FINAL AGENDA - August 13 - 17, 2000
| Sunday, August 13, 2000 | |||
| Poster Room | |||
| Georgian Room | Field Trip #1 | Field Trip #2 | |
| 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. | Registration and Poster and Vendor Exhibit Set-Up | "The Alamo and Spanish Colonial Missions," La Villia, Imax Theatre Rivercenter | "San Antonio Sampler", Brackenridge Park, Japanese Tea Gardens, San Antonio Zoo, San Antonio Botanical Gardens, Fort Sam Houston and Quadrangle, King William Historic District, Institute of Texas Cultures, Buckhorn Museum, El Mercado (Mexican Market) |
| 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. | Technical Demos & Workshop: Jack Cully - a) Kansas modeling software, b) Self-Guided Demos | ||
| 5:30 - 8:30p.m. | Social Mixer, Poster Review, and Vendor Exhibits | ||
| Monday, August 14, 2000 - (Morning) | |||
| Poster Room | General GAP Session | ||
| Georgian Room | Anacacho Ballroom | ||
| 7:30 - 8:30 a.m. | Continental Breakfast, Registration / Poster Session Open | ||
| 8:30 - 8:45 a.m. | Nick C. Parker - Welcome and Instructions | ||
| 8:45 - 9:00 a.m. | Kevin Gergely - The cost of conservation: The consequences for GAP | ||
| 9:00 - 9:30 a.m. | Dennis Grossman - The National Vegetation Classification: Ongoing Development and GAP Conservation Applications | ||
| 9:30 - 10:00 a.m. | Gerardo Ceballos - Status & Prospects for Mexico GAP | ||
| 10:00 - 10:40 a.m. | Refreshment Break in the Georgian Room | ||
| 10:40 - 11:00 a.m. | Mike Jennings - GAP: the First Ten Years | ||
| 11:00 - 11:15 a.m. | Patrick Crist - Introduction to Sessions | ||
| 11:15 - 12:00 p.m. | David J. Schmidly - Texas Natural History: A Century of Change | ||
| 12:00 - 1:15p.m. | LUNCH ON YOUR OWN | ||
| Monday, August 14, 2000 - (Afternoon - Session 1 and Session 2) | |||
| Session 1 - Aquatic Symposium | Session 2 - Land Cover and Animal Distribution Modeling | ||
| St. Anthony Club Room | Travis Room | ||
| 1:15 - 1:45 p.m. | Scott Sowa - Challenges and Opportunities for Biodiversity Assessments in Aquatic Environments | 1:15 - 1:35 p.m. | Tom Owens - a) The Land Use History of North America Program (LUHNA), b) USGS-NPS Vegetation Mapping Program |
| 1:45 - 2:15 p.m. | Wayne Myers - Landscape Indicators of Aquatic Habitat and Ordination by Habitat Availability | 1:35 - 1:55 p.m. | Collin Homer - An Overview of MRLC 2000 |
| 2:15 - 2:45 p.m. | Steve Paulsen - Role of Classification in Establishing Bioassessment | 1:55 - 2:15 p.m. | Douglas Ramsey - The Development of Mapping Zones to Assist in Land Cover Mapping over Large Geographic Areas: A Case Study of the Southwest Gap Analysis Project |
| 2:45 - 3:15 p.m. | Refreshment Break for Session I in Georgian Room | 2:15 - 2:35 p.m. | Jeanne Epstein - New Techniques for Mapping Urban Sprawl in the Southeast |
| 3:15 - 3:45 p.m. | Rebecca Allee - A Proposed Ecosystem and Habitat Classification System for United States Marine and Estuarine Waters | 2:35 - 2:55 p.m. | Leona Bomar - A Comparison of First and Second Generation Gaps |
| 3:45 - 4:15 p.m. | Jennifer Perot - Conservation Planning for Aquatic Biodiversity: Experience from the Nature Conservancy's Freshwater Initiative | 2:45 - 3:15 p.m. | Refreshment Break for Session 2 in Georgian Room |
| 4:15 - 4:45 p.m. | Robin Abell - A Conservation Assessment of the Freshwater Ecoregions of North America | 3:15 - 3:35 p.m. | Walter Fertig - Developing Predictive Range Maps of Rare Plant Species in Wyoming |
| 4:45 - 5:15 p.m. | Paul L. Angermeier - Conceptual Gaps in the Conservation of Aquatic Biodiversity: Perspectives from Virgina | 3:35 - 3:55 p.m. | Randy Kautz - Land Cover Change Detection in Florida and Application to the Florida Panther Habitat Model |
| Notes | 3:55 - 4:15 p.m. | Rich Minnis - Vegetation or Vertebrate Time Scale? Incorporating Vegetation Structure into Remotely Sensed Vertebrate Modeling | |
| 4:15 - 4:35 p.m. | Ree Brannon - Putting the Pieces Together: A Range-Wide Perspective of Vertebrate Distribution Modeling with GAP Data | ||
