MEETING SCHEDULE

MEETING SCHEDULE
 
DAY
1: SUNDAY, 17 JUNE 2001
Afternoon
1:00–5:00   
Registration and Poster Set-up
                    
Regional Breakouts
 
Field
Trip
1:00-5:00  
Crystal Springs Memorial Preserve
Evening
5:30–8:30  
Social Mixer and Poster Review
 
DAY
2: MONDAY, 18 JUNE 2001
Morning
8:00-9:00     
Registration and Refreshments / Poster Session open
9:00-9:15      
Welcome and Introduction - Jon Jenks
9:15-9:30      
Welcome - Peggy Gordon Elliot,  President
of SDSU
9:30-9:45     
Overview and Welcome from the National 
Office - Kevin Gergely
9:45-10:15    
Discussion of New Directions - Gladys Cotter
10:15-10:30  
Refreshment Break
10:30-11:00  
Invited Research Paper:  Riparian
Biodiversity Along Regulated Rivers:  Significance
of
                     
Novel and Relictual Habitats - Carter Johnson, SDSU
11:00-11:30  
Keynote speaker: Conservation of Grasslands: 
Techniques for a New Century - Clint Miller,
                     
The Nature Conservancy
11:30-1:00    
Lunch on your own
 
Afternoon
Session
1:     
AQUATIC GAP
1:00-1:20     
Using GIS to Map Distributions of Riverine Biota on a Watershed by
Watershed Basis -
                    
Michael Morey
1:20-1:40     
Classifying Stream Ecosystems into Distinct Ecological Units at Multiple
Spatial Scales
                     
- Gust Annis
1:40-2:00     
Real-World Examples of Using Aquatic GAP Data
for Conservation at Regional, State and
                     
County Levels - Scott Sowa
2:00-2:20    
An Application of Aquatic Gap Analysis to Conserve the Endangered Topeka
Shiner in
                    
South Dakota - Steven Wall
2:20-2:40     
Aquatic Gap Analysis in South Dakota - Vickie Smith
2:40-3:00    
Question and Answer Period
3:00-3:30    
Refreshment Break
 
Session
2:   
INNOVATIONS FROM THE GREAT PLAINS
3:30-3:50   
Small Mammal Survey of Wind Cave National Park - A Mini Gap Analysis -
Jeremy Duckwitz
3:50-4:10    
Automated Data Management for Vertebrate Modeling for Kansas GAP and
Great Plains
                    
Regional GAP - Todd Hoernemann
4:10-4:30   
Integration of GIS and Remote Sensing for Mapping Land Cover of the
Northern Great Plains
                    
- Larry Strong
4:30-4:50    
Comparison of South Dakota GAP, National Land Cover Data Set, and Black
Hills National
                     
Forest Vegetation Map for Determining Habitat Selection by Female White-tailed
Deer in the
                    
Black Hills, South Dakota - Robert Klaver
4:50-5:10   
Conservation Opportunity Areas for the Ozark Highlands: 
A Flexible, Ecoregion-based
                    
Inventory - David Diamond
 
Evening
5:10-6:00    
Poster review with authors available
7:00-9:00    
Banquet
7:45-8:45    
Banquet Speaker: Emerging Tools for Conservation Decision-Making - Mark
Schaefer, CEO,
                    
Association for Biodiversity Information
 
DAY
3: Tuesday, 19 JUNE 2001
 
Morning
8:00               
Poster Session Open
8:00-8:30      
Refreshments
 
Session
3:      SOCIOECONOMICS AND APPLICATIONS
8:30-8:50     
The GAP Ecosystem Data Explorer Tool - Steven Williams
8:50-9:10     
Serving National GAP Data - Rob Dietz
9:10-9:30     
Analysis of Stimuli and Barriers to Use of NM-GAP Data by County, Tribal, and
Regional
                     
Planners - Russell Winn
9:30-9:50     
Creating a Conservation Plan:  An Example of County-Level Strategy - Leona
Svancara
9:50-10:10   
Planning for Sustainable Development Based on Socioeconomic Data and Texas GAP
                    
- Nick Parker
10:10-10:30
Question and Answer Period
10:30-10:45 
Refreshment Break
 
Session
4:     
PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATION
10:45-11:05  
An Application of Gap Analysis Methods to Facilitate Planning for Biodiversity
                    
Conservation in the Hudson River Valley - Charles Smith
11:05-11:25 
The Northern Gulf Coastal Wetlands Planning Initiative - Wendell Lorio
11:25-11:45 
Perspectives on a Gap Analysis Program for Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas, Mexico,
for
                    
Management of Biodiversity - César Cantú
11:45-12:00 
Question and Answer Period
 
Afternoon
12:00-1:15   
Luncheon at MultiPlex
                     
Luncheon Speaker: Changing Farm  Demographics and Land-Use Practices in the
Northern
                    
Great Plains:  Greater Risks to Suitable Wildlife Habitats - Kenneth
Higgins, SDSU
1:15              
Depart for EROS Data Center, Sioux Falls
2:15-2:30     
Refreshment Break
2:30-2:45     
Introduction and Welcome - Don Lauer, Director, EROS
2:45-3:15     
Plans for the Next Generation of MRLC and NLCD 2000 - Collin Homer
3:15-3:30     
Outline for an Integrated National Land Cover Program - Tom Loveland
3:30-4:15     
Panel Discussion on an Integrated National Land Cover Characterization Program
                          
Participants:  
                          
Mike Scott, University of Idaho
                          
Denny Grossman, ABI
                          
Jim Merchant, University of Nebraska
                          
Steve Raber, NOAA
                          
Tom Loveland, USGS
4:15-5:30    
Tours of EROS Data Center and presentations by EROS/Raytheon staff
5:30             
Depart for Brookings Area MultiPlex, Brookings
 
 DAY
4: Wednesday, JUNE 2001
Morning
8:00             
Poster Session Open
8:00-8:30    
Refreshments
 
Session
5:    
MAPPING AND MODELING SCIENCE
8:30-8:50     
Using Ecological Systems as Land Cover Map Units for the Gap Analysis Program
                    
- Shannon Menard
8:50-9:10      
Mapping Biodiversity on Maui:  A Comparison in Data and Methodologies -
Donald
                     
Robinson
9:10-9:30      
Predicting Spatial Distributions of Plethodontid Salamanders in Georgia - Matt
Elliott
9:30-9:50      
Identifying Gaps in the Conservation of Idaho’s Vertebrates - Leona Svancara
9:50-10:20    
Refreshment Break
10:20-10:40  
South Dakota Gap Analysis Project Land Cover Classification and Analysis -
Vickie Smith
10:40-11:00  
Environmental Planning Issues and a Conceptual Global Assessment of Undiscovered
                     
Nonfuel Mineral Resources - Joseph Briskey
11:00-11:30  
Question and Answer Period
11:30-1:00    
Lunch on your own
 
Afternoon
1:00-1:30      
Panel Discussion:  “The Giants of GAP”
1:30-3:30      
PI/Coordinators Meeting
3:30-3:45      
Year 2002 National GAP Meeting - Host
3:45-4:00      
Wrap-up - Kevin Gergely
4:00-4:15      
Closing Remarks - Jon Jenks
 
Evening
6:30              
Poster Session Closed