Media Tip Sheet: Ecology of the Pacific Northwest and the Cascadia Bioregion

Posted by Heidi Swanson on July 12, 2023

Featured presentations at the 108^th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America in Portland, Oregon

July 12, 2023
For immediate release

Contact: Heidi Swanson, (202) 833-8773 ext. 211, gro.asenull@idieh

Dozens of sessions at the Ecological Society of America’s upcoming Annual Meeting in Portland, Oregon, Aug. 6-11, will feature research on the ecology of the geographic and environmental region surrounding the conference venue: the Pacific Northwest and Cascadia Bioregion, which encompass a vast area stretching from northern California to southern Alaska.

The Pacific Northwest’s temperate rainforests are home to old-growth conifers and multiple threatened and endangered species. Its diverse marine and coastal environments host whales, puffins and vibrant kelp forests. The annual salmon runs in the region’s rivers sustain ecosystems and provide cultural significance. These landscapes and rich ecological communities provide an invaluable platform for scientific inquiry – and also face numerous environmental challenges.

The talks and posters listed below will be presented at the Ecological Society of America’s upcoming Annual Meeting, August 6-11, 2023. ESA invites staff journalists, freelance journalists, student journalists and press officers to register for free as media attendees up to and throughout the week of the Annual Meeting. For eligibility information, please visit ESA’s press registration credential policy page. Members of the media will be able to attend all scientific sessions at the conference and will have access to a press room where they can enjoy refreshments, internet access, a printer and an interview area.

Monday August 7

1:30 PM – 1:45 PM	The hidden ecology of urban garbage: Food waste may indirectly simplify urban bird communities Presenter: Daniel Forrest, University of British Columbia Organized Oral Session – OOS 4
2:00 PM – 2:15 PM	Restoration islands as a conservation tool: the case for the imperiled greater sage-grouse Presenter: Scott Harris, Institute for Applied Ecology Contributed Talk – COS 21
2:00 PM – 2:15 PM	Adapting at-risk species management for climate change induced phenological shifts Presenter: Kelsey King, Washington State University Vancouver Contributed Talk – COS 11
2:00 PM – 2:15 PM	Successional Terrestrial-Aquatic Linkages in Ponds Following the 1980 Mount St. Helens Eruption Presenter: Kathryn Queen, Western Washington University Contributed Talk – COS 2
2:00 PM – 2:15 PM	Integrating data on human values, birds, trees, and climate to advance urban socio-ecological justice Presenter: Harold Eyster, University of Vermont Organized Oral Session – OOS 4
2:45 PM – 3:00 PM	Can genomic vulnerability predict climate change-induced population decline? Presenter: Daniel Anstett, Michigan State University Contributed Talk – COS 8
3:30 PM – 3:45 PM	Host abundance amplifies parasitism in forest bumble bees Presenter: Jesse Fan Brown, University of Oregon Contributed Talk – COS 34
3:30 PM – 3:45 PM	Integrating field and remote sensing applications for characterizing tree loss in a rapidly densifying urban area Presenter: Vivek Shandas, Portland State University Organized Oral Session – OOS 11
3:45 PM – 4:00 PM	Community-based, socio-ecological lens improves understanding of harmful algal bloom impacts and shellfish harvester perceptions in coastal Oregon Presenter: Taylor Dodrill, Portland State University Contributed Talk – COS 45
3:45 PM – 4:00 PM	Are habitat restoration and captive breeding enough to save a threatened butterfly? Presenter: Erica Henry, Washington State University Contributed Talk – COS 34
3:45 PM – 4:00 PM	The Urban Forest Digital Twin: technologies to build virtual forests for urban forestry, STEM education, and public outreach Presenter: Mike Hamilton, UC Berkeley – Blue Oak Ranch Reserve Organized Oral Session – OOS 11
4:00 PM – 4:15 PM	A comparative invertebrate study of Oregon Military Department installations in 3 Ecoregions – assessment of assemblages and sampling mythologies Presenter: Jeff Barna, Environmental Science Associates Contributed Talk – COS 36
4:15 PM – 4:30 PM	Mapping socioecological regions in the Pacific Northwest: a socioecological typology for understanding relationships between biophysical settings and economic outcomes Presenter: E. Jamie Trammell, Southern Oregon University Contributed Talk – COS 45
4:30 PM – 4:45 PM	Widespread foliage scorch in the wake of the 2021 heat dome heat wave in the Pacific Northwest: patterns, drivers of vulnerability, and lessons for future heatwaves Presenter: Adam Sibley, Oregon State University Contributed Talk – COS 31
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM	Drivers shaping plant communities recovering from disturbance at Mount St. Helens Presenter: Tommy Conway, Washington State University Contributed Poster
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM	A range wide genetic assessment of the Cascade torrent salamander (Rhyacotriton cascadae) Presenter: Christopher Cousins, Oregon State University Contributed Poster
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM	Let it bee? Responses of flowering plant and native bee communities to passive restoration in Pacific Northwest grasslands Presenter: Sandra DeBano, Oregon State University Contributed Poster
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM	Species differences in sap flux rates, transpiration amounts, and timing among dominant species of The Pacific Northwest Presenter: Dylan Fischer, The Evergreen State College Contributed Poster
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM	Of weasels and SNPs: Expanding the molecular ecology toolbox for noninvasive study of threatened mustelids in the Pacific Northwest Presenter: Margaret Hallerud, Oregon State University Contributed Poster
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM	Transgenerational plasticity and genetic variation contribute to varied climate response in black cottonwood common gardens Presenter: Maria Hernandez, Northern Arizona University Contributed Poster
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM	Wasp community changes across the growing season in Mid-Columbia Basin Oregon white oak (Quercus garryana) habitat fragments Presenter: Tucker Hoffman, Oregon State University Contributed Poster
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM	Birds of a feather: temporal and spatial relationships of farm birds in hazelnut orchards Presenter: Cal Penkauskas, University of Oregon Contributed Poster

