see Program for Technical Sessions for locations, maps, & details
2015 Conference At A Glance
Wednesday 1st April
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm Registration Table opens
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm NWSA Board Meeting
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Evening Social: Complimentary hors d'oeuvres & a no-host bar featuring Washington beer & wine
Thursday 2nd March
7:30 am Registration Table opens
8:150 am - 9:30 am Welcome & Keynote Address
Climate, Grapes, & Wine: Structure, Suitability, & Sustainability
In A Changing Climate by Greg Jones
9:30 am - 10:00 am BREAK
10:00 am - 12:00 pm Volcanism as a Force Shaping Northwest Ecosystems:
Lessons Learned from 35 Years of Research At Mount St. Helens
Climate and Integrated Resource Management
In Natural & Agricultural Systems
12:00 pm - 1:15pm LUNCH (on your own)
1:20 pm - 2:40 pm Volcanism as a Force Shaping Northwest Ecosystems:
Lessons Learned from 35 Years of Research At Mount St. Helens
Management and Restoration in Sagebrush Ecosystems
2:40 pm - 3:10 pm BREAK
3:10 pm - 4:30 pm Impacts of Changing Climates in Natural & Managed Systems
Management and Restoration in Sagebrush Ecosystems
4:30 pm - 6:30 pm POSTER SESSION
with light refreshments
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm HANFORD EVENING BANQUET
History & Status of the Hanford Site:
Implications for the Future by Dr. Roy Gephardt
Friday 3rd April
7:30 am Registration Table opens
8:20 am - 10:00 am Fish Passage & Fish Ecology in the Northwest
Ecology of Pacific Northwest Rangelands & Forests
Geology, Paleontology & Ice Age Floods in the Northwest
10:00 am - 10:20 am BREAK
10:20 am - 12:00 am Fish Passage & Fish Ecology in the Northwest
Ecology of Pacific Northwest Rangelands & Forests
Geology, Paleontology & Ice Age Floods in the Northwest
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm LUNCH (NWSA Business Lunch or on your own)
1:20pm - 2:40 pm Fish Passage & Fish Ecology in the Northwest
Ecology of Pacific Northwest Rangelands & Forests
1:20 pm - 4:30 pm Workshop: Photosynthetic Symbionts in the Landscape,
Both Lichenized and Free-Living by John Villella
2:40 pm - 3:00 pm BREAK
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm Workshop: Student Workshop on Best Practices for Submitting
Manuscripts to Scientific Journals by Jeff Duda
Saturday 29 March Field Trips: Meet at North H Parking Lot
Lichens of the Saddle Mountains
- Northwest Lichenologists, 8:30 am - 4:30pm
Geology, Paleontology, & Paleoecology of the Coyote Canyon Mammoth Site
- 8:00 am - 11:00 am
Ice-Age Floods Through the Mid-Columbia Region
- 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
The Hanford Reach - Influence of Energy & Agriculture on Resources in the Reach
- 8:30 am - 2:30 pm
Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Viticulture in the Lower Yakima Valley
- 8:30 am -4:30 pm