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BCPARF 2011
Conference Agenda, Abstracts & Presentations
Below you'll find the final agenda, book of abstracts and a link to available presentations or posters. Please be sure to get permission from the authors if you wish to use any of the material in these presentations in any publication.
Presentation & Poster Links
(Available presentations are highlighted in yellow- click on the name to download the pdf)
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Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
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Welcome
& Introductions
Tory Stevens, BCPARF Chair
Wayne Sparrow, First Nations
Welcome
Bob Austad, BC Parks Welcome
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Plenary
Session – Lyle Dick, Parks Canada
Canada's
National Protected Areas: Our Gift to the World
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Climate Change and
Protected Areas (Part 1); Chair:
Pamela Wright
Gregory
Kehm - Muskwa-Kechika Management Area
Conservation Assessment: Opportunities for Maintaining Ecological Integrity
in a Climate Changed Future
Pamela
Wright - Field staff perspectives on
managing climate change impacts in parks and protected areas
Cameron
Eckert - Ecological monitoring during a
time of rapid change in Yukon Parks
Rod
Davis - Evaluating Social Dimensions of
Wildlife Ecosystem Intervention Strategies to Adapt to Climate Change Impacts
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Community
Perspectives and Protected Areas (Part 1); Chair: Rick Rollins
Adam
Chafey, Rick Rollins & Rosaline Canessa - Residents’ Perceptions of Pacific Rim National Park
Rob
Ferguson & Terry Dorward-Seitcher - Tourism,
Protected Areas and Community: Investigating the Role of Tribal Parks in
Fostering Cultural Identity and Socio-Economic Sustainability
Brianne
Labute & Ashley Coulter - Perceived
benefits and sacrifices of a community resource management area in West
Africa
Erin
Heeney & Rick Rollins - Perceived
Impacts of Protected Areas on Nearby Communities in Canada, Ghana, and
Tanzania
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DECEMBER 6TH SESSIONS
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Community
Perspectives and Protected Areas (Part 2); Chair: Lynn Wilson
Howard
Harshaw - British Columbians Attitudes Towards
Parks and Outdoor Recreation: Guidance for an uncertain future
Lynn
Wilson – High Expectations: Public values and desires for regional
parks and trails in the Capital Regional District
Carleigh
Randall & Rick Rollins - Influences
on marine visitor attitudes towards a voluntary no fishing policy in Pacific
Rim National Park Reserve: Some findings
Shannon
West & Terry Dorward-Seitcher - Benefits
and Costs Associated with Living In and Around the Pacific Rim National Park
to the Esowista First Nation of Tofino, BC
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Benchmarks and
Monitoring, Dimensions of Recreation Use; Chair: Tory Stevens
Part
1 - Benchmarks and Monitoring:
Ian
Giesbrecht, Ken Lertzman, Andy MacKinnon & Sari Saunders - Learning from protected ecosystems:
understory light and vegetation in two floodplain forests in coastal British
Columbia
Pamela
Wright & Tory Stevens- Designing a
Long-term Ecological Change Monitoring Program for BC Parks
Patrick
Graillon & Claire Ducharme - Parcs
Quebec's Ecological Integrity Monitoring Program
Part
2 - Dimensions of Recreation Use:
Chris
Lemieux & Jackie Dawson - Last
Chance Tourism in Parks and Protected Areas: Emerging Ethical Issues and
Management Considerations
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Special
Session: Society for Ecological Restoration: Ecological Restoration in
Protected Areas
Eric
Higgs - Tracking long-term ecological
change in the mountain National Parks using repeat photography
Jeff
Ralph - Mount Trematon Restoration
Project, Lasqueti Island, BC
Randy
Moody and Mike Keefer - Limber Pine
Restoration in SE BC
Randy
Moody and Mike Keefer – Blueberry
Restoration
David
F. Polster - Retaining the Flower
Meadows: Douglas-fir Removal at Mount
Tzuhalem Ecological Reserve
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DECEMBER 6TH SESSIONS
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Dimensions of
Recreation Use (continued
from Cedar Room); Chair: Brian Dyck
Stephen
Kux - Winter Recreational User Group
Conflict in Chilkoot Trail National Historic Site – A comparison of motorized
and non-motorized users
Brian
Dyck, Phil Dearden & Rick Rollins - Towards
the Development of New Mixed Mode Methodology for a Provincial Park Camper
Survey in British Columbia
Matthew
Kellow & Rick Rollins - The Role of
the Sea Kayak Tour Guide and Marine Protected Areas: Exploration into the
Guides’ Perspective
Sandra Warren - Tourist preferences for whale watching and
conservation of breeding grounds in Baja California: the case of whale
watchers in Tofino
Sarah Poirier, Rosaline Canessa
& Rick Rollins - Sea Otter Tourism
in British Columbia: the Effects of Interpretation on the Conservation
Attitudes and Behavioural Intentions of Boat-based Visitors
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Coastal
Communities Chair:
Joanna Hirner
Jenny
McCune - The long history of Garry oak
ecosystems on Vancouver Island: using
historical ecology and phytoliths to fill in the gaps
Carmen
Cadrin - Ecosystem conservation in the
Coastal Douglas-fir zone
J.Lucas
& T. Lacourse - A Paleoecological
Perspective on Forest Resilience in the Gulf Islands National Park Reserve,
British Columbia
Richard
Schuster - Restoring Old Growth Forests
of the Pacific Coast
Alejandra
Orozco-Quintero, Rosaline Canessa & Leslie King – Environmental Change in Coastal Protected Areas: Exploring the Role
of Institutions, Knowledge and Multilevel Governance in Adaptive Capacity
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Special Session (continued): Society for Ecological
Restoration: Ecological Restoration in Protected Areas
Don
Eastman (University of Victoria), Tony Hamilton (Ministry of Environment) and
Karen Wipond (Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations)-
Ecological restoration in designated wildlife areas in British Columbia:
activities, opportunities and challenges
Thomas
Munson (City of Victoria) - Restoration in City of Victoria Parks
June
Pretzer (Swan Lake Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary) - Creating Small Wetland
Ponds as a Strategy for Controlling Glyceria Maxima and Restoring
Biodiversity at Swan Lake Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary
Robert
C. Walker (Parks Canada) - Eco-cultural Restoration of Fire in the Gulf
Islands National Park Reserve
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DECEMBER 7TH SESSIONS
Plenary Session: Peter Arcese, UBC – The Indirect Effects of Humans on Native
Species and Ecosystems in the Georgia Basin
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Healthy
by Nature, Species and Protected Areas Chair:
Eva Riccius
Part
1 - Healthy by Nature:
Eva Riccius
- Key
Concepts, Evidence and Management Implications for Human Health Benefits of
Nature
Part
2 - Species and Protected Areas:
Soren
Bondrup-Neilsen, Steve
Mockford, Tom Herman & Eric Alcorn - Are
species a reasonable focal point for conservation?