Tuesday, August 8

8:00 AM – 8:15 AM	The impact of fossil collections for education and outreach: highlighting the potential for newly catalogued paleofloras at Puget Sound Museum of Natural History to understand deep time ecologies Presenter: Beatrice Bugos, University of Puget Sound Contributed Talk – COS 53
8:00 AM – 8:15 AM	Understanding Drivers of Post-Fire Delayed Tree Mortality (PFDTM) in Temperate Forests in the Pacific Northwestern region in the US Presenter: Andres Holz, Portland State University Contributed Talk – COS 56
8:00 AM – 8:15 AM	Using camera traps to understand impacts of human disturbance on cougar (Puma concolor) feeding duration Presenter: Tam Ta, University of Washington Contributed Talk – COS 49
8:00 AM – 8:15 AM	Characteristics, drivers, and implications of burn severity heterogeneity in a temperate maritime forest ecosystem Presenter: Brian J. Harvey, University of Washington Organized Oral Session – OOS 17
8:15 AM – 8:30 AM	Searching high and low for life: exploring the microbiome of suspended canopy soils Presenter: Jennifer Kane, West Virginia University Contributed Talk – COS 51
8:15 AM – 8:30 AM	A decade of beaver relocation led by the Tulalip Tribes: lessons learned and next steps Presenter: Molly Alves, Utah State University/Tulalip Tribes Organized Oral Session – OOS 13
8:15 AM – 8:30 AM	Scaling burn severity patterns across regions and fire regimes yields insights into historically climate-limited fire regimes Presenter: Michele Buonanduci, University of Washington Organized Oral Session – OOS 17
8:30 AM – 8:45 AM	Measuring and modeling post-fire forest trajectories in northwestern Cascadia Presenter: Jenna Morris, University of Washington Organized Oral Session – OOS 17
8:45 AM – 9:00 AM	Saving salmon with the help of beavers Presenter: Chris Jordan, NOAA/NMFS/Northwest Fisheries Science Center Organized Oral Session – OOS 13
9:00 AM – 9:15 AM	Seedling recruitment trends indicate climate-induced shifts in the structure and dynamics of Pacific Northwest forests Presenter: Paige Copenhaver-Parry, University of Wyoming Contributed Talk – COS 55
9:00 AM – 9:15 AM	Using environmental DNA to improve beaver-related restoration Presenter: Jesse Burgher, Washington State University, Vancouver Organized Oral Session – OOS 13
9:15 AM – 9:30 AM	When the Black Swan shows up: the unprecedented but also totally precedented 2020 Labor Day fire event in the West Cascades Presenter: Daniel Donato, Washington State Department of Natural Resources Organized Oral Session – OOS 17
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM	Bridging climate-smart economic development and ecological solutions in the Columbia River Basin Presenter: Rich French, One Palouse Inspire Session – INS 4
10:15 AM – 10:30 AM	Post-fire tree regeneration rate and composition in western Cascadia varies by disturbance interval Presenter: Madison Laughlin, University of Washington Organized Oral Session – OOS 23
10:30 AM – 10:45 AM	Lakeshore development impacts food web structure in suburban lakes Presenter: Emily Jameson, University of Washington Contributed Talk – COS 71
10:30 AM – 10:45 AM	Phenotypic plasticity of Quercus garryana Seedlings in Response to Climate Treatments. Presenter: Jess Nettle, Portland State University Contributed Talk – COS 76
10:30 AM – 10:45 AM	Early-seral plant community diversity varies by burn severity and disturbance interval in northwestern Cascadia Presenter: Liliana Rangel-Parra, University of Washington Organized Oral Session – OOS 23
10:45 AM – 11:00 AM	Prescribed fire increases plant-pollinator network robustness to losses of rare native forbs Presenter: Susan Waters, Quamash EcoResearch Contributed Talk – COS 77
11:00 AM – 11:15 AM	Lake Washington has been surprisingly stable despite rapid urban/suburban development in the watershed Presenter: Daniel Nidzgorski, King County Natural Resources Contributed Talk – COS 71
11:15 AM – 11:30 AM	Nature of the beast: What climate change means for the ecology and management in low-frequency, high-severity fire regimes Presenter: Joshua Halofsky, Washington State Department of Natural Resources Organized Oral Session – OOS 23
