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speaker |
institution
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| October 27 |
Dr. Jason Saleeby |
California Institute of Technology |
Eperiogenic transients related to mantle lithosphere removal in the southern Sierra Nevada Region, California |
| Dec. 20 |
Joseph Kurtak |
Mackay School of Mines, University Nevada, Reno |
Mine in the Sky; the history of the Pine Creek Tungsten Mine, Bishop, California |
Winter
2011 series |
| Jan 27 |
David Lee, Researcher, Author, Lecturer |
Western Rock Art Research |
Rock Art Research in the Owens Valley |
| Feb 10 |
Wallace Wolfenden, Fullbright Scholar, Research Scientist |
USFS |
Relationships between Climate, Water Control and the Azraq Wetland during the past 4000 years in Jordan |
| Feb 24 |
John Wehausen, Research Scientist |
WMRS |
The evolutionary history of North American wild sheep, Baja to Siberia: Where do local bighorn fit in? |
| March 10 |
Tomasz Owerkowicz, Postdoctoral Researcher |
University of California Irvine |
Atmospheric oxygen level and the evolution of cardiovascular design in vertebrates |
| March 17 |
Amity Wilczek |
Deep Springs College and Harvard University |
Spring Blooms in a World of Warming Winters |
| April 7 |
Erik Leitch, Senior Staff Scientist |
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology |
Exploring the Edge of the Universe from the Bottom of the World |
| April 21 |
Colin Amos, NSF Earth Sciences Postdoctoral Fellow |
UC Berkeley |
Active faults and deformation of the southeastern Sierra Nevada |
| May 5 |
Yvonne Wood, PhD |
Inyo-Mono Cooperative Extension |
Surficial Process and the Biotic Control of Desert Pavement Formation |
| May 12 |
Jeff Holmquist, Research Scientist |
UC White Mountain Research Station |
Does pack stock grazing in mountain meadows impact invertebrates and vegetation in Sequoia National Park? |
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| February 18 |
David Lee, Researcher, Author, Lecturer |
Western Rock Art Research |
Continuing Rock Art Research in Northern Australia
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| February 25 |
Heather Johnson, Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep Recovery Program, |
California Department of Fish and Game |
Escaping the Extinction Vortex: Identifying factors affecting population performance and recovery in endangered Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep
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| March 4 |
Frank Powell |
Director, White Mountain Research Station |
Research Update on Causes of Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS) |
| March 18 |
Rob Klinger |
USGS Yosemite Field Station |
Mass effects, thresholds, and alternative states: New ways of thinking about postfire vegetation dynamics in the Mojave"?
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| March 25 |
Stephen Muchovej |
NSF Fellow in Astronomy, Caltech |
Studying the Cosmic Microwave Background from the Owens Valley |
| April 1 |
David Hakopian |
Touro University |
Using Osteopathic Manipulations to Decrease the Incidence of Acute Mountain Sickness
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| April 8 |
W.H. “Terry” Wright |
Professor Emeritus Sonoma State University |
Geological gems of the Eastern Sierra |
| April 15 |
John Smiley, Associate Director |
UC White Mountain Research Station |
Is climate change affecting Sierran insects and plants? Can we measure it? |
| April 22 |
Dave Rhode |
Research Professor, Desert Research Institute |
Earliest Peopling of the Northeast Tibetan Platueau |
Weds,
May 5,
7pm |
Jim Bishop |
NOAA Officer and Fire Weather Instructor |
Mountain Thunderstorms...Drama in the Sky |
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| February
5 |
David
Lee |
Researcher,
Author, Lecturer |
Song, Story, Ceremony: the Human Context of Rock Art |
| Feb. 12 |
Martin
Kennedy |
Professor
of Earth Sciences, UC Riverside |
The Geological Perspective on Climate Change: Abrupt, Non-linear and Soon? |
| March 12 |
Daniel
Pritchett |
UC
White Mountain Research Station |
161
Years and Counting: Science in the White Mountains |
| March 19 |
Brian
Williams |
UC
Santa Barbara Cosmology Group |
Cosmic
Microwave Background Polarization Measurements from White Mountain |
| March 26 |
Curtis
Milliron |
California
Department of Fish and Game |
Climate Change and DFG Management of High Elevation Aquatic Resources |
| April 2 |
Phil
Pister |
Retired
Biologist, California Department of Fish and Game |
Ethical Concerns in Biodiversity Conservation
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| April 16 |
Richard
Potashin and Nancy Hadlock |
NPS
Rangers, Manzanar National Historic Site |
For
the Love of Aspens: Decades of Cultural Messages. |
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to come, check back later) |
