Highlights from 2015- Pasco, Washington       complete 2015 Proceedings

* About 140 people attended!  see photos at bottom of this page

* 7 Technical Sessions produced 104 oral presentations:

        -- Volcanism as a Force Shaping PNW Ecosystems:

              Lessons Learned from 35 Years of Research at Mount St. Helens

        -- Fish Passage & Conservation in the PNW

        -- Management & Restoration in Sagebrush Ecosystems

        -- Impacts of Changing Climates in Natural & Managed Systems

        -- Geology, Paleontology, & Ice Age Floods in the Northwest

        -- Ecology of Pacific Northwest Rangelands & Forests

        -- Ecology of Pacific Northwest Grasslands & Forests

* 42 Poster Presentations.... see who won Best Student Poster Competition

* Keynote Speaker Gregory Jones spoke on

             Climate, Grapes, & Wine: Structure, Suitability, & Sustainability in a Changing World 

                                                              If you missed it, you can catch it here! 

* Banquet Speaker Roy Gephart spoke on...

History & Status of the Hanford Site:  Implication for the Future

* Participating Sponsors:  Columbia Basin College, Mount St. Helens Institute,

                                             MCBONES Research Center Foundation, Northwest Lichenologists,

                                             Ice Age Floods Institute, Pacific Northwest Research Station,

                                             Washington State University-Tri-Cities 

* 4 Field Trips:  Lichens of the Saddle Mountains,

                              Geology, Paleontology, & Paleoecology of the Coyote Canyon Mammoth Site

                                  Ice Age (Missoula) Floods Through the Mid-Columbia Region

                                     The Hanford Reach - Influence of Energy & Agriculture on Resources in the Reach