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Conference Program
Saturday, November 15, 2008, 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
La Cava Center, Executive Dining Room
Bentley College, Waltham, Massachusetts
This conference will convene partners to consider
applied conservation approaches to cope with the likely effects
of climate change on Massachusetts wildlife, native plants and habitats,
and to begin building a network of practitioners to coordinate future
conservation efforts.
| 8:30-9:00 |
Registration & Coffee |
| 9:00-9:30 |
Welcome and opening remarks.
- Mary Griffin, Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of
Fish & Game
- Bernie McHugh, Coordinator, Massachusetts Land Trust Coalition
- Mish Michaels, Environment Reporter & Meteorologist,
WBZ-TV
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| The Climate
Change Problem and the Need for Adaptation Strategies for Wildlife
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| 9:30-10:00 |
Overview of projected and current
climate change impacts in New England - how the climate is
expected to change and how this may affect ecosystems.
- Melanie Fitzpatrick, Northeast Climate Scientist, Union
of Concerned Scientists
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| 10:00-10:30 |
What do we mean by wildlife adaptation
strategies? Why is it necessary to develop these as a response
to climate change?
- Wayne Klockner, State Director, Massachusetts Office of
The Nature Conservancy
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| 10:30-10:45 |
Break |
| What is
Being Done in Massachusetts and Elsewhere |
| 10:45-11:15 |
A national perspective on wildlife
adaptation strategy. What's happening elsewhere in the U.S?
- John Kostyack, Director of Wildlife Conservation and Global
Warming Program, National Wildlife Federation
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| 11:15-11:45 |
How Massachusetts is planning for
conservation in a changing climate.
- Hector Galbraith, Director of Climate Change Initiatives,
Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences
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| 11:45-12:00 |
Recognition of Senator Stephen Brewer
and Representative Steven Kulik |
| 12:00-12:45 |
Lunch |
| Making It
Work on the Ground - Implementation and Action |
| 12:45-2:15 |
How are leading Massachusetts
conservation organizations responding to the threats to wildlife,
plants and habitats posed by climate change?
Presentations by panel members followed by open microphone
discussion. Facilitated by Lisa Vernegaard, Director of Planning
& Stewardship, The Trustees of Reservations.
- Massachusetts Division of Fish & Wildlife (Jack Buckley)
- Massachusetts Audubon Society (Taber Allison)
- New England Wild Flower Society (Bill Brumback)
- The Nature Conservancy (Andy Finton)
- Conservation & Climate Change Clearinghouse (Charles
Chester)
- The Trustees of Reservations (Lisa Vernegaard)
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| 2:15-2:30 |
Break |
| 2:30-3:00 |
Working from the Bottom Up - the
importance of involving local communities in wildlife adaptation
planning and implementation.
- Andy Whitman, Director or Forest Program, Manomet Center
for Conservation Sciences
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| 3:00-3:30 |
Working from the Top Down - how
do we get wildlife adaptation on the legislative and executive
policy agendas - medium and long term strategic goals.
- Jennifer Ryan, Assistant Director for Legislative Affairs,
Mass Audubon
- Steve Long, Government Relations Director, Nature Conservancy
MA Office
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| Where Do
We Go From Here? |
| 3:30-4:00 |
Summation, next steps and the way
ahead.
- Jack Buckley, Assistant Director, Massachusetts Division
of Fish & Wildlife
- Hector Galbraith, Director of Climate Change Initiatives,
Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences
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