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 Restoring the West 2013

Greg Aplet
Managing for resilience through a “portfolio approach” to reducing climate risk Greg Aplet, Senior Director of Ecology, The Wilderness Society, Denver, Colorado

Dominik Kulakowski
The consequences of changing disturbance regimes for quaking aspen in the western U.S.
Dominik Kulakowski
, Associate Professor, Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts

Simon Landhausser
The role of plant species selection in the rebuilding of resilient forest ecosystems after severe disturbance
Simon Landhausser
, Professor and Industry Research Chair in Forest Land Reclamation, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta

Paul Rogers
The many faces of quaking aspen: Biogeography meets resilience management
Paul Rogers, Director, Western Aspen Alliance, Logan, Utah

Jesse Morris
Long-term vegetation and disturbance trends in the subalpine ecosystems of the Colorado Plateau
Jesse Morris
, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho and Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas

Simon Wang
Predominant drought cycles in the Intermountain West
S.-Y. Simon Wang
, Assistant Professor of Climate, Utah State University, Logan, Utah

James Lutz
Restoring what? Pattern, process, and large longitudinal data sets
James Lutz
, Assistant Professor, Utah State University, Logan, Utah

Mary Lou Fairweather
Aspen reproduction following fire in central Arizona: Surprises and challenges
Mary Lou Fairweather
, Plant Pathologist, Arizona Zone Forest Health Protection, USDA Forest Service, Flagstaff, Arizona
(Recording not available)

Andrew Kulmatiski


Mark Brunson
Managing for social-ecological resilience: A dimly lit path to a bright future?
Mark Brunson
, Professor & Department Head, Utah State University, Logan, Utah

Rob Addington
From principles to practice: Restoring dry, frequent-fire forests in the face of global change along Colorado's Front Range
Rob Addington
, Research Associate, Colorado Forest Restoration Institute, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado

Kristen Pelz
Is there a case for restoration to regenerate subalpine forests following bark beetle-caused mortality?
Kristen Pelz
, Graduate Research Assistant and PhD Candidate, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado

Steve Daniels
A collaborative approach to resilience: The Monroe Mountain Working Group
Steve Daniels
, Professor and Extension Community Development Specialist, Utah State University, Logan, Utah

Justin Britton
Evaluation of treatment success in Populus tremuloides: Implications for management
Justin Britton
, M.S. Research Assistant, Utah State University, Logan, Utah

Jamie Laatsch
USDA Forest Service's perspectives on forest management in a changing climate
Jamie Laatsch
, M.S. Research Assistant, Utah State University, Logan, Utah

 
Emily Platt
Institutional resilience of the U.S. Forest Service
Emily Platt
, PhD Candidate, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon

 
James Long
Seedlings and suckers, stands and clones - so you think you know aspen?
James Long
, Professor, Utah State University, Logan, Utah

Joe Wheaton
Beaver: Restoration liaison between riparian and upland systems
Joe Wheaton
, Assistant Professor and Fluvial Geomorphologist, Utah State University, Logan, Utah

Jessica Clement
Climate change and avoiding a climate of fear
Jessica Clement
, Research Scientist and Program Director, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming

Matthew Bekker
Reconstruction of extreme drought from tree rings for Wasatch Front risk management
Matthew Bekker
, Associate Professor, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah

 
Karen Mock
Triploidy in western aspen
Karen Mock
, Associate Professor, Utah State University, Logan, Utah

Conference Sponsors
USU Cooperative Extension
USU Department of Wildland Resources
USU Quinney College of Natural Resources
USU Ecology Center
USDA Forest Service State & Private Forestry
USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station
Western Aspen Alliance