Restoring the West: Change Agents and Managing for Forest Resilience
October 16-17, 2013, Utah State University, Logan, Utah | www.restoringthewest.org
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Greg Aplet
Senior Director of Ecology, The Wilderness Society, Denver, Colorado
Managing for resilience through a “portfolio approach” to reducing climate risk
Dominik Kulakowski
Associate Professor, Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts
The consequences of changing disturbance regimes for quaking aspen in the western U.S.
Simon Landhausser
Professor and Industry Research Chair in Forest Land Reclamation, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
Paul Rogers
Director, Western Aspen Alliance, Logan, Utah
The many faces of quaking aspen: Biogeography meets resilience management
Jesse Morris
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho and Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
Long-term vegetation and disturbance trends in the subalpine ecosystems of the Colorado Plateau (Recording not available)
S.-Y. Simon Wang
Assistant Professor of Climate, Utah State University, Logan, Utah
James Lutz
Assistant Professor, Utah State University, Logan, Utah
Restoring what? Pattern, process, and large longitudinal data sets
Mary Lou Fairweather
Plant Pathologist, Arizona Zone Forest Health Protection, USDA Forest Service, Flagstaff, Arizona
Aspen reproduction following fire in central Arizona: Surprises and challenges (Recording not available)
Andrew Kulmatiski
Assistant Professor, Utah State University, Logan, Utah
Jerry F. Franklin
Professor, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
Mark Brunson
Professor & Department Head, Utah State University, Logan, Utah
Managing for social-ecological resilience: A dimly lit path to a bright future?
Rob Addington
Research Associate, Colorado Forest Restoration Institute, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
Kristen Pelz
Graduate Research Assistant and PhD Candidate, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
Steve Daniels
Professor and Extension Community Development Specialist, Utah State University, Logan, Utah
A collaborative approach to resilience: The Monroe Mountain Working Group
Justin Britton
M.S. Research Assistant, Utah State University, Logan, Utah
Evaluation of treatment success in Populus tremuloides: Implications for management
Jamie Laatsch
M.S. Research Assistant, Utah State University, Logan, Utah
USDA Forest Service's perspectives on forest management in a changing climate
Emily Platt
PhD Candidate, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon
James Long
Professor, Utah State University, Logan, Utah
Seedlings and suckers, stands and clones - so you think you know aspen?
Rosemary Sherriff
Associate Professor, Humboldt State University, Arcata, California
Joe Wheaton
Assistant Professor and Fluvial Geomorphologist, Utah State University, Logan, Utah
Beaver: Restoration liaison between riparian and upland systems
Jessica Clement
Research Scientist and Program Director, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming
Matthew Bekker
Associate Professor, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
Reconstruction of extreme drought from tree rings for Wasatch Front risk management
Conference Sponsors
- USU Cooperative Extension
- USU Department of Wildland Resources
- USU Quinney College of Natural Resources
- USU Ecology Center
- USDA Forest Service State & Private Forestry
- USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station
- Western Aspen Alliance