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Meeting Minutes, October 8th, 2010, National Smokejumper Association Board Of Directors Oct 2010

Meeting Minutes, October 8th, 2010, National Smokejumper Association Board Of Directors

National Smokejumper Association Meeting Minutes

Agenda: Introductions.; Membership Report.; Financial Report.; Review Progress of short and long term goals.; Long Term Goals.; Update on succession planning for trails/SJ magazine/treasurer.; NSA Leadership Award Proposal.; Memorial discussion/decision on first smj death and atheist lawsuit.; NSA Website.; NSA Briefing Paper Presentation.; Combined Federal Campaign membership recommendation.; Charitable Giving Options for NSA.; BOD Membership/Next NSA President/Vice President.; The BOD decided to select Missoula as the location for the next reunion.; 2011 NSA Board of Director's meetings dates/locations.; Meeting Critique.; Action items.; Revised/Updated NSA Goals.;


Meeting Minutes, June 10th, 2010, National Smokejumper Association Board Of Directors Jun 2010

Meeting Minutes, June 10th, 2010, National Smokejumper Association Board Of Directors

National Smokejumper Association Meeting Minutes

Agenda: Introductions/Agenda Update/Opening Remarks.; a moment of silence in memory of and tribute to Jon McBride.; current events and developments regarding fire use, wilderness fire, and overall smokejumper numbers.; current efforts to identify and evaluate new smokejumper aircraft. There are very few viable, newer, affordable jumpship possibilities.; NSA Reunion Schedule of Events.; Minutes from our last meeting on October 8-9, 2009 in Boise, Idaho were approved.; Membership Report.; Review/Update of short term goals(1-3 years) for the NSA.; NSA's Long Term Goals were developed at our last BOD meeting in Boise. The discussion revolved around reaffirming those goals and the development …


A Meta-Analysis Of Resource Pulse-Consumer Interactions, Louie H. Yang, Kyle F. Edwards, Jarrett E. Byrnes, Justin Bastow, Amber N. Wright, Kenneth O. Spence Feb 2010

A Meta-Analysis Of Resource Pulse-Consumer Interactions, Louie H. Yang, Kyle F. Edwards, Jarrett E. Byrnes, Justin Bastow, Amber N. Wright, Kenneth O. Spence

Biology Faculty Publications

Resource Pulses are infrequent, large-magnitude, and short-duration events of increased resource availability. They include a diverse set of extreme events in a wide range of ecosystems, but identifying general patterns among the diversity of pulsed resource phenomena in nature remains an important challenge. Here we present a meta-analysis of resource pulse-consumer interactions that addresses four key questions: (1) Which characteristics of pulsed resources best predict their effects on consumers? (2) Which characteristics of consumers best predict their responses to resource pulses? (3) How do the effects of resource Pulses differ in different ecosystems? (4) What are the indirect effects of …


Fishes Of The Columbia And Snake River Basins In Eastern Washington, Allan T. Scholz, Holly J. Mclellan, Fisheries Research Center, Eastern Washington University Jan 2010

Fishes Of The Columbia And Snake River Basins In Eastern Washington, Allan T. Scholz, Holly J. Mclellan, Fisheries Research Center, Eastern Washington University

Biology Faculty Publications

"This book was prepared through a grant from the United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM)."

Chapter 1 Introduction, Chapter 2 Checklist of Fishes Found in Eastern Washington, Chapter 3 Fish Identification and Classification Aids to Identification of Fishes, Chapter 4 Key to Families of Eastern Washington Fishes, Chapter 5 Family Petromyzontidae: Lampreys, Chapter 6 Family Acipenseridae: Sturgeon, Chapter 7 Family Clupeidae: Herrings, Chapter 8 Family Cyprinidae: Carps and Minnows, Chapter 9 Family Catostomidae: Suckers, Chapter 10 Family Ictaluridae: Bullhead Catfishes, Chapter 11 Family Esocidae: Pikes, Chapter 12 Family Salmonidae: Salmon, Trout, Whitefish, Grayling, Chapter 13 …