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Restoring the West 2017 postcard

Click HERE for the conference program booklet.

Crystal A. Kolden

Managing for Forest Resilience under Global Change: the Power of Fire Refugia

Dr. Crystal Kolden, Pyrogeographer, University of Idaho

 


 

 

Embracing Partnership and Realizing the Co-benefits of Collaboration

Spencer Plumb, Ph.D., National Forest Foundation

Susan CharnleyForest Restoration at the Landscape Scale across Land Ownerships: How to get there from here?

Susan Charnley, US Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station

 

Liz DavyForest Restoration from the District Ranger Chair

Elizabeth Davy, District Ranger, United States Forest Service, Island Park, ID

 

 

 

 

 

Derek J. ChurchillRestoring Pattern, Structure, and Function in Dry Forests: the ICO Approach

Derek J. Churchill, School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington

 

 

Dick FleischmanAccelerating Restoration - The Challenges and Successes of the Nation's Largest Collaborative Restoration Project

Dick Fleischman, Operations Coordinator, Four Forest Restoration Initiative, United States Forest Service

 

Jesse AbramsBeyond Collaborative Decision-Making: Practices for "Matching" Ecological and Social Systems in Forest Restoration

Jesse Abrams, University of Oregon

 

 

 

 

Mike BattagliaForest Structure Outcomes After Mixed-Severity Wildfire: Do They Meet Restoration Goals?

Mike Battaglia, United States Forest Service

 

 

Diane VosickIf the trees don’t pay for restoration what will?

Diane Vosick, Director of Policy and Partnerships for the Ecological Restoration Institute, Northern Arizona University

 

 

 

 

 

Tony ChengHandshakes and head fakes: when social dynamics intersect with institutional processes in collaborative, adaptive forest restoration

Tony Cheng, Professor, Department of Forest & Rangeland Stewardship, Colorado State University

 

 

Paul HessburgRestoring fire-prone Inland Pacific landscapes: seven core principles

Paul Hessburg, Research Landscape Ecologist, United States Forest Service

 

 

 

Restoring the Landscape – San Carlos Apache Reservation

Dee Randall, Forest Manager, San Carlos Apache Tribe, Arizona

Neil ChapmanAccelerating Forest Restoration in Northern Arizona

Neil Chapman, Northern Arizona Program Restoration Manager, The Nature Conservancy

 

 

 

Jenny BriggsIntegrating science with restoration in Colorado's Front Range Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Project (CFLRP): some of our greatest hits

Jenny Briggs, Research Ecologist, United States Geological Survey

 

Michaela TeichDoes bark beetle disturbance alter forests' protective effects against snow avalanches?

Michaela Teich, Department of Wildland Resources, Utah State University

 

 

 

Kendall BeckerLow-severity fire impacts snag dynamics in an old-growth forest: Does tree neighborhood matter?

Kendall Becker, Department of Wildland Resources, Utah State University

 

 

 

Alex HoweA seedling-based approach to aspen restoration in the Interior West

Alex Howe, Department of Wildland Resources, Utah State University

 

 

Craig TaggartPerspectives of a Land Manager

Craig Taggart, Environmental Manager, Trinchera Ranch, Colorado

 

 

 

 

 

Sharon HoodImpacts of low-severity fire and fuel treatments on ponderosa pine resistance to mountain pine beetle

Sharon Hood, Research Ecologist, United States Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station

 

 

 

 

Clearing the way: Revealing and removing hidden barriers to private land forest restoration

Leslie Allison, Executive Director, Western Landowners Alliance, Santa Fe, NM

John RobisonIncreasing the pace and scale of forest restoration and the breadth and depth of forest restoration partnerships in Idaho

John Robison, Lemhi Forest Restoration Group and Idaho Forest Restoration Partnership, Salmon, ID

 

 

 

 

Cara NelsonApplication of International Standards for Ecological Restoration to the Western US

Cara Nelson, Associate Professor of Restoration Ecology, University of Montana

 

 

 

The Ongoing Promise & Emerging Perils of Western Forest Restoration in a Global Change World

Craig Allen, Research Ecologist, United States Geological Survey, New Mexico Landscapes Field Station, Los Alamos, NM