Field Trip -- March 25, 2009

Some Like It Hot !
Insects, Fire, & Climate Change in Western Forests

Arranged by Darci Carlson and Mike Johnson

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11:30 - 12:00 -- pick up box lunches (Hall of the Doges), use the bathrooms, get your coat, and board the buses (on the east side of the hotel on Post Street either side of the valet parking entrance).

12:00 - Leave the Davenport! In route to Stop 1: Video of the Valley View Fire; July 10, 2008

Stop 1 (Dishman Hills): FIRE!

Historical Context:

Related to the fires of 1910: the "Big Blow-up", "stew-bums", and the "Palousers"
Fire Scar study: 1797-1999; fire frequency and season of fire
Steve Harris and Guy Gifford: wind driven fires (1985, 1991, 2008)

Landowner Assistance: The Hall's residence: (firesafe, fuel reduction, cost share)

Stop 2 (Kaiser Aluminum Plant at Mead): INSECTS!

Historical Context:

The war effort
The Hillyard Trough/Missoulan Floods
Dr. Donald Alstad: black pineleaf scale et al.

Stop 3 (Riverside State Park): CLIMATE CHANGE???

Historical Context:

Pre-European settlement
David Thompson: fur trader, explorer, astronomer/surveyor, mapmaker
Jaco Finley and Spokane House

Riverside State Park:

Gary Vierra, Assistant Park Manager: Challenges to managing the park related to the Changing political and social Climate:

Fire
Resistance to thinning: (tree vigor/pests)

Return to The Davenport! estimated arrival time 5:00pm

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