Image Credit: (detail) Nina Vichayapai, Restoration of the Fir Island Farms Estuary, 2023, Hand sewn fabric on wood panel, 144" x 48" x 1"
Join MoNA on Saturday, November 4, 2023, for the Government & Resiliency Panel. The panel is part of the education programming accompanying the exhibition Surge: Mapping Transition, Displacement, and Agency in Times of Climate Change. Engaging the public and critical players in a moderated discussion about how our local governmental organizations respond to climate change. Exploring the question: are there opportunities to increase the resilience of communities, natural resources, and infrastructure in anticipation of climate change effects and socioeconomic change?
The discussion will be moderated by Dave Peterson, a professor of forest biology at the University of Washington and emeritus senior scientist with the U.S. Forest Service. His research focuses on fire science and climate change in the western U.S., with a current focus on adapting to climate change in forest ecosystems.
Panelists will include:
Richard Brocksmith, Mt. Vernon Councilmember
Peter Browning, Skagit County Commissioner
Karlee Deatherage, Sr. Community Affairs Rep (Skagit & Snohomish County) for Puget Sound Energy
Heather Spore, MSc. Environmental Policy Analyst for Swinomish Indian Tribal Community
Ronda Strauch, Seattle City Light
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About the facilitator, Dave Peterson:
I’m a forest ecologist and have spent most of my career doing research on fire ecology and the effects of climate change on forest ecosystems in the western U.S. The complex web of ecological connections has always fascinated me both personally and professionally. Most of my work in the past 15 years has focused on finding ways to adapt to climate change, particularly helping land managers to increase the resilience of natural resources to a warmer climate. I enjoy working with all kinds of people and organizations to communicate how everyone can understand and respond to the challenges posed by climate change.
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