Practitioners’ perspectives: Best practices in climate change adaptation
05/09/2012 - 4:00pm
Location:
230 Marley
School of Natural Resources and the Environment
SEMINAR SERIES
(RNR 496B/696A)
Adaptation to Climate Change:
Perspectives at the Nexus of Science, Society, and Resource Management
WEDNESDAY, May 9, 2012
2:00 – 4:00 PM, 230 MARLEY
NOTE: THIS IS THE LAST SESSION OF THE SERIES!!
Practitioners’ perspectives: Best practices in climate change adaptation
Speaker:
- Louise Misztal, Sky Island Alliance
- Marcos Robles, The Nature Conservancy
- Brian Powell, Pima County
- Karen Simms, Bureau of Land Management
The series is open to all students, faculty and staff, and to the general public.
Seminar presentations are also webcast over the internet. To access the presentations, please click on the appropriate link and follow the instructions.
For University of Arizona participants with Net ID -http://elluminate.oia.arizona.edu/scheduleMeetingnochair.php?sessionId=578407
For non University of Arizona participants -http://elluminate.oia.arizona.edu/scheduleMeetingnonetid.php?sessionId=578407
[The session title is RNR496B/696A]
For more information on the series, including a complete schedule for the semester, please see: http://www.snr.arizona.edu/seminars
For additional information, contact Larry Fisher (lafisher@email.arizona.edu) or Gregg Garfin (gmgarfin@email.arizona.edu)
Sponsored by the School of Natural Resources and the Environment, Institute of the Environment, and Biosphere 2.
Louise Misztal is the Conservation Policy Program Coordinator for the Sky Island Alliance. She provides leadership for climate change adaptation, cross-program climate science integration, science-based resource management advocacy including travel management, and spatial analysis. Her current focus is on improving land and resource management in the Sky Island region in the face of a changing climate and on finding creative and constructive ways for the conservation community to collaborate with land and resource managers to better steward the resources we all care about. Louise received her Bachelor of Science with honors in Microbiology and her Bachelor of Arts in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from the University of Arizona.
Marcos Robles is a conservation scientist with The Nature Conservancy (Arizona). His work focuses on helping the Conservancy and partners sustain our natural resources in a changing environment, from adapting to climate change to providing options for sustainable growth and infrastructure development. Current projects include an assessment of climate change impacts on natural resources in the Southwest; exploring options for renewable energy development in Arizona while sustaining our environment; and understanding how forest management in the Salt and Verde watersheds can benefit downstream users in Phoenix. He has worked in conservation science for a decade. Prior to joining the Conservancy, he worked as a project manager and conservation scientist for NatureServe. He obtained his undergraduate degree from UC Berkeley (Environmental Science), and a Masters degree in Ecology from Colorado State University, where he studied grassland and soil conservation in Wyoming.
Brian Powell is Program Manager for the Pima County Office of Sustainability and Conservation, which seeks to deliver timely and relevant conservation information to the County various land management and conservation initiatives. Prior to joining the County, Brian led a UA/National Park Service project to inventory vertebrates and plants at 9 NPS units in southern Arizona. Brian received his MS from the UA's School of Natural Resources and the Environment in 1999 and BS from the Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington.
Karen Simms is the Ecosystem Planner for BLM's Las Cienegas NCA and is currently serving as the Assistant Field Manager for the Tucson Field Office of BLM. During her nearly 25 years with BLM in southeastern Arizona, Karen has worked as a wildlife biologist, planner, and manager. Her collaborative adaptive management work with the Sonoita Valley Planning Partnership has been nationally recognized and used as a case study in the DOI Technical Guide on Adaptive Management. She serves on the Leadership Team for the Collaboration and Adaptive Management Network (CAMNet) and is currently involved in developing BLM's National Partnership Strategy and interagency partnership training courses. Karen has a BS degree in Zoology from the University of California, Davis and a MS degree in Wildlife Biology from the University of Arizona.
