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Monday, June 9, 2003

Managers Committee Meeting Agenda (draft)

LOCATION:  S.H. Smith Center for Undergraduate Education (CUE) 419

1:00

Welcome & Introductions

Perry Brown, Univ. of MT and Gordon Bradley, Univ. of WA

1:15

Overview of each CESU

 
 

RM-CESU

Perry Brown

 

PNW-CESU

Gordon Bradley

1:45

How do we get our partners involved or more so?

  • Web as a tool

-Share experiences/issues relating to CESU web site usefulness

  • Generating interest among other federal agency partners

- drawing from the NPS experience

  • Administrative Issues

-Long term funding of CESU network

  • How do we define success?
 

2:45

Overview of Natural Resource Sciences Research at WSU and ongoing efforts toward the formation of a School of Natural Resources and Environment.

Keith Blatner

3:00

Break

 

3:10

Depart for Grizzly Bear Research Facility and Wild Ungulate/Small Mammal Research Facility

 

5:30

Reception with WSU and UIdaho faculty

Location: Lewis Alumni Center

7:30

Participants on their own for dinner

Materials on local restaurants will be provided at the meeting.

Tuesday, June 10, 2003

 

Managers’ Committee Meeting & Symposium

LOCATION:  Lighty Student Services, RM-405 (located between the Lewis Alumni Center and the CUE)

 

8:00

Managers up-and-coming issues – Brainstorming session

  • Types of training courses that could be developed for agency people
  • Critical issues workshop

ˇ         Funding sources

Perry Brown & Gordon Bradley

 

8:45

Delphi surveys for Inventory and Monitoring, the Greater Yellowstone and the Northern Colorado Plateau

Ed Krumpe and Troy Hall, University of Idaho

 

9:15

Hypospectral imagery and the Elwha Corridor: an example of multi agency cooperation through a CESU agreement.

Dr. Jeff Braatne, University of Idaho

 

9:35

Break

   

9:50

Saving the Grizzly, One Hair at a Time

John Shier, Montana State University

 

10:20

How a research catalog, small amounts of money, good students and the PNW CESU agreement make significant contributions to North Cascades National Parks biological science program

Dr. Regina Rochefort, NPS

 

10:40

Do military combat training overflights impact human users of selected Alaska protected areas: results from a large multi-agency social project

Dr. Jane Swanson, University of Washington

 

11:00

Removing Heavy Metals from Ground Water Systems by Precipitation

Frank Cheng, University of Idaho

 

11:30

Cultural resources management and Pacific West CESUs

Dr. David Louter, NPS

 

11:50

 Lunch Break

   

Tuesday, June 10, 2003

PNW CESU Executive Committee Meeting Agenda 

LOCATION:  S.H. Smith Center for Undergraduate Education (CUE) 419

1:00

News from the Washington Office

 

Issues to address from previous day’s meeting – input from all partners

  • Brainstorm list

 

 

Meeting our three-year goals – reporting and strategy session

  • Effective communication
  • Demonstrate success
  • Minority involvement
  • Matching needs and expertise
  • Effective organization

3:00

Break

3:15

Address issues raised not covered by above discussion

4:00

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