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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Managing for resilience through a “portfolio approach” to reducing climate risk
Greg Aplet, Senior Director of Ecology, The Wilderness Society, Denver, Colorado

The consequences of changing disturbance regimes for quaking aspen in the western U.S.
Dominik Kulakowski, Associate Professor, Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts

The role of plant species selection in the rebuilding of resilient forest ecosystems after severe disturbance
Simon Landhausser, Professor and Industry Research Chair in Forest Land Reclamation, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta

The many faces of quaking aspen: Biogeography meets resilience management
Paul Rogers, Director, Western Aspen Alliance, Logan, Utah

Long-term vegetation and disturbance trends in the subalpine ecosystems of the Colorado Plateau
Jesse Morris, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho and Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas

Predominant drought cycles in the Intermountain West
S.-Y. Simon Wang, Assistant Professor of Climate, Utah State University, Logan, Utah

Restoring what? Pattern, process, and large longitudinal data sets
James Lutz, Assistant Professor, Utah State University, Logan, Utah

Aspen reproduction following fire in central Arizona: Surprises and challenges (Recording not available)
Mary Lou Fairweather, Plant Pathologist, Arizona Zone Forest Health Protection, USDA Forest Service, Flagstaff, Arizona
Plant water use: Implications for climate change, competition, fire dynamics and biosphere-atmosphere interactions
Andrew Kulmatiski, Assistant Professor, Utah State University, Logan, Utah

Restoring the frequent-fire forests and landscapes: Science, pragmatism, and the critical role of collaborative groups
Jerry F. Franklin, Professor, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

Managing for social-ecological resilience: A dimly lit path to a bright future?
Mark Brunson, Professor & Department Head, Utah State University, Logan, Utah

From principles to practice: Restoring dry, frequent-fire forests in the face of global change along Colorado's Front Range
Rob Addington, Research Associate, Colorado Forest Restoration Institute, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado

Is there a case for restoration to regenerate subalpine forests following bark beetle-caused mortality?
Kristen Pelz, Graduate Research Assistant and PhD Candidate, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado

A collaborative approach to resilience: The Monroe Mountain Working Group
Steve Daniels, Professor and Extension Community Development Specialist, Utah State University, Logan, Utah

Evaluation of treatment success in Populus tremuloides: Implications for management
Justin Britton, M.S. Research Assistant, Utah State University, Logan, Utah

USDA Forest Service's perspectives on forest management in a changing climate
Jamie Laatsch, M.S. Research Assistant, Utah State University, Logan, Utah

Institutional resilience of the U.S. Forest Service
Emily Platt, PhD Candidate, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon

Seedlings and suckers, stands and clones - so you think you know aspen?
James Long, Professor, Utah State University, Logan, Utah

Mapping evidence of historical and potential wildfire for climate change and fuels mitigation in the montane forests of the Colorado Front Range
Rosemary Sherriff, Associate Professor, Humboldt State University, Arcata, California

Beaver: Restoration liaison between riparian and upland systems
Joe Wheaton, Assistant Professor and Fluvial Geomorphologist, Utah State University, Logan, Utah

Climate change and avoiding a climate of fear
Jessica Clement, Research Scientist and Program Director, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming

Reconstruction of extreme drought from tree rings for Wasatch Front risk management
Matthew Bekker, Associate Professor, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah

Triploidy in western aspen
Karen Mock, Associate Professor, Utah State University, Logan, Utah
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