Putting Olympic Peninsula on the Map

University of Washington, College of Forest Resources, College of Ocean and Fishery Sciences

OLYMPIC NATURAL RESOURCES CENTER
Winter Science Conference 1999

"Putting Olympic Peninsula on the Map"

February 4 and 5, 1999
at the Olympic Natural Resources Center in Forks, WA

Conference Purpose

The purpose of this Conference is to bring Olympic Peninsula GIS professionals and other interested natural resource professionals together under the umbrellas of

GIS Infrastructure and Education and Olympic Peninsula GIS Applications to

identify challenges and generate potential solutions
upon which ONRC can target strategies in growing GIS educational opportunities and facilitating integrated GIS application in natural resources management, research and education on the Olympic Peninsula.

The two-day Conference is designed to allow time for participants to hear speakers which may stimulate discussion for in-conference participant workgroups to fulfill the goal above.

Speakers will present relevant examples of working with GIS on Olympic Peninsula events and phenomena, and workgroups will rally around specific issues under each umbrella and generate targeted solutions upon which ONRC can base its GIS services.

Who should attend this Conference?

All "ONRC Clearinghouse" Contributing Partners should attend this Conference as a "housewarming" to meet and work with your Clearinghouse neighbors. The ONRC Clearinghouse continues to contact and welcome agencies and organizations using GIS on the Olympic Peninsula such that the Clearinghouse is becoming a comprehensive regional resource --- and with the Clearinghouse's solid foundation established, ONRC GIS can now begin "entertaining guests," by offering services to the Olympic Peninsula GIS community. But we need to know what your needs are and how we can best serve them. Therefore anyone applying GIS in natural resources management, research, and education on and for the Olympic Peninsula should attend.

When and where is this Conference?

The Conference will be held on Thursday and Friday, February 4 and 5, 1999. Day 1 starts with registration and check-in at 10:00 AM and runs to 5:00 PM, with dinner at 6:00 PM and an evening session from 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM. Day 2 begins at 7:30 AM and ends at 3:30 PM.

The Conference will be held at the Olympic Natural Resources Center in Forks. The street address is 1455 South Forks Avenue (just south of the City of Forks on Highway 101). Please refer to this MAP TO ONRC to obtain directions, ferry schedules, highway information, and local weather forecasts.

Accommodations

Lodging is not included in your registration fee. Please call a local Forks motel to reserve your room ASAP. Listed below are some motels in the area.

Local Forks Motels
Motel / Inn	# Rooms	Single	Double	Notes
Forks Motel 351 S Forks Ave 360.374.6243 1.800.544.3416	73	$42.76	$48.36	includes 9.9% tax
Dew Drop Inn 100 Fernhill Road 360.374.4055 1.888.4.dewdrop	21	$42.86	$49.46	includes 9.9% tax
Pacific Inn 352 S Forks Ave 360.374.9400	34	$41.76	$47.26	includes 9.9% tax

Food

Food is included in your registration fee. Meals include lunch, coffee break treats, and dinner on Day 1 and full continental breakfast, coffee break treats, and lunch on Day 2. All meals will have a vegetarian option. Registrants may choose among three entrees (see registration form) for dinner on Day 1. Beer and wine will be served during dinner on Day 1.

Local wines from Olympic Peninsula's Lost Mountain Winery (full sponsor) and Olympic Cellars (partial sponsor)! Local microbrew from Port Angeles Brewing Company (partial sponsor)! Thank you!!

Call for Posters

If you can bring a poster relevant to the topics of the conference, we will gladly display it.

Conference Proceedings

Conference proceedings will be produced online as soon as possible after the conference.

Registration

Seating is limited.

Please print the registration form
and mail with $150.00 payment for each registrant to:

ONRC Winter Science Conference 1999
PO BOX 1628
FORKS, WA 98331

We value your interest in participating in our conference. A limited number of special scholarships for partial or full registration fees are available. If you need financial assistance to participate in this conference, please indicate so in the "other comments" section at the end of the registration form. When mailing the form, do not send payment at that time. Partial payments will be billed. You will be notified before January 25, 1999 if you have been awarded a scholarship.

