MONDAY Dec. 4
11am	Registration Desk Opens
1 pm	Welcome – Nancy Wilkin, ADM Environmental Stewardship Division/BC Ministry of Environment Program Orientation  - Pam Wright
1:30-2:45	Concurrent Sessions 1a-1d Session 1a New Directions and Partnerships in Management and Research  Jeff Ward & Bill Turner– Building a Protected Natural Area System as Part of Sustainable Urbanization in the Capital Regional District – Turning Planning and Partnership into Action Lynn Wilson – The New “Pathway” for Capital Regional District Parks and Trails Management Planning Daryl Moncrieff – Scratch my back…: an example of a collaborative research partnership from Western Australia.  Jamie Hahn and John Shultis – Khutzeymateen Grizzly Bear Sanctuary Research: A Case Study of an Academic-Professional Partnership   Session 1b Integrating Research to Understand Cougar-Human Interactions Geoff Carrow – Attitudes, perception and knowledge: Understanding the human-cougar nexus on the West Coast Trail Danielle Thompson – Cougar ecology in a coastal Canadian National Park Nadine Crooks – Totem of sustainability: A Nuu-chah-nulth perspective on the integration of traditional ecological knowledge Jennie Sparkes – Knowledge, values, experience, perceived risk, and attributions of National Park visitors and residential neighbors about bears, cougars, and wolves Bob Hanson & Dani Thompson – Pacific Rim National Park reserve: Integrated social-ecosystem research model   Session 1c. Protected Areas, Residents and Newcomers Laurence Moss – The Amenity Migrants: Stewards or Spoilers Of Protected Areas And Wildlands? Joe Pavelka – Lived Experience of Negotiated Leisure for Residents of the Bow Valley Alberta   Session 1d. The Mountain Legacy Project Eric Higgs, Rick Kubian and Rob Watt – Using historical photographs to understand landscape phenomena
2:45-3:00	Break
3:00-5:00	Concurrent Sessions 2a-2b    Session 2a.  Moving from the land into the sea – Research challenges for marine protected areas Cliff Robinson – Coastal marine ecosystems in Canada’s National Parks Marlow Pellatt – Long-term Records of Pacific Salmon Abundance: Research Using Stable Isotopes and Paleoecological Methods. Tomas Tomascik – Settlement of Northern abalone (Haliotis kamtschatkana) recruits along a modelled larval dispersal gradient in the Broken Group Islands of Pacific Rim National Park Reserve of Canada Heather Holmes – Fish Research in Kelp and Reef Habitats in Pacific Rim National Park Patrick O’Hara – Ship-source oil pollution and BC's sea otters Doug Hrynyk – The use of geomatics technology in coastal research Wayne Bourque – Research issues as related to Parks Canada’s National Marine Conservation Areas program   Session 2b.  Glaciers, climate change and protected areas Brian Menounos & Roger Wheate – The state and fate of western Canadian glaciers Brett Hudson – Considering Climate Change in Park Management Planning Craig Mount – Glaciers in BC Parks: Catch them while you can Sally Bertram – Glacially Influenced Watersheds in BC Ian Walker – Integrating climate change and coastal morphodynamics research for monitoring in coastal parks
5:00-6:30	Official Opening Speed Dating for Researchers and Managers No-host bar (dinner on your own)
TUESDAY Dec. 5
8:00-8:15	Opening Introductions
8:15-9:15	Plenary Speakers - Active Management  Wayne Bourque – Active management in National Parks: Challenges Bruce Blackwell – What’s going on in BC Parks? Fires, bugs and more - issues that we can address?
