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Conference Proceedings of the WDCAG Annual Meeting - March 6-8, 2008

Hosted by the Department of Environmental Studies
Huxley College of the Environment
Western Washington University

Place, Community, Nature

Alex G. Martin (University of North British Columbia): The Importance of Place: Addressing Community-Company Relationships Within the Global Economy
Jennifer R. Herkes (University of North British Columbia): The Development of a Sense of Community in an Instant Town
Mark D. Needham (Oregon State University): Place Attachment and Management Tradeoffs at a Forest Campground: A Conjoint Analysis
Heather Castleden (University of Victoria): `Hishuk Tsawak' (Everything is Connected): A Huu-ay-aht worldview for seeing forestry in British Columbia, Canada

Forest Science I

Lisa J. Wood (University of Victoria): Dendroclimatic reconstruction of the climate of the Northern British Columbia Interior and its relationship to wood and fibre development
Aquila Flower (University of Victoria): Growth Response of Conifers to Climatic Variability in the Northern Canadian Rocky Mountains
Darryl Carlyle-Moses (Thompson Rivers University): Throughfall Spatiotemporal Variability within Two Conifer Stands of the Mayson Lake Hydrological Processes Study Area
Sarah J. Hart (University of Victoria), Colin P. Laroque (Mount Allison University), and Dan J. Smith (University of Victoria): A dendroecological assessment of tree island growth trends and patterns in the Cavell Meadows, Jasper National Park, Canadian Rocky Mountains

Urban Geographies

Gilles Viaud (Thompson Rivers University): The challenge of defining common Canadian urban policies in the context of divergent demographic trends in small and large cities
Dana L. Taylor (Thompson Rivers University): Does recycling reduce ecological impacts at the scale of a small city?
Shawna M. T. Erickson, Steven Marsh (University College of the Fraser Valley): Clayburn Creek Watercourse Assessment: Development and Stream Management in an Urban Residential Area
Susan Wells (Malaspina University College): Smart Growth: can there be an African version?

Near Surface Processes

Koji Nagano (Muroran Institute of Technology): Proximity AE doublet analysis for subsurface fracture measurement
Holly L. Goulding (University of Victoria): Timing, Progression, Duration: An Investigation of Temporal Patterns of Break-Up and Ice Jam Flooding in the Mackenzie Delta, NWT
Scott I. Jackson and Terry D. Prowse (University of Victoria): Spatial variation of snow vapour fluxes and melt in the Coldstream Basin, Okanagan, BC

Sustaining Environments

Jordan Vessels (Western Washington University): The Great Unknown: The Canadian Oil Sands Project and its Relatively Unrecognized Economic and Environmental Impact in the United States
Martina Michalek (Western Washington University): Sustainable develop in the retail sector: REI's stewardship efforts
Deidre M. Peroff (Western Washington University): Eco-Palms: Providing a Sustainable Commercial Alternative to Palms for Palm Sunday
Zöe A. Meletis (University of Northern British Columbia): Green conferencing outside of the bubble: the ISTS in Baja, Mexico (January, 2008)

Resource Management: Coastal British Columbia

Courtney Edwards (University of Victoria): The use of green sea urchins (Strogylocentrotus droebachiensis) as a biocontrol for fouling on aquaculture net pens in British Columbia
Cali Bingham (University of Victoria): Intertidal Clam Surveys in the Tofino Mudflats Wildlife Management Area: Recommendations for Management
Rachel P. White (University of Victoria): Wildlife Trail Network in the Tofino Mudflats Wildlife Management Network: A Protection or Disturbance?

Forest Science II

Bethany L. Coulthard (University of Victoria), Colin P. Laroque (Mount Allison Univeristy), Dan J. Smith (University of Victoria): Black spruce (Picea mariana) as an indicator species of the effects of forestry on treed bogs, southwest Nova Scotia
Julie Sabau (Simon Fraser University): The Impact of Black Cottonwood on Nutrient Dynamics and Soil Properties in a British Columbia Coniferous Forest
Adam McKee (Thompson Rivers University): Deriving Stemflow Funnelling Ratios for Vegetation Communities around the World Based on the Available Literature

Rural Geographies

Kyle Kusch (University of Northern British Columbia)
Mapping Migration Patterns in the Upper Fraser Region, British Columbia
Chelan Hoffman (University of Northern British Columbia): `Scaling-up': Emerging regional governance structures for rural economic development
Anisa Zehtab-Martin, Catherine Nolin, Greg Halseth, and Neil Hanlon (University of Northern British Columbia): `Services thin on the ground': Welcome to BC's north
Laurel Van De Keere & Catherine Nolin (University of Northern British Columbia): Labouring in Rural Space: The Physical & Social Exclusion of Mexican Migrant Workers

