Email: gewilson@fs.fed.us

Genny Wilson is a Forest Wildlife Biologist with the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. She got her B.S from Humboldt State University in Wildlife Management and has been a Wildlife Biologist with the USFS since 1987. She has worked throughout the Sierra Nevada Mountains, the Nevada Portion of the Great Basin and Spring Mountains in the Mojave Region outside Las Vegas, NV. She has 19 years of experience working with grazing, timber harvest and recreation compatibility and restoration of wildlife habitats. She has a particular interest in northern goshawks and other landbird monitoring designs and applications, as well as prescribed fire use and aspen restoration in the Great Basin. For the last 6 years she has been the wildlife program manager for the Humboldt-Toiyabe NF which manages the majority of National Forest System lands in Nevada and portions of Eastern California.

Genny Wilson, USFS: Humboldt-Toiyabe NF, Sparks, Nevada

Recognizing that knowledge of aspen is limited in Nevada, the Nevada Aspen Working group was formed in summer 2005. This small working group is comprised of individuals from State and Federal agencies in addition to non-governmental organizations with an interest in the restoration and persistence of aspen across Nevada. The primary goals of the group are to determine the overall distribution, condition, and stressors on aspen in Nevada. Our mission is to provide land managers, private landowners and others the tools to recognize declining aspen conditions, identify issues related to aspen management and apply appropriate methods to restore aspen. Over the past year, the group has focused on establishing a common data depository; education; gaining a common understanding of the issues affecting aspen in Nevada; and identifying additional partners who have funding and the ability to do work on the ground. The Nevada Aspen Working Group is assisting the Society of Range Management in sponsoring a ½ day technical session in Reno-Sparks, Nevada in February 2007.