Program Outline
(see CEREC Program pdf for full list of speakers)

Note: All Events will be at the Tri-County Fairgrounds, Sierra St. in Bishop
Except for Thursday Evening at the United Methodist Center, 205 N. Fowler in Bishop

WEDNESDAY EVENING 4:00 -7:00 pm (November 5)

• Registration 4:00 - 7:00 pm Home Economics Building (All speakers please bring your powerpoint presentations for uploading)
• Opening mixer/poster session 5:00 - 7:00 pm Home Economics Building

Registration 7-8 am. Home Economics Building

THURSDAY MORNING PLENARY SESSION 8:00-9:35 am (November 6) Home Economics Building

"Climate, Water and Ice" Session Chair: Connie Millar

8:00 am
How Will Climate Change Affect Water Resources in the Eastern Sierra? Dan Cayan, UCSD, Scripps Institution of Oceanography and USGS, La Jolla, CA

8:30 am
Mountain Hydroclimatology at Ecosystem Scales: What Do We Need to Know? Jessica Lundquist, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

9:00 am
Climate and Glaciers of the Sierra Nevada: The View from the Ice. Doug Clark, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA

Thursday Morning Break 9:35 - 10:00 Home Economics Building

THURSDAY CONCURRENT SESSIONS (November 6)

Thursday Evening Public Lecture 7:30 - 9:00 (November 6) at United Methodist Center, 205 N. Fowler in Bishop
Looking to the Future: A Climate Strategy for Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
David Nahai CEO and General Manager, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power

FRIDAY MORNING PLENARY SESSION 8:00 - 9:35 am (November 7) Home Economics Building
" Ecosystem Responses" Session chair: Jeff Holmquist

8:00 am
Impact of a Century of Climate Change on Montane Small Mammal and Bird Communities in California: The Grinnell Resurvey Project. Steven R. Beissinger, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology and Dept. of Environmental Science, Policy & Management, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-3114

8:30 am
Climate Change Effects on High Mountain Forest Ecosystems in Eastern California Malcolm Hughes, Laboratory of Tree Ring Research, Univ AZ, Tucson, AZ

9:00 am
Ecosystem Consequences of Precipitation Change in Eastern California Michael Loik, University of California, Santa Cruz

Friday Morning Break 9:35 - 10:00 am Home Economics Building

FRIDAY CONCURRENT SESSIONS (November 7)

FRIDAY NIGHT BANQUET DINNER (November 7) 6:30 - 8:00 pm

Keynote lecture 8:00 - 9:00 Late Holocene Tufa Formation at Mono Lake--The Climate Connection. Scott Stine Professor of Geography, California State University East Bay, Hayward, CA

Saturday Registration 7:45 - 8:00 am Home Economics Building

SATURDAY MORNING PLENARY SESSION 8:00 - 9:35 am (November 8) Home Economics Building
"Management and Policy Responses" Session chair John Smiley

8:00 am
Implications for Present and Future Management from Past Great Basin Climate and Vegetation Change. Robin Tausch, USFS Rocky Mtn Research Station, Reno, NV.

8:30 am
Adaptive Management; Opportunities and Challenges in Managing Ecosystems under Changing Climates Peter Stine, USFS Sierra Nevada Research Center, Davis, CA

9:00 am
Strategic Approaches of the National Park Service for Adapting to Climate Change Leigh Welling, USDI NPS, Fort Collins, CO

Saturday Morning Break 9:35 - 10:00 am Home Economics Building

SATURDAY MORNING CONCURRENT SESSIONS (November 8)

CEREC adjourns 12:00 Saturday November 8.