Restoring the West: Climate, Disturbance, and Restoration in the Intermountain West
October 18-19, 2016, Utah State University, Logan, Utah | www.restoringthewest.org
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Bill Anderegg
Assistant Professor, Biology, University of Utah
Drought-driven Tree Mortality and Climate Change: What Have We Learned so Far?

Andrea Brunelle
Professor & Chair, Department of Geography, University of Utah
Conservation Paleobiology: Contributions to Understanding Climate, Disturbance and Restoration

Peter D. Howe
Assistant Professor, Department of Environment and Society, Utah State University
Understanding the Landscape of Public Attitudes About Climate Change

Dan McCool
Director, Environmental and Sustainability Studies Program, Professor, Political Science, University of Utah

Matthew J Germino
Research Ecologist, US Geological Survey, Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center
Grand climate-adaptation experiments, intended or not, in post-fire restoration (Recording not available)

Sarah Wright
Executive Director, Utah Clean Energy
Accelerating Renewables and Energy Efficiency to Mitigate Climate Change

Stuart Hardegree
Plant Physiologist, USDA-ARS, Northwest Watershed Research Center
Weather and Climate Tools for Rangeland Restoration Planning and Assessment

Sam St. Clair
Associate Professor, Plant & Wildlife Sciences, Brigham Young University

Sarah Null
Assistant Professor, Department of Watershed Sciences, Utah State University
Climate Change Effects on Water Resources Management and Potential Adaptations for the Future

Johnathan Overpeck
Regents Professor of Geosciences, Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Arizona

Courtney G. Flint
Associate Professor, Utah State University, Department of Sociology, Social Work & Anthropology
Navigating Complex Human-Nature Relationships in Rocky Mountain and Wasatch Communities

Michael G. Ryan
Senior Research Scientist, NREL, Colorado State University & Emeritus Scientist, Rocky Mountain Research Station
Lise Aubry
Assistant Professor, Department of Wildland Resources and the Ecology Center, Utah State University
Wildlife Response to Climate Change in the Western US: Learning from Indicator Species

Curtis Gray
PhD Candidate, Wildland Resources Department, Utah State University

Andrew Kleinhesselink
PhD Candidate, Department of Wildland Resources, Utah State University

Antra Boca
PhD Candidate, Department of Wildland Resources, Utah State University
Forest Soils in the Intermountain West - Vegetation and Disturbance Effects on Soil Organic Carbon

Marian Hubbard
Watershed Section Manager, Salt Lake County Watershed Planning & Restoration Program

Mike Kaplan
Research Professor, Division of Atmospheric Sciences, Desert Research Institute

Gigi A. Richard
Ph.D. Professor, Geology, Director, Hutchins Water Center at CMU, Colorado Mesa University
Climate Change, Riparian Vegetation Removal, and Channel Change on the Colorado River

Paul Miller
Service Coordination Hydrologist, NOAA - Colorado Basin River Forecast Center

Peter Adler
Professor, Department of Wildland Resources and the Ecology Center, Utah State University
How Will Climate Change Alter the Abundance of Big Sagebrush?

J. Bradley Washa
Utah BLM State Fuels Specialist, DOI Bureau of Land Management, Utah State Office, Salt Lake City, Utah