RESTORING THE WEST CONFERENCE 2009

October 27, 2009—October 28, 2009 All-day event

Peaks to Valleys: Innovative Land Management for the Great Basin

The theme of this year's Restoring the West Conference is sustainability of Great Basin landscapes from peaks to valleys, with an emphasis on forest, sagebrush steppe, and riparian ecosystems. Unifying themes include the causes and consequences of historic changes in community composition and structure, the effects of ongoing climate change, the importance of the water cycle or ecohydrology, and wildlife considerations.

This conference will explore innovative restoration and management approaches for Great Basin landscapes in the face of climate change, rapidly growing human population, limited water resources, increases in invasive species, and altered fire regimes. Maintaining these ecosystems and communities requires management approaches that use larger spatial scales and longer time scales than in the past, and that incorporate economic and social considerations.

Website: http://restoringthewest.org/

Location: USU Campus
Logan, UT

Registration: Register online at http://restoringthewest.org/Registration.cfm.

For more information
USU Extension Forestry
Kendra McKenna
kendra.mckenna@usu.edu

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