BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:68e0fedd2903a06817c5d1c194078e2526 CATEGORIES:Chapter Events SUMMARY:AZAPE January Monthly Meeting in Phoenix DESCRIPTION:
Topic: Risks related to climate change and reclamation in the Southwest
Imp lementing strategies to promote biological diversity is often a reclamation goal on projects. Using predictions of climate change the presentation wil l focus on the steps toward developing a climate resilient reclamation plan . The first presentation will focus on steps to build resilience and the se cond presentation is a summary of how reclamation efforts create climate mi tigation opportunities. Projects of the built environment cause environment al and social risk through ecological disturbance, increased temperatures, and increased stormwater runoff. Through the examples of several roadway an d floodplain projects, we can see how landscape architects transform the di sturbances of development into opportunities for native ecology, stormwater management, and public health.
Speakers:
Leslie Watson is an e nvironmental planner who has supported efforts for complex NEPA projects su ch as the Cragin Watershed Protection Project (Coconino National Forests). She has over 25 years managing NEPA projects focused on natural resources i n the intermountain west. Leslie is specifically focused on how to adapt re clamation plans to reduce climate change risks.
Alex Stoicof is a Lan dscape Designer at Wheat Design Group who focuses on green infrastructure a nd erosion control. Her background is in landscape architecture, geography, and geographic information systems, and has worked on climate change asses sments at local and global scales. Alex is specifically interested in the i ntersection between design and science, and how landscape architecture can enable the built environment to reduce climate change risk.
Cost: $20 for members, $25 for non-members, $10 for students in an environmental fie ld of study (includes dinner).