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 u u u WEDNESDAY w AUGUST 18, 1999 7:00 REGISTRATION Ballroom Lobby 8:00 PLENARY SESSION Sacramento Community Center Theatre 8:00 Announcements and Introductions 8:15 Plenary Speaker: William S. Fyfe — Emeritus Professor of Geology, Dept. of Earth Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, ON Ÿ CANADA Towards Eco-Responsibility: The Need for New Education, New Technologies, New Teams, and New Ecomomics 8:45 Plenary Speaker: Charles Goldman— Professor of Limnology, Dept. of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, Davis, CA Ÿ USA
9:15 BREAK / EXHIBITS / POSTERS Ballroom Level 10:00 CONCURRENT TECHNICAL SESSIONS Rooms as listed with each session.
The Prairie Ecosystem Study: A Major Interdisciplinary Study of Sustainability and Ecosystem Health in the Great Plains of Canada (PECOS) Chair: Darwin W. Anderson — University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK Ÿ CANADA Speakers Darwin W. Anderson — University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK Ÿ CANADA The Prairie Ecosystem Study: Issues of Interdisciplinarity, Scale and Sustainability Lisa L. Dale-Burnett — University of Regina, Regina, SK Ÿ CANADA Temporal and Spatial Dimensions of Agricultural Change in the PECOS Area Gail Remus, Mary McDonald, and Heather Thompson — University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK Ÿ CANADA Health and Well-Being in a Changing Environment: Perceptions of a Rural Senior Saskatchewan Population Helen H. McDuffie, K.M. Semchuk, M.F.O. Crossley, A. Senthilselvan, A.M. Rosenberg, L. Hagel, M. Masley, D.L. Ledingham, P. Hanke, R. Kerrich, A.J. Cessna, D.G. Irvine, J.A. Dosman, and V.A. Laxdal — University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK Ÿ CANADA Prairie Ecosystem Study (PECOS): From Community to Chemical Elements Todd Radenbaugh — University of Regina, Regina, SK Ÿ CANADA Ecosystem Level Functional Changes in Breeding Bird Guilds in the Mixed Grasslands Since Agricultural Settlement Kenneth Belcher — University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK Ÿ CANADA Sustainability Using an Integrated Model Darwin W. Anderson — University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK Ÿ CANADA The Prairie Ecosystem Study: Health of the Land
Climate Change and Ecosystem Health Chair: Stephen Schneider — Stanford University, Stanford, CA Ÿ USA Speakers Stephen Schneider — Stanford University, Stanford, CA Ÿ USA Can Ecosystems Adapt to 21st Century Climate? Alan Pounds — Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve, Puntarenas Ÿ COSTA RICA Climate Change and Highland Ecosystems in Costa Rica Jeff Price — American Bird Conservancy, Boulder, CO Ÿ USA Climate Change, Birds, and Ecosystems: Why Should We Care? Rafe Sagarin — Hopkins Marine Station, Pacific Grove, CA Ÿ USA Historical Studies of Species’ Response to Climate Changes: Promise and Pitfalls
Tools and Approaches for Ecorisk Assessment: Watershed Scales Chair: Llewellyn Williams — US Environmental Protection Agency, Las Vegas, NV Ÿ USA Speakers R.F. Noss, J.K. Andreasen, and J. Strittholt — US Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC Ÿ USA Development of a Terrestrial Index of Ecological Integrity (TIEI) - A New Tool for Ecosystem Management Megan H. Mehaffey — US Environmental Protection Agency, Las Vegas, NV Ÿ USA Research Sub-Task: Analysis of Landscape and Water Quality in the New York Catskill-Delaware Watershed 1973—1988 Kenneth S. Lubinski — US Geological Survey, Onalaska, WI Ÿ USA Flood Plain River Ecological Health: Defining Terms on the Upper Mississippi River Lester Yuan — US Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC Ÿ USA Using a Knowledge Base to Assess the Effects of Stressors and Stream Ecological Integrity
Managing a Multiply-Stressed Lake Ecosystem at Clear Lake, California: A Holistic Ecosystem Approach Chair: Thomas H. Suchanek — University of California, Davis, CA Ÿ USA Speakers T.H. Suchanek, P.J. Richerson, D.C. Nelson, D.W. Anderson, J.J. Cech, Jr., G. Schladow, R. Zierenberg, J.F. Mount, and D.G. Slotton — University of California, Davis, CA Ÿ USA Managing a Multiply-Stressed Ecosystem at Clear Lake, California: A Holistic Ecosystem Approach E.E. Mack, T.H. Suchanek, P.J. Richerson, R.J. Flemming, J.R. Flanders, L.B. Webber, S. McHatton, and D.C. Nelson — University of California, Davis, CA Ÿ USA Microbial Processes and Methylation of Mercury in Sediments of Clear Lake, CA J.J. Cech, Jr., M.H. Choi, and A.G. Houck — University of California, Davis, CA Ÿ USA Trans-Gill and Dietary Uptake of Methylmercury by the Sacramento Blackfish, a Plantivorous Freshwater Fish D.W. Anderson, R.L. Garrett, T.M. Cahill, T.H. Suchanek, and R.A. Elbert — University of California, Davis, CA Ÿ USA Contaminants in Clear Lake Grebes and Osprey: Past and Present Trends of Mercury and Organochlorines D.G. Slotton and S. M. Ayers — University of California, Davis, CA Ÿ USA Mercury Bioaccumulation in the Cache Creek Watershed and Downstream, in Relation to Abandoned Mines and Clear Lake Outflow
