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Location:  Hampton Inn & Suites

Registration                     Begins at 4:00 p.m

Reception (with cash bar)   6:30-7:00 p.m.

Opening Session        7:00-9:00 p.m.
    Welcoming Comments
       Tina Kennedy & Robert Clark, NAU
        and others, TBA
    Keynote Addresses
        Jim Babbitt "Flagstaff:  Place, Context, and History"

Field Trips: All field trips will depart from the South Parking Lot at the Southwest Forest Science Complex, Bldg. 82.
    go to Registration Forms to register for a fieldtrip

A.  8:00 AM-5:00 PM: Grand Canyon:  A Local Perspective (Tina Kennedy) A loop to Grand Canyon NP via, Cameron and the Canyon of the Little Colorado and returning past Tusayan and the "pop culture" Flintstone Complex. $40 - Full

B.  8:00 AM-5:00 PM: Oak Creek Canyon, Sedona, Verde Valley: Centers of Power (Carolyn Daugherty) New Age enthusiast and those interested in tourism, historic sites and  Indian Gaming should enjoy this one.CANCELLED

C.  8:00AM-5:00 PM: San Francisco Peaks: Mountain Geography (Lee Dexter)  A  driving/hiking exploration of the volcanic peaks north of Flagstaff.  Verticle zonation, snow and ice, and vegetation changes are possible topics of discussion. $15 - Full

D. 7:30 AM-5:00 PM. American Indian Reservations (Alan A. Lew) Permanence and Change in Navajo and Hopi Landscapes. Includes lunch at the Hopi Cultural Center. (Note: George Van Otten, who was originally scheduled for this field trip, is on his way to a new position as Dean at Sheldon Jackson College in Sitka, Alaska.) $30 - about 10 seats left

E.  9:00 AM-5:00 PM: Sunset Crater and Wapatki: What Did Happen to the Ancient Ones??  (Dawn Hawley) This trip from pine to scrub brush vegetation includes a visit to a renowned volcanic cone and major lava flow as well as scenic ancient  Native American ruins.  Kivas, ballcourts, and grave sites are found among the ruins. - Full

F.  Self-guided Downtown Flagstaff Tour: (You)  Information on historical, downtown Flagstaff will be included in your packets.  We recommend a visit to Riordan State Park and/or the Museum of Northern Arizona. Free

7:00-8:00 AM: APCG Executive Council Breakfast Meeting
The Inn at Northern Arizona University (NAU Bldg #33)

8:00-9:40 AM: Session I

A. Protecting Natural Resources
Session Chair: Kate Berry
8:00 Doug Johnson, Department of Geography, San Francisco State University; student paper.  Recreational Paradise or Desecrated Shrine?  Diverging Rhetoric of  Wilderness at Lake Powell/Glen Canyon.
8:20 Kyle T. Evered, Department of Geography, University of Oregon; student paper. Environmental Philosophies and Their Geographic Ramifications in Wetland Conservation and Restoration
8:40 Rebecca Flitcroft, Department of Geography, University of Oregon; student paper. Changing Values and a Changing Landscape: An Analysis of Dune Management Policy in Clatsop County, Oregon
9:00 Ellen S. Soles, Department of Geography and Public Planning, Northern Arizona University; Student/GTU* paper. Protecting the Verde River.
9:20 Donald Anthrop, Department of Environmental Studies, San Jose State University. Improvement of Nesting Habitat for Migratory Waterfowl at Thermalito Afterbay, California.

B. Special Session. The GIS Sideshow: Balancing Theory, Software, and Reality
Session Chair and Organizer: Stacy Warren
Discussant: Michael Curry
8:00 Colin Warren, Eastern Washington University, Geographic Information Systems: Fact or Fiction?
8:20 Elizabeth Wente, Department of Geography, Arizona State University. A New Approach to Teaching GIS.
8:40 Nadine Schuurman, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia. Theory: The Missing Link in the Pedagogy of GIS
9:00 Stacy Warren, Department of Geography and Anthropology, Eastern Washington University. GIS Education: Making the Implicit Explicit.
9:20 Michael Curry -- Discussant

C: Art, Architecture, and Reservations in Mexico, Central America and the Southwest
Chair: Kevin S. Blake
8:00 Leon Watkins, Department of Geography and Planning, University of Wyoming. Private Reserves as Corollary Protection Areas in Costa Rica and Panama.
8:20 Sophia Habl, Department of Geography, San Diego State University, Student paper. Mennonite Folk Art: Understanding Activities and Meaning in the Manitoba Colony, Chihuahua, Mexico.
8:40 Emily H. Skop, Department of Geography, Arizona State University; Student Paper. Sitting on a Concrete Bench: The Role of Gender in the Plaza.
9:00 Kevin J. Sweeney, Department of Geography and Regional Development, University of Arizona; Student/GTU* paper. A Spatial Analysis of Ethnic Architecture at Prehistoric Sites in the Eastern Tonto Basin, Arisona.
9:20 Kevin S. Blake, Department of Geography and Recreation, University of Wyoming. The Symbolism of Permanence at Pueblo Mission Churches.

