Program

The abstract book is available in PDF [2.1 MB].

(Subject to change due to cancellations)

Monday, March 21, 2011
18:00	Welcoming Social Location: Powderhouse Bar
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
07:30	Informal Breakfast
08:30	Opening Remarks
08:50	Plenary Talk Ken Cummins
09:20	A Unique 5,600-Year History of Great 1964-Type Earthquakes Recorded in the Stratigraphy of the Copper River Delta George Plafker
09:40	Response of Marine Deltaic Surfaces to Major Earthquake Uplifts in Southcentral Alaska Keith Boggs
10:00	The Invasive Plant Situation on the Copper River Delta Robert DeVelice
10:20	Break
10:40	Application of the USGS Precipitation Runoff Modeling System in Assessing Glacier Runoff in the Copper River Basin, Alaska Tim Brabets
11:00	Copper River Channel Migration and Its Effects on the Copper River Highway Jeff Conaway
11:20	Seasonal Changes in Productivity in the Copper River Plume and Coastal Gulf of Alaska Robert Campbell
11:40	Community Structure and Secondary Production of Aquatic Macroinvertebrates in Coastal Wetland Ponds of the West Copper River Delta, Alaska Martin Berg
12:00	Contribution of Benthic and Riparian Macroinvertebrates to the Diet of Juvenile Coho Salmon and Dolly Varden in Tributaries of the Copper River Delta, Alaska Emily Campbell
12:20	Lunch
13:20	Cordova and the Trumpeter Swans James King
13:40	A Long-Term Assessment of Trumpeter Swan Populations and Habitat Preferences in Alaska Joshua Schmidt
14:00	Avian Habitat Relationships in a Changing Landscape on the Copper River Delta, Alaska Alan Hitch
14:20	Reproductive Success and Foraging Ecology of the Rusty Blackbird on the Copper River Delta Dave Loomis
14:40	Spring Migration on the Pacific Flyway: Piecing Together the Big Picture from Radio-Marked Shorebirds Mary Anne Bishop
15:00	Break
15:20	Dusky Canada Geese: What Have We Learned Since the Last CRD Science Symposium? Thomas Fondell
15:40	Productivity of Dusky Canada Geese Nesting on the Copper River Delta and on Middleton Island, Alaska Michael Petrula
16:00	Dusky Goose Predator Management Dave Crowley
16:20	27 Years of Artificial Nest Islands for Dusky Canada Geese Jason Fode
16:40	Beaver Influence on Surface Water Changes Over Time on the West Copper River Delta, Alaska Erin Cooper
17:00	Selecting Sites to Improve Moose Winter Forage with Hydroaxe Treatment Milo Burcham
18:00	Banquet Dinner Location: Reluctant Fisherman
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
07:30	Breakfast and Poster Session
09:40	Climate Change and Fish on the Copper River Delta: Challenges and Opportunities Gordon Reeves
10:00	Complexity in Food Webs of Copper River Delta Juvenile Salmon as Revealed by Natural Stable Isotope Abundance Thomas Kline
10:20	Break
10:40	The Influence of Fall-Spawning Coho Salmon on Growth and Production of Juvenile Coho Salmon Rearing in Beaver Ponds on the Copper River Delta, Alaska Dirk Lang
11:00	Assessing Residence Time and Habitat Use of Coho and Sockeye Salmon in Alaska Estuaries Sean Powers
11:20	Spatial Variability in Egg-Incubation Temperature Regimes on the Copper River Delta, Alaska: Implications for Understanding Likely Climate Change Impacts Steve Wondzell
11:40	Coastal Cutthroat Trout in the Copper River Delta and Prince William Sound, Alaska: A Summary of Recent Research Gordon Reeves
12:00	Lunch
13:20	Migration, Movement, and Habitat Use of Humpback Whitefish (Coregonus pidschian) in McKinley Lake and the Copper River Delta Brian Neilsen
13:40	A Survey of Sport Fish Use on the Copper River Delta, Alaska Ken Hodges
14:00	Copper River Fisheries Resource Monitoring Program Keith Van Den Broek
14:20	Copper River Knowledge System Web Portal Robert Bochenek
14:40	Imaging Alaska's Coastline: Fly the Copper River Delta Like a Shorebird Mandy Lindeberg
15:00	Mapping Vegetation on the Copper River Delta Charles Werstak
15:20	Break
15:40	Ranking Culverts for Maximum Benefit from Restoration Dollars Kate Alexander
16:00	Wetlands Ecology Media Expedition Erica Thompson
16:20	Copper River Stewardship Program: A Showcase of a Watershed Education Collaborative Kate Alexander
	Dinner on Your Own
Thursday, March 24, 2011
07:30	Breakfast
08:40	Copper River International Migratory Bird Initiative Erin Cooper
09:00	USFS Alaska Region's Key Coastal Wetlands Deyna Kuntzsch
09:20	Pan-Boreal Conservation: North America's Opportunities Frederic Reid
09:40	Break
10:00	Round Table Panel Discussion Gordie Reeves, Marty Berg, Rob Campbell, Deyna Kuntzsch, Fritz Reid
11:00	Closing Remarks

