Session Category Archives: Resource Protection

Shifting Baselines and Endangered Species Recovery

By Montana House on June 1, 2016 in

The Montana House is pleased again to present science writer and wildlife ecologist Dr. Cristina Eisenberg and how “Global change is shifting scientific baselines for endangered species recovery”.

Cristina will discuss these shifts, which include global warming, human population growth, economic recessions, and scientific advances, and how we can move forward with endangered species recovery in our rapidly changing world. She will spotlight laws such as the Endangered Species Act and demonstrate how it and other powerful laws can continue to support recovery of species such as lynx, wolverine, polar bears, and wolves, and create healthy ecosystems.”

The presentation at the Montana House will be at 7:00pm with time for questions and a reception to follow. The event is open to the public without charge, but seating is limited, so reservations are needed. Please call 406-888-5393 The 2016 Montana House Speaker Program, Look, Listen and Learn commemorates the National Park Service Centennial.

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Carnivores, Climate Change – a Process of Survival or Extinction

By Montana House on November 3, 2015 in

The Montana House is pleased to again present science writer and wildlife ecologist Dr. Cristina Eisenberg and her update on recent research on climate change in the Arctic. Cristina’s talk will focus on large carnivores, their survival and adaptation to the changes in climate and what their future may hold. “Their well being is a critical factor in sustaining healthy landscapes and it is possible for humans and large carnivores to coexist peacefully and even thrive”.

Cristina just returned from the High Arctic and is working on her next book about Climate Change. Taking the Heat: Wildlife, Food Webs and Extinction in a Warming World.

Her presentation will include recent updates on federal policy on these species and the Endangered Species Act. Cristina’s journey this past year included going before Congress to share her scientific research and knowledge.

Eisenberg holds a doctorate in Forestry and Wildlife from Oregon State University and her long term research on wolves, elk, and aspen in the Crown of the Continent Ecosystem is now entering its tenth year. She is the lead scientist at Earthwatch Institute and a Smithsonian Research Associate. Her previous books include: The Wolf’s Tooth: Trophic Cascades and Biodiversity was published by Island Press in 2010. The Carnivore Way: Conserving and Coexisting with America’s Carnivores that was published in 2014.

She also serves as the nonfiction editor for the Whitefish Review and is on the editorial board of the Ecological Society of America.

The presentation at the Montana House will be at 4 p.m. with time for questions. A reception will follow. The event is open to the public without charge, but seating is limited, so reservations are needed. Please call 406-888-5393 for additional information and to reserve your seat.

Completing the World’s First International Peace Park

By Montana House on July 31, 2010 in

Dave Hadden, Director of Headwaters Montana, a conservation organization that works to protect water, wildlife and wild lands in the Crown of the Continent. Dave’s topic is “Completing the World’s First International Peace Park,” discussing the future and goals of preservation for the North Fork area that borders Glacier National Park.

Glacier National Park: How Do We Protect a National Treasure for the Next 100 Years

By Montana House on April 24, 2010 in

Will Hammerquist, National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA).

Glacier Park – Jewel in the Crown of the Continent

By Montana House on June 20, 2009 in

Steve Thompson, Senior Program Manager for National Parks Conservation Association. “Glacier Park – Jewel in the Crown of the Continent”

Citizen Science Project

By Montana House on April 25, 2009 in

Jamie Belt, Citizen Science Project, Glacier National Park. Research projects for summer 2009

Canada Day in Glacier National Park

By Montana House on July 1, 2008 in

The Montana House helped celebrate with a slide show presentation by Steve Thompson of the National Parks Conservation Association who coordinated the unique mapping process in the Crown of the Continent region. This resulted in the new Crown of the Continent MapGuide which celebrates the natural and cultural heritage of the transboundary region where the Rocky Mountains intersect with Alberta, British Columbia and Montana.

Flathead Coalition – Waters Worth Protecting

By Montana House on March 1, 2008 in

The Montana House hosted featured speaker Dave Hadden, who works for Headwaters Montana, a conservation organization that works to protect water, wildlife and wild lands in the Crown of the Continent. He has a Masters of Science in Wildlife Biology from the University of Montana and is President of the Flathead Coalition. The coalition formed in 1975 in an effort to protect the North Fork Flathead River from a proposed open-pit, mountain top removal coal mine at Cabin Creek – just six miles north of the US / Canada border. Since the time it was decided the Cabin Creek coal mine should not be built, the Coalition has focused on other coal mine and coal bed methane projects located in the Canadian Flathead. His presentation covered these proposed projects which threatened the water, fish and wildlife of the trans-boundary Flathead River, Waterton / Glacier International Peace Park and downstream Flathead Lake.