Glacial Studies: Inventory, Resources, Applications

Tobias Bolch, Brian Menounos, and Roger Wheate (University of Northern British Columbia): Satellite-based Western Canadian Glacier Inventory
Roger Wheate and Brian Menounos (University of Northern British Columbia): Resources for past and present mapping of glaciers in the Western Cordillera
Krystal S. Chin (University of Calgary): Application of Definiens Professional 5 (eCognition) to glacial micromorphology

Political Geographies

Petter Jacobson (University of Northern British Columbia): Finnmarksloven
Jennifer Gregory (Simon Fraser University): Practical Rights?: Understanding local experiences of federal decisions
Dana Pidherny and Catherine Nolin (University of Northern British Columbia): Corporate Social Responsibility for whom? The case of Canadian Mining in Guatemala
Garry Fehr (University College of the Fraser Valley): Putting the Ecology back into Political Ecology

Poster Session

Tyler R. Adams (University of Victoria): GIS The Future of Aircraft Flight Procedures
Yue-Ching Cheng (Simon Fraser University): Tracer study in a large undisturbed soil core
Andrew J. Cuthbert (University of Victoria): Prevalence and Distribution of Invasive Plant Species
Adam Day, Adam Shier, and Sam Vaughan (Western Washington University): Canadian and American Earning Disparity Regarding Berry Production
Matt Fink, Matt Hoss, and Cole Giuntoli (Western Washington University): Northern Spotted Owl Conflict
Melissa Giesbrecht (Simon Fraser University), Valorie A. Crooks (Simon Fraser University), and Michaela Hynie (York University): Jumping into the Unknown: The Stress of Female Newcomers' Adjustment to Life in Toronto and their Implications for Delivering Primary Mental Health Care
Michael J. Grilliot (Western Washington University): Seasonal Littoral Drift of Nourished Sediment on Marine Park Beach
Bryant Hammond (Western Washington University): The North African Crossroads: Regional Labor Migration into Europe
Taylor E. Livingston (Western Washington University): Yangtze River Crisis in loom of 2008 Summer Olympics in China
James T. Michel (Western Washington University): Predicting the Riparian Vegetation Response to Dam Removal on the Elwha River Floodplain"
Christie Morrison (University of Victoria): Japanese Eelgrass (Z. japonica) Monitoring
Sarah Paynter (Douglas College): Using bodies: negotiating reproductive health in an Indian village
Christopher R. Phillips, BoRa Kim, Sunny Kunchik (Western Washington University): Blanchard Mountain Land Use Crisis: Conflict Resolution with Game Theory
Jeanine Pieper (University College of the Fraser Valley): Hudson Bay Company in the Pacific Northwest
Lacey Shoemaker (Western Washington University): The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Debate
Tyler Smith (University of Northern British Columbia): Impact of Landuse Activities on Fine Sediment-Associated Contaminants; Quesnel River Catchment, BC
Nicci Theroux, Ellen Bekkering, Erik Blair, and Alex Burkholder (University of British Columbia): From the Ground up: Greening Brownfields in Our Community
Jeremy Toews (University College of the Fraser Valley): Seeing the Forest Under the Trees: The Pine Mushroom Harvest of British Columbia

Resource Management: International

Hilary Flanagan (University of Alberta), Bonita McFarlane (Canadian Forest Service), Tara McGee (University of Alberta): Residential Wildfire Mitigation in Alberta, Canada
Robyn L. Ceurvorst and Mark D. Needham (Oregon State University): Social and Facility Carrying Capacities of Coastal Recreation Areas on Oahu, Hawaii
Michael J. Grilliot (Western Washington University): Sea-level rise and sandy beach profile change
Tom Waldichuk, Azusa Iguchi, Akira Tabayashi (Thompson Rivers University & U. of Tsukuba, Japan): The transformation of stone-wall strawberry cultivation to agri-tourism in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan

Borderlands in the Northwest: Policy and Management

Rory Crowley (Langara College): Cross Boarder Resource Management in the North Cascades
Ryan Anaka (Western Washington University): Groundwater and Surface Water Management in the Fraser Lowland: Policy and Rights
Patrick Buckley (Western Washington University) and John Belec (University College of the Fraser Valley): Evaluating Necessary Conditions for the Emergence of a Cross Border Region in the Fraser Lowland using a Delphi Model