1:30 PM – 1:45 PM	Landscape-scale, cross-jurisdictional assessment of the post-fire restoration need in Klamath and Lake Counties, Oregon, USA; A collaborative approach to all-lands recovery Presenter: Elizabeth Pansing, American Forests Contributed Talk – COS 101
1:30 PM – 1:45 PM	Assessing nitrogen deposition in mountainous regions using epiphytic lichen communities Presenter: Meaghan Petix, Washington State University Contributed Talk – COS 97
1:30 PM – 1:45 PM	800-year fire history of mixed severity burning in whitebark pine forests of Tweedsmuir Park, British Columbia Presenter: Kira Hoffman, University of British Columbia Organized Oral Session – OOS 26
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM	Ecological monitoring in the Pacific Northwest and East Africa Presenter: Upekala Wijayratne, USDA Forest Service Inspire Session – INS 7
1:45 PM – 2:00 PM	Patterns of sooty grouse occupancy and abundance in western Oregon Presenter: Sarah Frey, Oregon State University Contributed Talk – COS 113
1:45 PM – 2:00 PM	Seedling survivorship for common tree species in the Pacific Northwest depends on climate and stand conditions Presenter: Rebecca Snell, Ohio University Contributed Talk – COS 107
1:45 PM – 2:00 PM	Fire, northern spotted owls, and old forests in the Pacific Northwest Presenter: Jeremy Rockweit, Oregon State University Organized Oral Session – OOS 26
2:00 PM – 2:15 PM	Investigating effects of nitrogen deposition on oak chemistry and insect herbivory across a deposition gradient in the Columbia River Gorge Presenter: Rebekah Gaxiola, Washington State University Contributed Talk – COS 111
2:00 PM – 2:15 PM	Identifying the drivers of aquatic ecosystem vulnerability to wildfires in the Pacific Northwest Presenter: David Roon, Oregon State University Contributed Talk – COS 94
2:00 PM – 2:15 PM	Anticipating the timing and magnitude of cyanotoxin production by benthic cyanobacteria in rivers Presenter: Joanna Blaszczak, University of Nevada Reno Organized Oral Session – OOS 24
2:00 PM – 2:15 PM	Fire tended forests: Fire history and stand development of old-growth Douglas-fir forests in Oregon and Washington Presenter: Andrew Merschel, Oregon State University Organized Oral Session – OOS 26
2:10 PM – 2:30 PM	Transdisciplinary Science in Marine and Coastal Systems Presenter: Alessandra Burgos, Oregon State University Symposium (Hybrid) – SYMP 9
2:15 PM – 2:30 PM	Drivers of post-fire tree regeneration across gradients of climate and burn severity in Eastern WA, USA Presenter: Angela Gonzalez, University of Washington Contributed Talk – COS 106
2:30 PM – 2:45 PM	Into the Third Dimension: Understanding the Vertical Microclimate Gradient in H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest Presenter: Nina Ferrari, Oregon State University Contributed Talk – COS 107
2:30 PM – 2:45 PM	Atmospheric deposition in an urban landscape: Effects of policy and infrastructure in Portland, OR Presenter: Katherine Gale, Washington State University Contributed Talk – COS 97
2:30 PM – 2:45 PM	Analyzing and predicting fire refugia throughout British Columbia, Canada Presenter: Christine Kuntzemann, Northern Forestry Centre Organized Oral Session – OOS 26
2:45 PM – 3:00 PM	Sounding the alarm: Rare lichens may be rapidly declining in the Pacific Northwest Presenter: Jesse Miller, University of CA at Davis Contributed Talk – COS 99
3:30 PM – 3:45 PM	Nearshore fish abundance varies with armor extent Presenter: Emily Bishop, University of Washington Contributed Talk – COS 137
3:30 PM – 3:45 PM	The impact of invasive herbivores and nitrogen deposition on the developing soil microbial community of Mount St. Helens Presenter: Rebecca Evans, Washington State University Contributed Talk – COS 131
3:30 PM – 3:45 PM	Potential processes and effects of aridification in coastal ecosystems Presenter: Erica Fleishman, Oregon State University Organized Oral Session – OOS 28
3:45 PM – 4:00 PM	Climate change effects on phenology of anadromous salmonids in Coastal Riverscapes of the Pacific Northwest Presenter: Rebecca Flitcroft, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station Organized Oral Session – OOS 28
4:00 PM – 4:15 PM	Mobile technology provides new insight into human-mediated routes of aquatic species invasions Presenter: Rachel Fricke, University of Washington Contributed Talk – COS 130
