12th DRAC Presentation

Natural Calamities: Recovery Solutions to Emergency Situations                                                                                                                                                                                              - Dalton Stanfield, Meadowlark Ecological Consulting

12^th DRAC Presentation on May 19^th 2023

Abstract:    

This presentation will draw upon the history of water on earth and man’s interaction with it. Examples to be discussed include; Florida, Houston, Lake Tulare CA, and the Colorado River Basin. Each one of these case studies will be looked at for fundamental patterns, issues with past planning, and how an ecologist could have predicted our current climate. From different perspectives we explore new ways to think about emergency situations and how perspective can lead us to effective but surprising solutions. In unlocking a new perspective on any issue, it is possible to find a new way to measure or calculate results. It can also allude to caches of data that can better inform management decisions.

Biography of Speaker:

A Native of Sedgwick County, Dalton grew up in Garden Plain, KS. He then attended Wichita State University earning his degree in International Business, minor in Economics and his degree in Biological Sciences with a minor in chemistry. He then attended Florida State university where he studied theoretical ecology and evolution and graduated with his masters in Ecology. From there, he moved out west to Las Vegas, Nevada. He currently manages his own environmental consulting firm specializing on work with endangered species and the impacts of infrastructure projects. He works daily with a multitude of stakeholders and has worked on several fire recovery projects in California.