Residence Inn - Pentagon City550 Army Navy DriveArlington, VA 22202Tel: 571-372-6565(Printable Agenda)

Tuesday - May 2, 2017

Time

Topic/Title

Speaker

08:30

SERDP/ESTCP Welcome and Updates

Dr. Kurt PrestonRC Program Manager

08:45

RC-2326: Restoration of Soil Microbial Function Following Degradation on Department of Defense Lands: Mediating Biological Invasions in a Global Change Context

Dr. Kristina StinsonUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

09:30

RC-2328: Controls Regulating Biological Nitrogen Fixation inLongleaf Pine Ecosystems: The Role of Fire and StandDevelopment

Dr. Nina WurzburgerUniversity of Georgia

10:15

Break 

 

10:30

RC-2327: Role of the Soil Microbial Community in Sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) and Squirreltail (Elymus elymoides) Seedling Establishment in Cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum)-Invaded Habitats

Dr. Paul DijkstraNorthern Arizona University

11:15

RC-2329: Achieving Dryland Restoration Through the Deployment of Enhanced Biocrusts to Improve Soil Stability, Fertility and Native Plant Recruitment

Dr. Nichole BargerUniversity of Colorado

12:00 

Working Lunch - TC Meet with Resource Conservation & Resiliency Manager

13:00

RC-2330: Soil Microbial Communities: Critical Roles in Control of Non-Native Invasive Species and Restoration of Ecosystem Functions

Dr. James BeverIndiana University Bloomington

13:45

RC-2336: Impacts of Changing Climate on Pacific Island-Based Defense Installations

Dr. Jeffrey DonnellyWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution

14:30

Break

14:45

RC-2337: Behavioral Ecology of Cetaceans: The Relationship of Body Condition with Behavior and Reproductive Status

Dr. Patrick MillerUniversity of Saint Andrews

15:30

RC-2340: Water Resources on Guam: Potential Impacts and Adaptive Response to Climate Change for Department of Defense Installations

Dr. Stephen GingerichU.S. Geological Survey

16:15

RC-2434: Seed Dispersal Networks and Novel Ecosystem Functioning in Hawaii

Dr. Jeffrey FosterUniversity of New Hampshire

17:00

Adjourn

Wednesday - May 3, 2017

Time

Topic/Title

Speaker

08:30

RC-2436: Improving Design Methodologies and Assessment Tools for Building on Permafrost in a Warming Climate

Mr. Kevin BjellaCold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory

09:15

RC-2546: Next-Generation Intensity-Duration-Frequency Curves Considering Spatiotemporal Non-Stationarity in Climate, Intense Precipitation Events, and Snowmelt

Dr. Mark WigmostaPacific Northwest National Laboratory

10:00

Break

 

10:15

RC-2441: Restoring Function to a Novel Ecosystem in the Presence of One of the World's Most Destructive Invasive Species

Dr. Haldre RogersIowa State University

11:00

RC-2447: Control and Mitigation of Aquatic Invasive Species in Pacific Island Streams

Dr. Michael BlumTulane University

11:45

Working Lunch - TC Meet with Resource Conservation & Resiliency Manager

12:45

RC-2508: Conserving Listed and At-Risk Plants in a Non-Stationary World: A Predictive Framework for Assessing Risks and Guiding Management

Dr. Dov SaxBrown University

13:30

RC-2243: Patterns and Processes: Monitoring and Understanding Plant Diversity in Frequently Burned Longleaf Pine (Pinus palustris) Landscapes

Dr. Joseph O'BrienUSDA Forest Service Southern Research Station

14:15

Break

14:30

RC-2334 (Outbrief): The Impact of Sea-Level Rise and Climate Change on Department of Defense Installations on Atolls in the Pacific Ocean

Dr. Curt StorlazziU.S. Geological Survey

15:15

RC-2433: Recovery of Native Plant Communities and Ecological Processes Following Removal of Non-Native, Invasive Ungulates from Pacific Island Forests

Dr. Creighton LittonUniversity of Hawaii at Manoa

16:00

TC Meet with Resource Conservation and Resiliency Program Manager / Strategy Session

17:30

Adjourn

Thursday - May 4, 2017

Time

Topic/Title

Speaker

08:30

RC-2634: Effects of Climate Change on Plague Exposure Pathways and Resulting Disease Dynamics

Dr. Robin RussellUSGS National Wildlife Health Center

09:15

RC-2640: Fundamental Measurements and Modeling of Prescribed Fire Behavior in the Naturally Heterogeneous Fuel Beds of Southern Pine Forests

Dr. David WeiseUSDA Forest Service

10:00

RC-2641: Multi-scale Analyses of Wildland Fire Combustion Processes in Open-canopied Forests using Coupled and Iteratively Informed Laboratory-, Field-, and Model-based Approaches

Dr. Nicholas SkowronskiUSDA Forest Service

10:45

Break

11:00

RC-2644: Advancing Best Practices for the Analysis of the Vulnerability of Military Installations in the Pacific Basin to Coastal Flooding under a Changing Climate

Dr. John MarraNOAA National Climatic Data Center

11:45

RC-201667: Demonstration of Multi-Sensor Airborne Mapping Tools for Ecosystem Management at Coastal DoD Training and Testing Sites

Dr. Jennifer AyersSPAWAR Systems Center

12:30

Lunch

13:00

TC Meet with Resource Conservation and Resiliency Program Manager (Closed Door)

17:00

Adjourn