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SWS Pacific Northwest Chapter Mini-Conference

Thursday, October 10, 2024 8:00 AM - Friday, October 11, 2024 5:00 PM (PDT)

Description

Please join us for our next mini conference in Dayton, OR! We will have a day full of amazing speakers on Thursday, October 10, and optional field trips/networking on Friday, October 11.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:

8:00am-8:45am		Registration Open
8:45am-9:00am	Shelby Petro, SWS-PNW Chapter President	Welcome/Announcements
9:00am-9:30am	Sarah Cooke, Mason Bowles	Climate Smart Restoration Plant list for the PNW
9:30am-10:00am	Dash Paulson	Impacts of Beaver Habitat Creation on Water Temperature Dynamics in a Restored Urban Floodplain Wetland Upstream of North Creek's Confluence with the Sammamish River
10:00am-10:30am	Joe Rocchio	Sphagnum-dominated Peatlands in the Puget Lowlands: Ecology and Response to Adjacent Land Use
10:30am-11:00am	Michelle Bahink	Installation of Pre-Planted Pallets via Helicopter to Restore Inaccessible Reed Canarygrass-Dominated Wetlands
11:00am-11:30am	Melissa Gobin	Building Tribal wetland education and outreach programs for the Tulalip Tribes of Washington
11:30am-12:00pm	Dr. Tanner Williamson, Dr. Nate Hough-Snee	Forested wetlands and forest harvest - a successional framework for forested wetlands of the Olympic Peninsula
12:00pm-1:00pm		Lunch
1:00pm-1:30pm	Maki Delzell and Jenny Husby	Prioritizing preservation mitigation concept in an urban environment
1:30pm-2:00pm	Kari Dupler	Presentation Title Coming Soon
2:00pm-2:30pm	Claire Ruffing	Presentation Title Coming Soon
2:30pm-3:00pm	Mary Anne Thiesing	The Pacific Northwest Wetland Condition Assessment
3:00pm-3:30pm	Shea Fuller	Community Science and Coexistence with Beavers in Urban Wetlands
3:30pm-4:00pm	Allison Warner	Stewardship and Adaptive Management of Restoration Sites
4:00pm-4:15pm	Irina Lapina	Wetland Impacts: How Temporary is Temporary?
4:15pm-4:45pm	Amy Yahnke, PHD	Updates from Washington Department of Ecology
4:45m-5:00pm	Shelby Petro, SWS-PNW Chapter President	Closing Remarks
5:00pm-6:30pm		Networking/Poster Session

(Note - the speaker order may change before the conference).

FIELD TRIPS:

Field trips are hosted at no additional charge. Dress for the weather and bring binoculars if you'd like them, hiking boots should be sufficient footwear. A box lunch will be provided for attendees. Attendees will need to provide their own transportation to the field trips. When registering for the conference, select which field trip you plan to attend.

Option 1: Fernhill Wetlands Forest Grove OR: The Fernhill Wetlands are part of more than 700 acres in Forest Grove owned by Clean Water Services for water resources management. Fernhill utilizes natural treatment systems (wetlands) to improve water quality by removing nutrients, cooling, and naturalizing the water after initial treatment at the Forest Grove facility. Fernhill also supports a diverse community of aquatic invertebrates, pollinators, amphibians and reptiles, birds and mammals.
Option 2: Hedges Creek, Tualitin, OR (Cap - 20 participants): Hedges Creek Marsh is the founding wetland project for The Wetlands Conservancy in Oregon. 66.2 acres were donated to The Wetlands Conservancy, who incorporated the urban wetland complex as a land trust in 1981. This wetland complex is a central part of life in Tualitin, and supports a number of native bird species. Maximum of 20 people.
Option 3: Steigerwald National Wildlife Refuge. Washougal, WA: established in 1987 to offset lowland habitat loss caused by construction at the Bonneville Dam. It's comprised of approximately 1,200 acres of wetlands, fields, woodlands, and a channelized Gibbons Creek. The Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership partnered with Bonneville Power Administration and USFWS to reconnect the wetland complex, Gibbons Creek and the Columbia River.
Option 4: Gar Farms, Masonville, OR: conservation site managed by Yamhill Conservation District and USFWS, 310 acres include prairie and wetland prairie habitat. It has a robust native plant community and used to be called "The Waffle" because the network of ponds made it look like a waffle from aerial imagery.

If you have any questions, please contact Bri Hines at pnwchapter.sws@gmail.com

Refund/Cancellation Policy

Refunds, minus an administrative fee of $50 for registrations will be issued on written cancellations received on or before September 19, 2024. Phone cancellations WILL NOT be accepted. Registrants assume full responsibility for notification to and verification of receipt by SWS. All refunds will be processed 2-3 weeks after the meeting.

Refunds or credits will not be given for failure to attend, late arrival, flight/transportation cancellations, unattended events or early departure. In the rare event of a meeting cancellation, SWS is not responsible for nor will provide refunds for costs associated with travel, airfare, hotel or transportation costs incurred by the registered attendee. It is always recommended that the registrant considering purchasing independent travel insurance.