Westside Wildlife Corridor Nature and Science Series event

WWC SERIES CONCEPT

This is a Series that just got started before the Pandemic, and has been in Hibernation since. We keep it alive here...

[Insert concise description of the series here, from nature & science web page.]

What shall we do first in the WWC series?

Here's the first in the WWC series

Title: What and Where is the Westside Wildlife Corridor?
Date : Tuesday, October 13, 2020
Time : Program is 7:00 to 9:00pm, plus time to interact with exhibits before and after.
Place: Multnomah Arts Center auditorium

A topic worthy of multiple events or "programs" over time is the Westside Wildlife Corridor (WWC). The WWC series could continue in Spring or Fall 2021.

POTENTIAL QUESTIONS for first WWC panel

What /IS/ the WWC??
What was it like for Wildlife before "Settlement"?
Where are the Passages?
Where are Barriers? What can be done?
Most importantly: Written Q&A from Audience.

GRAPHICS/MATERIALS

Slides to Show? Need a projector for anything?
Poster: We (Heart) Streams and Forests by Jon Wagner, EMSWCD.org
Poster: Animal species
Flyers from city / watershed / bureaus / ?
The Big Map

PROMOTION via...

SW Parks Committee, City, Metro?
SWNI Paper, Local Papers?
Watersheds
NGOs (WWRP,WMSWCD,...)
The Intertwine
High School bio teachers
Colleges & Universities
posters

Presenters to Invite

We think four would be a good number (or 3 or five :^)

Regional Biologist knowledgable of connectivity
Resource expert, biologist and culture context
Naturalist familiar with Urban 'Wilderness'
Awesome Moderator

Future Invitees
Native American [identify]
Watershed Staff [Erik Horngren]
West Willamette Restoration Partners [any/all]
Parks Staff [Marshal Johnson]
BES Staff [identify]
Planning Staff [identify]
AUDUBON staff [identify]
State Parks Ranger [identify]
Fish & Wildlife Staff [identify]
Others?

POTENTIAL TOPICS for later WWC events

How would various 'connectors' between OHSU and the new MAX line impact wildlife?
What can we do about Urban pressure on the corridor?
How can we protect and co-exist w/coyotes, cougars, deer, ...?
...
Most importantly: Written Q&A from Audience.