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Topic Advisory Groups (TAG #3)
Ecosystems, Species, Habitats

Addressing impacts on, and adaptation strategies for, species, ecosystems and habitats both at a fine scale (individual species and habitats) and a broad, or coarse, scale, which considers whole ecosystems or ecological systems across Washington.

Meetings and Agendas

January 11, 2011 - 10a.m. – 3p.m., Tacoma

• Agenda

December 2, 2010 - CANCELLED

October 14, 2010 10:00 am – 3:00 pm

• Agenda (draft)
• Meeting location - map and directions

September 16, 2010 10:00 am – 3:00 pm

• Agenda
• Draft outline
• Draft criteria for evaluating adaptation strategies

July 15, 2010 10:00 am – 3:00 pm 

• Agenda
• Presentation - Climate Change Effects on Forest, Alpine, and Western Prairie Habitats in Washington State - Science Summary
• Presentation - Climate Change Effects on Grassland and Aridland Habitats - Science Summary
• Freshwater summary table
• Marine summary table
• Forest Alpine Science Summary
• TAG 3 Sub-group List

June 3, 2010 10:00 am – 3:00 pm

• Agenda
• Sea Level Rise Presentation (1), Tom Dwyer, Ducks Unlimited
• Sea Level Rise Presentation (2), Tom Dwyer, Ducks Unlimited
• Adapting Your Work to Climate Change Presentation, Jennie Hoffman, EcoAdapt
• Poster - Assessing the Vulnerability of Species and Ecosystems to Projected Future Climate Change in the Pacific Northwest
• Freshwater Habitat Climate Science Summary Discussion Draft
• Subgroups
• Draft Goals and Guiding Principles

April 22, 2010 10:00 am – 3:30 pm

• Draft Agenda
• Presentation — Climate Change Effects on Marine and Coastal Habitats in Washington
• Presentation — Adaptation strategies for species and ecosystems, with examples from California and Florida
• Presentation — Climate Change, Vulnerability, and Adaptation
• Draft Working Framework
• Adaptation Examples
• Climate Change Impacts to Marine and Coastal Habitats in Washington State
• Summary of relevant recommendations from the 2007/8 PAWG report
• Glossary of relevant terms

March 11, 2010 1:00 pm – 4:00

• Agenda
• Presentation – TAG 3 Overview
• Presentation – Adapting to Climate Change