Biocomplexity Project Retreat

February 21-23, 2003

Trout Lake Station

Boulder Junction, WI

Contact Liz Levitt: ealevitt@wisc.edu

Friday, Feb 21 – Departure From Madison (Center for Limnology parking lot)

3:00 pm -- First van leaves from CFL (Driver Roth, bmroth@wisc.edu)

4:00 pm – Second van leaves from CFL (Driver Sass, ggsass@wisc.edu)

5:00 pm – Third van leaves from CFL (Driver Magnuson, jmagnuson@mhub.limnology.wisc.edu)

5:30 pm – Last van leaves from CFL (Driver Hotchkiss, shotchkiss@wisc.edu)

9:30 pm – Last van arrives at Trout Lake, Evening Social in Juday House

*Each van is responsible for own dinner or food (Dinner will not be served at Trout)

Saturday, Feb 22 – Biocomplexity Retreat in Main Lab of Trout Lake Station

7:00 am – Breakfast (bagels, donuts, coffee, juice)

8:00 am – Opening address, Introductions (Carpenter, Kratz)

8:15 am – Report on ecological economics (MacPherson, Provencher)

8:45 am – Report on Cross-Lake Survey (Finkelstein, Van Egeren)

9:45 am – Break (coffee, donuts)

10:15 am – Report on CWD manipulation and modeling (Sass)

11:15 am – Report on Sparkling Lake manipulation (Hein)

12:15 pm – Lunch (sandwiches catered to Trout Lake Station)

*Names in parentheses are in charge of organizing reports

*Schedule will be strictly enforced (Kitchell and Kratz)

*1/3 of allotted time should be allocated for questions and discussion

1:00 pm – Biocomplexity break out groups

Ecological economics (Provencher) – Merrill Cabin

Cross-lake comparison (Sugden-Newbery) – Library of main lab

CWD manipulation (Helmus) – Juday House

Sparkling Lake manipulation (Roth) – Basement lobby

Points to Discuss within 1st Break Out Groups:

· Over the next year, what are the scientific questions that we need to answer?

· What scientific papers are planned for next year and who are the lead authors?

· What are the field plans for this coming summer? Who is going to perform these tasks?

2:30 pm – Regroup and break in TLS library

3:00 pm – Biocomplexity crosscut groups

Habitat (Turner)

Invasions (Vander Zanden)

Human impact (Carpenter)

Point to Discuss within crosscut groups:

· What information do you need to learn from the other break out groups? What information do you have to offer the other break out groups?

5:00 pm – Closing statements. Brief habitat workshop discussion (Sass)

6:00 pm – Dinner and evening social in Juday House (pizza from Sayner Pub)

*Names in parentheses will lead each break out group

Sunday, Feb 23 – Biocomplexity Retreat in Main Lab of Trout Lake Station

7:00 am - Breakfast (bagels, donuts, coffee, juice)

8:20 am – Report from ecological economics breakout group

8:40 am – Report from cross-lake comparison break out group

9:00 am – Report from CWD manipulation break out group

9:20 am – Report from Sparkling Lake manipulation break out group

9:40 am – coffee break

10:00 am – Report from Habitat crosscut group

10:20 am – Report from Invasions crosscut group

10:40 am – Report from Human impact crosscut group

11:00 am -- Ending plenary (Kratz)

11:30 am -- Logistics (Parara) [optional]

Points to Discuss in Logistics meeting:

· What permits are needed to accomplish these field plans?

· What are the staffing needs for the summer field season?

1:00 pm – Box lunches will be provided

Packup and depart TLS

What to bring to the Trout Lake Station

Sleeping bag, Pillow or pillow case, Towel, Personal toiletries and items

Trout Lake Station Contact Information:

Trout Lake Station

10810 County Hwy N

Boulder Junction, WI 54512

(715)-356-9494 and (715)-356-9596

Travel Expense Reimbursements: examples are Friday dinner, gas/mileage. See Liz for handout (instructions are on back of handout). Please return completed form to Liz as soon as possible.