MEETING SCHEDULE
Afternoon
1:00–5:00 Registration and Poster Set-up
Regional Breakouts
Field Trip
1:00-5:00 Crystal Springs Memorial Preserve
Evening
5:30–8:30 Social Mixer and Poster Review
Morning
8:00-9:00 Registration and Refreshments / Poster Session open
9:00-9:15 Welcome and Introduction - Jon Jenks
9:15-9:30 Welcome - Peggy Gordon Elliot, President of SDSU
9:30-9:45 Overview and Welcome from the National Office - Kevin Gergely
9:45-10:15 Discussion of New Directions - Gladys Cotter
10:15-10:30 Refreshment Break
10:30-11:00 Invited Research Paper: Riparian Biodiversity Along Regulated Rivers: Significance of
Novel and Relictual Habitats - Carter Johnson, SDSU
11:00-11:30 Keynote speaker: Conservation of Grasslands: Techniques for a New Century - Clint Miller,
The Nature Conservancy
11:30-1:00 Lunch on your own
Afternoon
Session 1: AQUATIC GAP
1:00-1:20 Using GIS to Map Distributions of Riverine Biota on a Watershed by Watershed Basis -
Michael Morey
1:20-1:40 Classifying Stream Ecosystems into Distinct Ecological Units at Multiple Spatial Scales
- Gust Annis
1:40-2:00 Real-World Examples of Using Aquatic GAP Data for Conservation at Regional, State and
County Levels - Scott Sowa
2:00-2:20 An Application of Aquatic Gap Analysis to Conserve the Endangered Topeka Shiner in
South Dakota - Steven Wall
2:20-2:40 Aquatic Gap Analysis in South Dakota - Vickie Smith
2:40-3:00 Question and Answer Period
3:00-3:30 Refreshment Break
Session 2: INNOVATIONS FROM THE GREAT PLAINS
3:30-3:50 Small Mammal Survey of Wind Cave National Park - A Mini Gap Analysis - Jeremy Duckwitz
3:50-4:10 Automated Data Management for Vertebrate Modeling for Kansas GAP and Great Plains
Regional GAP - Todd Hoernemann
4:10-4:30 Integration of GIS and Remote Sensing for Mapping Land Cover of the Northern Great Plains
- Larry Strong
4:30-4:50 Comparison of South Dakota GAP, National Land Cover Data Set, and Black Hills National
Forest Vegetation Map for Determining Habitat Selection by Female White-tailed Deer in the
Black Hills, South Dakota - Robert Klaver
4:50-5:10 Conservation Opportunity Areas for the Ozark Highlands: A Flexible, Ecoregion-based
Inventory - David Diamond
Evening
5:10-6:00 Poster review with authors available
7:00-9:00 Banquet
7:45-8:45 Banquet Speaker: Emerging Tools for Conservation Decision-Making - Mark Schaefer, CEO,
Association for Biodiversity Information
Morning
8:00 Poster Session Open
8:00-8:30 Refreshments
Session 3: SOCIOECONOMICS AND APPLICATIONS
8:30-8:50 The GAP Ecosystem Data Explorer Tool - Steven Williams
8:50-9:10 Serving National GAP Data - Rob Dietz
9:10-9:30 Analysis of Stimuli and Barriers to Use of NM-GAP Data by County, Tribal, and Regional
Planners - Russell Winn
9:30-9:50 Creating a Conservation Plan: An Example of County-Level Strategy - Leona Svancara
9:50-10:10 Planning for Sustainable Development Based on Socioeconomic Data and Texas GAP
- Nick Parker
10:10-10:30 Question and Answer Period
10:30-10:45 Refreshment Break
Session 4: PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATION
10:45-11:05 An Application of Gap Analysis Methods to Facilitate Planning for Biodiversity
Conservation in the Hudson River Valley - Charles Smith
11:05-11:25 The Northern Gulf Coastal Wetlands Planning Initiative - Wendell Lorio
11:25-11:45 Perspectives on a Gap Analysis Program for Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas, Mexico, for
Management of Biodiversity - César Cantú
11:45-12:00 Question and Answer Period
Afternoon
12:00-1:15 Luncheon at MultiPlex
Luncheon Speaker: Changing Farm Demographics and Land-Use Practices in the Northern
Great Plains: Greater Risks to Suitable Wildlife Habitats - Kenneth Higgins, SDSU
1:15 Depart for EROS Data Center, Sioux Falls
2:15-2:30 Refreshment Break
2:30-2:45 Introduction and Welcome - Don Lauer, Director, EROS
2:45-3:15 Plans for the Next Generation of MRLC and NLCD 2000 - Collin Homer
3:15-3:30 Outline for an Integrated National Land Cover Program - Tom Loveland
3:30-4:15 Panel Discussion on an Integrated National Land Cover Characterization Program
Participants:
Mike Scott, University of Idaho
Denny Grossman, ABI
Jim Merchant, University of Nebraska
Steve Raber, NOAA
Tom Loveland, USGS
4:15-5:30 Tours of EROS Data Center and presentations by EROS/Raytheon staff
5:30 Depart for Brookings Area MultiPlex, Brookings
Morning
8:00 Poster Session Open
8:00-8:30 Refreshments
Session 5: MAPPING AND MODELING SCIENCE
8:30-8:50 Using Ecological Systems as Land Cover Map Units for the Gap Analysis Program
- Shannon Menard
8:50-9:10 Mapping Biodiversity on Maui: A Comparison in Data and Methodologies - Donald
Robinson
9:10-9:30 Predicting Spatial Distributions of Plethodontid Salamanders in Georgia - Matt Elliott
9:30-9:50 Identifying Gaps in the Conservation of Idaho’s Vertebrates - Leona Svancara
9:50-10:20 Refreshment Break
10:20-10:40 South Dakota Gap Analysis Project Land Cover Classification and Analysis - Vickie Smith
10:40-11:00 Environmental Planning Issues and a Conceptual Global Assessment of Undiscovered
Nonfuel Mineral Resources - Joseph Briskey
11:00-11:30 Question and Answer Period
11:30-1:00 Lunch on your own
Afternoon
1:00-1:30 Panel Discussion: “The Giants of GAP”
1:30-3:30 PI/Coordinators Meeting
3:30-3:45 Year 2002 National GAP Meeting - Host
3:45-4:00 Wrap-up - Kevin Gergely
4:00-4:15 Closing Remarks - Jon Jenks
Evening
6:30 Poster Session Closed