December 9, 2022
All times in MST
Society for Ecological Restoration
Southwest Chapter
Annual meeting held virtually
WELCOME
Burning Embers: Restoration and Fire
December 9th, 2022
ABOUT THE EVENT /
Once again, we will miss meeting in person!
However we have an amazing workshop planned to highlight important work on this year's selected theme.
"Restoration and Fire"
The event has been pre-approved for Certified Ecological Restoration Practitioner
continuing education credits (from SER)
AGENDA
FRIDAY DECEMBER 9th, 2022
ALL TIMES IN MST
9:00 - 9:10am
Welcome and logistics
9:15 - 10:00am
Don Falk
Professor
The University of Arizona - School of Natural Resources and the Environment
What does it mean to restore in a changing world?
10:00 - 10:45am
Rachel Mitchell
Assistant Professor
The University of Arizona
How does atypical fire intensity influence restoration goals
10:45 - 11:30am
Henry Grover
US Forest Service
Reducing postfire erosion in Southwestern US forests: Its hard to fight gravity
11:30 - 12:30pm
Lunch Break
12:30 - 1:15pm
Judy Perkins
Mojave Desert Native Plant Coordinator
Bureau of Land Management
The Mojave Desert Native Plant Program: implementing the National Seed Strategy to restore native plant communities and address the fire/invasives conundrum
1:15 - 2:00pm
Reid Whittlesey
Restoration Director
Rio Grande Return
Pre-emptive vs. reactive post-fire restoration, focusing on beaver habitat restoration in a pre-fire setting increasing resilience to burns and flooding
2:00 - 2:15 pm
Quick Break
2:15 - 3:00 pm
Miguel Villarreal
Research Geographer
U.S. Geological Survey - Western Geographic Science Center
People and fire: characterizing past and current dynamics to inform restoration prioritization and implementation
3:00 - 3:45 pm
Molly McCormick
Manager
Southwest Fire Science Consortium
Ways you and others can learn and share information about wildland fire