9:30-10:30	Concurrent Sessions 3a-3c  Session 3a. The Challenges of Doing Active Management Todd Golumbia – Ecological Restoration in Gulf Islands National Park Reserve: Opportunities, Challenges and Lots of Questions. Stan Orchard – Eradicating Invasive American Bullfrogs Patrick Daigle – Developing Silvicultural Prescriptions for Protected Areas   Session 3b. Managing & Monitoring Visitor Use John Shultis – Carrying Capacity: To Use or Not to Use? James Miskelly – Restoration of the Thetis Lake Lakeshore Trail Using the ‘Limits of Acceptable Change’ Land Stewardship Model                Randy Morris– Monitoring Changes in Visitor Perceptions and Experiences to Evaluate Human Use Management Strategies in Protected Areas: A Case Study on the Winter Recreation Use Strategy in Chilkoot Trail National Historic Site of Canada   Session 3c. Research and Decision-Making Panel Discussion  (Opening Presentation and Panel Discussion) Robert DeWreede –  Applying Scientific Data - two solitudes? Panelists from BC Parks and Parks Canada
10:30-10:45	Break
10:45-12:15	Concurrent Sessions 4a-4c Session 4a. Social Science Research in Aid of Protected Area Management Brian Dyck – Applying Survey Research to BC Parks Management Decisions: An Overview Wolfgang Haider – Decision-making preferences of amateur winter recreationists in avalanche terrain Pat Maher and UNBC Students – Evaluating Visitor Orientation at Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and Haida Heritage Site Mike den Otter – Impacts of Ecosystem Restoration on Visitor Experience in Kootenay National Park Kate Reade – Perspectives on Forest Health Management Practices in Mount Robson Provincial Park    Session 4b. Active Management & Restoration Workshop Bruce Blackwell   Session 4c. Mapping Approaches to Research and Management       Jason Northcott –BC Conservation Mapping Project Ben Beardmore –View from a canoe: Modeling wilderness canoeists’ perceptions and preferences for features of the boreal landscape Pano Skrivanos – Mapping in Action – Tsleil-Waututh Bioregional Park Atlas, a first for BC
12:30-1:30	Lunch
1:30-3:00	Concurrent Sessions 5a-5c  Session 5a. Research on Challenging Species Danielle Bellefleur – Boat Disturbance and Marbled Murrelets in Pacific Rim National Park Reserve: Does SARA Apply? Peter Arcese – Diet reconstruction and historic population dynamics in a threatened seabird Alan Dibb – Ecological and Social Research for Restoration and Management of Bighorn Sheep Winter Range Barb Beasley –  Don’t it always seem to go that you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone: Protecting amphibian biodiversity from the highway.   Session 5b. Financing and Managing Protected Areas Rick Rollins – Resolving Conflict In An Urban Park Setting: An Application Of Attitude Theory Tracy Ronmark – Collaborative Planning for BC's Parks and Protected Areas Holly Clermont – Financing Conservation Management in Parks and Conservation Areas: A Case Study of Mount Arrowsmith Biosphere Reserve   Session 5c. Facilitating Research Roundtable Discussion (Presentations and Discussion)               Discussion Chair - Tory Stevens Sari Saunders and Andy MacKinnon – Using Parks for Long-Term Ecological Benchmarks Dylan Eyers and Sarah Elmeligi – Researching Your Way to a Career with the Ministry of Environment Pierre Johnstone  – Intra-Ministry cooperation and Support for Data Collection
3:00-3:30	Break
3:30-5:00	Concurrent Sessions 6a-6b  Session 6a. Community Involvement and Marine Protected Areas (Presentations and Discussion) Natalie Ban – Discussion Chair Cheri Ayers – An Exploration of Hul’qumi’num, Coast Salish Indigenous Peoples’ Attitudes Towards the Establishment of MPAs in Georgia Strait, British Columbia, Canada Dave McCallum and Rick Rollins – Shellfish Aquaculture within Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) Session 6b. Southern Gulf Islands Atlas -- A Web-based Mapping Tool for Terrestrial and Coastal Ecosystems Tara Sharma and Todd Golumbia   Session 6c. Using Research to Inform Protected Area Design and Management – A range of approaches Jennifer Skelton –Identifying Core Representative Areas in the Mackenzie Valley, NWT Mike Hurley – Using an Expert-Based Approach to Predict Moose-Vehicle Collisions in Mount Revelstoke and Glacier National Parks Matt Bowes – Place Meanings in the Broughton Archipelago Rosaline Canessa - Zoning MPA's: Can MARXAN help?