| 4:35 - 4:55 p.m. | Jack Cully - Electronic Development, Review, and Delivery of Vertebrate Distribution Models at Kansas GAP | ||
| 4:55 - 5:15 p.m. | Andrea Ernst - Changes in Black-Tailed Prairie Dog Towns on the Texas Panhandle Determined by GIS | ||
| Monday, August 14, 2000 - (Evening) | |||
| Poster Room | Banquet Dinner | ||
| Georgian Room | Anacacho Ballroom | ||
| 5:30 - 6:00 p.m. | Poster Review (with authors available) | ||
| 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. | Banquet Dinner (provided) | ||
| 8:00 - 9:00 p.m. | |||
| Tuesday, August 15, 2000 | |||
| Symposium - (ALL DAY) | |||
| Applying GAP to Conservation Planning at Multiple Scales | |||
| Note, you must be pre-registered in the symposium to attend | |||
| Morning | Afternoon | ||
| Peraux Room | Peraux Room | ||
| 8:00 - 8:30 a.m. | J. Michael Scott - Introduction by Moderator | 1:30 - 1:45 p.m. | J. Michael Scott - Integration of Large-Area Planning to Local Implementation |
| 8:30 - 9:00 a.m | Paul Angermeier - The Relevance of Biological Integrity to Conservation Planning and Reserve Management | 1:45 - 2:15 p.m. | Elaine Marquis-Brong - Federal Implementation by the BLM |
| 9:00 - 9:30 a.m. | Craig Groves - Ecoregional Planning in The Nature Conservancy: Insights, Lessons, and Challenges | 2:15 - 2:45 p.m. | Dave Diamond - State and Local Government Use of Land Cover Data and GIS for Planning |
| 9:30 - 10:00 a.m. | Don DeLong - The Role of Ecological Principles in Refuge Management Planning | 2:45 - 3:15 p.m. | Refreshment Break sponsored by "Silicon Graphics" in the Georgian Room |
| 10:00 - 10:30 a.m. | Refreshment Break sponsored by "Silicon Graphics" in the Georgian Room | 3:15 - 3:45 p.m. | Chris DeForest - Conservation biology and community-based land trusts |
| 10:30 - 11:00 a.m. | Sara Vickerman - Oregon Biodiversity Project/Partnership | 3:45 - 4:15 p.m. | Marty Marina - The Evolution of Conservation Planning in Tennessee: Failure, Success, the Future |
| 11:00 - 12:00 p.m. | Angermeier, DeLong, Groves, Vickerman - Panel Discussion | 4:15 - 5:15 p.m. | Brong, DeForest, Diamond, Marina, and morning panelists - Panel Discussion |
| 12:15 - 1:30 p.m. | ANACACHO BALLROOM - Luncheon Banquet (provided) | 5:15 - 5:30 p.m. | J. Michael Scott - Closing Comments |
| 12:15 - 1:30 p.m. | ANACACHO BALLROOM - Banquet Presentation - Implementing Gap Analysis: the Habitat Conservation Act -- Mark Shaffer, Defenders of Wildlife | 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. | GEORGIAN ROOM - Social Mixer -- GAP Researchers, Symposium Speakers and Participants, and Vendors |
| Tuesday, August 15, 2000 - (Morning) | ||
| General Gap Session | ||
| Poster Room | Bioinformatics and Decision Support | |
| Georgian Room | Anacacho Ballroom | |
| 7:30 - 8:30 a.m. | Continental Breakfast & Registration - Poster Session and Vendor Exhibit Open | |
| 8:00 - 8:20 a.m. | Mike Frame - The National Biological Information Infrastructure | |
| 8:20 - 8:40 a.m. | Carl Korschgen - A Resource Management Decision Support System for the Upper Mississippi River System | |
| 8:40 - 9:00 a.m. | Karen Payne - Classification and Optimization in Land Use Planning Algorithms | |
| 9:00 - 9:20 a.m. | Kelly Allen - Managing Museum Collections Using Geographic Information Systems | |
| 9:20 - 10:00 a.m. | Refreshment Break sponsored by "Silicon Graphics" in the Georgian Room | |
| 10:00 - 10:20 a.m. | Stephen D. Smith - Use of Socioeconomic Variables in Habitat Vulnerability Assessment | |
| 10:20 - 10:40 a.m. | Jacquelyn Strager - Application of WV-GAP Results in the Interagency Environmental Assessment of Mountaintop Mining in Appalachia | |
| 10:40 - 11:00 a.m. | Ted Zobeck - Scaling Up from Field to Region for Wind Erosion Prediction on Cropland Using GIS | |
| 11:00 - 11:20 a.m. | Jeff Waldon - Delivering Wildlife Information on the Net: Examples and Case Studies | |
| 11:20 - 11:40 a.m. | Reno Cecora - Nature Preserve Planning in the Urban-Rural Fringe of San Antonio/Bexar County, Texas: Integration of GIS, Vegetation Analysis, and Ground-truthing to Aid Land Acquisition and Management Decisions | |
