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Workshop Panel

Workshop Panel

Workshop panelists were selected based on their research experience and familiarity with a particular driver at a regional, national, or international level, and/or their experience as scientists or managers of GYA wildlands.

Hotel Information

Speakers

Keynote Address

  • David Schimel, National Ecological Observatory Network, Chief Executive Officer

Plenary Talks

  • Andrew Hansen, Montana State University, Professor of Ecology
  • Kit Batten, U.S. Department of the Interior, Science Advisor, Office of the Deputy Secretary
  • Jack Williams, Trout Unlimited, Senior Scientist

Breakout Groups

Climate Change

  • Sue Consolo-Murphy, National Park Service, Chief of Science and Resource Management, Grand Teton National Park
  • Molly Cross, Wildlife Conservation Society, Climate Change Ecologist
  • Mary Erickson, USDA Forest Service, Acting Forest Supervisor, Gallatin and Custer national forests
  • Dan Fagre, U.S. Geological Survey, Research Ecologist, Northern Rockies Mountains Science Center
  • Steve Gray, University of Wyoming, Director of Water Resources Data System
  • Ken McDonald, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Wildlife Division Administrator
  • Steve Hostetler, U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Discipline
  • Kevin McKelvey, USDA Forest Service, Research Ecologist, Rocky Mountain Research Station
  • Jim Morrison, USDA Forest Service, Northern Rockies Climate Change Coordinator
  • Chris Servheen, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, University of Montana, Adjunct Research Associate, Professor of Wildlife Conservation, Grizzly Bear Recovery Coordinator
  • Greg Watson, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Energy/Research Coordinator
  • Cathy Whitlock, Montana State University, Professor of Earth Sciences

Invasive Species

  • Kit Batten, U.S. Department of the Interior, Science Advisor, Office of the Deputy Secretary
  • Jim Capurso, USDA Forest Service, Forest Fisheries Biologist, Caribou-Targhee National Forest
  • Bob Crabtree, University of Montana and Yellowstone Ecological Research Center
  • Paul Cross, U.S. Geological Survey, Disease Ecologist, Northern Rockies Mountains Science Center
  • Steve Kallin, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Refuge Manager, National Elk Refuge
  • Bruce Maxwell, Montana State University
  • Kelly McCloskey, National Park Service, Ecologist, Grand Teton National Park
  • Sophie St. Hilaire, Idaho State University, Assistant Research Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
  • Tom Stohlgren, U.S. Geological Survey, Research Ecologist, Fort Collins Science Center
  • Dan Tinker, University of Wyoming, Assistant Professor of Botany
  • Joe Weigand, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Noxious Weed Management Coordinator
  • Jack Williams, Trout Unlimited, Chief Scientist

Land Use Change

  • Andrew Hansen, Montana State University, Professor of Ecology
  • Randy Carpenter, Sonoran Institute, Land Use Planner, Northern Rockies Office
  • Doris Fisher, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks
  • Justin Gude, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Research Director
  • Sue Heald, USDA Forest Service, District Ranger, Madison Ranger District, Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
  • Tom Hobbs, Colorado State University, Senior Research Scientist, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory
  • Chris Lehnertz, National Park Service, Deputy Superintendent, Yellowstone National Park
  • Bill Murdock, Gallatin County, Montana, County Commissioner
  • Ray Rasker, Headwaters Economics, Executive Director
  • Bill West, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Refuge Manager, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge