Responding to Challenges Across the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
The Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE) is unique in having 15 million acres of federal lands that are geographically contiguous, ecologically interdependent and unalterably linked. This acreage is managed by four federal agencies the National Park Service, US Forest Service, the US Fish and Wildlife Service and the Bureau of Land Management. This webinar showcases the challenges the National Park Service encounters in land management and its strategy to integrate key resource issues across boundaries and through partnerships.
Superintendent Cam Sholly will moderate the webinar and provide an overview of the challenges facing the park. Senior Wildlife Biologist Doug Smith will share conservation success stories including the wolf reintroduction and protecting grizzly bears and cougars in Yellowstone. Superintendent Sholly will also discuss the impacts of climate change and increased visitation and how the park is preparing to mark its 150th anniversary in 2022.
Cameron (Cam) Sholly, Superintendant, Yellowstone National Park
Douglas W. Smith, PhD, Senior Wildlife Biologist, Yellowstone National Park
Celebrating 15 Years of Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument and World Heritage Site
Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument is the largest conservation area in the United States and one of the largest in the world. In 2010, it was inscribed as a UNESCO Mixed World Heritage site, the only one in the country. Within this past year, Papahānaumokuākea celebrated many milestones including its 11th Anniversary as a World Heritage site and its 15th Anniversary as a Marine National Monument. Join us as we discuss the many reasons that Papahānaumokuākea remains an exemplary example of a mixed world heritage site recognized and managed for both its biological and cultural heritage to mankind. We will summarize some of the many accomplishments that have been afforded this vast site and focus on a few of the most recent examples of co-management and the integration of indigenous culture into co-management, with the Native Hawaiian community.
Meet our speakers:
Athline M. Clark, NOAA Superintendent Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries
Athline Clark is the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Superintendent for the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. Prior to joining NOAA in 2015, Athline worked for a few years with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as a Project Manager overseeing national priority projects in ecosystem restoration, watershed planning and flood reduction. Athline also previously worked for the Hawaii Division of Aquatic Resources, first as the Point of Contact for the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force and later as the State Co-Manager for Papahānaumokuākea. During her time as Co-Manager, she led the team as the overall coordinator for the development of the United States of America’s successful nomination of Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument as a UNESCO World Heritage mixed site. Athline has her Masters in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. She was born and raised in Hawaii.
Kalani Quiocho, NOAA Pacific Islands Region Cultural Resource Coordinator
Kalani Quiocho serves as the Pacific Islands Regional Cultural Resources Coordinator for NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries. Kalani supports cultural heritage and resources management for the National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa, the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary, and the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument and World Heritage Site. He serves as a cultural advisor and coordinator for cultural heritage research, education, policy, and Indigenous and local community engagement. As the former Native Hawaiian Program Specialist for NOAA Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, Kalani served as the primary lead for the development of the Mai Ka Pō Mai Native Hawaiian Guidance Document for the Management of Papahānaumokuākea. Kalani is Native Hawaiian and comes from the island of Hawaiʻi.
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700 Interns and 100 Countries: the US/ICOMOS International Exchange Program
This is a presentation and discussion about the impacts of the US/ICOMOS International Exchange Program (IEP). Three alumni, each from a different decade of the IEP, talk about their experiences and how the program made a difference in their professional and personal lives. The webinar was moderated by Brian Lione, the outgoing chair of the IEP Committee, who shares some of his own experiences and leads a conversation about the future of the IEP. Speakers include Cari L. Goetcheus of the University of Georgia and Dr. Trinidad Rico of Rutgers University. Ilaria Rosetti, a PhD Candidate in Heritage Studies at the University of Antwerp, also presents.
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The U.S. National Committee of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (US/ICOMOS) promotes the conservation of world heritage and stronger connections to the global heritage community through advocacy, education, and the international exchange of people and ideas.
Statue of Liberty National Monument World Heritage Site (1984)
More news from Glacier Bay #worldheritagesite: the Hoonah Lingit tribe has purchased the Gustavus Inn on their historic homelands:
#glacierbay #indigenousrights #IndigenousHeritage
Owners of Gustavus Inn sell to Hoonah Lingít tribe
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The tribe’s main reason for buying the inn is for the Hoonah Lingít to have a physical presence in their homelands once again.
Good news from Glacier Bay NP and #worldheritagesite:
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Glacier Bay National Park acquires ancestral site of Hoonah’s Tlingit - Alaska Public Media
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The park service is promising "forever" access to the tribe.Support our World Heritage programming with an end-of-year contribution! usicomos.org/donate
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