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The Great Big Context of Climate Disruption
Rob Davies, Physicist, Utah Climate Center
Drought-driven Tree Mortality and Climate Change: What Have We Learned so Far?
Bill Anderegg, Assistant Professor, Biology, University of Utah
Conservation Paleobiology: Contributions to Understanding Climate, Disturbance and Restoration
Andrea Brunelle, Professor & Chair, Department of Geography, University of Utah
Understanding the Landscape of Public Attitudes About Climate Change
Peter D. Howe, Assistant Professor, Department of Environment and Society, Utah State University.
Restoring the Rivers of the West
Dan McCool, Director, Environmental and Sustainability Studies Program, Professor, Political Science, University of Utah
Grand climate-adaptation experiments, intended or not, in post-fire restoration
Matthew J Germino, Research Ecologist, US Geological Survey, Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center
Accelerating Renewables and Energy Efficiency to Mitigate Climate Change
Sarah Wright, Executive Director, Utah Clean Energy
Weather and Climate Tools for Rangeland Restoration Planning and Assessment
Stuart Hardegree, Plant Physiologist, USDA-ARS, Northwest Watershed Research Center
Sam St. Clair, Associate Professor, Plant & Wildlife Sciences, Brigham Young University
Climate Change Effects on Water Resources Management and Potential Adaptations for the Future
Sarah Null, Assistant Professor, Department of Watershed Sciences, Utah State University
The Colorado River, Climate Change and Drought
Johnathan Overpeck, Regents Professor of Geosciences, Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Arizona
Navigating Complex Human-Nature Relationships in Rocky Mountain and Wasatch Communities
Courtney G. Flint, Associate Professor, Utah State University, Department of Sociology, Social Work & Anthropology
Forest Carbon in the Rockies: Past and Future
Michael G. Ryan, Senior Research Scientist, NREL, Colorado State University & Emeritus Scientist, Rocky Mountain Research Station
Wildlife Response to Climate Change in the Western US: Learning from Indicator Species
Lise Aubry, Assistant Professor, Department of Wildland Resources and the Ecology Center, Utah State University
Curtis Gray, PhD Candidate, Wildland Resources Department, Utah State University
Andrew Kleinhesselink, PhD Candidate, Department of Wildland Resources, Utah State University
Forest Soils in the Intermountain West - Vegetation and Disturbance Effects on Soil Organic Carbon
Antra Boca, PhD Candidate, Department of Wildland Resources, Utah State University
Adapting Watershed Management to Climate Change
Marian Hubbard, Watershed Section Manager, Salt Lake County Watershed Planning & Restoration Program
Mike Kaplan, Research Professor, Division of Atmospheric Sciences, Desert Research Institute
Climate Change, Riparian Vegetation Removal, and Channel Change on the Colorado River
Gigi A. Richard, Ph.D. Professor, Geology, Director, Hutchins Water Center at CMU, Colorado Mesa University
Paul Miller, Service Coordination Hydrologist, NOAA - Colorado Basin River Forecast Center
How Will Climate Change Alter the Abundance of Big Sagebrush?
Peter Adler, Professor, Department of Wildland Resources and the Ecology Center, Utah State University
Climate Change and Wildland Fire
J. Bradley Washa, Utah BLM State Fuels Specialist, DOI Bureau of Land Management, Utah State Office, Salt Lake City, Utah