Joint Meeting of the George Wright Society and
NPS Inventory & Monitoring Program
St. Paul, Minnesota, April 16-20, 2007
Agenda:
Agenda - GWS 2007 Meeting for 3-day I&M Track
Results of Online Survey about combining I&M and GWS meetings
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Panel Discussion:
Mike Soukup, Abby Miller, Cat Hawkins Hoffmann, Monika Mayr, Jon Jarvis
The NR Challenge from a large park resource manager's perspective(8.2 MB) - Cat Hawkins Hoffman
Show and Tell Session:
List of which presentations are in each file
Show & Tell 1 (Bert Frost, Steve Fancy, George Dickison 3.7 MB)
Show & Tell 2 (Bill Route, Brian Mitchell, Geoffrey Sanders 3.5 MB)
Show & Tell 3 (Libby Nance, Tahzay Jones, Joe DeVivo 15.4 MB)
Show & Tell 4 (Martha Segura, Alexandra Wright 10.5 MB)
Show & Tell 5 (Meryl Rose, Mark Huff, Andrea Williams 4.3 MB)
Show & Tell 6 (Robert Emmott, Joe Meiman, Ann Rodman 1.5 MB)
Show & Tell 7 (Tom Olliff, Fred Dieffenbach, Pat Campbell 1.9 MB)
Show & Tell 8 (Kurt Helf, Page Spencer 47.4 MB)
Highlights from the Chico Hot Springs Workshop
Integration of science & mangement - What does it mean? (6.3 MB) - Robert Bennets
Principles & tools for communicating monitoring results (300 KB) - Shawn Carter
Integrating science & resource management: A small park manager's perspective (2.6 MB) - Ben Bobowski
Integrating science & resource management: A large park manager's perspective (1.0 MB) - Tom Olliff
A "Planner's Perspective": Integrating science and vital signs into the planning process (1.2 MB) - Kerri Cahill
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Inventories:
Update on reviews of 12 core inventories (272 KB) - Gary Williams
Inventory tracking database and direct access to inventory data sets (1.1 MB) - Margaret Beer
Monitoring:
The role of the I&M Networks and their core duties (8 MB) - Steve Fancy
Update on Climate Project (2.2 MB) - John Gross
Coordinated vegetation monitoring by 5 eastern networks case study (2.3 MB) - Jim Comiskey
Water quality monitoring highlights (2.0 MB) - Pete Penoyer and Roy Irwin
Information Management & Delivery:
IRMA & an overview of other applications (3.3 MB) - Margaret Beer & Peter Budde
Highlights of the February 2007 Data Manager's Conference (39 KB) - Margaret Beer & Peter Budde
Assesment Points:
Assessment Points as a tool for using monitoring data to support management (6.3 KB) - Rob Bennets
Are assessment points right for vital signs monitoring? (117 KB) - Bruce Bingham
Assessment points and objectives (300 KB) - Shawn Carter
Examples of assessment points from the Sonoran Desert (1.1 MB) - Andy Hubbard & Cheryl McIntyre
Assessment points being used as a common framework (3.2 MB) - Kerrie Cahill
Landscape Dynamics:
Land cover, land use, remote sensing - John Gross
Science Communication Approaches :
Introduction (300 KB) - Mike DeBacker
The NCR approach for integrating and sharing ecological data (4.3 MB) - Shawn Carter
Science communication SFAN case study (732 MB)- Marcus Koenen
HTLN communication plan (3 MB) - Sherry Middlemis-Brown
Science communication NETN case study (2.3 MB) - Theresa Moore
Outreach efforts and strategies to date (16.1 MB) - Cory Nash
Science communication in the KLMN Network (2.5 MB) - Dan Sarr
Sampling Design:
Introduction (300 KB) - Paul Geissler (USGS)
Land bird sample design - Mark Huff (NCCN Coordinator)
Spatially balanced design for aquatic sampling (12 MB) - Billy Schweiger (ROMN QSE)
Incorporating existing plots in a spatially balanced design (200 KB) - Andy Hubbard (SODN Coordinator)
Sampling forest connectivity (500 KB) - John-Paul Schmit (NCRN QSE)
SRS with temporary quadrats to monitor the camas lily (900 KB) - Tom Rodhouse (UCBN QSE)
SQL & ArcIMS Software Applications :
Emerging Tools & Techologies: SQL Server and Web Mapping (1.6 MB) - Peter Budde
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Data Management Tools:
Innovative tools for collecting, managing, & Delivering I&M Data (608 KB) - Margaret Beer, Peter Budde
Rugged Tablet Computers in the wilds of Alaska: Bringing data quality control to the field (4.3 MB) - Doug Wilder
A database template for managing natural resource inventory & monitoring data (2.4 MB) - Margaret Beer
The NPS Metadata Tools & Editor (3.0 MB) - Chris Dietrich
The NPS Data Store: "Open" for data discovery & delivery (2.4 MB) - Peter Budde
Development of an internet mapping service to visualize & distribute environmental monitoring data (2.4 MB) - Bill Thorp
Natural Resource Assessments:
Parks Canada: Information centre on ecosystems connecting monitoring to managers (2.2 MB) - Stephen Woodley
Assessing park EI in Canada's National Parks (484 KB) - Donald McLennan
The role of the 32 I&M Networks in resource assessments and performance management (2.4 MB) - Steve Fancy
NPS watershed condition assessment program - assessing natural resource conditions in I&M parks (3.3 MB) - Jeff Albright
Natural resource assessments: Approaches for evaluating resource condition (2.2 MB) - William Knight
Landscape Dynamics:
Monitoring approaches & tools for protected area managers - Donald McLennan & John Gross
