Pacific Northwest Wildlife Connections

October 20th
Oregon Zoo

DRAFT AGENDA - Introductory Remarks

8:30-8:45
Welcome and Introduction - Sandy Jacobson (USFS)

8:45-9:15
- Wildlife Connections 101 - Raymond Sauvajot (NPS)

Session Title: - The National Scene

9:15-9:45
Successful projects & recent advances - Patty Cramer (Utah State Univ)

9:45-10:15
Protecting Wildlife Migration Corridors and Crucial Wildlife Habitat in the West - Shaun McGrath (Western Governor's Assoc)

10:15-10:45
Break Session Title: The State Scene

10:45-11:15
Oregon's Wildlife Movements Strategy - Audrey Hatch, Simon Wray (ODFW)

11:15 - 11:45
Wildlife Habitat Connectivity Planning in Washington Kelly McAllister (WSDOT) and Joanne Schuett-Hames (WDFW)

11:45 - 1 pm
Lunch

Session Title: - Pac NW/Local Scene

1:00-1:20
The Wildlife Habitat Connectivity Guidebook Lori Hennings (Portland Metro) and Lisa Debruyckere

1:20-1:40
I-95 in Idaho, seeing a project through, start to finish
Louise Kling (URS Corp)

1:40-2:00
Boeckman Road project (City of Wilsonville)

2:00 - 2:30
Break
Session Title: Road Ecology

2:30 - 2:50
Identifying Permeability Opportunity areas - Peter Singleton (U.S. Forest Service Research)

2:50 - 3:10
Landscape permeability needs of Bighorn Sheep - Clinton Wakefield-Epps (OSU)

3:10 - 3:30
Mitigating fragmented landscapes - Tony Clevenger (Western Transportation Institute)

3:30 - 3:40
Question and answer

3:40 - 4:10 Break
Session Title: Public involvement and collaboration

4:10 - 4:30
I-90 East - Public outreach that worked - Jen Watkins (Conservation Northwest)

4:30 - 4:50
What's working in southern California - Kristeen Penrod (South Coast Wildlands)

4:50 - 5:00
Closing remarks and next steps - Sandy Jacobson (USFS)