2019 First Friday Lunch ‘n Learn speaker series schedule The “First Friday” lunch-and-learn series features topics that Urban Ecology and Conservation Symposium attendees indicated they most wanted to learn more about. Unless otherwise noted, First Friday talks are held from 12:15-1 p.m. at Metro (600 NE Grand Ave., Portland) and generally involve a 30 minute presentation followed by 15 minutes of Q&A/discussion. Date | Speaker | Title
| May 3 | Sabrina Ortiz Luna | Designing Hydro-logical Community Resilience | June 7* | Katie Holzer
| Who does it best? Engineers vs. beavers in a stormwater treatment facility
(discussion in the field)* | July 12**
(the 2nd Friday) | Noah Jenkins | Dam, it's hot in here! Human vs. Beaver-Constructed Dams and Stream Temperature | August 2 | Aaron Ramirez | Hydraulic vulnerability of native trees is increased by urban heat | September 6 | Laura McMullen | Interaction of climate change with restoration action maturation in an urban environment: Impacts to salmon habitat | October 4 | Janine Castro | Streams without biology: How physics inadvertently usurped river restoration | November 1 | Alex Staunch | Exploratory Noxious Weed Survey of the Middle and Upper Columbia Slough Watersheds | December 6 | Jason King | Design for climate: an interdisciplinary approach | | | |
* - Katie Holzer’s talk will be on location: Next to the Gresham Waste Water Treatment Plant; 200015 NE Sandy, Blvd. Gresham, OR 97230 ** - Avoids the 4th of July Holiday weekend |