Conference Agenda
(updates frequently until commencement of conference)
(updated January 26, 1999 -tza)

Day I Thurs Feb 4	GIS Infrastructure and Education	Day II Fri Feb 5	Olympic Peninsula GIS Applications
		7:30 am	Breakfast (full continental)
8:00 am	ONRC Open
		8:30	Introduction to Day II Miranda Wecker, Teresa Alcock: ONRC
		8:45	David Peterson: USGS BRD, Cascadia Field Station Leader at UW CFR "Space and Time: The Final Frontiers for Science and Management" confirmed
		9:15	Break (coffee, tea, and treats)
		9:30	Theme Zone Day II identify issues and challenges in Olympic Peninsula GIS Applications, rank them, & generate potential solutions Themes (1) Marine Database Compilation (Facilitator: Rick Fletcher, Oly Coast Nat'l Marine Sanctuary) (2) terrestrial and marine data integration? (3) GPS (Facilitator: Ron McDuffie, Frontier Precision cancelled - NEED a NEW FACILITATOR!) (4) Chasing Bunnies (Facilitator: Bob Carl, Clallam County) (5) data integration across political jurisdictions?
10:00	Check-in and Register
11:00	Begin Conference with Lunch (choice of veg chili or soup + salad bar + sandwiches)	11:00	End Theme Zone Day II turn in summary (bullet points) of ID'd needs and potential solutions Poster Browsing, Free Browse 'til lunch
		11:30	Lunch (choice of clam chowder or veg soup + monster salad bar + breads)
12:00 pm	Welcome John Calhoun, Miranda Wecker, Teresa Alcock: ONRC
12:30	Nancy Tosta: Puget Sound Regional Council "Making Sense of Our Times" confirmed	12:30	John Marzluff: UW College of Forest Resources "Are forest buffers sufficient and necessary for reducing predation on marbled murrelet nests?" confirmed confirmed ALTERNATE - Robert Norheim: USGS BRD FSPAR "Dueling Databases: Examing the Differences Between Two Old Growth Mapping Projects"
1:00	Larry Sugarbaker: WA State Dept of Natural Resources and Chair, WA Geographic Information Council "Sharing Data and Working Together - What's the Big Deal?" cancelled	1:00	Roger Hoffman: Olympic National Park confirmed
1:30	Jeff Holm: WA State Dept of Information Services and WA Geographic Information Council "Vision of WA State Clearinghouse, metadata, etc" confirmed	1:30	break (coffee, tea, and treats)
		1:45	Wendy Gerstel & Anne Heinitz: WA DNR Geology "Geology to GIS" confirmed
2:00	ONRC Clearinghouse for the Olympic Peninsula
		2:15	Randy McIntosh: NW Indian Fisheries Commission "Salmon and Steelhead Habitat Inventory and Assessment Project" confirmed
2:30	Chris Bradberry: Grays Harbor College "Two-year GIS education, certificate program, challenges of GIS program at Grays Harbor College" confirmed
		2:45	NEW! - Penelope Eckert "Mapping Social Issues: Land Tenure, Land Use, and Water in the Dungeness River Valley"
3:00	break (coffee, tea, and treats)
3:15	Theme Zone Day I identify issues and challenges in GIS Infrastructure and Education, rank them, & generate potential solutions Themes (1) data policies (2) metadata (Facilitator: Jeff Holm, WA GIC) (3) education	3:15	Wrap Up John Calhoun, Miranda Wecker, Teresa Alcock: ONRC Theme Zones (Days I and II) group reports summary
		3:30	End of Conference
5:00	End Theme Zone Day I turn in summary (bullet points) of ID'd needs and potential solutions
6:00	Dinner (choice of salmon, "steamship round of beef," or veg lasagne)
7:30	Evening Session Karen Dvornich: WA Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Unit, UW "Results of GAP Analysis Project, Intro to 'Nature Mapping' " confirmed
8:30	End Day I

For questions, please contact Teresa Zena Alcock, ONRC GIS Coordinator:
VOICE (360) 374 - 3220 x258 FAX (360) 374 - 3336