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You won't want to miss this year’s Annual Meeting, titled "Looking Ahead: Greater Yellowstone in a Changing Climate," at Snow King Resort in picturesque Jackson, Wyo. We’ve focused this year’s event on climate change and have packed one day—Friday, Sept. 24—with presentations and discussions that will enlighten you on the challenges facing the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem as temperatures warm, and inspire you to help protect this incomparable place.

A special thank you to Black Diamond for being our premiere sponsor this year!

Thurs., Sept. 23 - Opening Reception - Snow King Resort, 5-7 p.m.
Fri., Sept. 24 - All-day Conference - Snow King Resort, includes breakfast, lunch, and dinner

PREVIEW THIS YEAR'S AGENDA*! Download Now. (PDF)
This September we will feature some of the country's top scientists, authors, and artists. You won't want a miss a chance to hear from the following presenters:

Dr. Healy Hamilton, biodiversity scientist
Dr. Hamilton is a biodiversity scientist at the California Academy of Sciences and an adjunct professor in the Department of Geography at San Francisco State University. She directs the academy’s Center for Applied Biodiversity Informatics, a program that integrates biological and geospatial data for biodiversity research, conservation, and education.

Dr. Hamilton received her Masters’ degree from Yale University and her Ph.D. in Integrative Biology from the University of California, Berkeley.

Her presentation will present a range of ecological impacts analyses based on downscaled climate data, including range shift distributions for conservation target species, and quantification of rates and magnitude of projected climate change impacts to select U.S. protected areas.

Kniffy Hamilton, former Bridger Teton National Forest supervisor
Newly retired Kniffy Hamilton, who served as the Bridger-Teton National Forest supervisor for more than 10 years, will give opening remarks for this year’s Annual Meeting. During her tenure, Hamilton was responsible for the 3.4-million-acre Bridger-Teton National Forest and was also tasked with overseeing the 1.2 million acres of the congressionally designated Bridger, Gros Ventre and Teton wilderness areas. She served as the chair of the Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee and represented the Bridger-Teton on the Yellowstone Ecosystem subgroup of the Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee. Before moving to Jackson, Wyo., Hamilton worked for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for almost 20 years in various roles throughout the United States. By profession, Hamilton is a wildlife biologist and worked as a habitat biologist for the Alaska Fish & Game Department in Anchorage.

Bob Landis, award-winning cinematographer
Bob Landis is an Emmy award-winning wildlife cinematographer who has produced films for programs such as National Geographic and Nature. His work has taken him to Denali and Kluane national parks, but most of his artistry captures the heart of Yellowstone, where he has excelled in the art of wildlife film-making for more than 40 years.

Almost every day, with his giant camera slung over his shoulder, Bob sets out to record some of the most extraordinary wildlife dramas on earth. He has captured stunning footage of gray wolves roaming the Lamar Valley, wolves and grizzlies bears confronting one another, bison struggling to survive a harsh winter, otters in their crystal clear streams, and so much more!

His talk will feature stories and film clips about the wild creatures that call Yellowstone home, reminding you of the many reasons we all work so hard to protect this magical place.

Bob lives in Gardiner, Mont., yet some might call Yellowstone his true home.

Naomi Oreskes, science historian and author of "Merchants of Doubt"
Naomi Oreskes is one of the world’s leading science historians. Having started her career as an exploration geologist working in the mining industry in Australia’s outback, she is now professor of History and Science Studies at the University of California, San Diego, adjunct professor of Geosciences at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and the provost of Sixth College, UC San Diego.

For the past 20 years, Prof. Oreskes has studied the process of consensus and dissent in science: How do scientists decide when a fact is “established?” How do they judge how much evidence is sufficient to deem something scientifically demonstrated? And what happens when scientists can’t agree? In 2004, she began to investigate what scientists had to say about global warming, and discovered soon that scientific experts had a consensus on the reality of global warming and its human causes — and had so since the early 1990s. Her essay “The Scientific Consensus on Climate Change” (Science 306: 1686), led to numerous op-ed pieces, including in the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times and the San Francisco Chronicle. This work has been widely cited in the mass media in the United States and Europe, including in the Royal Society’s publication, “A guide to facts and fictions about climate change," and in the Academy Award-winning film, “An Inconvenient Truth.” Prof. Oreskes’ research also highlighted the disconnect between the state of scientific debate and the way it was being presented in the mass media and perceived by the American public.

Teaming with Erik Conway, her further research suggested that the reason we are all confused is that people have been trying to confuse us. The resulting book is Merchants of Doubt, published by Bloomsbury Press in 2010. She will talk about her research and her book - which is now on sale at Amazon.com.

ROOMS ARE SOLD AT SNOW KING RESORT FOR SEPT. 24 & 25.

Other options that might still have space include:

Best Western, The Lodge at Jackson Hole
Room prices can start at $160 each night.

Elk Country Inn, Jackson,
Room prices can start at $117 each night.

Cowboy Village, Jackson
Room prices can start at $166 each night.

The Aspens, Wilson, WY
Room prices start at $145 each night.

*Agenda subject to change.

Contact Christi Weber, cweber@greateryellowstone.org or 800-775-1834, for more information.