Agenda.2009.04.28

Final Presentation Agenda** Tuesday 2009 April 28, 13.30-15.30 Room 3214 Jordan Hall
 * Natural Resources Measurements

13.30 Introduction (Hess) - TLC members to introduce themselves - Class members will introduce themselves as they present > Last semester, a team of graduate students suggested some indicators of conservation success that Triangle Land Conservancy might use on scales ranging from a particular property to the entire region. > This semester, undergraduate students in Natural Resources Measurements tried some of them out. > Today, we will describe what they did and what they found.

13.45 Land Cover - James Boykin, Joe Bradley, Brannon Williams > An overview of land cover change in the Triangle, 1992-2001. > How much of our Significant Natural Heritage Areas are protected?

14.00 Stream Buffers - Leha Andres (speaking), Bennett Jeffreys, Keeley Jones, Wes Owens, Ashley Smith > A method for estimating buffer breaches (pipes, ditches, roads) and Neuse River Buffer Rule violations per unit length of stream.

14.15 Stream Health - Kelly Dempsey, Kate Grant (speaking), Carra Herring, Will Patterson > Collecting data and reporting on stream health using a "report card."

14.30 Exotic Vegetation - John Atkinson, Liz Montgomery (speaking), Leanne Penry, Johnathan Sutton, LeeAnna Young (speaking) > A simple procedure for estimating the extent of exotic invasive vegetation.

14.45 Farmland - Joseph Daniels, Emily Koone, Gena Simpson (speaking) > Changes in farmland in Chatham County, NC, during the past two decades. > How extensive is the use of better management practices?

15.00 Open Discussion

15.30 Adjourn