4:00 PM – 4:15 PM	The role of fungal communities in mediating elevational gradients of tree diversity Presenter: Cole Doolittle, Marquette University Organized Oral Session – OOS 30
4:00 PM – 4:15 PM	Envisioning Equitable and Resilient Coastal Futures for Oregon Presenter: Jenna Tilt, Oregon State University Organized Oral Session – OOS 28
4:15 PM – 4:30 PM	Vulnerability of coastal watersheds to climate change Presenter: Rosemary Pazdral, Siuslaw Watershed Council Organized Oral Session – OOS 28
4:30 PM – 4:45 PM	Locating larks: Developing a survey protocol to monitor distribution, abundance, and population trends of streaked horned larks on private lands in the Willamette Valley, OR, USA. Presenter: Stephanie Augustine, Ecostudies Institute Contributed Talk – COS 125
4:30 PM – 4:45 PM	Ocean warming favors the range expansion and abundance of non-native species Presenter: Sylvia Yamada, Oregon State University Organized Oral Session – OOS 28
4:45 PM – 5:00 PM	Using adaptive-capacity assessments to evaluate climate-change vulnerabilities, link to mechanisms of climatic influence, and identify potential climate-adaptation actions: An Oregon Coast example Presenter: Erik Beever, USGS / Montana State University Organized Oral Session – OOS 28
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM	Habitat selection and connectivity of mountain lions (Puma concolor) across human-made barriers on the Olympic Peninsula: a multi-method comparison Presenter: Read Barbee, University of Montana / Panthera Contributed Poster
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM	Pine Resin Duct Defenses Against Bark Beetles Respond to Experimental Fire in Saplings and Mature Trees Presenter: Ines Cauquil, Washington State University Contributed Poster
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM	Using the Agricultural Policy/Environmental eXtender (APEX) model to evaluate riparian nutrient retention in the Pacific Northwest Presenter: Lauren Cohen, Western Washington University Contributed Poster
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM	Influence of Delayed Tree Mortality on Post-Fire Landscapes in Oregon’s Western Cascades Presenter: Alec Dyer, Portland State University Contributed Poster
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM	Status of threatened whitebark pine in WA National Parks Presenter: Beth Fallon, National Park Service, Mount Rainier National Park Contributed Poster
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM	Understanding the Changing Relationship between Grains and Community in Northwest Washington Presenter: Natalie Furness, Western Washington University Contributed Poster
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM	Promoting oviposition habitat for Oregon spotted frog using targeted seasonal grazing strategies Presenter: Melissa Habenicht, Ecostudies Institute Contributed Poster
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM	Parameterizing five Pacific Northwest (USA) tree species in a process-based forest landscape simulation model Presenter: Sofia Kruszka, University of Washington Contributed Poster
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM	Down woody debris microsite facilitation for black huckleberry (Vaccinium membranaceum) seedlings Presenter: Margaret Magee, Washington State University Contributed Poster
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM	The Taylor’s checkerspot knot: untangling the factors driving host plant establishment for an imperiled butterfly Presenter: R. Adam Martin, Ecostudies Institute Contributed Poster
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM	Effectiveness monitoring for a sugar pine health improvement project on the Umpqua National Forest Presenter: Devin McMahon, USDA Forest Service Contributed Poster
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM	Hiding in plain sight: Validation of an urban climate refugium for Thuja plicata (western redcedar) in Portland, OR Presenter: Tess Rutstein, Reed College Contributed Poster
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM	The importance of shade in breeding habitat for migratory western monarchs Presenter: Virginia Rose Seagal, Washington State University Vancouver Contributed Poster