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| January 17,
2008 |
Thea
Wang |
Department
of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UCLA
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The
evolutionary consequence of behavioral roles in the social yellow-bellied
marmot, Marmota flaviventris. |
| January 24,
2008 |
Stephen
Park |
Department of Earth Sciences, UC Riverside
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Deep
Structure Beneath Yosemite National Park |
| January 31,
2008 |
Ron
Smith |
Cerro
Coso College |
Living
in the Rain Shadow; Weather Patterns in the Owens Valley |
| February 7,
2008 |
David
Lee |
Sweeney/Granite
Mountain Desert Research Center |
Rock
Art: Recording the Stories Behind the Paintings |
| February 14,
2008 |
NO
TALK SCHEDULED
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| February 21,
2008 |
Rob
Klinger |
Ecologist,
Western Ecological Research Center, USGS |
When
is Restoration an Appropriate Concept? |
| February 28,
2008 |
John
Wehausen
|
Wildlife
Population Ecologist, WMRS |
Climate
Change and Desert Bighorn Sheep
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| March 6, 2008 |
Christine
Hancock |
School
of Public Health, UC Berkeley |
Becoming
at Home: A Developmental Model of Rural Physician Recruitment and Retention |
| March 13,
2008 |
Brigitte
Berman |
Retired Geologist / WMRS Friend |
Plant
Fossils in Ancient Lake Deposits; A Middle Miocene Fossil Flora from Central
Nevada |
| March 20,
2008 |
Steve
Ostoja |
Western
Ecological Resarch Center
USGS |
Patterns
and interactions among granivores, cheatgrass invasion, and restoration
in the Great Basin |
| March 27,
2008 |
Susan
Hough |
United
States Geological Survey |
The
1872 Owens Valley Earthquake: California's Largest Historical Event?
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| April 3, 2008 |
Ron
Oriti |
Former
Planetarium Director, Santa Rosa Community College |
Dragonflies,
Global Warming, and Life in the Universe |
| April 10,
2008 |
Kirk
Halford |
Archeologist
- Bureau of Land Management, Bishop Field Office |
The
Economy of Ancient Glass; Prehistoric Use of Obsidian
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| April 17,
2008 |
Steve
McLaughlin |
Professor
Emeritus, University of Arizona |
Tundra
to tropics: Floristic plant geography of North America |
| April 24,
2008 |
Mike
Maxwell |
Dept.
Biology, National University |
Fatal
attraction or just attraction? Examining hypotheses on the occurrence
of sexual cannibalism in praying mantids
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| January 11,
2007 |
Nic
Kanaan |
School
of Medicine, UC San Diego |
Physiological
predictors of Acute Mountain Sickness see
poster |
| January 18,
2007 |
Pete
Epanchin |
Department
of Entomology, UC Davis |
Thinking
outside the lake: Do fishes and finches fight for food? |
| January 25,
2007 |
David
Lee |
Sweeney/Granite Mountain Desert Research Center |
A
Comparative Study of Rock Art in Australia and Western North America: PART
2 |
| February 1,
2007 |
Ron
Smith |
Cerro
Coso College |
The
Pluto problem: What is a planet? |
| February 8,
2007 |
Greg
Russell |
Department
of Biology, UC Riverside |
High
altitude metabolism in mice and men: Keeping the fire burning |
| February 15,
2007 |
Sarah
Kimball |
Dept.
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UC, Irvine |
Mechanisms
defining ecological range limits in a natural plant hybrid zone |
| Feb. 22, March
1, Mar 8, 2007 |
No
talks scheduled |
n/a |
n/a |
| March 15,
2007 |
Jeff
Holmquist |
UC
White Mountain Research Station |
Trampling
damage and recovery in Tuolumne Meadows: What do we really leave when we
"leave only footprints?" |
| March 22,
2007 |
John
Wehausen |
UC
White Mountain Research Station |
Sierra
Nevada Bighorn: How unique are they?...and why. |
| March 29,
2007 |
Gerald
Dubowitz MD |
Department
of Anesthesia, UC San Francisco |
High
Altitude Research: A World Tour |
| April 5, 2007 |
No
talk scheduled |
n/a |
n/s |
| April 12,
2007 |
Adelia
Barber |
Dept.
