colorado, CIRES; Chris Landry, Center for Snow & Avalanche Studies; Aaron Wright, Washington State University; Mike Gillespie, NRCS – Snow Surveys
Forests, Timber, Fire & Pests, Ros Wu & Ron Klatt, San Juan Public Lands, U.S. Forest Service
Agriculture & Ranching, Chester Anderson, La Boca Center for Sustainability
12:00 - 12:45 : LUNCH
12:45-1:45 PM:
Biodiversity & Wildlife, Chester Anderson, B.U.G.S. Consulting; George San Miguel, Mesa Verde National Park; Heidi Steltzer, Natural Resources Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University; Chris Kennedy, National Fish and Wildlife Service; Barry Rhea, Rhea Environmental Consulting
Energy, Mark Stetz, Nexant, Inc. & Dick White, Sustainability Alliance of Southwest Colorado
1:45 – 3:00 PM: Break-Out Group Discussions
Discussion: Connecting Climate-related Research & Communities
Scientists are asked to think about the following questions prior to the conference. Scientists will share information from their research experience regarding how climate change could affect the San Juan region. Breakout groups will discuss and answer these questions:
- Identify & discuss research gaps. What research is needed?
- Brainstorm a research program and projects to fill gaps. Who could do what? What funding potentially could support these projects?
- Where to go from here? What are the priority projects? Who is interested in leading projects?
Breakout Groups:
- Hydrology & Biogeochemistry
- Forestry, Timber, Fire & Pests
- Agriculture & Ranching
- Biodiversity & Wildlife
- Energy
3:00 – 3:15 PM: BREAK
Transition back to large group.
3:15 – 4:15 PM: Reports from Groups
4:15 – 4:45 PM: Large Group Discussion of San Juan Mountain Climate Initiative Development
4:45 – 5:00 PM: Thanks, Wrap-Up & Preview of Tomorrow
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