Bruce Roundy, Plant Ecologist at Brigham Young University, will discuss vegetation restoration in response to piñon and juniper control treatments.

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Webinar presenters will be: Serra Hoagland, Northern Arizona University and USFS Southern Research Station, and Frank Lake, Pacific Southwest Research Station.

The FINAL CALL for Abstracts closes 9 April 2015.
Abstracts should be no more than 200 words, and should include the title, all authors and affiliations, and indicate whether they are to be considered for either an oral or poster presentation, or both. Please include the name and email for the primary contact and title your email: "LASTNAME"_IUFRO_EKE

Mike Rule, Wildlife Biologist, will be our host and take us on an interesting tour through the Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge. Management strategies developed for Turnbull NWR call for the integration of a variety of techniques to restore natural stand conditions, reduce hazard fuels and improve wildlife habitat.

Please bring your own lunch.

Wildland fuels may be the most important consideration in fire management, not just because they are important inputs for predicting fire behavior (i.e., how fast and intense a fire gets), but also because fuels are the only factor that can effectively be controlled by direct and indirect management manipulation.

Who: Kent McAdoo, Rangeland Resources Specialist, University of Nevada Cooperative Extension

What: We will discuss strategies for increasing native plant diversity in crested wheatgrass seedings.

OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and Washington State University Extension will host a forest health training workshop for natural resource professionals on April 8 in Glenwood.

Jayne Belnap, Research Scientist with the USGS in Moab, UT, will discuss restoration of biological soil crusts in the Great Basin.

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Increased wildfire has been observed with the displacement of native cottonwood-willow (Salix and Populus spp.) gallery forests by invasive, non-native tamarisk (Tamarix spp.) in desert riparian zones of North America. Greater post-fire recovery of Tamarix relative to native species suggests a Tamarix fire trajectory where repeated fire excludes native riparian species.

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