Press Conference to Precede
Seminar at WSU Vancouver
VANCOUVER, WA
-- Monument Scientist Peter Frenzen and Research Ecologist Charlie Crisafulli
will reflect on lessons learned 25 years
after the 1980 Eruption of Mount St. Helens at a press conference next
week. The press conference will be held Monday, April 18 at 3:30 p.m.
in Room 110 of the Student Services Building on the campus of Washington
State University Vancouver.
The press conference will precede a free public seminar to be held at
7 p.m. in the main auditorium of the Student Services Building on Monday
evening:
Out of the Ash: Survival
and Recolonization in a Volcanic Landscape
Peter Frenzen, USDA Forest Service, Mount St. Helens National Volcanic
Monument, Amboy, WA
The last 25 years have been a period of profound change at Mount St.
Helens. In a matter of minutes the May 18, 1980 eruption completely
transformed the forested landscape surrounding the volcano. Over the
last 25 years, we have witnessed the opening chapter in a sequence of
ecosystem recovery that will stretch well into the next century. These
profound and sometimes subtle landscape changes are revealed through
repeat photographs taken before, just following and during the years
following the 1980 eruption. Mount St. Helens offers us an opportunity
to experience nature’s unbridled power and the wonder of its continuing
cycle of cataclysm and renewal.
Mount St. Helens: A Story of Survival and Revival of Life
Crisafulli, Research Ecologist, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest
Research Station, Amboy, WA
The 1980 eruption killed or dramatically altered the types and numbers
of animals that had been present before the eruption. Over the following
quarter century aquatic and terrestrial animals have undergone a remarkable
recovery as individuals of hundreds of species expanded from surviving
populations or invaded the new landscape from distant source populations.
By 2005, most vertebrates and thousands of invertebrates had successfully
colonized the disturbed area.
Media representatives are welcome
to tape the press conference and evening seminar. Media parking and, if
needed, placement of satellite trucks should be coordinated with the Department
of Public Safety at WSU–Vancouver. For further information contact
Kris in Public Safety (360) 546-9001 for instructions and parking permits.
All other vehicles will need to park in the blue lot. This is a pay lot
- $1.75 per day.
Campus map: http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu/ca/location.htm#map
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