Copper River Delta Science Symposium

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Program

Monday, March 21, 2011

Welcoming Social

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Plenary Talk

A Unique 5,600-Year History of Great 1964-Type Earthquakes Recorded in the Stratigraphy of the Copper River Delta

Response of Marine Deltaic Surfaces to Major Earthquake Uplifts in Southcentral Alaska

The Invasive Plant Situation on the Copper River Delta

Application of the USGS Precipitation Runoff Modeling System in Assessing Glacier Runoff in the Copper River Basin, Alaska

Copper River Channel Migration and Its Effects on the Copper River Highway

Seasonal Changes in Productivity in the Copper River Plume and Coastal Gulf of Alaska

Community Structure and Secondary Production of Aquatic Macroinvertebrates in Coastal Wetland Ponds of the West Copper River Delta, Alaska

Contribution of Benthic and Riparian Macroinvertebrates to the Diet of Juvenile Coho Salmon and Dolly Varden in Tributaries of the Copper River Delta, Alaska

Cordova and the Trumpeter Swans

A Long-Term Assessment of Trumpeter Swan Populations and Habitat Preferences in Alaska

Avian Habitat Relationships in a Changing Landscape on the Copper River Delta, Alaska

Reproductive Success and Foraging Ecology of the Rusty Blackbird on the Copper River Delta

Spring Migration on the Pacific Flyway: Piecing Together the Big Picture from Radio-Marked Shorebirds

Dusky Canada Geese: What Have We Learned Since the Last CRD Science Symposium?

Productivity of Dusky Canada Geese Nesting on the Copper River Delta and on Middleton Island, Alaska

Dusky Goose Predator Management

27 Years of Artificial Nest Islands for Dusky Canada Geese

Beaver Influence on Surface Water Changes Over Time on the West Copper River Delta, Alaska

Selecting Sites to Improve Moose Winter Forage with Hydroaxe Treatment

Banquet Dinner

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Climate Change and Fish on the Copper River Delta: Challenges and Opportunities

Complexity in Food Webs of Copper River Delta Juvenile Salmon as Revealed by Natural Stable Isotope Abundance

The Influence of Fall-Spawning Coho Salmon on Growth and Production of Juvenile Coho Salmon Rearing in Beaver Ponds on the Copper River Delta, Alaska

Assessing Residence Time and Habitat Use of Coho and Sockeye Salmon in Alaska Estuaries

Spatial Variability in Egg-Incubation Temperature Regimes on the Copper River Delta, Alaska: Implications for Understanding Likely Climate Change Impacts

Coastal Cutthroat Trout in the Copper River Delta and Prince William Sound, Alaska: A Summary of Recent Research

Migration, Movement, and Habitat Use of Humpback Whitefish (Coregonus pidschian) in McKinley Lake and the Copper River Delta

A Survey of Sport Fish Use on the Copper River Delta, Alaska

Copper River Fisheries Resource Monitoring Program

Copper River Knowledge System Web Portal

Imaging Alaska's Coastline: Fly the Copper River Delta Like a Shorebird

Mapping Vegetation on the Copper River Delta

Ranking Culverts for Maximum Benefit from Restoration Dollars

Wetlands Ecology Media Expedition

Copper River Stewardship Program: A Showcase of a Watershed Education Collaborative

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Copper River International Migratory Bird Initiative

USFS Alaska Region's Key Coastal Wetlands

Pan-Boreal Conservation: North America's Opportunities

Round Table Panel Discussion