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Natural Resources Information Council

Established 1993

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CONFERENCE INFORMATION

Dates: Saturday August 9th - Monday August 11th, 2008

Natural Resources Information Council (NRIC) Conference 2008 Daily Schedule

Day/Date Time Event Location

Saturday/August 9th 5-8:00pm Social
Rennie's Landing 1214 Kincaid St. 2 block North of the Knight Library

Sunday/August 10th 9:00am-3:00pm Presentations, morning break, and lunch Studio A, NW Lower Entrance, Knight Library, Univ.of Oregon

9:00-9:15 Welcome (Dean Walton)

9:15-9:45 Sean Quigley (Pacific Northwest Aquatic Monitoring Program)
The history and mission of the Pacific Northwest Aquatic Monitoring Program ( PNAMP) Studio A, NW Lower Entrance, Knight Library, Univ.of Oregon

9:45--10:15 Shelly Miller (Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife)
Use of an online database to manage research permits and take information Studio A, NW Lower Entrance, Knight Library, Univ.of Oregon

10:15-10:30 Break

10:30-11:00 Margaret Mellinger and Andrea Wirth (Oregon State University)
H2.0: Water meets the web Studio A, NW Lower Entrance, Knight Library, Univ.of Oregon

11:00-11:30 Frank Vignola (UO Solar Radiation Monitoring Laboratory)
Characterizing the solar resource and the availability of solar radiation data Studio A, NW Lower Entrance, Knight Library, Univ.of Oregon

11:30-12:40 Lunch On your own/informal groups

12:45-1:15 Philip Mancus (University of Oregon)
Land, Soil, and the Farm Preservation Bureau Studio A, NW Lower Entrance, Knight Library, Univ.of Oregon

1:15-1:45 Susan Braxton (Illinois Natural History Survey)
Indexing and Archiving Grey Literature as it Happens: Lessons Learned from the Illinois Natural History Survey Technical Reports Studio A, NW Lower Entrance, Knight Library, Univ.of Oregon

1:45-2:15 Dean Walton (University of Oregon)
Evaluating and accessing ecological databases Studio A, NW Lower Entrance, Knight Library, Univ.of Oregon

2:15-2:30 Break

2:30-3:00 Jon Jablonski and Karen Estlund (University of Oregon)
Serving GIS Data Studio A, NW Lower Entrance, Knight Library, Univ.of Oregon

3:00-3:45 Janine Salwasser (Oregon State University)
Informing natural resource issues with the Oregon Explorer Studio A, NW Lower Entrance, Knight Library, Univ.of Oregon

5:30pm-7:30pm Dinner ($22)
Ambrosia Restaurant, 174 E. Broadway. Phone: 342-41441

Monday/August 11th 9:00-2:00 Presentations, morning break,lunch, and business meeting Studio A, NW Lower Entrance, Knight Library, Univ.of Oregon

9:00-9:10 Introduction to the day's topics (Andrea Wirth) Studio A, NW Lower Entrance, Knight Library, Univ.of Oregon

9:10-10:05 Ian Madin (Oregon LIDAR Consortium)
10,000 square miles of laser light detection and ranging (LIDAR) data: A close look at a slice of the Oregon landscape Studio A, NW Lower Entrance, Knight Library, Univ.of Oregon

10:05-10:50 Jimmy Kagan (Oregon Natural Heritage Information Center)
Managing biodiversity data in Oregon Studio A, NW Lower Entrance, Knight Library, Univ.of Oregon

10:50-11:05 Break

11:05-12:00 Larry Landis (Oregon State University Archives)
The archives of Gerald Williams, historian for the U.S. Forest Service Studio A, NW Lower Entrance, Knight Library, Univ.of Oregon

12:00-1:10 Lunch On your own/informal groups

1:10-1:45 Michael Adams (USGS)
Decision making processes for management of amphibian research and monitoring initiative (ARMI) data Studio A, NW Lower Entrance, Knight Library, Univ.of Oregon

1:45-2:30 Jon Bowers (Oregon Department Fish & Wildlife)
Oregon passage barrier and fish habitat distribution GIS data standards development Studio A, NW Lower Entrance, Knight Library, Univ.of Oregon

Presenter Change >>>>>>>>> 2:30-3:00 Tom DeMeo (US Forest Service)
The Ecology Core Dataset: Information to Support Effective Management in the Northwest Studio A, NW Lower Entrance, Knight Library, Univ.of Oregon

3:00-3:30 Lenora Oftedahl (CRITFC)
The Columbia River Intertribal Fish Commission Studio A, NW Lower Entrance, Knight Library, Univ.of Oregon

3:30-4:00 Conference wrap up/Break for those staying for Business meeting Studio A, NW Lower Entrance, Knight Library, Univ.of Oregon

4:00-5:00 NRIC Business meeting (all are welcome) Studio A, NW Lower Entrance, Knight Library, Univ.of Oregon

Tuesday/August 12th ~7:30am-5:00pm Field Trip Bring your own lunch - We will meet at the NW Lower Entrance to the Knight Library

Conference Schedule: Click here for an Excel version of the final schedule

Optional field trip Tuesday August 12th to a view of the Lookout Point Hydroelectric Project, a visit to the Willamette Fish Hatchery, and then lunch at Salt Creek Falls, Oregon's second highest waterfall.

Location: Studio A in the Knight Library, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon

Campus Map (http://map.uoregon.edu/)

Please Note:

We will be meeting in Studio A of the Knight Library. This room is accessible from the the entrance on the lower northwest corner of the library. At 9:00 a.m. Sunday, the Knight Library is still closed and the only way into the confrence meeting area will be this entrance on the NW corner of the building. The main two entrances will be locked until Noon Sunday. Look for NRIC signs posted outside directing people to the correct entrance.

Parking:

Individuals driving cars with state or federal government tags are allowed to park in any University of Oregon parking lot free of charge (see map above and click on the parking menu on the right hand side of the map). The only restriction to this policy is that individual parking spots that are marked resevered with a green sign are not available.

Metered parking is also available on and near campus and there is a free bus line that runs down Franklin Blvd and 11th/10th Streets to downtown Eugene EMX Bus Service .

Registration: $35.00, (students: full-time/part-time 15.00)

Registration at the door: $50.00 (students 15.00)

Registration Form

Please make checks out to: Natural Resources Information Council

Send to: Dean Walton

1299 University of Oregon

Eugene, OR 97403

For emergency information contact: Dean Walton

dpwalton@uoregon.edu

( 541 ) 346 2871

This page was last updated on: August 7, 2008

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