2010 Restoration Program National Workshop

Open Day Agenda

Note: The information, views, and opinions expressed in the presentations are those of the presenter(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of ORDA, the Department of the Interior or any agency of the U.S. government.

Welcome, Introductions and Opening Remarks

Frank DeLuise – Director, Office of Natural Resource Restoration

Keynote

Rachel Jacobson, Deputy Solicitor
DOI Office of the Solicitor, Washington DC

Outlook for Restoration In the Future

Why Climate Change Makes Riparian Restoration More Important Than Ever, Nathaniel Seavy – PRBO Conservation Science, Petaluma, CA
Climate Change and Restoration - Building Consensus at the Foundations of the Science, Mike Hooper USGS Columbia Environmental Research Center, Columbia, MO

Session Organizers: Steve Glomb (DOI/Washington DC) & Rick Dawson (DOI/Washington DC)

Identifying & Restoring Cultural Services

Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Restoration: Restoring Relationships Between Land and Community, Robin Wall Kimmerer, PhD –Professor and Director, Center for Native Peoples and the Environment, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY
Natural Resource Damage Assessment & Restoration: Tribal Services, Barbara Harper, PhD, DABT – Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation Department of Science and Engineering, and Research Associate Professor, Oregon State University College of Public Health, Pendleton, OR

Session Organizers: Tom Blaser (SOL/Washington DC) & Betsy Galbraith (FWS/Green Bay)

International Restorations

The Role of ITOPF in U.S. and International Spills; Michael O'Brien – Technical Team Manager, International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation (ITOPF), London, UK Unable to attend due to volcanic activity in Iceland
Status of the Delaware Bay Anitra Oil Spill Restoration Efforts in South America, Tim Kubiak, FWS, Pleasantville, NJ
The Potential Benefits and Hurdles of International Migratory Bird Restoration, John Schmerfeld – FWS, Gloucester, VA

Session Organizers: Sue Kennedy (DOI/Denver, CO) & Susan Finger (USGS BRD/Columbia, MO)

Technological Applications for Practitioners

Separating Weather Variations in Rangeland Productivity from Management and Disturbance Effects: A Tool for Adaptive Management, Bruce Wylie – Research Physical Scientist, USGS, Sioux Falls, SD
New Techniques for Seabird Mortality Assessment, R. Glenn Ford – R.G. Ford Consulting Company, Portland, OR
Advanced Bat Monitoring Techniques for use in Natural Resource Damage Assessment, Eric Britzke – Research Wildlife Biologist, US Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, MS

Session Organizer: John Hughes (DOI/Denver, CO)

Open Day Wrap Up

Frank DeLuise – Director, Office of Natural Resource Restoration

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