Long term monitoring of Alpine Environments in the White Mountains.
The workshop convened at 9 am with 16 people attending. Left to right, back row Derham Giuliani, Chris Van de Ven, Stuart Weiss, Daniel Pritchett, John Smiley, front row, Jeff Holmquist, Catie Bishop, Frank Powell, Jim Bishop, Denise Waterbury, Connie Millar, Bob Westfall, Linah Ababneh. Not present in photo: Ann Dennis, Hal Klieforth, Angela Jayko.
Agenda for May 22
9 am introductions
9:15 review current status of WMRS-GLORIA – new map
9:45 short presentations by participants
- butterfly and other insect/arthropod monitoring (Smiley, Guiliani, Holmquist)
- small mammal resurveys (Patton & Mortiz)
- bristlecone and limber pine recruitment & demography (Pritchett, Ababneh, Millar, Westfall)
- sagebrush/pinyon demography (Weiss, van de Ven)
- periglacial process (Wilkerson, Schmid)
- rock glaciers (Millar)
- plant abundance/demography (Dennis, Pritchett, Bishop)
- climate data-monitoring [mini-loggers] (Weiss)
- repeat photo analysis (Pritchett).
12:00 lunch provided by WMRS
1:00 Discussions pertaining to goal 1: prioritize list of ideas for GLORIA
field week 2006
3:00 Break
3 :30 Discussions pertaining to goal 2: the future of WMRS-GLORIA
4:30 pm wrap-up
6 pm dinner at station for those who stay (but please let us know in advance
if you will be staying for dinner.)
GLORIA time line, next 10 years
• 2004 survey 4 summits; GLORIA week early August
• 2005 survey 3 summits, GLORIA week mid August
• 2006 open; GLORIA field week July 23-29
• 2007 replace 2004 dataloggers;
• 2008 replace 2005 dataloggers;
• 2009 resurvey 2004 sites
• 2010 resurvey 2005 sites; replace 2007 dataloggers
• 2011 replace 2008 dataloggers;
• 2012 open
• 2013 replace 2010 dataloggers;
• 2014 resurvey 2004 sites, replace 2011 dataloggers
• 2015 resurvey 2005 sites
• 2016 replace 2013 dataloggers
So long as 3-year dataloggers are used, GLORIA sites will require some action 5 years out of every six! Can we re-tool the loggers to 5-year intervals?
Goal 1: create plan for summer 2006 GLORIA week at Crooked Creek
Ideas and questions for discussion
• Monitor population of an alpine endemic (such as Polemonium chartaceum
on slopes of White Mountain Peak)
• Monitor a well-defined boundary (abrupt ecotone) between plant
communities
• Monitor in non-summit environments (meadows, flats, side slopes
etc…)
• Establish and walk transects for documenting treeline change
• Monitor to test Stanford predictions regarding change in species
ranges
• Meet after dinner to discuss results
• Which is first night of field week? (date)
• Other suggestions….
Goal 2: develop a strategy for advancing the “Long Term Monitoring
Of High Altitude Environments in the White Mountains (GLORIA Master Site
project)”
Ideas and questions for discussion
• Integration of diverse types of monitoring
• Identify climate-indicator plants
• Funding opportunities?
• Grad student(s) support and involvement
• WMRS-GLORIA network and web site, how can it better support diverse
projects?
• GLORIA field week – evaluate, identify potential improvements
• Should we convene a conference or symposium?
• 5 year dataloggers!
• McAfee Meadow vegetation data should we look at it?
• WMRS data repository
• Beatty air photos and other INF air photos
• Improvements to existing GLORIA summit baseline data, e.g. additional
sampling, documentation
John Smiley
Daniel Pritchett
Denise Waterbury
Connie Millar
Ann Dennis
Jim Bishop
Catie Bishop
Linah Ababneh
Angela Jayko
Stuart Weiss
Chris van de Ven
Derham Giuliani
Frank Powell
Jeff Holmquist
Bob Westfall
Hal Klieforth
* signed up for spending Sunday night at the station