Northwest RISCC 2021 Virtual Symposium

Symposium Agenda 

Day 1 - September 15, 9:00am-1:00pm

9:00 Welcome and Opening Remarks

• Paul Heimowitz (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

• Rachel M. Gregg (EcoAdapt) 

9:10 State of the Science: Invasive Species, Climate Change, and Interacting Disturbances in the Northwest

• Jen Gervais (Oregon Wildlife Institute): Synthesis of studies addressing climate-induced expansions of invasive species in the Pacific Northwest

• Jeff Hicke (University of Idaho): Climate change and forest disturbances

• John Bradford (USGS Southwest Biological Science Center): Big sagebrush plant community response to wildfire and cheatgrass invasion in a changing climate

• Christopher Harley (University of British Columbia): Death, destruction, and disproportionate impacts on native vs. non-native marine species during the 2021 heat dome event

• Ivan Arismendi (Oregon State University): Evaluating risk of invasion success and impacts under climate using habitat distribution models

10:30 BREAK

10:45 State of Practice Panel: Current Invasive Species Management

• Justin Bush (Washington Invasive Species Council)

• Nic Zurfluh (Idaho Invasive Species Council)

• Tom Woolf (Montana Invasive Species Council) 

• Martina Beck (British Columbia Inter-Ministry Invasive Species Working Group)

• Rick Boatner (Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife)

• Stas Burgiel (U.S. Department of the Interior, National Invasive Species Council)

11:45 Management Perspectives on Invasive Species and Climate Change

• Gwendŵr R. Meredith (University of Idaho): The role of collaboration after ecosystem disturbance 

• Andrea Thorpe (Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission): Managing for invasive species and climate change in Washington’s state parks

• Erika Teach (USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Davey Tree Expert Company): Trees for the future, climate ready trees study - a 5 year update

12:45 Q&A/Audience Reflections 

12:55 Closing Remarks

Day 2 - September 16, 9:00am-1:00pm

9:00 Opening Remarks

• Nicole DeCrappeo (Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center)

• Rachel M. Gregg (EcoAdapt) 

9:10 Transforming Invasive Species Management in a Changing Climate

• Gregor Schuurman (National Park Service, Climate Change Response Program): How the Resist-Accept-Direct (RAD) framework clarifies modern environmental stewardship challenges and fosters strategic responses 

9:30 Resisting Ecological Transformation (prevention and restoration measures)

• Tom Kaye (Institute for Applied Ecology): Coping With Climate:  How our changing environment is affecting native plants and habitat restoration in the Pacific Northwest and beyond

• Tom Rodhouse (National Park Service, Upper Columbia Basin Network): Moving the science, surveillance, and long-term monitoring of the fire-invasive grass cycle into coordinated action across sagebrush ecosystems of the US National Park Service

• Catherine de Rivera (Portland State University): Management considerations for a marine invader given warming waters

10:30 BREAK

10:45 Accepting and Directing Ecological Transformation (new and novel ecosystems, species translocations)

• Sarah Ray (Humboldt State University): Climate Change Emotions

• Abraham Miller-Rushing (National Park Service): Applying the Resist-Accept-Direct (RAD) framework in Acadia National Park

• Frank Rahel (University of Wyoming): Applying the Resist-Accept-Direct (RAD) framework to managing invasive species in a changing climate

• Francis Kilkenny (USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station): Deliberately constructing novel ecosystems in a changing world: a few lessons from 80 years of post-fire seeding in the Great Basin, USA

• Ronda Strauch (Seattle City Light): Adaptive Reforestation at Stossel Creek in the Cascade Foothills of Western Washington

12:15 Final Q&A/Audience Reflections

12:50 Closing Remarks