D: Technology, Migration and Demography
Session Chair: Stephen Koletty
8:00 Paul J. Kaldjian, University of Arizona, Istanbul, Urban food security, and shifting agricultural space.
8:20 James S. Peet, Department of Geography, University of Washington. Student paper. Technological Innovation in Seattles's Private Marine Terminals.
8:40 Lara A. Davis, Department of Geography, University of Washington; Student paper. Gone Fishin’: Uncovering the Absence of Migration Discourse in Nature Narratives of the Pacific Northwest.
9:00 William Preston, Department of Social Sciences, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. The Pre-Mission Demography of Native California: A Reappraisal.
9:20 Stephen Koletty, Department of Geography, University of Southern California; Socio-Spatial Dimensions of Pulu Momoli’s Funeral.

10:00-11:40 AM Session II

A: Biogeography: Vegetation Change and Distribution
Chair: Gordon R. Lewthwaite
10:00 Sharon Landon, Department of Geography, Oregon State University; Student paper. Spatial Distribution of Understory Vegetation in Tree Canopy Gaps of the Pacific Northwest.
10:20 Mary C. Henry. Department of Geography and Regional Development, University of Arizona; Student paper. Optical and Microwave Remote Sensing Techniques for Characterizing Fire Regimes in the Rincon Mountains, Arizona.
10:40 Trevor Burwell, Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin; Student paper. Historic Changes in the Lower Montane Ecotone, Eastern California.
11:00 James Wanket, Department of Geography, University of California, Berkeley; Student paper. Vegetation Changes in the Berkeley Hills, California, over the Last 2,000 Years.
11:20 Gordon R. Lewthwaite. Professor Emeritus. Department of Geography, California State University, Northridge. Monterey Peninsula and Norfolk Pine: Fair Exchange No Robbery.

B: Models, Multipliers, and Population Geography
Chair: Gordon Mulligan
10:00 Sandra Holland, Department of Geography and Regional Planning, University of Arizona; Student paper. Using Population as a Component of the Multiplier Calculation for Small Urban Settlements.
10:20 Chris Carter, Department of Geography, San Diego State University, Student paper. Urban Growth in La Serena.
10:40 Richard Rowland, Department of Geography, California State University, San Bernardino. Major Metropolitan Areas of the World in the 1990s: A Comparative Geographic-Demographic Perspective
11:00 Gordon Mulligan, Department of Geography and Regional Development, University of Arizona. Multiplier Estimates in Small Towns: Adjusting for Impacts.

C: Arizona and the Borderlands
Chair: David A. Plane
10:00 Peter S. Morris, Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Student paper. Whooping-It-Up in Chinook Country: Evolving Regional Ideas Along the Montana - Alberta Border.
10:20 Kenneth Madsen, Department of Geography, Arizona State University; Student/GTU* paper. Function and Utilization of the U. S.- Mexico Border Fencescape.
10:40 Susan Mains, Departmnet of Geography, University of Kentucky; Student paper. Statues of Liberty: Migration and Urbanism in the Borderlands.
11:00 Joseph K. Palermo, Department of Geography and Public Planning, Northern Arizona University; Student paper. The History of Asbestos Mining in the State of Arizona: A Review of Time and Space.
11:20 David A. Plane, Department of Geography and Regional Development, University of Arizona. Drive-By Musings on Convenience Store Location

D: Landscape Evolution, Weathering, and Snow
Chair: Leland R. Dexter
10:00 Anthony Orr Clarke, Department of Geography and Geosciences, University of Louisville. Morphometry, Dimensional Analysis and Similitude of Ventifacts.
10:20 Michael Nielsen, Department of Geography and Regional Planning, University of Arizona; Student paper. Remote Sensing as a Novel Technique for Detecting Paleoshorlines: A Study of Lake Cochise, Arizona
10:40 Steven J. Gordon, Department of Geography, Arizona State University; Student paper. The Role of Microclimate and Biotic Activity in Chemical Weathering of Plagioclase, Hawai’i, USA.
11:00 Merrianne Etter, Department of Geography and Public Planning, Northern Arizona Univeristy; Student paper. Snow Evapo-sublimation Characteristics along a Forest- clearing Transect.
11:20 Leland R. Dexter, Department of Geography and Public Planning; Charles C. Avery, School of Forestry; and William G. Delinger, Department of Physics, Northern Arizona University. Effects of Snowpack Evapo-sublimation on the Planning of Precipitation and Runoff Augmentation Programs.

