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Meeting Minutes, October 14th, 2020, National Smokejumper Association Board Of Directors
Meeting Minutes, October 14th, 2020, National Smokejumper Association Board Of Directors
National Smokejumper Association Meeting Minutes
Agenda: Call to Order; Introduction of Guest: Pferron Doss; Approval of Agenda; Introduction of Guest: Joe Stutler; Approval of Minutes; Treasurer’s Report; Investment Report; Introduction of Guest: Mark Belitz; Trails Program; Scholarship Report; The NSA "Keep the Flame" Legacy Jump List; Executive Director Report; By-law Revision; Vacant Secretary Position;
Meeting Minutes, June 4th, 2020, National Smokejumper Association Board Of Directors
Meeting Minutes, June 4th, 2020, National Smokejumper Association Board Of Directors
National Smokejumper Association Meeting Minutes
Agenda: Call to order, review and approval of Agenda; Consent Agenda; Information Items; Investment Report; Budget; Request for NSA Endorsement of USFS Covid 19 Preparedness Letter from National Wildfire Institute to Secretary Perdue; Trails Report; Scholarship Report; Keep the Flame Legacy Jump List; Q & A on Written Report; Identifying and Recruiting New Board Members; Information and Odds and Ends; In Attendance via Zoom;
A Preliminary Checklist Of Lichens From Kamiak Butte County Park, Washington State, Emma Sell, Amanda Chandler
A Preliminary Checklist Of Lichens From Kamiak Butte County Park, Washington State, Emma Sell, Amanda Chandler
2020 Symposium Posters
The semiarid Palouse ecoregion of North America was once dominated by temperate prairies and connects areas of southeast Washington, north-central Idaho, and northeast Oregon. Transformation of nearly all habitats comprising this ecosystem into agricultural lands has drastically reduced extant native grasslands to small, highly fragmented pieces. These land conversion practices, coupled with the subsequent takeover of invasive plant species, have placed the Palouse ecoregion among the most critically endangered ecosystems in the United States, with < 1% of land remaining that is suitable to host native species. The enormous loss of biodiversity across the Palouse has prompted a need for further study regarding a wide variety of organisms. In particular, lichen diversity of the Palouse ecoregion has never been formally characterized, and there are overall very few detailed studies of lichens throughout eastern Washington. To improve knowledge of Palouse lichen diversity, we first reviewed collection data from historical herbarium specimens via the Consortium of North American Lichen Herbaria (CNALH) database. We then collected lichen voucher specimens from Kamiak Butte County Park (KBCP), one of the largest contiguous natural areas within the Palouse ecoregion as its relatively steep, rocky slopes make it ill-suited for agricultural conversion. KBCP consists of 298 acres of mixed Pinus ponderosa (ponderosa pine) and Pseudotsuga menziesii (Douglas fir) forest and native grassland that rises above the surrounding farmland, as well as an east-west ridgeline …