Presentations

Keynote - Branching Out: Forests from the Canopy Perspective

Nalini Nadkarni, University of Utah

1:15 PM - 2:00 PM

Collaborating With Indigenous Community to Restore Our Landscapes

Serina Fast Horse, Portland State University
Allison Rose, Portland Bureau of Environmental Services

2:20 PM - 2:30 PM

Looking beyond facility location to evaluate equity in the distribution of green stormwater infrastructure

Erin N. Rivers, Utah State University
Marissa Matsler, University of Maryland at College Park
Dillon Mahmoudi, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

2:30 PM - 2:40 PM

Restoring Habitat for Fish and Wildlife Injured by Contamination in the Portland Harbor Superfund Site

Lauren Senkyr

2:40 PM - 2:50 PM

Oak Prairie Working Group Oak Prioritization Mapping

Nicole Ruggiero, Tualatin Soil and Water Conservation District
Aiman Duckworth, Biohabitats, Inc.

4:00 PM - 4:10 PM

Survival and growth of Pacific madrone following four years of establishment care

Lea Wilson, City of Portland

4:10 PM - 4:20 PM

Sensitive amphibian populations persist through time using constructed stormwater ponds

Marissa Eckman, City of Gresham

4:20 PM - 4:30 PM

Tadpoles Survive Urban Pollutants and Cages to Show Conservation Value of Altered Landscapes

Katie A. Holzer, City of Gresham
Max Lambert, University of California - Berkeley
Lauren Chan, Pacific University
Marissa Eckman, City of Gresham
Laura Guderyahn, Portland Parks and Recreation
Kelly Smalling, United States Geological Survey

4:30 PM - 4:40 PM

Can turtles and humans coexist? An examination of the minimum habitat requirements of Western painted turtles in Oregon

James P. Holley, Portland State University

4:40 PM - 4:50 PM

Keynote - Building Sustainable Ecology Through Participatory Planning

PK Das, PK Das and Associates

8:35 AM - 9:20 AM

Urban Stream Uplift and Connectivity in Fanno Creek

Matt Brennan, Clean Water Services

9:30 AM - 9:40 AM

Considerations When Mixing Source Populations for Plants in Restoration

Adrienne St. Clair, Metro

9:40 AM - 9:50 AM

Understory Species Increase Project: Evaluating Establishment From Seed

Erin M. McElroy, Portland State University

9:50 AM - 10:00 AM

Enhancing Grassland Habitat in The Middle of the Columbia River

Matt Paroulek, Port of Portland
Sarah Wilson, Port of Portland

10:00 AM - 10:10 AM

A Successful Monitoring and Mitigation Project to Address Bird Window Collisions at the City of Portland’s Columbia Building, 2015-2019

Mary Coolidge, Portland Audubon
David Helzer, City of Portland Environmental Services
Jade Ujcic-Ashcroft, City of Portland Enironmental Services

11:25 AM - 11:35 AM

Wildlife cameras on college campus provide community engagement and research opportunities

Valance Brenneis, Portland Community College
Lisa Freeman, Portland Community Collge
Michelle Hesek, Portland Community College
Rodé Krige, Portland Community College
John Pettitt, Portland Community College

11:35 AM - 11:45 AM

Nest Preferences of solitary cavity nesting bees in Portland, OR

Stefanie Steele, Portland State University

11:45 AM - 11:51 AM

Putting beavers into urban streams to improve water quality

Heejun Chang, Portland State University

11:55 AM - 12:05 PM