Annual Meeting: Ecosystem Services - from theory to conservation toolbox

March 10, 2012  Dodge Nature Center, West St. Paul, MN

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Schedule (all times are CST) 
8:30 Registration and Coffee (and poster set-up)

9:00  Symposium: Ecosystem Services – from theory to conservation toolbox

            Steve Polasky - Ecosystem Services, Economics, and Conservation

                     (Fesler Lampert Professor of Ecological/Environmental Economics, UMN)

            Doug Norris - Wetland Banking as a Market for Ecosystem Services?

        (Wetlands Program Coordinator, MN DNR,)

            Terry Lee – The Decorah Edge: a working example of applied ecosystem services

                    (Water Coordinator, Olmsted County Environmental Resources)

            Panel-audience discussion

11:00 Break

11:15 Reflections on 25 years of Conservation Biology in Minnesota
             With invited perspectives from Karen Oberhauser (UMN), Kristen Nelson (UMN),  Rich Baker (MNDNR) and Darby Nelson.  Full-group discussion will follow. 
 

12:30 Lunch and exploration of Dodge Nature Center trails

1:30 SCB Chapter Meeting and Board Elections

         Nature Walk led by Lee Frelich (UMN) (Max: 10 people)
 
2:15 Break

2:30 Contributed papers

            Room A: Downstairs classroom on Left

            2:30 – N. Eisenhauer, N.A. Fisichelli, L.E. Frelich*, and P.B. Reich

Interactive effects of global warming and 'global worming' on the initial establishment of native and exotic herbaceous plant species

                  2:50 – Alex Heeren

Northeast Climate Change Pilot Study

                  3:10 – Jim Manolis*, Keith Wendt, Ann Pierce, and Andy Holdsworth

Adaptive Leadership and Climate Change Strategies:  Lessons from a State Natural Resource Agency Initiative

            Room B: Downstairs classroom on Right

            2:30 – Bridget Henning

Commerce or friendship? Direct payments for conservation in Papua New Guinea

                  2:50 – Marcus W. Beck

Identifying covariates of a lake assessment index to improve biological assessment

                  3:10 – Tom Will

An Ecosystem Dis-Service: Unrestrained Domestic Cats and Wildlife

3:45 Break

4:15 Keynote: Darby Nelson – For Love of Lakes

5:15 Social, Poster Session, Student Presentation Awards, Silent Auction