Restoring The West Conference 2009

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Tuesday Session - October 27, 2009

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Ecohydrology in the Great Basin: Plants and Water in Arid Ecosystems
Bob Nowak, Professor, University of Nevada, Reno

Myth, Metaphor, and the Social Dimensions of Restoration in the Great Basin
Mark Brunson, Department Head and Professor, Utah State University

Understanding Resistance to Invasion and Resilience to Disturbance - the Key to Restoring Great Basin Ecosystems?Jeanne Chambers, Research Ecologist, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Reno, and Jim Grace, Research Ecologist, U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center

River Restoration in the Great Basin - What Can We Really Hope to Achieve?
Jack Schmidt, Professor, Utah State University

Restoring Native Fish Species in the Great Basin
Brett Roper, Aquatic Ecologist, USDA Forest Service and Utah State University

Exotic and Native Herbs in Sagebrush Steppe: Diagnoses, Prognoses, and Prescriptions for Restoration
Matt Germino, Associate Professor, Idaho State University

Assessing Risk to Aquatic Systems
Frank McCormick, Program Manager, Air, Water, and Aquatic Environments Science Program, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Boise

An Approach to Landscape Scale Aspen Inventory and Assessment: Applications in the Great Basin
Annie Loosen, Teton Science Schools

Pinyon and Juniper Woodland Expansion: Can a Historical Perspective Guide Management of Future Landscape Change? (PowerPoint only)
Peter Weisberg, Associate Professor, University of Nevada, Reno

Ecology and Restoration of Riparian Vegetation in the Arid and Semiarid West: Lessons Learned
Duncan Patten, Research Professor, Montana State University

Wednesday Session - October 28, 2009

Climate Variability, Climate Change, and Large-scale Ecological Responses: Challenges for Ecosystem Science and Management in the West
Julio Betancourt, Senior Scientist, National Research Program, Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey

Adapting to Climate Change in Great Basin Mountain Ecosystems
Connie Millar, Research Paleoecologist, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station

Paleoecological Data and their Utility in Ecosystem Restoration
Andrea Brunelle, Associate Professor, University of Utah

Historic Fire Regimes as Templates for Fire Restoration in Eastern Great Basin Mountains - or: Eating the Elephant a Bite at a Time
Stan Kitchen, Research Botanist, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station

Pricing the Priceless: Valuing Nonmarket Goods and Ecosystem Services
Patty Champ, Economist, USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station

Sage-grouse and Fire: Smokey the Bear Was a Good Guy
Jack Connelly, Principal Wildlife Research Biologist, Idaho Department of Fish and Game

Fire Ecology of Sagebrush Systems: To Burn or Not to Burn for Wildlife Habitat (abstract only)
Carl Wambolt, Emeritus Professor, Range Science, Montana State University

Ecology and Management of Invasive Species
Dean Pearson, Research Ecologist, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station

Wildfire and Fuel Treatments in Riparian Areas of the Interior West
Kate Dwire, Research Riparian Ecologist, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station

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