Tuesday, September 16
Oral Presentations, USU Eccles Conference Center Auditorium
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| 7:30 to 8:30 am |
Registration; coffee and juice provided |
| 8:30 to 9:00 am |
Welcome. Darren McAvoy, Utah State University Forestry Extension Associate; Dr. Sam Foster, Director, Rocky Mountain Research Station, USDA Forest Service; and Dr. Dale Bartos, Ecologist, Rocky Mountain Research Station, USDA Forest Service. |
| 9:00 to 9:30 am |
Historical Landscape Ecology of Seral Aspen in the Western U.S. Dr. Paul Rogers, Director, Western Aspen Alliance. |
| 9:30 to 10:10 am |
Future Climates in Western North America. Dr. Robert Gillies, Associate Professor, Utah State University Department of Plants, Soils & Climate. |
| 10:10 to 10:30 am |
Break |
| 10:30 to 11:15 am |
Gypsy Moth Risk Assessment in Face of a Changing Environment: A Case History Application in Utah and the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Dr. Jesse Logan, Retired, Rocky Mountain Research Station, USDA Forest Service. |
| 11:15 to 12:00 |
The Physiological Ecology of Aspen-Conifer Interactions. Dr. Sam St. Clair, Assistant Professor, BYU Department of Plant and Wildlife Sciences. |
| 12:00 to 1:30 pm |
Lunch (provided) |
| 1:30 to 2:00 pm |
Promoting Regeneration of Aspen in the Boreal and Montane Forests of Alberta. Dr. Victor Lieffers, Professor, University of Alberta Department of Renewable Resources. |
| 2:00 to 2:30 pm |
Aspen Utilization in the Intermountain West. Scott Bell, Rural Community Assistance Coordinator, USDA Forest Service State and Private Forestry. |
| 2:30 to 3:00 pm |
Various Means of Limiting Ungulate Use of Aspen Regeneration in the Black Hills. Dr. Dale Bartos, Research Ecologist, Rocky Mountain Research Station, USDA Forest Service. |
| 3:00 to 3:30 pm |
Break |
| 3:30 to 4:00 pm |
Efficacy and Consequences of Aspen Treatments: The USU/Deseret Land & Livestock Manipulation Project. Dr. Joshua Leffler, Research Assistant Professor, Utah State University Wildland Resources Department. |
| 4:00 to 4:30 pm |
Monitoring and Assessment of Vegetation Root-Zone Status in the TW Daniel Experimental Forest. Dr. Scott Jones, Associate Professor, Utah State University Department of Plants, Soils, and Climate. |
| 4:30 to 5:00 pm |
What Does the Forest Inventory & Analysis Soil Indicator Tell Us About Aspen Soils? Dr. Michael Amacher, Research Soil Scientist, Rocky Mountain Research Station, USDA Forest Service. |
Wednesday, September 17
Oral Presentations, USU Eccles Conference Center Auditorium |
| 8:00 to 8:30 am |
Coffee and juice provided |
| 8:30 to 8:45 am |
Announcements and Day Two Preview, Dr. Dale Bartos, Research Ecologist, Rocky Mountain Research Station, USDA Forest Service. |
| 8:45 to 9:30 am |
The Economic Value of Aspen: Beyond Board Feet. Dr. Cindy Swanson, Human Dimensions Program Manager, Rocky Mountain Research Station, USDA Forest Service. |
| 9:30 to 10:00 am |
To Be Announced. |
| 10:00 to 10:30 am |
Break |
| 10:30 to 11:00 am |
Sudden Aspen Decline in Western Colorado. Dr. James Worrall, Pathologist, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Region. |
| 11:00 to 11:30 am |
Assessing Clonal Dynamics and Sexual Reproduction in Western North American Aspen. Dr. Valerie Hipkins, Director, National Forest Genetics Laboratory, USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station. |
| 11:30 to 12:00 am |
Chemical Ecology of Aspen: Herbivory and Ecosystem Consequences. Dr. Richard Lindroth, Professor, University of Wisconsin Department of Entomology. |
| 12:00 to 1:00 pm |
Lunch (provided) |
| 1:00 to 1:30 pm |
Non-permanent Fixed Radius Plots: A Monitoring Protocol for Aspen Managers. Steve Kilpatrick, Habitat Biologist, Wyoming Game & Fish; and Diane Abendroth, Fire Ecologist, Grand Teton National Park. |
| 1:30 to 2:00 pm |
Monitoring Aspen Using Remote Sensing. Dr. Randy Hamilton, Entomologist and Remote Sensing Specialist, USDA Forest Service Remote Sensing Applications Center. |
| 2:00 to 2:30 pm |
Status and Trends of Aspen in the Interior West: A View from Forest Inventory Analysis. Dr. John Shaw, FIA Team Leader, Rocky Mountain Research Station, USDA Forest Service. |
| 2:30 to 3:00 pm |
Break |
| 3:00 to 3:30 pm |
Can Wolves Help Restore Aspen? Dr. Joshua Halofsky, Washington Department of Natural Resources. |
| 3:30 to 4:00 pm |
Avian Response to Frost-Damaged Aspen in the Wasatch Mountains of Northern Utah. Andreas Leidolf, Research Fellow, Utah State University Department of Wildland Resources. |
| 4:00 to 4:30 pm |
The Role of Stand-replacing Fires and Biophysical Setting on the Persistence of Aspen in Eastern Colorado. Dr. Dominik Kulakowski, Assistant Professor, Clark University Department of Geography. |
Thursday, September 18
Concurrent Workshops |
| 8:30 to 8:45 am |
Directions and announcements. Darren McAvoy, Forestry Extension Associate, Utah State University Forestry Extension. |
| 8:45 to 10:30 am |
Aspen Genetics and Phytochemistry. Facilitators: Dr. Richard Lindroth, Professor, University of Wisconsin Department of Entomology; and Dr. Valerie Hipkins, Director, National Forest Genetics Laboratory, USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station. |
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Merging Monitoring at Varying Scales. Facilitator: Dr. Paul Rogers, Director, Western Aspen Alliance. |
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Experiences and Recommendations from the Field. Facilitator: Dr. Robert Campbell, Ecologist, Fishlake National Forest. |
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Wildlife Interactions. Facilitator: Steve Kilpatrick, Habitat Biologist, Wyoming Game & Fish. |
| 10:45 to 12:00 |
Summaries and Wrap-up. Dr. Dale Bartos, Ecologist, Rocky Mountain Research Station, USDA Forest Service. |
| 1:30 to 3:00 pm |
Western Aspen Alliance Open Meeting. |