Dani
McIntosh - Wildlife Viewing in the
Mountain National Parks
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Special
Session: Fossil Resources and Protected Areas
Panel
Members: Bruce Archibald (Chair), Scott McMillan, Jim Haggart
and Nathan Hagan-Braun
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Community
Perspectives & Protected Areas (Part 3) Chair:
Grant Murray
Leslie
King, Grant Murray - First Nations
Values and Protected Area Governance
Joe
Pavelka - Why people migrate to
nature-based communities: A push-pull perspective
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DECEMBER 7TH SESSIONS
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Climate Change and
Protected Areas (Part 2); Chair:
Marlow Pellatt
Heather
Kharouba - Just passing through: Global
change and the conservation of biodiversity in protected areas
Marlow
Pellatt, Catherine Dumouchel, Karen Keenleyside, Stephen Woodley and Mike
Wong - Protected Areas and Climate
Change: Mitigation and Adaption Activities in Canada’s Protected Areas
Barb
Faggetter - Eelgrass Research at the
Lucy Islands Conservancy
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Special Session (continued): Fossil Resources and
Protected Areas
Panel
Members: Bruce Archibald (Chair), Scott McMillan, Jim Haggart
and Nathan Hagan-Braun
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Special
Session: Eelgrass Restoration in BC Parks Protected Areas: A Pilot within Howe Sound (Conveners: Nikki Wright
and Judith Arney)
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Management of
Protected Areas; Chair:
Norm Sloan
Amy
Thede, Murray Rutherford and Wolfgang Haider - In the Zone: An Examination of the Zoning Policy and Practices of the
Parks Canada Agency
Norm Sloan - Science Supporting Gwaii Haanas Marine Management
Rick
Rollins and Grant Murray - How
Employees of BC Parks Perceive Management Issues, the Relevance of Research
in Addressing Management Issues, and the Role of University Researchers
Kyle
Hilsendager - Tasmania's Private Forest Reserve Program and Potential Applications
for British Columbia
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Marine and Dune
Restoration; Chair:
Kevin McPhedran
Karin
Bodtker - BCMCA products as marine
planning tools and our approach to collaborative Marxan analysis
Jordan
Eamer - Dynamic dune restoration in
Pacific Rim National Park Reserve: a geomorphic perspective on an inherently
interdisciplinary practice
Philip
Lee, Danielle Bellefleur, Ross Vennesland, Michael Collyer and Sibylla Helms
- Changes to Coastal Dune Plant
Communities Caused by the Introduction of Non-Native Beachgrasses to Pacific
Rim National Park Reserve and Their Subsequent Restoration
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DECEMBER 7TH SESSIONS
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Special
Session: Where Do We Go From Here?
Management
of Ecological Reserves
(Conveners:
Rick Page & Mike Fenger, Friends of Ecological Reserves)
Panel
Members:
Vicky
Husband, Briony Penn and Don Eastman
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Special
Session: Adapting to change to facilitate the unique and in –peril Whitebark
pine ecosystem
(Conveners:
Don Pigott & Judy Millar)
Randy
Moody - Whitebark pine Ecosystem
Foundation (Canadian Chapter), Ecology, Why should we care? Status in BC and Current Projects
Joyce
Gould - Conservation of Endangered
Five-needled Pines in Alberta Parks
Michael
Murray - Park Operations for Protecting
Whitebark pine in the USA
Alana
Clason - Adapting to change: Whitebark
pine in BC Parks
Yvonne
Patterson - Whitebark pine, Bears &
Nutcrackers
Followed by
a panel discussion with all speakers and special guests Dave Fraser (Ministry
of Environment) and Sally Aiken (University of British Columbia)
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Special Session: Starting the
Conversation- Climate Change Mitigation in Canada’s Protected Areas
Panel
Members:
Thomas
Rodengen (Chair), Wolfgang Haider, Marlow Pellatt, Paul Whitfield & Eva
Riccius
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Special
Session: Indigenous Peoples and Community Conserved Areas and Territories
(ICCAs) (Convenor: Francois Depey)
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BCPARF Poster Presentations
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