11:40 AM - 1:20 PM Lunch Break

Women’s Network Luncheon and Meeting (du Bois)

Department Chair’s Meeting/Lunch (Delhi Palace?)

1:20-3:00 PM Session III

A: Vegetation and Habitat: Biogeography and Climate
Chair: Keith S. Hadley
1:20 Andrea Brunelle-Daines, Department of Geography, University of Oregon; Student paper. A Post-Glacial Record of Fire and Vegetation from Siesta Lake, Yosemite National Park, California.
1:40 Gregg Garfin and Dr. Malcolm Huges, Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, University of Arizona; Student paper. Oregon Drought History from Tree-Rings.
2:00 Mindi B. Sheer, Geosciences Department, Oregon State University; Student paper. A Comparison of Current and Historical Salmon Habitat in a Section of the John Day Reservoir, Columbia River.
2:20 Cynthia Taylor, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies Program, University of Oregon; Student paper. Morphological and Ecological Evaluation of Stream Habitat Enchancement Projects in the Umatilla National Forest
2:40 Keith S. Hadley, Department of Geography, Portland State University and Karan B. Arabas, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Willamette University. A Non-equilibrium Approach to Island Biogeography: Merging Geographical Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics.

B: The Wide World of Mapping and Modeling
Chair: Wesley Roehl
1:20 Sarah R. Jacobs, Department of Geography and Public Planning and Kathryn A. Thomas, Colorado Plateau Research Station, Northern Arizona University. Student/GTU* paper. A Spatial View of Accuracy of a Northern Arizona Land Cover Map
1:40 Alon Yaari, Department of Geography, University of Southern California. Student paper. Digital Yellow Pages and Regional Phenomenon.
2:00 Thomas F. Saarinen, Department of Geography and Regional Development, Professor Emeritus, University of Arizona. World Sketch Maps: Drawing Skills or Knowledge?
2:20 Wesley Roehl, Harrah College of Hotel Administration, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Modeling Geographic Markets Using Regression Analysis: Issues and Applications.

C: Distinctive Regions and Landscape Transformation: Northern California and Oregon
Chair: Dan Turbeville
1:20 Norman J. Hetland, Department of Geography, Department of Geography, University of California, Berkeley; Student paper. The Case for the Cultural Ecoregion.
1:40 Jennifer J. Helzer, Department of Geography, University of Texas at Austin; Student paper. Northern California: A Cultural Region?
2:00 Peter Cohen, Department of Geography and Human Environmental Studies, San Francisco State University; Student paper. Transformation in an Industraial Landscape: San Francisco’s Northeast Mission.
2:20 Michael J. Schmandt, Department of Anthropology and Geography, California State University, Stanislaus. The Scene of Single-Family Residential Housing.
2:40 Martha Works, Department of Geography, Portland State University. From Hedgerows to Heronswood: the Business End of Landscape.

D: Geographic Philosophy, Theory, and Perception
Chair: Chris Lukinbeal
1:20 Jocelyn Hunter, Department of Geography and Public Planning, Northern Arizona University; Student/GTU* paper. Doing Field Research in Paradoxical Space.
1:40 Chris Lukinbeal, Department of Geography, San Diego State University; Student paper. Film, Television and Urban Thirdspace in San Diego.
2:00 Bret Wallach, Department of Geography, University of Oklahoma. Will Carl O. Make it Across that Big ‘ol Bridge that Bill and Al Are Always Talking About?
2:20 Martin Kenser, Department of Geography, Florida Atlantic University. The Other Carl Sauer: Personal, Emotional, and Immature.

