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The history of DEMO: An experiment in regeneration harvest of northwestern forest ecosystems. Northwest Science 73:3-11.
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Disc updated March 23rd Understanding and Managing Diversity: From Landscapes to Genes
Southern Oregon University - Ashland, Oregon March 29-April 1, 2017
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2017 PROGRAM SOU campus map program schedule
Wednesday March 29
6:00pm - 9:30pm: NWSA Evening Social, Stevenson Union-Diversions Room, SOU campus
Thursday March 30, 8:00am - 9:30pm
8:00am Welcome & Keynote Address: "Klamath-Siskiyou Plant Diversity:
Patterns, Causes, and A Historical Perspective" by Dr. Susan Harrison
9:00am - 12:00pm, Plenary Session: Mixed Severity Fire and the Effects on Biodiversity
12:00pm: LUNCH (on your own)
1:20pm - 3:20pm: Woodland / Savannah Ecosystems: Diversity, Management, & Restoration
4:00pm - 6:00pm: POSTER SESSION
6:30pm - 9:30pm: Banquet: "Fighting Wildlife Crime with Science: The Casebook of a
Forensic Biologist"
by Dr. Pepper Trail, Biologist at the National Fish And Wildlife Forensics Lab
Friday March 31, 8:00am - 5:00pm
8:20am - 12:00pm: Causes and Consequences of Post-fire Landscape & Vegetation Change
in Northern California
8:20am - 10:00am: Aquatic Systems
8:00am - 11:20am: WORKSHOP -Biodiversity of White Oak Dwelling Lichens & Bryophytes
11:20am - 11:40am: Lichen Ecology (part 1)
10:00: BREAK
10:40am - 12:00pm: Ecology
12:00pm - 1:15pm: LUNCH (NWSA Business Luncheon* or on your own)
1:20pm - 5:00pm: Protecting Diversity in Northwest National Parks
1:20pm - 2:40pm: Historic Landscapes of the Klamath Province
1:20pm - 2:40pm: Lichen Ecology (part 2)
2:40pm: BREAK
3:20pm - 5:00pm: STUDENT WORKSHOP - Best Practices for Submitting and Publishing
Manuscripts for Scientific Journals
3:20pm - 5:00pm: Northern California Lichenology
* The NWSA Business Luncheon is a free lunch for all members and those interesting in learning about the Association.
Saturday April 1 – Field Trips, 8:30am - 1:00 pm
Lichens & Mosses of Sampson Creek Preserve
Led by members of Northwest Lichenologists, this field trip will explore the lichens and mosses of Sampson
Creek Preserve.
Oak and Chaparral Restoration and Endemic Plants of Lower Table Rock
This hike will highlight the oak and chaparral restoration activities that are in progress at Lower Table Rock,
a biodiversity hotspot in the Rogue Valley. Each leader will focus on a different aspect of the site and/or
restoration: Sean Prive & Josh Budziak (Lomakatsi); Caitlyn Gillespie (Klamath Bird Observatory);
Jason Clark (Siskiyou Biosurvey); Terry Fairbanks (BLM).
Ashland Watershed Restoration
Driving and walking tour of the watershed covering the science, policy and social engagement in
implementing restoration thinning in dry, frequent fire forest in the Ashland Forest Resiliency Stewardship
Project. Led by Darren Borgias, The Nature Conservancy, Medford Field Office
Co-Sponsors:
Department of Science, Technology, Engineering & Math, Southern Oregon University
American Association for the Advancement of Science-Pacific Division
Northwest Lichenologists
California Lichen Society