Restoring the West: Frontiers in Aspen Restoration
September 16-18, 2008, Utah State University, Logan, Utah | www.restoringthewest.org
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Tuesday Session - September 16, 2008

Paul Rogers
Director, Western Aspen Alliance
Historical Landscape Ecology of Seral Aspen in the Western U.S.


Jesse Logan
Retired, USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station

Sam St. Clair
Assistant Professor, BYU Department of Plant and Wildlife Sciences

Victor Lieffers
Professor, University of Alberta Department of Renewable Resources
Promoting Regeneration of Aspen in the Boreal and Montane Forests of Alberta

Scott Bell
Rural Community Assistance Coordinator, USDA Forest Service State and Private Forestry

Dale Bartos
Ecologist, USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station
Various Means of Limiting Ungulate Use of Aspen Regeneration in the Black Hills

Joshua Leffler
Research Assistant Professor, Utah State University Department of Wildland Resources
Efficacy and Consequences of Aspen Treatments: The USU/Deseret Land & Livestock Manipulation Project

Scott Jones
Assistant Professor, Utah State University Department of Plants, Soils, and Climate
Monitoring and Assessment of Vegetation Root-Zone Status in the T.W. Daniel Experimental Forest

Michael Amacher
Research Soil Scientist, USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station
What Does the Forest Inventory & Analysis Soil Indicator Tell Us About Aspen Soils?
Wednesday Session - September 17, 2008

Cindy Swanson
Human Dimensions Program Manager, USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station

Dale Bartos & Ron Ryel
Ecologist, USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station
Professor, Utah State University

James Worrall
Pathologist, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Region

Richard Lindroth
Professor, University of Wisconsin Department of Entomology
Chemical Ecology of Aspen: Herbivory and Ecosystem Consequences

Steve Kilpatrick
Habitat Biologist, Wyoming Game & Fish
Non-permanent Fixed Radius Plots: A Monitoring Protocol for Aspen Managers

Randy Hamilton
Entomologist and Remote Sensing Specialist, USDA Forest Service Remote Sensing Applications Center

John Shaw
FIA Team Leader, USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station
Status and Trends of Aspen in the Interior West: A View from Forest Inventory Analysis

Joshua Halofsky
Landscape Ecologist, Washington Department of Natural Resources

Andreas Leidolf
Research Fellow, Utah State University Department of Wildland Resources
Avian Response to Frost-Damaged Aspen in the Wasatch Mountains of Northern Utah

Dominik Kulakowski
Assistant Professor, Clark University School of Geography
Thursday Workshop Powerpoints
- Aspen Genetics and Phytochemistry
- Experiences and Recommendations from the Field
- Merging Monitoring at Varying Scales
- Wildlife Interactions
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