T213 Geology in the National Forests and Grasslands—Stewardship, Education, and Research

Tuesday, 20 October 2009
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Portland Ballroom 253

Presentations

• 1:30 PM
  CAVE AND KARST RESOURCE MANAGEMENT WITHIN A MULTIPLE-USE AGENCY: MOVING TOWARD SYNERGISTIC COLLABORATION BETWEEN DISCIPLINES TO MANAGE A FRAGILE SUBSURFACE ECOSYSTEM
  Johanna L. Kovarik, USDA Forest Service, Thorne Bay, AK
  163699 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:50 PM
  DEFINING SHALLOW GROUNDWATER DYNAMICS ALONG THE WHITE RIVER IN MANISTEE NATIONAL FOREST, MICHIGAN: PREPARING FOR POTENTIAL ECOSYSTEM CHANGE IN CRITICAL STREAM HABITATS
  Paul K. Doss, University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, IN
  162514 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:05 PM
  HYDROECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF SPRINGS ECOSYSTEM CONDITIONS AND RISKS WITH A NEW SPRINGS ECOSYSTEM ASSESSMENT PROTOCOL
  Abraham E. Springer, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ and Lawrence E. Stevens, Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, AZ and Jeri Ledbetter, Perezoso Media, Flagstaff, AZ
  166140 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:25 PM
  A FRAMEWORK FOR ENVIRONMENTAL WATER REQUIREMENTS FOR GROUNDWATER DEPENDENT ECOSYSTEMS
  Joseph Gurrieri, USDA Forest Service, Ogden, UT
  162856 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:45 PM
  THE FOREST SERVICE'S BLACK RIVER LAND EXCHANGE AND GROUNDWATER: DATA, LACK OF DATA, AND THE NEPA PROCESS
  Roger D. Congdon, USDA Forest Service, Albuquerque, NM and Mark Schwab, Phoenix, AZ and Michael Linden, USDA Forest Service, Albuquerque, NM
  166317 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:00 PM
  NATURALLY OCCURRING ASBESTOS IN U.S. FOREST SERVICE SYSTEM LANDS
  Randall J. Gould, USFS Pacific SW Region, Vallejo, CA and Thomas E. Koler, US Forest Service El Dorado National Forest, Placerville, CA and J. Courtney Cloyd, USDA Forest Service, Portland, OR
  166506 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:15 PM
  CERCLA RESPONSE ACTIONS APPLIED TO ARSENIC-CONTAMINATED TAILINGS AT SMALL ABANDONED GOLD MINES ON NATIONAL FORESTS IN THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA, CALIFORNIA
  Jerome V. De Graff, USDA Forest Service, Clovis, CA
  159981 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:45 PM
  US FOREST SERVICE & GSA GeoCorps AMERICA PROGRAM – PARTNERING TO STRENGTHEN GEOSCIENCE ON NATIONAL FORESTS
  J. Courtney Cloyd, USDA Forest Service, Portland, OR and Wesley M. Hill, The Geological Society of America, Boulder, CO
  166686 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:00 PM
  WHATS IN MY DIRT? – USE OF THE NATIONAL GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY TO DETERMINE ECOREGIONAL BACKGROUND VALUES FOR ELEMENTAL CONSTITUENTS IN ARKANSAS: A PROCESS, DEMONSTRATION, AND EXAMPLE APPLICATION
  Michael A. Crump, USDA Forest Service, Atlanta, GA
  164179 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:15 PM
  CREATION AND APPLICATION OF A DATABASE OF RARE EARTH ELEMENT SIGNATURES FROM VERTEBRATE FOSSILS ON FEDERAL LANDS: A TOOL TO MANAGE FOSSIL RESOURCES AND MITIGATE FOSSIL POACHING
  David E. Grandstaff, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA and Dennis O. Terry, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA and Amanda E. Drewicz, Boise State University, Boise, ID and William E. Lukens, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA and Barbara A. Beasley, Nebraska National Forest, Chadron, NE
  161318 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:30 PM
  VERTEBRATE FOSSIL DISCOVERIES PROMPT MAJOR SHIFT IN MESOZOIC STRATIGRAPHY OF PICKETWIRE CANYONLANDS, COMANCHE NATIONAL GRASSLAND, SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO
  Bruce A. Schumacher, US Forest Service, Lakewood, CO and Andrew Heckert, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC and Spencer Lucas, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Albuquerque, NM
  162834 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:45 PM
  OCCURRENCE AND AGE OF PACKRAT MIDDENS FROM WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA
  John D.W. Fielding, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND and Kenneth Lepper, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND
  161424 (Technical Sessions)
• 5:00 PM
  DEBRIS FLOW HAZARDS AT MT. HOOD, OREGON
  Thomas G. DeRoo, Sandy, OR
  163988 (Technical Sessions)
• 5:15 PM
  MONITORING THE FERGUSON ROCKSLIDE, CENTRAL CALIFORNIA “WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED AND HAVEN'T LEARNED”
  Alan J. Gallegos, USDA Forest Service, Clovis, CA and Jerome V. DeGraff, USDA Forest Service, Clovis, CA
  167223 (Technical Sessions)