5:15-6:30	Poster Session Building a Research Agenda for Protected Areas in BC No-host bar
6:30-7:30	Dinner
7:30	After Dinner Speaker  Joe Pavelka - ‘Everyday Research Ads Up’
WEDNESDAY Dec. 6
8:00-9:30	Concurrent Sessions 7a-7c  Session 7a. Parks Canada’s Cooperative Study Units: A visioning exercise for the Pacific Coast of Canada Discussion Chair – Marlow Pellatt   Session 7b. Community Involvement in Research and Monitoring Mike Gall – Explore Using Volunteers to do Research in PPA`s Jacinda Mack & Larry Jorgensen – Collaborative Research Opportunities with First Nations on the Central and North Coast S. Lavallee –Protected areas as an educational tool: experiences from a semester-long undergraduate field school Barb Beasley – Monitoring recreational use and the power of educational programs to protect wildlife: PARTNERS WANTED for a case study of the Tofino Mudflats Wildlife Management Area.   Session 7c. Visitor Use and Bears Debbie Wellwood –Risk assessment of bear-human conflicts on the Alsek River, Kluane National Park, Yukon Steven Hodgson –Assessing and managing the impacts of eco-tourism along the Atnarko River Sarah Elmeligi – Bear-Viewing in the K’tzim-a-deen Inlet: Incorporating Multiple Perspectives in Research Doug Clark – Societal Dynamics in Grizzly Conservation
9:30-10:00	Break
10:00-11:30	Concurrent Sessions 8a-8c  Session 8a. Monitoring Phil Lee– Indices for Reporting Overall Ecological Status and Trends in Parks Canada Mike Fenger and Mathew Wheatley –Undeveloped Watersheds in BC’s Pine Forests; A call for Sustainable Forestry Benchmarks Joleen Timko – Evaluating Ecological and Socio-Cultural Effectiveness in National Parks Bernard Laval, Darlene Lim & Donnie Reid– Site protection issues of the Pavilion Lake Research Project in Marble Canyon Provincial Park, BC Kathy Rettie –  Partnering for Ecological Integrity: Research and Monitoring in the Mountain Parks   Session 8b. Conserving Garry Oak Ecosystems: The Role of Science in Ecosystem-Based Management Marlow Pellatt –Garry Oak Ecosystems in the Past, Present, and Future: A Multidisciplinary Research Project Relevant to Protected Area Management and Species Recovery. Ze’ev Gedalof –Tree-Ring Analysis of Garry Oak (Quercus garryana) savannahs at their Northernmost Limits Karin Bodtker, Alex Cannon and Marlow Pellatt – How might climate change impact the conservation of Garry oak (Quercus garryana) ecosystems? Conan Webb – Garry Oak Ecosystem Restoration at Fort Rodd Hill National Historic Site of Canada Emily Gonzales – Deer and Declining Diversity Patrick Lilley– Are all parks created equal?: local conditions versus landscape context in determining plant diversity in Canada’s endangered Garry oak ecosystem   Session 8c Cultural and Historical Research for Protected Areas Daryl Fedje – Landscape Evolution and Human Adaptation in Haida Gwaii during the Pleistocene - Holocene Transition Lyle Dick – Historical Research and Species at Risk: Case Studies of the Peary Caribou and Sea Otter Marty Magne –New Initiatives to Commemorate Aboriginal History in Western Canada Ron Hamilton – The Use of Cultural Resource Research in Decision-Making for a Protected Area
11:30-12:00  12:00-1:00	The Way Forward/Wrap-Up  Lunch (provided)
12:30-4:30	Optional Field Trip to Sooke Potholes Regional Park

 

 

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