Indicators of the Health of Marine Ecosystems Chair: Robert Costanza — University of Maryland, College Park, MD Ÿ USA Speakers Y.N.K. Eswari and R. Ramani Bai — University of Madras, Guindy campus, Chennai Ÿ INDIA Water Quality and Microfauna Along the East Coast of India Pamela K. Yochem and B.S. Stewart — Hubbs-Seaworld Research Institute, San Diego, CA Ÿ USA Antarctic Wildlife as Indicators of Ecosystem Health Susanna T.Y. Tong and S.M. Cormier — University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH Ÿ USA An Exploratory Approach to Assessing the Influence of Environmental Factors on Fish Community Distribution and Health
Grazing Animals and the Protection of Rangelands in California Chair: Albert G. Medvitz — Farmer/Rancher, Rio Vista, CA Ÿ USA Speakers Sally Kirk Fairfax — University of California, Berkeley, CA Ÿ USA Reconstructing the Ranch Richard and Burrows Hamilton — Hamilton Brothers Ranch, Rio Vista, CA Ÿ USA A Rancher’s Eye View of Environmental Collaboration on Grazing Land Jack Hanson — Rancher/AgResource Solutions, Susanville, CA Ÿ USA California Grazing Lands: Science Policy and the Rancher Lynn Huntsinger — University of California, Berkeley, CA Ÿ USA Rangeland and Grazing Ecology in California Albert G. Medvitz — Farmer/Rancher, Rio Vista, CA Ÿ USA California Grazing Lands: Whither They Go? Richard J. Reiner — The Nature Conservancy, Red Bluff, CA Ÿ USA Protecting Biodiversity on Grazed Rangelands of California 12:00 LUNCH BREAK 1:15 CONCURRENT TECHNICAL SESSIONS Rooms as listed with each session.
Managing for Ecosystem Health in National Parks and Equivalent Reserves Chair: Michael Soukup — Natural Resources and Science, National Park Service, Washington, DC Ÿ USA Speakers John D. Varley — National Park Service, Yellowstone National Park, WY Ÿ USA Ecological Integrity as an Ideal Measure for the Health of an Ecosystem Richard Weisskoff — University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL Ÿ USA The Economics of Everglade Restoration: Missing Piece Michael V. Finley — National Park Service, Yellowstone National Park, WY Ÿ USA Yellowstone Case Study Devi Sharp — National Park Service, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, Copper Center, AK Ÿ USA Wrangell-St. Elias Park: A Case History of a New Model Park
Management Strategies Employed in the Restoration of Coastal and Marine Ecosystems Chair: Jonna Mazet — University of California, Davis, CA Ÿ USA Speakers Jonna Mazet, Andrew Johnson, David Jessup, and James Estes — University of California, Davis, CA Ÿ USA Cooperative Research in Support of Population Recovery: The Case of the Southern Sea Otter Nguyen Hoang Tri, Phan Nguyen Hong, W. Neil Adger, and P. Mick Kelly — Vietnam National University, Hanoi Ÿ VIETNAM Natural Resources Management for Ecosystem Health: Mangrove Rehabilitation and Restoration in Viet Nam Donald L. DeAngelis, Louis J. Gross, and M. Phillip Nott — The Institute for Bird Populations, Pt. Reyes Station, CA Ÿ USA Multi-Modeling Approaches to Regional Ecological Assessment: ATLSS, the Everglades, and the Endangered Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow
Ecology of Infectious Diseases Chair: Compton J. Tucker — NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD Ÿ USA Speakers Kenneth J. Linthicum, Assaf Anyamba, Compton J. Tucker, Patrick W. Kelley, Monica F. Myers, and Clarence J. Peters — NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD Ÿ USA Southern Oscillation Index, Sea Surface Temperature, and Satellite Vegetation Index Indicators to Forecast Rift Valley Fever Epizootics/Epidemics in Kenya Simon Iain Hay and D.J. Rogers — Oxford University, Oxford Ÿ UK Epidemic Early Warning: Untangling Intrinsic and Extrinsic Causes of Dengue Epidemics William K. Reisen — University of California, Davis, CA Ÿ USA The Use of Satellite-Generated Meteorological Data to Predict Mosquito-Borne Encephalitis Transmission: Preliminary Studies J.S.H. Cox, M.H. Craig, and B.L. Sharp — London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London Ÿ UK Climate-Based Models for Predicting Malaria Transmission in Africa
