| 8:00-11:00a | Poster Setup (Azalea Room) | |
| 8:30a | Registration begins (Azalea Entrance) | |
| 9:30-12:30p | WORKSHOP: (Dogwood I) Invasive Pest Plants of the Southern Appalachians. Organized by Hilary Vinson; Led by Lee Patrick, Invasive Plant Control, Inc. Participants will learn about the identification, biology, and recommended control strategies for invasive pest plants in the Southern Appalachians and will learn methods for planning invasive pest plant control programs. Includes trip to the GSMNP to observe ongoing invasive plant controls projects. Ideal for resource managers as well as community groups interested in invasive species control. |
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| 1:00-1:20p | Conference opening (Dogwood I/II) Suzette Kimball, Chair, SAMAB Executive Committee, USGS-BRD Conference goals by Robb Turner, Executive Director, SAMAB | |
| 1:20-1:45p | Charles Adams, NRCS, Director SE Region (Dogwood I/II) | |
| 1:45-2:15p | Sam Hamilton, USFWS, Director SE Region Region (Dogwood I/II) | |
| 2:15-2:30p | Break (Pool Area) | |
| 2:30-3:30p | Indiana Bat Biology and Forest Management Chair: Brian Cole, US FWS
2:40p Robert Currie
3:00p John MacGregor
Wrap-up: Ranotta McNair |
Community Partnering for Watershed Solutions (Part 1) Chair: Katherine Sells, NRCS Organizer: Susan Kask, Western Carolina University
2:40p Blaine K. Delaney
3:00p Michael G. Altizer
3:20p Wayne E. Turley and Pat Houston
4:00p Gary F. Gumz Wrap-up: TBD |
| 3:30-4:30p | Panel Discussion: (Dogwood I) Proactive Forest Planning/ Management with Communities Organizer/Chair: Frank Findley, Assistant Ranger for Recreation Resources, USDA, Forest Service, Cheoah
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| 4:30-6:00 | Proposed Forest Plan Revisions in Response to the Southern Appalachian Assessment (Dogwood I/II) Organizer/Chair: Terry Seyden, National Forests of North Carolina Topics: overview of plan revisions, wildlife issues/partnerships; watershed assessment/riparian areas; where we go from here from the decision maker's perspective; the role of research, and new directions in planning |
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| 6:00-7:30 | Posters, wine and cheese (Azalea Room) Organizer: Karen Lorino, Energy, Environment & Resources Center, University of TN ***Posters are listed at the end of the program*** |
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| 7:30a-8:30 | Continental Breakfast (Indoor pool area) | 8:30-10:30a | Partnering to Manage Invasive Species Organizer/Chair: Hilary Vinson, US FWS
Lead Speakers: 9:35a Steve Manning, "Public and private partnership strategies for invasive plant control...The city level" 9:55a Kristine Johnson, "Southeastern Exotic Pest Plant Council" Wrap-up: Larry Fowler |
Processes for Partnering With Communities Chair: Susan Kask, WCU Lead Speakers: 8:30a Virginia Seitz and Tony Hebert, University of Tennessee, Community Partnership Center, "Building partnerships for sustainable development" 8:50a Stephanie Wilds, "Our valley, our future: Land use in the Swannanoa Valley, and a good neighbor approach to sharing resources" 9:10a Mary English, "Building communities by building Smart Growth" 9:30A Juanita Wells, "Strategic planning: Is there a need?" 9:50a Dodd Galbreath, "Neutralizing fear: Working with communities to solve sensitive problems" Wrap-up: Phillip Gibson, Western North Carolina Tomorrow |
| 10:30-10:45a | Break (Indoor Pool Area) | |
| 10:45-12:30p | Managing Invasive Plants in the Natural Environment Organizer/Chair: Hilary Vinson, US FWS 10:40a Bob Merriam, "Are exotic pest plants bothering your native species?" 11:10a W. Henry McNab, "Distribution of the exotic oriental bittersweet vine in relation to moisture and disturbance regimes in the Southern Appalachians" 11:30a Wiliaim Hamilton, "Managing invasive species at Warren Wilson College" 11:50a Gary Kauffman, "Native plant seed mix" Wrap-up: Kristine Johnson, GSMNP and Southeastern Exotic Pest Plant Council; and Larry Fowler, USDA-APHIS |
Interactive Workshop: Methods for Building Community Partnerships Led by Virginia Seitz and Tony Hebert, Community Partnership Center, University of TN Participants in this workshop will learn a variety of methods for promoting community participation in natural resource management and sustainable development. This workshop will give participants practical tools for: determining who to work with in a community, engaging community members in planning and priority setting, including community members in data collection, documentation and analysis, and promoting ongoing involvement in equitable partnerships. Workshop participants will have an opportunity for hands-on experience in selected methods through interactive activities. |