3:20-5:00 PM Session IV

A: Locations: Europe and the Latin Americas
Chair: Darrick Danta
3:20 James R. Keese, University of California Cooperative Extension, San Luis Obispo. NGOs and Sustainable Agricultural Development: A Methodological Analysis with Examples from a Northern Andean Environment.
3:40 Dr. Leon Watson, Department of Geography and Recreation, University of Wyoming, Title?
4:00 John Cloud, Department of Geography, University of California, Santa Barbara; Student paper. Through a Shutter Darkly: Discerning the Mechanisms of Cold War Geography.
4:20 Malcolm L. Comeaux, Department of Geography, Arizona State University. The Cemetery in Central Europe.
4:40 Darrick Danta, Department of Geography, California State University, Northridge. Berlin: Walls to Malls.

B: GeographicTechniques and Spatial Analysis
Chair: Paul Van Zuyle
3:20 John C. Bennett, Department of Geography, San Diego State University; Student paper. The Application of Geographic Spatial Analysis in Modeling Traffic Noise Propogation Qway from a Freeway.
3:40 Paul Sutton, Department of Geography, University of California, Santa Barbara; Student paper. A Global Population Density Dataset Derived from Nighttime Satellite Imagery, Spatial Analysis and Aggregate National Figures.
4:00 Christine E. McMichael and Dr. Allen S. Hope, Department of Geography, San Diego State University; Student paper. Estimating Runoff in a Southern California Chaparral Watershed Using the SCS Curve Number Model.
4:20 Paul Van Zuyle, Department of Geography, University of California, Santa Barbara; Student paper. The Contour Mapping of Schehallien: New Evidence on the Origin of the Isohypse.

C: Tourism, Leisure,and Landscapes
Chair: Alan A. Lew
3:20 Deborah J. Keirsey, Department of Geography and Anthropology, Louisiana State University and David J. Nemeth, Department of Geography, University of Toledo, Toledo. Woody Debris: The Ethical Snag in Constructing Scenic Urban Waterways.
3:40 Lara D. Merriam, Department of Geography and Recreation, University of Wyoming; Student/GTU* paper. The Evolution of Tourism along Route 66 in the American West.
4:00 Jim Craine, Department of Geography, California State University, Northridge; Student paper. Movie Theater Locations as Indicators of Economic Segregation.
4:20 Bruce Nemenoff, Department of Geography, University of Nevada, Reno; Student paper. The Lincoln Highway, "The Biggest Little Influence on Reno."
4:40 Stephen W. Frenkel, Department of Geography, University of Washington. Shopping with a Difference: Touring Bavarian Leavenworth

D: Evolution of the Grand Canyon and Climate Change
Chair: Marilyn L. Shelton
3:20 Sandy Salisbury, Department of Geography and Public Planning, Northern Arizona University. A Geographic Hypothesis for the Evolution of the Grand Canyon.
3:40 John Douglas. Department of Geography and Public Planning, Northern Arizona University; Student paper. An Idea Concerning the Evolution of Marble and the Little Colorado River Gorge Canyons in Northern Arizona.
4:00 Scott A. Mensing, Department of Geography, University of Nevada, Reno. Pollen Evidence for a Dry Younger Dryas in the Great Basin.
4:20 Charles G. Markham. Professor Emeritus, Department of Geography, California State University, Fresno. Sea Surface Temperature and California Coastal Rainfall.
4:40 Marilyn L. Shelton, Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, University of California, Davis. Climate Change and Modeled Runoff in an Oregon Rangeland Watershed.

5:00-6:00   APCG Geography Bowl Playoff

7:00-9:00   Annual Banquet
Awards Presentations
Presidential Address - Dan Arreola:
Across the Street Is Mexico: The Invention and Persistence of the Border Town Curio Landscape

8:30-10:00 APCG Business Meeting
du Bois Center  - Fremont Room

10:00-10:20  Break

10:20-12:00 President’s Plenary Session
Revisiting Regional Geography:  State of the Art in APCG
du Bois Center - Fremont Room
Participants:
Dan Arreola, Arizona State University, President
Bill Crowley, Sonoma State University
Alec Murphy, University of Oregon
Paul Starrs, University of Nevada-Reno

12:00 noon  Meeting Concludes

ALSO ON SATURDAY:

1:00-5:00 pm   Arizona Geographers Meeting & AZ Articulation Meeting
at du Bois Center at NAU (Bldg #64) - Fremont Room

9:00am-5:00pm    AAG Council Meeting
at Southwest Forest Science Complex at NAU, Bldg. 82 (Dean's Conference Room, rm. 125)

Evening - Downtown Flagstaff Pub Tour for those staying over Sat. Night. - This is an informal event and participants will be required to provide their own transportation and are strongly encouraged to either walk or use a taxi service.