Urban Ecology and Conservation Symposium – Lunch-and-Learn Series

URBAN ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH CONSORTIUM OF PORTLAND/VANCOUVER

The Lunch-and-Learn series features topics that Urban Ecology and Conservation Symposium attendees indicated they most wanted to learn more about. Unless otherwise noted, talks are held from 12:15-1 pm (Pacific) and generally involve a 30 minute presentation followed by 15 minutes of Q&A/discussion. Talks that were recorded and posted include hyperlinks to the archived recording.

Lunch & Learn 2025

Talks are held on Zoom and will start at 12:15 and last about 30 minutes presentation, followed by time for questions and ending by 1 pm.

Thank you to all the presenters!

Details will be shared via the UERC listserv closer to those dates.

August 1 – Lori Hennings – Oak loss is driven by new urban development in urban areas and logging in rural areas

August 22 – Allison Monroe – Foundational ecology of recently established invasive Mediterranean oak borer (Xyleborus monographus): an emerging threat to Oregon white oak

September 5 – Hanna Dornhofer and Kesia Tosh – Bringing DEI to nature education: a community based, culturally specific approach

October 3 – Alyson W. Yates – Northern red-legged frog use of a new under-road crossing and adjacent upland habitat

October 24 – Ted R. Labbe – Connecting Canopies: Portland-Vancouver regional urban tree policy and program summary

November 7 – Gary Granger and Rebecca Provorse – Counting crows: documenting Portland’s urban roost