Workshop Groups

The Workshop Groups are individual task groups convened to inform the design or refinement of specific indicators.

Workshop on Carbon Storage Reporting February 28, 2006

Linda S. Heath, USDA Forest Service
Richard Houghton, Woods Hole Research Center
Gary Kaster, Carbon Projects Services
Stephen Ogle, Colorado State University
R. Neil Sampson, The Sampson Group
Gordon Smith, Ecofor LLC
Eric Sundquist, U.S. Geological Survey
Merritt Turetsky, Michigan State University

Harmful Algal Blooms Workshop—May 5, 2005

Donald Scavia, Chair, University of Michigan
Donald Anderson, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Wayne W. Carmichael, Wright State University
Quay Dortch, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Joanne Jellett, Jellett Biotek Consulting
Gregg W. Langlois, California Department of Health Services
Jack Rensel, Rensel Associates Aquatic Science Consultants
Patrick Rose, Save the Manatee Club
Kevin Sellner, Chesapeake Research Consortium, Inc.
Theodore Smayda, University of Rhode Island
Vera Trainer, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Landscape Pattern Indicators in the Coastal Zone Workshops (2)

Workshop on Landscape Pattern Indicators in the Coastal Zone—September 2–3, 2004

Susan Bell, Chair, University of South Florida
Virginia Burkett, U.S. Geological Survey
Joshua Collins, San Francisco Estuary Institute
John Dixon, California Coastal Commission
Lesley Ewing, California Coastal Commission
Rikki Grober-Dunsmore, U.S. Geological Survey
Jimmy Johnston, U.S. Geological Survey (retired)
Richard Lathrop, Rutgers University
Thomas Minello, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Gerald Niemi, University of Minnesota Duluth
Charles Roman, National Park Service and University of Rhode Island
Charles Simenstad, University of Washington
Robert Stewart, U.S. Geological Survey (retired)
Drew Talley, San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve and University of California Davis
Roman Zajac, University of New Haven
Joy Zedler, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Second Workshop on Landscape Pattern Indicators for the Coastal Zone— May 15–16, 2006

Susan Bell, Chair, University of South Florida
Tundi Agardy, Sound Seas
William S. Fisher, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Jimmy Johnston, U.S. Geological Survey (retired)
Richard Lathrop, Rutgers University
Thomas Minello, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Matt Nicholson, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Gerald Niemi, University of Minnesota Duluth
Charles Simenstad, University of Washington
Eric Stein, Southern California Coastal Water Research Project
Daniel O. Suman, University of Miami
Drew Talley, San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve and University of California Davis
Roman Zajac, University of New Haven

Non-native Species Workshops (4)

I. Percent Plant Cover Indicator Workshop— November 16, 2004

Lars W. J. Anderson, U.S. Department of Agriculture and University of California Davis
Andrew Gray, USDA Forest Service
Drew Kerr, King County Noxious Weed Control Program
Richard N. Mack, Washington State University
Beth Schulz, USDA Forest Service
Greg Spyreas, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
Sarah Reichard, University of Washington

II. Ad Hoc Consultation on Non-native Species Indicators: Animal Pathogens—October 13, 2004

Josh Dein, U.S. Geological Survey
Sylvia Fallon, Natural Resources Defense Council
Grace S. McLaughlin, National Wildlife Health Center
Scott Miller, Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History
Marc Minton, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Greg Ruiz, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Lou Sileo, U.S. Geological Survey (retired)

III. Non-native Invertebrates Indicator Workshop— December 16, 2004

Jim Carlton, The Maritime Studies Program of Williams College and Mystic Seaport
Valerie Eviner, University of California Davis
Peter Groffman, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Andrew Liebhold, USDA Forest Service
Gary Lovett, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Anthony Ricciardi, McGill University
David Strayer, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Katalin Szlavecz, Johns Hopkins University
Klement Tockner, Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental Science and Technology (EAWAG)

IV. Ad Hoc Meeting on the Non-native Vertebrate Indicator— December 9, 2004

Richard Engeman, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Mercedes S. Foster, U.S. Geological Survey / National Museum of Natural History
Pam Fuller, U.S. Geological Survey
Larry Master, NatureServe (retired)
Roy McDiarmid, U.S. Geological Survey / National Museum of Natural History
Charles Nilon, National Science Foundation

Plant Growth Index Workshop— August 22, 2006

David Skole, Chair, Michigan State University
Craig Daughtry, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Paul Doraiswamy, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Scott Goetz, Woods Hole Research Center
Alfredo Huete, University of Arizona
Ranga Myneni, Boston University
Rama Nemani, NASA Ames Research Center
Steve Prince, University of Maryland at College Park
Steve W. Running, University of Montana
Jay Samek, Michigan State University
John Townsend, Virginia Natural Heritage Program (formerly University of Maryland at College Park)

Stream Flows Workshops (3)

I. Workshop on the Core National Indicator for Change in Stream Flows— July 26, 2005

Colin Apse, The Nature Conservancy
Leo Eisel, Brown and Caldwell
Glenn Hodgkins, U.S. Geological Survey
Harry Lins, U.S. Geological Survey
Duncan Patten, Montana State University
LeRoy Poff, Colorado State University
Ken Potter, University of Wisconsin
Richard Vogel, Tufts University

Second Workshop to Develop a Core National Indicator for Change in Stream Flows— November 29, 2005

Leo Eisel, Brown and Caldwell
Glenn Hodgkins, U.S. Geological Survey
X. Jay Jian, U.S. Geological Survey
Harry Lins, U.S. Geological Survey
Duncan Patten, Montana State University
LeRoy Poff, Colorado State University
Richard Vogel, Tufts University
David Wolock, U.S. Geological Survey
Terry Young, Environmental Defense Fund

Third Workshop to Develop a Core National Indicator for Change in Stream Flows— April 7, 2006

Colin Apse, The Nature Conservancy
Leo Eisel, Brown and Caldwell
Glenn Hodgkins, U.S. Geological Survey
Harry Lins, U.S. Geological Survey
Duncan Patten, Montana State University
LeRoy Poff, Colorado State University
Richard Vogel, Tufts University
David Wolock, U.S. Geological Survey