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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Rob Davies

Rob Davies

Physicist, Utah Climate Center

The Great Big Context of Climate Disruption

Bill Anderegg

Bill Anderegg

Assistant Professor, Biology, University of Utah

Drought-driven Tree Mortality and Climate Change: What Have We Learned so Far?

Anrea Brunelle

Andrea Brunelle

Professor & Chair, Department of Geography, University of Utah

Conservation Paleobiology: Contributions to Understanding Climate, Disturbance and Restoration

Peter Howe

Peter D. Howe

Assistant Professor, Department of Environment and Society, Utah State University

Understanding the Landscape of Public Attitudes About Climate Change

Dan McCool

Dan McCool

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

Restoring the Rivers of the West

Matthew Germino

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

Sarah Wright

Executive Director, Utah Clean Energy

Accelerating Renewables and Energy Efficiency to Mitigate Climate Change

Stuart Hardegree

Stuart Hardegree

Plant Physiologist, USDA-ARS, Northwest Watershed Research Center

Weather and Climate Tools for Rangeland Restoration Planning and Assessment

Sam St. Clair

Sam St. Clair

Associate Professor, Plant & Wildlife Sciences, Brigham Young University

Indirect Effects of Climate on Regeneration of Aspen Forests Mediated Through Ungulate Herbivory & Wildfire

Sarah Null

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

Johnathan Overpeck

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

The Colorado River, Climate Change and Drought

Courtney Flint

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 Ryan

Michael G. Ryan

Senior Research Scientist, NREL, Colorado State University & Emeritus Scientist, Rocky Mountain Research Station

Forest Carbon in the Rockies: Past and Future

 

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

Curtis Gray

PhD Candidate, Wildland Resources Department, Utah State University

Characterizing Great Basin Bristlecone Pine Chemistry along Environmental Gradients to Assess Response to Climate Change

Andrew Kleinhesselink

Andrew Kleinhesselink

PhD Candidate, Department of Wildland Resources, Utah State University

Does Temperature Variation Drive Changes in the Cover of Big Sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) Across its Range?

Antra Boca

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

Marian Hubbard

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

Adapting Watershed Management to Climate Change

Gigi Richard

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

Paul Miller

Service Coordination Hydrologist, NOAA - Colorado Basin River Forecast Center

Decision Support in the Cadillac Desert: Climate Change and Water Supply in the Water Stressed and Politically Charged Western U.S.

Peter Adler

Peter Adler

Professor, Department of Wildland Resources and the Ecology Center, Utah State University

How Will Climate Change Alter the Abundance of Big Sagebrush?

Bradley Washa

J. Bradley Washa

Utah BLM State Fuels Specialist, DOI Bureau of Land Management, Utah State Office, Salt Lake City, Utah

Climate Change and Wildland Fire