| 12:30-2:00p | Lunch on your own or (by registration) NEPA Roundtable discussion with box lunch (Highlander Room, 2nd floor of hotel) Organized and led by Harold Draper, TVA, "The SAMAB Environmental assessment Database and Trends in Environmental Impact Assessment in the Southern Appalachians" |
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| 2:00-2:30p | Milton Hamilton, Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation "Working Together for Sustainable Solutions" (Dogwood I/II) |
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| 2:30-4:15p | Southern Appalachian Forest Dynamics Chair: Nancy Herbert, USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station 2:40p Charles Lafon, "Influences of pre-abandonment soil loss on forest succession rates and tree diversity on former pastures of the Oak Ridge Reservation, East Tennessee" 3:00p N.S. Nicholas, Cindy Huber, Bill Jackson, "Baseline stand structure and condition of northern hardwood forests in the Southern Appalachians" 3:20p Cathryn Greenberg, "Acorn production by five oak species in the Southern Appalachians" 3:40p M. Barker, H. Van Miegroet, N. S. Nicholas, "The role of overstory nitrogen uptake as a sink for atmospheric N in Southern Appalachian spruce-fir forests" Wrap-up: Charlie Van Sickle, US Forest Service, retired |
Community Growth Issues
Chair: Melanie Catania, TDEC 2:40p Russell England, "Prevailing growth strategies that prevent community sustainability" 3:00p Virginia Faust, "Traditional neighborhood developments" 3:20p Linda Cable, "Swain County Heritage Tourism Development Plan" 3:40p Robert Allen, "The structure and implementation of Tennessee's Growth Policy Act" Wrap-up: Hubert Hinote, SAMAB, retired |
| 4:15-4:30p | Break (Pool Area) | |
| 4:30-5:45p | Southern Appalachian Air Quality Assessments Chair: Larry Hartmann, NPS, Great Smoky Mountains National Park 4:30p William Pendergrass and Steven Trotter, "East Tennessee Ozone Study (ETOS)" 5:10p Patricia Brewer, "Predicting air quality benefits in the Southern Appalachian mountains" Wrap-up: TBD |
Multiple Objectives for Greenways and Trails
Chair: Jack Ranney, UT EERC 4:30p Rob Weber and Arlene Barnett, "The Cumberland Trail State Park: A conservation initiative and viable economic alternative for Southern Appalachia" 4:50p Sam Rogers, "The Pistol Creek Greenway...a riparian landscape demonstration project within an urban stream corridor" 5:10p Murray Wade, "Foothills Parkway Section 8B Environmental Report" 5:30p Vernon C. (Tom) Gilbert, "Monitoring the AT environment: An announcement to begin organizing a Southern Appalachian component" Wrap-up: Susan Callendrusio, Knox County, TN Greenways Coordinator |
| 6:30-8:30p | Food and Fun Presentation of SAMAB Awards and reception at Calhoun's. Heavy hors d'oeuvres and music by The County Boys, the area's best Bluegrass band. (Calhoun's Banquet Facility, 1004 Parkway--about one block from the entrance to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park) |
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| 7:30a-8:30 | Continental Breakfast (Indoor pool area) | 8:30-10:00a | Community Partnering for Watershed Solutions (Part 2) Chair: TBD
8:40a Frank Sagona, "Building partnerships in the Tennessee Valley: Like the landscape, it's varied" 9:20a Ronald Moser and Burline Pullin, "Partnerships for the Pigeon" Wrap-up: Ruth Anne Hanahan, Tennessee Water Resources Research Center |
Forest Change and Sustainability Chair: Jack Ramey, National Forests of North Carolina Lead Speakers: 8:30a John Greis, Southern Region USDA Forest Service, and Dave Wear, Southern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, "Southeast forest sustainability assessment" 8:50a Kyle Warren, Jonathan Evans, Lynn Barnett, "Accelerated conversion of native hardwood habitat to pine plantation on the Cumberland Plateau of southeast Tennessee" 9:10A Thomas A. Waldrop, Nicole Turrill Welch, Patrick H. Brose, Helen H. Mohr, "An overview of current research on restoring Table Mountain Pine (Pinus Pungens) communities with stand replacement fire" 9:30a Kim DeLozier, "Experimental elk release at Great Smoky Mountains National Park" Wrap-up: TBD |
| 10:00-10:15a | Break (Indoor Pool Area) | |
| 10:15-12:00p | Challenges for Gateway Communities Chair: Melanie Catania, TDEC 10:20a Shawn Benge, "The role of the national Park Service in building relationships with gateway communities" 10:40a Charlynn Maxwell Porter, "Gatlinburg: Taking action to preserve quality of life" 11:00a Ron Beckman, "Focus on community: The city of Townsend" Wrap-up: Melanie Catania, TDEC |
