Restoring the West 2006 Conference: Aspen Restoration


	Restoring the West Conference 2007 Web Site Explore these pages to find presentations, photographs, and documents from the 2006 Restoring the West Conference held at Utah State University in Logan, Utah September 12-13, 2006. Click here for the conference booklet, including the agenda, and abstracts (pdf). Click here to view a slideshow of selected photographs from the conference. General Session Tuesday, September 12, 2006 Click on the links below to view speaker bios, contact information, abstracts, and PowerPoint presentations with audio.
		Sagebrush Steppe Restoration from an Ecological Perspective: What is Success and How Will We Know It? Steve Knick, Research Ecologist, USGS Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center
		Sagebrush Steppe Restoration from a Social Science Perspective Mark Brunson, Professor, USU Department of Environment and Society
		Monitoring Restoration Effectiveness David Pyke, Plant Ecologist, USGS Forest and Rangeland Ecology Science Center
		Dealing with Sagebrush Steppe Restoration's Long-term Consequences Wendell Gilgert, Acting National Wildlife Biologist, Natural Resources Conservation Service
		Sagebrush Steppe Restoration and Obligate Passerines Steve Knick, Research Ecologist, USGS Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center
		Sagebrush Steppe Restoration and Pygmy Rabbits Janet Rachlow, Assistant Professor, University of Idaho Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources
		Sagebrush Steppe Restoration and Wild Ungulates Michael Wolfe, Professor, USU Department of Wildland Resources
		Sagebrush Steppe Ecological Site Classification Doug Ramsey, Professor, USU Department of Wildland Resources
		Sagebrush Steppe Restoration and Cheatgrass David Pyke, Plant Ecologist, USGS Forest and Rangeland Ecology Science Center
		Sagebrush Steppe Restoration and Assisted Succession Val Anderson, Professor, BYU Department of Plant and Wildlife Sciences
		Spacial Land Use Modeling for Sagebrush Shrubland Restoration Louis Provencher, Director of Conservation Ecology, The Nature Conservancy
		Sagebrush Steppe Restoration Situations and Techniques Bruce Roundy, Professor, BYU Department of Plant and Wildlife Sciences
		Plant Materials for Sagebrush Steppe Restoration Tom Jones, Research Geneticist, USDA Agricultural Research Service Forest and Range Research Lab
		Using Grazing in Sagebrush Steppe Restoration Ryan Woodland, Lands Resource Specialist, Idaho Department of Lands
		Community-based Conservation and Sagebrush Steppe Restoration: Utah's Local Working Groups Take Action Terry Messmer, Professor, USU Department of Wildland Resources
		Why Think About Economics When Restoring the Sagebrush Steppe? John Tanaka, Associate Professor, Oregon State University
		Sagebrush Steppe Restoration at Deseret Land and Livestock: Maintaining Sagebrush Steppe While Watching the Bottom Line Rick Danvir, Deseret Land and Livestock

	Logan Canyon Aspen Restoration Field Trip Wednesday, September 13, 2006 Click here to see selected photographs of the field trip. Click here to see the field trip agenda and map (pdf). Click here to see Tony Kusbach's handout on Franklin Basin ecological monitoring (pdf).
	Additional Links Click here to see the web page for the 2004 Managing Aspen in Western Landscapes conference. Ecology, Biodiversity, Management, and Restoration of Aspen in the Sierra Nevada. By Wayne D. Shepperd, Paul C. Rogers, David Burton, and Dale L. Bartos (pdf). This report was recently published in September 2006 by the USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station. It synthesizes existing information on the ecology and management of aspen in the Sierra Nevada of California and surrounding environs. It also summarizes available information on aspen throughought North America from published literature, internal agency reports, and experienced scientists and managers. Aspen: Ecology and Management in the Western United States. By Norbert V. DeByle and Robert P. Winokur, editors (pdf). August 1985. This report provides detailed information about the biology, ecology, and management of quaking aspen in the interior western United States. Introduction (439 KB) Part I: The Tree (2.3 MB) Part II: Ecology (8.3 MB) Part III: Resources and Uses (3.9 MB) Part IV: Management (4.1 MB) Literature Cited (2.4 MB) Appendix (59 KB) Conference Organizers Dale Bartos General Conference Co-chair USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station Mike Kuhns General Conference Co-chair USU Department of Wildland Resources Ron Ryel General Conference Co-chair USU Department of Wildland Resources Conference Sponsors Utah State University: Ecology Center, Department of Wildland Resources, College of Natural Resources, Cooperative Extension. USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station USDA Forest Service State and Private Forestry
	Updated 10/30/06