Printed Program (PDF) - Ecological Society of America
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TUESDAY<br />
6:30 pm-9 pm; 8 pm-10 pm<br />
ESA Student Section Business Meeting and Awards<br />
Ceremony<br />
E148, Oregon Convention Center<br />
NEON Meet & Greet<br />
Mt. Helens, Doubletree Hotel<br />
Pacific Northwest Prairie Conservation Science Mixer<br />
Hawthorne, Doubletree Hotel<br />
USGS Meet and Greet<br />
C123, Oregon Convention Center<br />
6:30 pm-9 pm<br />
6:30 pm-9 pm<br />
Oecologia Editorial Board Reception (by invitation only)<br />
Halsey, Doubletree Hotel<br />
8 pm-10 pm<br />
SS 17 - Towards a Unified Ecology <strong>of</strong> Tropical Montane<br />
Cloud Forests<br />
B113, Oregon Convention Center<br />
Organized by: PH Martin (patrick.martin@colostate.edu),<br />
H Asbjornsen<br />
Tropical montane cloud forests (TMCFs) play a critical role in<br />
ecosystems. Yet, TMCFs remain poorly studied and research lacks<br />
integration. This special session will build a community to study<br />
TMCFs across large spatial and environmental gradients, beginning<br />
with state-<strong>of</strong>-science discussions and planning to increase<br />
mechanistic and synthetic study <strong>of</strong> TMCFs.<br />
SS 18 - Town Hall Meeting with the U.S. Department<br />
<strong>of</strong> Energy’s Office <strong>of</strong> Biological and Environmental<br />
Research<br />
A107, Oregon Convention Center<br />
Organized by: DB Stover (Daniel.Stover@science.doe.gov)<br />
This Town Hall meeting will engage the ESA community by<br />
discussing the Department <strong>of</strong> Energy’s Terrestrial Ecosystem<br />
Science program, highlighting new program efforts such as the<br />
Next Generation Ecosystem Experiment in the Arctic, AmeriFlux,<br />
and proposed activities in the Amazon.<br />
WK 36 - Water In the West: Diving Into the Availability,<br />
Distribution, and Policies <strong>of</strong> the West’s Most Precious<br />
Resource.<br />
D135, Oregon Convention Center<br />
Organized by: MJ Armstrong (MJ.Armstrong2@gmail.com), H<br />
Woody<br />
Nowhere in the United States is water availability more <strong>of</strong> an issue<br />
than in the West with its vast stretches <strong>of</strong> arid land. As part <strong>of</strong><br />
the ESA SEEDS Western Sustainable Communities project, this<br />
workshop will focus on the highly complex issues surrounding water<br />
in the western region.<br />
WK 37 - Developing Together Ecology Curriculum for<br />
Community and School Urban Gardens<br />
D136, Oregon Convention Center<br />
Organized by: AE Pérez-Quintero (anaelisa@comunidadesgaia.org),<br />
KA Marshall-Gillespie, LM Jablonski<br />
We will look at the science <strong>of</strong> farming and how through that science<br />
we can develop curriculum that gardeners and agro-educators can<br />
use to improve the quality <strong>of</strong> their gardens. This workshop serves as<br />
an educational opportunity for farmers and ecologists to collaborate<br />
and incorporate community concerns into their teachings.<br />
WK 38 - Empowering Ecology Outreach to Faith<br />
Communities: From Best Practices to a Speaker’s<br />
Bureau<br />
D137, Oregon Convention Center<br />
Organized by: LM Jablonski (jablonski@udayton.edu),<br />
GE Hitzhusen<br />
An interactive workshop to prepare ecologists for effective<br />
outreach, featuring renowned science communicators from diverse<br />
religious traditions, best practises, resources for outreach including<br />
applications to particular ecological issues and examples <strong>of</strong><br />
successful outreach initiatives. Participants will also contribute to<br />
planning strategy and implementation for pilot efforts <strong>of</strong> a speakers<br />
bureau.<br />
WK 39 - Submit Your Teaching Resource to ESA’s<br />
EcoEd Digital Library<br />
D138, Oregon Convention Center<br />
Organized by: T Mourad (teresa@esa.org), ESJ Rauschert, KL<br />
Shea, KM Klemow, A McMillen, D Kirschtel, GE Small<br />
Following an overview <strong>of</strong> ESA’s EcoEd Digital Library <strong>of</strong> ecology<br />
education materials, participants will submit a resource for review<br />
and publication. Attendees should bring laptops if possible. To<br />
participate, please review EcoEdDL submission guidelines (http://<br />
ecoed.esa.org/) and contact in advance Celia Smith, ESA Education<br />
<strong>Program</strong>s Coordinator (Celia@esa.org) to discuss ideas.<br />
WK 40 - Frontiers in Ecosystem Science: Energizing<br />
the Research Agenda<br />
D139, Oregon Convention Center<br />
Organized by: PM Gr<strong>of</strong>fman (gr<strong>of</strong>fmanP@caryinstitute.org), KC<br />
Weathers<br />
This workshop will focus on exciting developments in ecosystem<br />
ecology and its interfaces with other disciplines as part <strong>of</strong> a National<br />
Science Foundation funded, multi-scientific society effort to address<br />
frontiers in ecosystem science and produce a white paper” that will<br />
serve as an evaluation and direction for the discipline.<br />
98 ESA 97th Annual Meeting, August 5 - 10, 2012, Oregon Convention Center
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