21st Annual Waterton-Glacier Science & History Day
Community Building, West Glacier, MT, Glacier National Park
Tuesday, July 23, 2024
9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Tuesday, July 23, 2024
9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
9:30 a.m.
Opening Remarks – Tara Carolin, Director of the Crown of the Continent Research Learning Center, Glacier National Park
Welcome – Dave Roemer, Superintendent, Glacier National Park
Invocation Prayer
Opening Remarks – Tara Carolin, Director of the Crown of the Continent Research Learning Center, Glacier National Park
Welcome – Dave Roemer, Superintendent, Glacier National Park
Invocation Prayer
9:45 – 10:45 a.m. Session 1: Wildlife Biology
Moderator – Kylie Caesar, Science Communication Specialist, Glacier National Park
9:45 – 10:15 a.m. – Bats in the Crown of the Continent Ecosystem
Lisa Bate, Wildlife Biologist, Glacier National Park
10:15 – 10:45 a.m. – Native Trout in Waterton Lakes National Park
Chris O'Sullivan, Resource Management Officer, Waterton Lakes National Park
Moderator – Kylie Caesar, Science Communication Specialist, Glacier National Park
9:45 – 10:15 a.m. – Bats in the Crown of the Continent Ecosystem
Lisa Bate, Wildlife Biologist, Glacier National Park
10:15 – 10:45 a.m. – Native Trout in Waterton Lakes National Park
Chris O'Sullivan, Resource Management Officer, Waterton Lakes National Park
10:45 – 11:00 a.m. Break
11:00 – 12:00 p.m. Session 2: Visitor Use Management
Moderator – Samara Hawkins, Internet Content and New Media Officer, Waterton Lakes National Park
11:00 – 11:30 a.m. – Visitor Use Management in Waterton Lakes National Park
Christy Gustavison, Visitor Experience Manager, Waterton Lakes National Park
11:30 – 12:00 p.m. – Visitor Use Management in Glacier National Park
Susie Sidder and Kat Barrs, Visitor Use Program Manager and Technician, Glacier National Park
Moderator – Samara Hawkins, Internet Content and New Media Officer, Waterton Lakes National Park
11:00 – 11:30 a.m. – Visitor Use Management in Waterton Lakes National Park
Christy Gustavison, Visitor Experience Manager, Waterton Lakes National Park
11:30 – 12:00 p.m. – Visitor Use Management in Glacier National Park
Susie Sidder and Kat Barrs, Visitor Use Program Manager and Technician, Glacier National Park
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Lunch Break (Participants are encouraged to bring a sack lunch)
1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Session 3: Co-Stewardship
Moderator – Caitlin Woof, Promotion and Non-Personal Media Officer, Waterton Lakes National Park
1:00 – 1:30 p.m. – Working Together to Restore Matsiyíkkapisaa/Northern Leopard Frog at Paahtómahksikimi
Kim Pearson, Ecosystem Scientist, Waterton Lakes National Park and Kansie Fox, Environmental Protection Manager, Blood Tribe Land Management
1:30 – 2:00 p.m. – Collaborative Conservation to Restore Native Trout in Eastern Glacier National Park and the Blackfeet Nation
Jeremiah North-Piegan, Fisheries Program Manager, Blackfeet Fish and Wildlife Department and Clint Muhlfeld, Research Aquatic Ecologist, USGS- Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center
Moderator – Caitlin Woof, Promotion and Non-Personal Media Officer, Waterton Lakes National Park
1:00 – 1:30 p.m. – Working Together to Restore Matsiyíkkapisaa/Northern Leopard Frog at Paahtómahksikimi
Kim Pearson, Ecosystem Scientist, Waterton Lakes National Park and Kansie Fox, Environmental Protection Manager, Blood Tribe Land Management
1:30 – 2:00 p.m. – Collaborative Conservation to Restore Native Trout in Eastern Glacier National Park and the Blackfeet Nation
Jeremiah North-Piegan, Fisheries Program Manager, Blackfeet Fish and Wildlife Department and Clint Muhlfeld, Research Aquatic Ecologist, USGS- Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center
2:00 – 2:15 p.m. Break
2:15 – 3:15 p.m. Session 4: Cultural and Historical Resources
Moderator – Keiko Nishimoto, Archivist, Glacier National Park
2:15 – 2:45 p.m. – Glacier's Reds: How the National Park got its Iconic Buses
Ray Djuff, Author and Retired Journalist, Calgary
2:45 – 3:15 p.m. – Walter B. Foster 1887-1974 ...An Extraordinary Man
Edwin Knox, Cultural Resource Management Officer (Retired), Waterton Lakes National Park
Moderator – Keiko Nishimoto, Archivist, Glacier National Park
2:15 – 2:45 p.m. – Glacier's Reds: How the National Park got its Iconic Buses
Ray Djuff, Author and Retired Journalist, Calgary
2:45 – 3:15 p.m. – Walter B. Foster 1887-1974 ...An Extraordinary Man
Edwin Knox, Cultural Resource Management Officer (Retired), Waterton Lakes National Park
3:15 – 3:30 p.m.
Closing Remarks & Adjourn – John Festarini, Superintendent, Waterton Lakes National Park
Closing Remarks & Adjourn – John Festarini, Superintendent, Waterton Lakes National Park
Last updated: July 15, 2024