Symposium Presenters
Symposium organizers bring in speakers from around the country to share their research and innovations in stream and river restoration design. To find out more about how this is accomplished, please visit the Sponsors and Supporters pages.
Mr. John Echohawk
Executive Director, Native American Rights Fund
Website: www.narf.org
Mr. Echohawk, a Pawnee, is the Executive Director of the Native American Rights Fund. He was the first graduate of the University of New Mexico's special program to train Indian lawyers, and was a founding member of the American Indian Law Students Association while in law school. John has been with NARF since its inception, having served continuously as Executive Director since 1977. He has been recognized as one of the 100 most influential lawyers in America by the National Law Journal since 1988 and has received numerous service awards and other recognition for his leadership in the Indian law field.
Along with Mr. Billy Franks, Jr., John Ecohawk received the 2006 Wallace Stegner Award from the Center of the American West. The Center's Executive Director, Professor Patty Limerick,was the evening speaker for the 2006 Symposium.
Dr. Gordon E. Grant
Research Hydrologist, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station
Professor (courtesy), Departments of Geosciences, Forest Engineering & Forest Science, Oregon State University.
Website: http://www.fsl.orst.edu/wpg/
Gordon Grant's research interests focus on the structure and dynamics of mountain streams, watershed and stream response to changing land use and climate, and watershed analysis. Gordon has been publishing on the effects of dam removal on rivers for nearly a decade and, over the last year, has been interviewed on removal of Marmot Dam by Oregon Public Broadcasting, local NBC and ABC affiliate stations (later picked up by CNN) and the Oregonian.
Dr.Angela Gurnell
Professor of Physical Geography at King's College London
Website:
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/sspp/geography/people/acad/gurnell/
Dr. Gurnell's research interests are at the interface between hydrology, geomorphology and plant ecology. She is currently working on two main research themes: interactions between vegetation and fluvial processes; the hydroecological characteristics of urban rivers. Both themes generate research outputs which are directly applicable to river restoration and management. Angela first came to the northwest to talk about wood in rivers as part of the 1987 Pacific Rim IAHS conference in Corvallis. She is the editor of a special volume of the journal Earth Surface Processes and Landforms highlighting papers from the 2006 Wood in World Rivers Conference in Sterling, Scotland.
Dr. Ed A. Keller
Professor and Chair. Environmental Studies Program; Professor, Department of Earth Science, UC Santa Barbara
Website: http://www.coastalresearchcenter.ucsb.edu/cmi/Keller.html
Dr. Keller's current research is divided into two main areas: 1) study of hydrologic process and the geomorphic effects of wildfire in the chaparral environment in southern California; and 2) studies of Quaternary stratigraphy and tectonics as they relate to earthquake hazard, active folding and mountain building. His 1979 paper, "Effects of large organic material on channel form and fluvial processes," co-authored with Fred Swanson (PNW Research Lab, Corvallis), is the most widely cited paper in geomorphology over the last 20 years.
Dr. David R. Montgomery
Professor, Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington
Website: http://www.ess.washington.edu/People/faculty_bio/montgomery-bio.html
Dr. Montgomery studies the evolution of topography and the influence of geomorphological processes on ecological systems and human societies. He received his B.S. in geology at Stanford University (1984) and his Ph.D. in geomorphology from UC Berkeley (1991). His published work includes studies of the evolution and near-extirpation of salmon, fluvial and hillslope processes in mountain drainage basins, the evolution of mountain ranges (Cascades, Andes, and Himalaya), and the analysis of digital topography. Current research includes field projects in eastern Tibet and the Pacific Northwest of North America.