Geographies of Health and Well-Being

Neil Hanlon (University of Northern British Columbia): Access and utilization reconsidered: the case for a renewed geography of primary health care
Laura Ryser, Greg Halseth, and Neil Hanlon (University of Northern British Columbia): Disrupting and Building a `Sense of Community': A case study of the Northern Medical Program
Cordelia J. Tryon (University of Victoria): Public-private partnerships (P3): an assessment of the associated risks and benefits with application to the Greater Victoria Drinking Water Supply System (GVDWSS)
H.B. Nguendo Yongsi (University of Montréal): Influence of women's schooling on children's health in developing societies: evidence from infant diarrheas in Cameroon.

Glacial Studies: Coast Mountains / Cascades

Christina Tennant, Brian Menounos, and Roger Wheate (University of Northern British Columbia): Volumetric Change of Klinaklini and Tiedemann Glaciers, Southern Coast Mountains, British Columbia, Canada
L. E. Koehler and D. J. Smith (University of Victoria): Mid-late Holocene glacial history of Manatee Glacier, Upper Lillooet Provincial Park, southern Coast Mountains, British Columbia
Brian Menounos (University of Northern British Columbia): The Holocene record of glacier fluctuations on Mt. Baker, Washington USA

GIS and Spatial Data

Gerald B. Gabrisch (Western Washington University): A voronoi diagram approach to defining surface hydrography using LIDAR-generated bare earth sample points
Mark E. Stephens (University of Northern British Columbia): The development and use of a GIS package for broad-based needs at the Quesnel River Research Centre (central British Columbia)
Jacob Tully ( Western Washington University): Reliability of Landfire Data: Checking the Data Against Itself
Matt Paskus (Western Washington University): How Many Chickens?

Ecological Analysis and Restoration

Phillip N. Krauskopf (University of Northern British Columbia): The Bowron River Watershed: A Landscape Level Assessment of Post-Beetle Change in Stream Riparian Function
Rose E. Agbalog (Western Washington University): Effects of Fire on Cheatgrass Distribution in North Cascades National Park
Andrew Bach (Western Washington University): History of the Elwha Dams, Washington: Dam Removal for Ecosystem Restoration and Treaty Obligations

Borderlands in the Northwest: Case Studies

Kenneth Favrholdt (Thompson Rivers University): Crossing the Border in 1858: Gold Rush Routes from Washington to the Fraser and Thompson Rivers
Ryan Anaka (Western Washington University): Transboundary Surface Water Management in the Fraser Lowlands: Bertrand Creek and Fishtrap Creek

Social and Cultural Geographies

Anna-Maria Viaud (Thompson Rivers University): The evocation of place in music: travel observations from three regions of South America
Kirsten A. Fagervik (Thompson Rivers University): The Republic of New Iceland
Imai E. Welch (University of Lethbridge): What's Going On? A Study and Critique of Geography's History in Canadian Universities

Glacial Studies: Interior Ranges

Matthew J. Beedle, Brian Menounos, and Roger Wheate (University of Northern British Columbia): An annual record of glacier terminus response to climate variability over the period 1959 - 2004 derived from annual push moraines, Castle Glacier, British Columbia
Hester Jiskoot, Colleen Curran, and Leslee Shenton (University of Lethbridge): Hypsometry, geodetic ELAs, and snowlines of Clemenceau Icefield Group glaciers, Canadian Rocky Mountains
Kyla J.C. Patterson (University of Victoria): Mapping the Retreat of the Asulkan Glacier in Glacier National Park, British Columbia, Canada
Colette Starheim and Fes de Scally (University of British Columbia): Historical Streamflow and Climate Trends in Glacierized Watersheds of the Selkirk Mountains, British Columbia

Disaster Management and Conflict Analysis

Kit K. Radosevich (Western Washington University): The Spanish-American War of 1898 and the Sinking of the U.S.S Maine
Todd Eastman (Western Washington University): Stalingrad - Decisions Under Fire
Liesel M. Schilperoort (Western Washington University): Political Strife and Violence in Northern Ugandan: The Invisible Children

Workshop and Panel Discussion

Panelists Gillian Angrove,(University of Victoria), Chris Oatman (University of British Columbia), Leifka Vissers, (University College of the Fraser Valley): Sustainable Spaces, Sustainable Places - on the Efficacy of Student-led Environmental Sustainability Initiatives in Community Development

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