Highlights from 2018
The Evergreen State College - Olympia, Washington
see PHOTOS complete 2018 Program & Abstracts
About 230 people attended!
11 Symposia & Technical Sessions produced 65 oral presentations:
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Plenary: Buying Time - Adapting to Climate Change in the Northwest
Adapting to the Effects of Climate Change in Aquatic & Infrastructure Management
Pacific Northwest Lichenology & Bryology
Native Food Plants of the Northwest: Ecology, Culture, & Management in a Changing World
Changes in Top Predators of the Salish Sea
- Fisheries Conservation & Management in the Pacific Northwest
- Ecoregional Land Management in Response to Changing Climate
Ecology & Geology
Hydrology & Aquatic and Riparian Habitats
Wildlife Biology & Management
Forest Management & Forest Health
3 Workshops:
- New Tools for Science in the 21st Century
- Applications in R Programming for Ecology & Natural Resources
- Crust Lichens on Conifer Bark
3 Discussions Groups:
- Washington Natural Heritage Program - Northwest Lichencologists: Rare Lichen Discussion
- Ethics Panel
- Plenary - Adapting to Climate Change
108 Poster Presentations.... see who won Best Student Poster Competition
Banquet with good food, great company, and a very relevant presentation
by Jon Riedel, North Cascades National Park
"Blue Legacy: 100 years of change in Washington's Glaciers"
4 Field Trips:
- Prairies of the South Sound: Conservation & Restoration
- Using Small Unmanned Aircraft to Inform Natural Resource Management: Applications by the Washington Department of Natural Resources
- Bryophytes, Lichens, & Ecosystem Ecology of Acidic Peatlands
- Lichens of the Deschutes Falls County Park
Cooperators:
- The Evergreen State College
- Washington Department of Natural Resources
- U.S. Forest Service
- Northwest Lichenologists