Wednesday, August 9

8:00 AM – 8:15 AM	Competition and climate interact to modify drought stress thresholds in mixed conifer forests of the Western United States Presenter: Steven Voelker, Michigan Tech University Contributed Talk – COS 149
8:15 AM – 8:30 AM	Practices and Principles of Partnering with Tribal Nations in the Pacific Northwest Using Indigenous Knowledge (IK) to Restore Forest Resiliency to Wildfire and Climate Change Presenter: Cristina Eisenberg, Oregon State University Contributed Talk – COS 149
9:15 AM – 9:30 AM	Nine year exclusion experiment demonstrates strong facilitation by lupin and countervailing effects of insect herbivores on a recently-initiated volcanic surface at Mount St. Helens Presenter: John Bishop, Washington State University Contributed Talk – COS 144
9:15 AM – 9:30 AM	Reconstructed Holocene fire history of two mid- and high-elevation mixed-conifer forests in south-central Oregon, USA Presenter: Chantel Saban, University of Oregon Contributed Talk – COS 149
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM	Geographic variation in keystone predation Presenter: Sarah Gravem, Oregon State University Contributed Talk – COS 181
10:15 AM – 10:30 AM	Fine-scale spatial heterogeneity, not fire frequency, drives soil microbiome impacts on conifer seedling re-establishment after wildfire Presenter: Brittany LeTendre, Washington State University, Vancouver Organized Oral Session – OOS 41
10:20 AM – 10:40 AM	Forest resilience to fire and interacting disturbances in the northwest US in a period of rapid change Presenter: Brian J. Harvey, University of Washington Symposium (In Person) – SYMP 16
10:45 AM – 11:00 AM	Modeling future shifts in species habitat, carbon storage, and timber production in the Elliott State Research Forest under a Triad management system, windstorms, wildfire, and climate change. Presenter: Colin Mast, University of Oregon Contributed Talk – COS 178
11:00 AM – 11:15 AM	Proportion of forest area burned at high-severity increases with increasing forest cover and connectivity in western US watersheds Presenter: Emily Francis, University of New Mexico Contributed Talk – COS 175
11:15 AM – 11:30 AM	Lessons Learned from Klamath Basin Water Temperature Studies: Key Drivers and Climate Change Implications Presenter: Eli Asarian, Riverbend Sciences Contributed Talk – COS 160
11:15 AM – 11:30 AM	Impacts of the June 2021 Heat Dome event on trees and forests of the Pacific Northwest, USA Presenter: Christopher Still, Oregon State University Contributed Talk – COS 180
1:30 PM – 1:45 PM	Spatial analysis of trends in tufted puffin breeding habitat on the Oregon Coast Presenter: Carina Kusaka, Oregon State University Contributed Talk – COS 192
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM	Managing for landscape resiliency to reduce the impacts of invasive annual grasses in the sagebrush steppe Presenter: Megan Creutzburg, Oregon State University Inspire Session (In Person) – INS 12
1:45 PM – 2:00 PM	Inbreeding depression matters more than outbreeding for conservation of an endangered plant Presenter: Thomas Kaye, Institute for Applied Ecology Contributed Talk – COS 192
1:45 PM – 2:00 PM	Harnessing passive acoustic monitoring to describe spatiotemporal distribution of toothed whales in the northern California Current Presenter: Marissa Garcia, Cornell Lab of Ornithology Organized Oral Session (Hybrid format) – OOS 42
2:00 PM – 2:15 PM	Pathogen Risk to Juvenile Spring-run Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) in the Upper Klamath Basin, to Inform Re-introduction Efforts Presenter: Hayden Krause, Oregon State University Contributed Talk – COS 183
2:00 PM – 2:15 PM	Restoration treatment and burn severity effects on vegetation and fuel dynamics following the 2014 Carlton Fire Presenter: David Peterson, USDA Forest Service, PNW Research Station Contributed Talk – COS 198