of Ecology and Evol. Biology, UC Santa Cruz |
Long
term population changes in Bristlecone Pine |
| April 19,
2007 |
Steve
Parmenter |
Biologist,
California Department of Fish and Game |
Genetics
and hindsight of the Mojave Tui Chub. |
| April 26,
2007 |
James
Patton |
Professor
Emeritus, UC Berkeley |
The
legacy of Joseph Grinnell: The future of California's vertebrate fauna based
on surveys
of the past
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| Thursday
December 15, 2005 |
Bill
Albright |
Desert Research Institute, University of Nevada, Reno |
Got
it Covered: A Tour of the Landfills of America |
| Thursday
January 19, 2006 |
Frank
Powell |
University
of California, San Diego |
Birds
Fly High, Why Can't I? |
| Thursday
January 26 |
Curtis
Milliron |
California
Department of Fish and Game |
Native
Frogs and Toads of the Sierra Nevada, and Recreational Fisheries Management;
Can both survive? |
| Thursday
February 2 |
Douglas
Bock |
CARMA |
First
light with CARMA |
| Thursday
February 16 |
Pete
Sherman |
Deep Springs College |
Effects
of Fauna on floristic diversity and ecosystem dynamics – Corcovado
National Park, Costa Rica. |
| Thursday
March 2 |
Wally
Woolfenden |
Mountain
Heritage Associates, USDA Forest Service |
A
History of Desert Vegetation from Owens Lake, California |
| Thursday March
9 |
David
Lee |
Sweeny-Granite
Mountains Desert Research Center |
Rock
Art of Australia; similarities and dissimilarities with rock art of Western
North America see flyer with photos
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| Thursday
March 16 |
Jeff
Holmquist |
WMRS |
The
invisible diversity of meadows: Sub-alpine insects and factors that influence
their populations. |
Thursday
March 23 |
Angela
Jayko |
USGS |
Owens
Valley...Why's it so deep? |
| Thursday
March 30 |
Mariana
Altrichter |
Deep
Springs College |
Human-wildlife
conflicts: Peccaries, jaguars and rural indigenous peoples of Corcovado
National Park and the Chaco Region of Northern Argentina |
| Thursday April
6 |
Phil
Pister |
California
Department of Fish and Game |
Ethical
concerns in biological conservation; Examples from the mountains and deserts
of the Eastern Sierra. |
| TBA |
TBA |
TBA |
TBA |
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| Thursday January
20 |
Linah
Ababneh |
University
of Arizona |
Bristlecone
Pines in the White Mountains |
| Friday
January 28 |
WMRS
staff and Researchers |
WMRS |
Bishop
Premier of the new Documentary Film: In
the Shadow of White Mountain will be shown at 7 pm at the Inyo
Council for the Arts, 137 S. Main St., in Bishop Free
admission , donations will be accepted. See press
release |
| Thursday February
3 |
Connie
Millar |
USFS |
The
natural history of Sierran rock glaciers: When is rock pile not just a rock? |
| Thursday February
10 |
John
Wehausen |
WMRS |
The
Rest of the Poop on Bighorn Sheep: fecal DNA Studies |
| Thursday February
17 |
Sally
Manning |
Inyo
County Water Department |
Perspectives
on Changes in Owens Valley hydro-ecology during the past 150 years. |
| Thursday
February 24 |
Elizabeth
Wenk |
UC
Berkeley |
How
Germination Might Contribute to Species Distribution Across Soil Types on
Coyote Ridge |
| Thursday March 3 |
Dave
Lee |
U.C.
Granite Mts. Reserve |
Prehistoric
Rock Art of the Great Basin |
| Thursday March
10 |
WMRS
staff and Researchers |
WMRS |
The
second showing (in Bishop)
of the new WMRS Documentary Film: In
the Shadow of White Mountain will be shown at 7 pm at the
station. For more info
about the first showing in late January, see press
release |
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| Tuesday
October 12 |
Martin
Feeley |
National
University of Ireland, Galway |
Geologic
Perspectives of the Irish Landscape |
| Thursday October
21 Note:8 pm |
Matt
Kondolf |
UC
Berkeley |
Meander
bends, cultural preferences, and channel classification: learning from river
restoration projects |
| Thursday October
28 |
Ron
Smith |
Cerro
Coso College |
The
Search for Life on Mars |
| Thursday November
4 |
Don
Sada |
Desert
Research Institute, UNR |
Mans's
intimate (maybe not so tender) relations with isolated wetlands in arid
lands. |
| Summer
2004 Series |
Thursday
7/22/04 |
Dan
Bean |
USDA |
Biological
control of Tamarisk using Diorhabda leaf beetles. |
Wednesday
August 18 |
WMRS
Undergraduate Researchers |
WMRS |
Summer
Research Symposium. Each of our nine REU students (Research Experience for
Undergraduates) will present a 15 minute talk on their research. See program
for details. |
| Winter
2004 Series: |
Thursday
2/26/04 |
Carol
Blanchette |
UC
Santa Barbara |
The
PISCO project: A new approach to addressing large-scale, long-term marine
ecological questions |
Thursday
3/11/04 |
Jeff
Holmquist |
WMRS |
A
bug's eye view of Sierran meadows: Interactions among people, plants,
and invertebrates
|
Thursday
3/25/04 |
Phil
Lubin |
UC
Santa Barbara |
Measuring
the Universe from White Mountain |
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| 10/21/2003 |
Allen
Glazner |
Univ.
North Carolina |
“Were
Lone Pine and Big Pine once Neighbors? Evidence for 65 km or More of Fault
Offset Across Owens Valley.” |
| 11/6/2003 |
Andrew
Ellmore |
Stanford
Univ. |
"Owens
Valley from Space: Analysis of Vegetation Response to Changes in Water Using
Satellite Images" |
| 11/20/2003 |
Tony
Beasley |
Owens
Valley Radio Observatory |
The Big Bang and the
Future of the Universe |
12/4/03 |
Angela
Jayko |
US
Geological Survey |
Recent
Ice Ages and the Great Lakes in our Backyard |
12/11/03 |
Eric
Berlow |
WMRS |
Sagebrush
Encroachment of Montane Meadows on the Kern Plateau |
12/16/2003 |
Dave
Rodrigues |
Tri-Valley
Stargazers |
A
Magical Tour of the New Universe |
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