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Dialog about Ecosystem Intactness and Resiliency - Panel Discussion Continued

Thursday, October 23, 2014: 4:15 PM
Polaris A (Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center)
Karen Murphy , Western Alaska LCC, Anchorage, AK
Joel Reynolds , Western Alaska LCC, Anchorage, AK
Jeff Burgett , Pacific Islands Climate Change Cooperative, Honolulu, HI
Yvette Converse , Great Northern LCC, Bozeman, MT
Steve Gray , USGS, Anchorage, AK
Wendy Francis , Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative, Canmore, Canada
Jamie Trammell , University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK
David Theobald , Conservation Science Partners, Ft Collins, CO
Erika Rowland , Wildlife Conservation Society, Bozeman, MT
Karen Kelleher , Bureau of Land Management, Anchorage, AK
Fiona Schmiegelow , U. Alberta, Whitehorse, Canada
The audience and speakers from the "Large Landscape Conservation: Resiliency and the meaning of Ecosystem Intactness" will discuss strategies for moving forward.  Have we learned enough to form a definition of "ecosystem intactness"? Do we need a different phrase to describe how ecosystem intactness is altered by invasive species, climate change or other forms on landscape change that isn't the result of human development?  How do we begin to identify the key threshold levels where change is effecting ecosystem resiliency?  These are some of the questions that we hope will be included in our dialog across presenters and with the audience. Ultimately, we hope the discussion will provide insights into how managers of today's "intact" landscapes can make the wisest choices under rapidly changing climate conditions.