Tools and Approaches for Ecorisk Assessment: Regional and National Scales Chair: Llewellyn Williams — US Environmental Protection Agency, Las Vegas, NV Ÿ USA Speakers Eric D. Hyatt — US Environmental Protection Agency, Region VIII, Denver, CO Ÿ USA US EPA’s Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP): The Western Initiative — From Research to Application I.V. Florinsky and R.G. Eilers — Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Winnipeg, MT Ÿ CANADA Prediction of Soil Salinity Risk by Digital Terrain Modeling in the Prairie Ecozone, Canada Terry Flum, Brian Hill, and Alan Herlihy — US Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH Ÿ USA Regional Vulnerability Assessment: Creating a Context for Evaluating Stream Acidification James M. Lazorchak, Frank H. McCormick, Alan T. Herlihy, Tala R. Henry, Steven P. Bradbury, and Roger B. Yeardley, Jr. — US Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH Ÿ USA Assessing Fish Tissue Contamination on a Regional Scale Ivan I. Vassenev — Russian Research Institute of Agronomy and Soil Erosion Control, Kursk Ÿ RUSSIA Kursk Regional Automated System on Land Agro-Ecological Assessment
Moving Beyond the Conflict at Lake Tahoe Chair: Dennis E. Rolston — University of California, Davis, CA Ÿ USA Speakers C.R. Goldman — University of California, Davis, CA Ÿ USA Four Decades of Environmental Change in the Lake Tahoe Basin: Lessons for Managing Ecosystem Health J.E. Reuter, A.D. Jassby, C.R. Goldman and A.C. Heyvaert — University of California, Davis, CA Ÿ USA The Role of Scientific Research and Monitoring in Watershed Management Strategy A.C. Heyvaert, J.E. Reuter, and C.R. Goldman — University of California, Davis, CA Ÿ USA A Paleolimnological Reconstruction of Baseline Conditions and Ecosystem Response to Anthropogenic Disturbance in the Tahoe Basin S.S. Cliff and T.A. Cahill — University of California, Davis, CA Ÿ USA The State of Air Quality and Modeling and its Role in Management at Lake Tahoe D.M. Rizzo, M.G. Barbour, J.A. Fites-Kaufmann, P.A. Maloney, and E. Kelley — University of California, Davis, CA Ÿ USA An Assessment of Forest Conditions in the Lake Tahoe Basin Susan Lindstrom — Consulting Archeologist, Truckee, CA Ÿ USA Past Human Land Use and Environmental Conditions in the Lake Tahoe Basin
Agricultural Impacts on Ecosystem Health: Soil and Water Issues Chair: Chris van Kessel — University of California, Davis CA Ÿ USA Speakers David Hinton — School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA Ÿ USA Multiple Stressors in the Sacramento River Watershed Dominique Charron — University of Guelph, Guelph, ON Ÿ CANADA The Effect of Livestock on Stream Health: An Agroecosystem Health Approach Stephen Kaffka — University of California, Davis, CA Ÿ USA Irrigated Agriculture and Water Quality in the Upper Klamath Basin Hugh Pringle — Australian National University, Canberra, ACT Ÿ AUSTRALIA Assessing Rangelands from Different Perspectives
Ecosystem Health in Malaysia: A Case Study of the Langat Basin Chair: Nick Lerche, University of California, Davis, CA Ÿ USA Speakers Mohd. Nordin Hj. Hasan and Rospidah Ghazali — Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Selangor Ÿ MALAYSIA Population Growth and Ecosystem Health: The Case of the Langat Basin Ahmad Fariz Mohamed and Mohd. Nordin Hj. Hasan — Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Selangor Ÿ MALAYSIA Manufacturing Industries and Ecosystem Health: The Case of the Langat Basin, Malaysia Ibrahim Komoo, J.J. Pereira, and W.I. Muhiyuddin — Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Selangor Ÿ MALAYSIA Geohazards: A Vital Component to Diagnose the Health of Ecosystems M.A. Yusuf, Mohd. Nordin Hj. Hasan, and M. Pauzi — Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Selangor Ÿ MALAYSIA River Quality Assessment and Ecosystem Health: Langat River Basin, Selangor, Malaysia Saiful Arif Abdullah — Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Selangor Ÿ MALAYSIA Forest Areas and Wildlife Diversity in the Langat Basin: Indicators for Assessing Langat Basin Ecosystem Health 3:15 BREAK / EXHIBITS / POSTERS Ballroom Level 3:45 DISCUSSION WRAP-UP Sacramento Community Center Theater 5:15 EXHIBITS / POSTERS Ballroom Level
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