| 12:15 - 1:30 p.m. | Luncheon Banquet (provided) | |
| 12:15 - 1:30 p.m. | Banquet Presentation - Implementing Gap Analysis: The Habitat Conservation Act -- Mark Shaffer, Defenders of Wildlife | |
| Tuesday, August 15, 2000 - (Afternoon - Session 1 and Session 2) | |||
| Session1 | Session 2 | ||
| Texas Applications, Jean Parcher, USGS, Moderator | Workshops | ||
| Anacacho Ballroom | Travis Room | ||
| 1:30 - 1:45 p.m. | Guirong Wang - Urban Sprawl in Texas: Past, Present, and Future | 1:30 - 2:00 p.m. | Ree Brannon - Directions in Metadata |
| 1:45 - 2:15 p.m. | Sahotra Sarkar - Place Prioritization for Texas Using GAP Data: The Use of Biodiversity, Environmental Surrogates in the Presence of Socioeconomic Constraints | 2:00 - 2:55 p.m. | Milo Pyne and Dennis Grossman - TNC NVC Workshop |
| 2:15 - 2:45 p.m. | Nick C. Parker - Ecotourism and conservation biology in Texas: An application of GAP analysis | 2:55 - 3:25 p.m. | Refreshment Break for Session 2 sponsored by "Silicon Graphics" in Georgian Room |
| 2:45 - 3:15 p.m. | Refreshment Break for Session I sponsored by "Silicon Graphics" in Georgian Room | 3:25 - 5:00 p.m. | Milo Pyne and Dennis Grossman - TNC NVC Workshop - Continues |
| 3:15 - 3:35 p.m. | Scott Schrader - Comparison of Vegetation Classification Using Various Clustering Levels | Notes | |
| 3:35 - 4:05 p.m. | Raquel Levya - Historical Weather and Natural Resources in Texas | ||
| 4:05 - 4:30 p.m. | A. Kim Ludeke - Building Statewide Data for Texas-GAP, Framework and Beyond | ||
| 4:30 - 4:50 p.m. | Wade Shoop - Multi-Level Imagery Database for Texas | ||
| 4:50 - 5:15 p.m. | Nick C. Parker - TX-GAP and Biological Informatics Products | ||
| 5:15 - 5:30 p.m. | Discussion and Closing Comments | ||
| Tuesday, August 15, 2000 - (Evening) | |||
| Poster Room | |||
| Georgian Room | |||
| 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. | Social Mixer -- GAP Researchers, Symposium and Participants, and Vendors | ||
| Wednesday, August 16, 2000 (All Day) | |||
| Poster Room | |||
| Georgian Room | Anacacho Ballroom | St. Anthony Club Room | |
| 7:30 - 8:30 a.m. | Continental Breakfast & Registration - Poster Session and Vendor Exhibit Open | ||
| 8:00 - 11:00 a.m. | Metadata Clinic - Ree Brannon and Tom Sklebar | International and Regional Breakouts (regions and locations will be announced) | |
| 9:00 - 12:00 p.m. | Texas Federal Geographic Information Workgroup - Jean Parcher | ||
| 9:45 - 10:15 a.m. | Refreshment Break in the Georgian Room | ||
| 11:00 - 12:00 p.m. | PI / Coordinators' Meeting with National Staff -- PIs and/or State Coordinators please attend -- Kevin Gergely, Patrick Crist and National GAP staff | ||
| 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. | Lunch (on your own) | ||
| 1:30 - 2:15 p.m. | Robert J. Baker - A voucher specimen based biological informatics program | ||
| 2:15 - 2:45 p.m. | Kevin Gergely and John Mosesso - GAP: the Next Ten Years | ||
| 2:45 - 3:15 p.m. | Refreshment Break in the Georgian Room | ||
| 3:15 - 3:30 p.m. | Denny Fenn | ||
| 3:30 - 3:45 p.m. | Jon Jenks - Year 2001 National GAP Meeting | ||
| 3:45 - 4:00 p.m. | Nick C. Parker - Closing Remarks | ||
| 6:30 p.m. | Poster Session and Vendor Exhibits Closed | ||
| Thursday, August 17, 2000 - (Field Trips) | |||
| 9:00 - 1:00 p.m. | 9:00 - 6:00 p.m. | 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. | |
| Field Trip # 3 | "The Alamo and Spanish Colonial Missions," La Villia, Imax Theatre Rivercenter | ||
| Field Trip # 4 | "San Antonio Sampler", Brackenridge Park, Japanese Tea Gardens, San Antonio Zoo, San Antonio Botanical Gardens, Fort Sam Houston and Quadrangle, King William Historic District, Institute of Texas Cultures, Buckhorn Museum, El Mercado (Mexican Market) | ||
| Field Trip # 5 | "Texas Hill Country Escape," Fredericksburg TX, Admiral Chester Nimitz Museum, Stonewall TX, LBJ National Park, Luckenbach TX, Texas Barbeque dinner | ||
| Field Trip # 6 | "Caverns and Caves," Cascade Caverns, Natural Bridge Caverns, Natural Bridge Wildlife Range (African Safari Texas Style) | ||