2:00 PM – 2:15 PM	Eavesdropping on multi-species marine mammal communities along the western North Atlantic Ocean shelf-break Presenter: Samara Haver, Oregon State University Organized Oral Session (Hybrid format) – OOS 42
2:15 PM – 2:30 PM	Conceptions and determinants of freshwater pond thermal refuges Presenter: Samuel Fey, Reed College Contributed Talk – COS 187
2:15 PM – 2:30 PM	New fire histories from the west slope of the Cascades, USA Presenter: James Johnston, Oregon State University Contributed Talk – COS 198
2:30 PM – 2:45 PM	Quantifying the spatial and temporal patterns of two irruptive defoliators in the coastal temperate rainforest of North America Presenter: Michael Howe, Pacific Northwest Research Station Contributed Talk – COS 187
2:45 PM – 3:00 PM	Who needs old growth forests? Multi-taxa biodiversity surveys of forests in the Pacific Northwest Presenter: Taal Levi, Oregon State University Contributed Talk – COS 185
3:30 PM – 3:45 PM	Assessing the impact of microhabitat conditions on plant community responses to climate change with a seed transplant experiment Presenter: Nathalie Chardon, University of British Columbia Contributed Talk – COS 215
3:30 PM – 3:45 PM	Divergent values and perspectives drive three distinct viewpoints on grizzly bear reintroduction in Washington, USA Presenter: Anna Santo, University of British Columbia Contributed Talk – COS 208
3:45 PM – 4:00 PM	Effects of Seeding and Planting on Reservoir Revegetation ten years after Dam Removal on the Elwha River, Washington, USA. Presenter: Rebecca Brown, Eastern Washington University Contributed Talk – COS 223
4:15 PM – 4:30 PM	Using GEDI metrics to map keystone cavity excavator distributions and associated biodiversity hotspots in western US forests Presenter: Kerri Vierling, University of Idaho Organized Oral Session (Hybrid format) – OOS 48
4:30 PM – 4:45 PM	Nitrogen – bedrock interactions regulate nutrient limitation and sustainability in forests Presenter: Julie Pett-Ridge, Oregon State University Contributed Talk – COS 207
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM	Fish out of water: how drying streams affect steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and their invertebrate prey Presenter: Jesse Fritz, Oregon State University Contributed Poster
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM	Developing a state of knowledge assessment to bridge climate change science and climate-smart management in the northwest USA Presenter: Emily Fusco, University of Washington Climate Impacts Group Contributed Poster
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM	A look at Century Farm success stories in the Willamette Valley: Influence of weather variability on farms in the region Presenter: Mariah Goldbach, Oregon State University Contributed Poster
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM	Quantifying the biodiversity value of private working lands to regional prairie conservation Presenter: Sarah Hamman, Ecostudies Institute Contributed Poster
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM	Do wildfires always have downstream impacts? Implications from a semi-arid watershed Presenter: Sophia McKever, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Contributed Poster
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM	Are beaver dam analogs an effective restoration strategy for ecosystem function in wildfire-impacted, cold, semi-arid watersheds? Presenter: Camille McNeely, Eastern Washington University Contributed Poster
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM	Restoration silviculture reduces risk of drought-induced hydraulic failure in temperate rainforest trees Presenter: Garrett Price, Washington State University Contributed Poster
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM	Methane emissions from least-disturbed, restored, and disturbed tidal wetlands in the Pacific Northwest, USA Presenter: Trevor Williams, Oregon State University Contributed Poster