Information for Community Planning and Resource Management Chair: Frank van Manen, USGS-BRD 10:20a Becky Nichols, "ATBI: What have we learned so far?" 10:40 John Peine, "Citizen Access to Information on Community Sustainability" 11:10a Jim Kahnand Steve Stewart, "Integrating ecology and economics: Conjoint analysis and the Clinch Valley ecological assessment" 11:30a Phillip Gibson, "Western North Carolina communities: lessons learned and strategies for tomorrow" Wrap-up: Frank van Manen, USGS-BRD |
| 12:00-1:30p | Lunch on your own | |
| 1:15-2:15p | Panel Discussion:Federal Transportation Enhancement funding for Community Projects: ISTEA and TEA-21(Dogwood I/II)
Chair: Robb Turner, SAMAB Participants: Robert Wheeler, Environmental Program Specialist of the Federal Highway Administration Southern Resource Center Bob Cassada, Virginia DOT Deborah Delucia, ETDD Wheeler will kick off the panel with a discussion of ISTEA and TEA-21, including eligible activities, levels of funding, and community opportunities. Other panelists will discuss successes they have had using these transportation funding sources to study, prevent, and mitigate effects of surface transportation. Information about how communities can apply for TEA-21 support will be provided. |
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| 2:15-2:45p | Plenary Speaker: Steve Nash, Transmontane Infosmog Control Strategies" (Dogwood I/II) Nash is the author of Blue Ridge 2020: An Owner's Manual and an associate professor of journalism at the University of Richmond. His environmental reporting has appeared in Bioscience, The Scientist, National Parks, The Washington Post, and the Christian Science Monitor. |
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| 2:45-3:00p | Conference Closing:Robb Tuner, SAMAB (Dogwood I/II) | |
| 3:00-5:15p | WORKSHOP: (Highlander Room, 2nd floor of hotel) Community-based Assessment of Scenic Quality Laura Rotegard, Community Planner at the Blue Ridge Parkway, will lead this workshop designed for community members and resource managers alike. Participants will be introduced to a method of systematically inventorying and assessing scenic views. Community participation is integral in the assessment technique and fosters understanding of the views as well as firm connections to community decision makers. The method encourages partnerships within communities and between communities and neighboring land and resource managers. The workshop includes a field trip to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park to analyze viewsheds. |
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Monday Nov. 1, 6:00-7:30 (Azalea Room) D. Briane Adams, "The USGS mission and focus areas" Jane L. Brown, Anne F. Rogers, Rodney Snedeker, and Walt Cottingham, "Summer ventures at Wayehutta (31JK285)" Robert A. Browne, Jeffrey W. Lavoie, and Flora Ann Bynum, "Tree and mammal species richness in Piedmont North Carolina 1760-1996" Joseph F. Connell, "USGS National Water-Quality Assessment Program" Charles Feldhake, "Appalachian Farming Systems Research Center, Beaver, West Virginia" Charles Feldhake, "Agroforestry: Working trees for agriculture, National Agroforestry Center, Lincoln, Nebraska" Vernon C. (Tom) Gilbert, "Monitoring the AT environment: An announcement to begin organizing a Southern Appalachian component" Larry Hartmann, et al., "Great Smoky Mountains National Park Programs" Robert Hawk, "Healthy Greenway Trails: A Southwest North Carolina greenways program" Beth Hunley, "MICAH-Mountain Interfaith Creative Action at Home" Peg Jones, "The effects of Hurricane Floyd-Why we shouldn't build in floodplains" Rod Kindlund, "Strategic framework for planning at the Southern Research Station" Randy D. McCracken, "On-line delivery of research products" D.L. Morrison, I.F. Creed, N.S. Nicholas, "Nitrogen dynamics in coarse woody debris: A net source sink to the forest?" Jerry S. Olson and William Hargrove, "Related Geographic and Model Frameworks for Community Studies" Patricia D. Parr, "The Association of Southeastern Biologists" Virginia Seitz and Tony Hebert, "Building partnerships in sustainable development" Southern Appalachian Mountains CESU, "Southern Appalachian Mountains Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit: Collaborative research for solutions to natural resource problems" H. Van Miegroet, N.S. Nicholas, and I.F. Creed, "An integrated approach to assess spatial variability in N dynamics in a small headwater catchment in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park" Louise M. Weber, "Conservation education for the real world: An example from Warren Wilson College" |