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 outside

Paul Rogers

Director, Western Aspen Alliance

Historical Landscape Ecology of Seral Aspen in the Western U.S.

Robert Gillies outside

Robert Gillies

Director, Utah Climate Center

Future Climates in Western North America

Sam St. Clair outside

Sam St. Clair

Assistant Professor, BYU Department of Plant and Wildlife Sciences

The Physiological Ecology of Aspen-Conifer Interactions

Victor Lieffers outside

Victor Lieffers

Professor, University of Alberta Department of Renewable Resources

Promoting Regeneration of Aspen in the Boreal and Montane Forests of Alberta

Scott Bell outside

Scott Bell

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

Aspen Utilization in the Intermountain West

Dale Bartos outside

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 outside

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 outside

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 outside

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 outside

Cindy Swanson

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

The Economic Value of Aspen: Beyond Board Feet

Dale Bartos outside

Dale Bartos & Ron Ryel

Ecologist, USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station
Professor, Utah State University

Aspen Classification

James Worrall outside

James Worrall

Pathologist, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Region

Sudden Aspen Decline in Western Colorado

Richard Lindroth outside

Richard Lindroth

Professor, University of Wisconsin Department of Entomology

Chemical Ecology of Aspen: Herbivory and Ecosystem Consequences

Steve Kilpatrick outside

Steve Kilpatrick

Habitat Biologist, Wyoming Game & Fish

Non-permanent Fixed Radius Plots: A Monitoring Protocol for Aspen Managers

Randy Hamilton outside

Randy Hamilton

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

Monitoring Aspen Using Remote Sensing

John Shaw outside

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

Joshua Halofsky

Landscape Ecologist, Washington Department of Natural Resources

Can Wolves Help Restore Aspen?

Andreas Leidolf

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

Dominik Kulakowski

Assistant Professor, Clark University School of Geography

The Role of Stand-replacing Fires and Biophysical Setting on the Persistence of Aspen in Eastern Colorado

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