Thursday, August 10

8:00 AM – 8:15 AM	The Work of Wildfire in restoring landscapes: Lessons from the 2021 and 2022 fires seasons in Washington State Presenter: Derek Churchill, Washington Department of Natural Resources Contributed Talk – COS 237
8:00 AM – 8:15 AM	Acoustic monitoring reveals shifts in avian vocalization and biodiversity in response to forest management practices Presenter: Giordano Jacuzzi, University of Washington Contributed Talk – COS 238
8:00 AM – 8:15 AM	Variation in sediment blue carbon stocks in coastal wetlands from the Pacific coast of North America Presenter: Christopher Janousek, Oregon State University Contributed Talk – COS 236
8:15 AM – 8:30 AM	Prevalence and distribution of two salmonid parasites and their invertebrate host to inform salmon reestablishment post-dam removal. Presenter: Elliott Cameron, Oregon State University Contributed Talk – COS 243
8:45 AM – 9:00 AM	Does industrial timber harvest act as a fire-analogue for wild bee populations in early seral forests? Presenter: Graham Frank, Oregon State University Contributed Talk – COS 238
9:15 AM – 9:30 AM	Consequences of Japanese eelgrass establishment for Manila clams in Puget Sound, Washington Presenter: Jessica Griffin, University of California, Davis / San Diego State University Contributed Talk – COS 236
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM	Where are all the females? Will reproductive diapause save zerene silverspot butterflies from climate change or doom them to extinction? Presenter: Erica Henry, Washington State University Inspire Session (In Person) – INS 20
10:15 AM – 10:30 AM	Ecological factors impacting distribution of ticks and tick-borne disease in Washington State Presenter: Elizabeth Dykstra, Washington State Department of Health Organized Oral Session – OOS 55
10:20 AM – 10:40 AM	Co-creating aquatic knowledge with and for Indigenous communities Presenter: Danielle Ignace, The University of British Columbia Symposium (In Person) – SYMP 24
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM	The complementarities of indigenous science and settler science Presenter: Ellen Simmons, University of British Columbia Inspire Session (In Person) – INS 21
2:00 PM – 2:15 PM	Agnostic fungi: herbaceous plant traits explain nitrogen transfer in common arbuscular mycorrhizal networks of Pacific Northwest grasslands Presenter: Hilary Rose Dawson, University of Oregon Contributed Talk – COS 275
2:15 PM – 2:30 PM	Soil microbial communities differentially influence Pseudotsuga menziesii seedling physiology across the elevation gradient of the Western Oregon Cascades. Presenter: Abigail Neat, Oregon State University Contributed Talk – COS 284
2:45 PM – 3:00 PM	Mapping Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Katabatic and Foehn Wind Events across the western U.S. Presenter: Rebecca Lemons, Oregon State University Contributed Talk – COS 284
2:45 PM – 3:00 PM	Long-term effects of common fuel treatments on fuel loads in Western US dry forests: knowledge gaps and research advances Presenter: Don Radcliffe, University of Washington Contributed Talk – COS 286
3:30 PM – 3:45 PM	Seeing the big picture though a local lens: Modeling the impacts of climate on North Pacific seabirds Presenter: Julia Parrish, University of Washington Organized Oral Session (Hybrid format) – OOS 66
3:45 PM – 4:00 PM	Linking local wildflower observations to climate and visitor experiences: A decadal study of alpine meadows Presenter: Aji John, University of Washington Organized Oral Session (Hybrid format) – OOS 66
3:45 PM – 4:00 PM	Lichen and moss bioindicators of air quality in the U.S. Forest Inventory: from forests to high elevation wilderness and urban neighborhoods Presenter: Sarah Jovan, USDA Forest Service Organized Oral Session – OOS 64
4:00 PM – 4:15 PM	Creating mechanistic, multiple stressor climate vulnerability assessments for U.S. West Coast shellfish Presenter: Sara Hamilton, Oregon Kelp Alliance Contributed Talk – COS 304
4:45 PM – 5:00 PM	Biotic predictors improve species distribution models for invasive plants in Western U.S. forests at high but not low spatial resolutions Presenter: Kathryn Baer, USDA Forest Service Contributed Talk – COS 307

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Media Tip Sheet: Ecology of the Pacific Northwest and the Cascadia Bioregion

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