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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

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