Wilderness
Stewardship in the Rockies: Let’s Talk! Ecological Restoration in Wilderness January 19-21, 2005 |
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AGENDA |
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| Wednesday, January 19 | |
| 8:30 - | Welcome- Lisa Gerloff, Rocky Mountains CESU |
Ecological Restoration in Wilderness: Historical & Management Context– David Cole, Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute Cole, David 2001.
Management dilemmas that will shape wilderness in the 21st century
Journal of Forestry 99(1): 4-8 |
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Fire Case Studies Parsons, David J., Peter B. Landres and Carol Miller. 2003. The dilemma of managing and restoring natural fire and fuels in United States wilderness. Pages 19-26 in K.E.M. Galley, R.C. Klinger, and N.G. Sugihara (eds.). Proceedings of Fire Conference 2000: The First National Congress of Fire Ecology, Prevention, and Management. Miscellaneous Publication No. 13, Tall Timbers Research Station, Tallahassee, FL. Parsons, David J. 2000. Restoration of natural fire to United States Wilderness Areas. In: Watson, Alan E.; Aplet, Gregory H.; Hendee, John C., comps. 2000. Personal, societal, and ecological values of wilderness: Sixth World Wilderness Congress proceedings on research, management, and allocation, vol. II; 1998 October 24-29; Bangalore, India. Proc. RMRS-P-14. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station: 42-47. Leopold Publication Number 376 Parsons, David J.; Landres, Peter B. 1998. Restoring natural fire to wilderness: how are we doing? In: Pruden, Teresa L.; Brennan, Leonard A., eds. Proceedings: 20th Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conference: Fire in ecosystem management: shifting the paradigm from suppression to prescription; 1996 May 7-10, Boise, ID. Lawrence, KS: Allen Press: 366-373. Leopold Publication Number 349 |
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| 8:45 | South Fork Sun River Prescribed Fire - Scapegoat Wilderness- Mike Munoz and Brad McBratney, Lewis & Clark National Forest |
| 9:45 | Break |
| 10:00 | Fire Restoration in the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness-
Erin Law, Nez Perce National
Forest |
| 11:00 | Visitor
and Community Response to Fire Restoration in Wilderness- Katie Kneeshaw, Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute |
| 11:15 | Discussion |
| 12:15 | Lunch |
| Wildlife Case Studies Moderator: Peter Landres, Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute |
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| 1:30 | Westslope Cutthroat Conservation Project- Brian Marotz, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks |
| 2:30 | Break |
| 2:45 | Isle Royale National Park- management of wolf/moose populations- Jack Oelfke, North Cascades National Park Complex (formerly at Isle Royale) |
| 3:45 | Break |
| 4:00 – 5:00 | Discussion |
| 5:00 | Adjourn |
| 7:30 | Film: Arctic Dance: The Mardy Murie Story |
| Thursday, January 20 | |
| 8:25 | Announcements |
| Restoration in Wilderness: Should We? | |
| 8:30 | Restoration in the Context of Wilderness: Key concepts, hard questions, and making the right decision- Peter Landres, Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute Landres, Peter; Brunson, Mark W.; Merigliano, Linda 2001.
Naturalness and wildness. the dilemma and irony of ecological
restoration in wilderness Wild Earth 10(4): 77-82 Landres, Peter B.; White, Peter S.; Aplet, Greg; Zimmermann,
Anne. 1998. Naturalness and natural variability: definitions, concepts,
and strategies for wilderness management. In: Kulhavy, David L.; Legg,
Michael H., eds. Wilderness & natural areas in eastern North America:
research, management and planning. Nacogdoches, TX: Stephen F. Austin
State University, Arthur Temple College of Forestry, Center for Applied
Studies: 41-50. |
| 9:30 | Break |
| 9:45 | Discussion |
| 10:45 | Break |
| If Yes, How? | |
| 11:00 | Is there Guiding Policy? (Panel discussion with
reps from each of the Agencies’ managing Wilderness) USFS- Chris Ryan, USFS, Northern Region BLM- Chris Barns, Arthur Carhart National Wilderness Training Center NPS- Rick Potts, NPS National Wilderness Program Manager FWS- Steve Henry, CM Russell National Wildlife Refuge |
| 12:15 | Lunch |
Cultural Resources Case Studies |
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| 1:30 | Bandelier
National Monument: Ecological Restoration and Sydoriak, C. A., Allen, C.D. & Jacobs, B.F. Would
Ecological Landscape Restoration Make the Bandelier Wilderenss More or
Less Wilderness. In: Cole, David N.; McCool, Stephen F.;
Borrie, William T.; O'Loughlin, Jennifer, comps. 2000. Wilderness science
in a time of change conference- Volume 4: Wilderness visitors, experiences,
and visitor management; 2000 May 23-27; Missoula, MT. Proceedings RMRS-P-15-VOL-5.
Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain
Research Station. |
| 2:45 | Break |
| 3:00 | The
Intersection of Ecological Restoration and Historic Preservation/Restoration- Dave Campbell, Bitterroot National Forest Mary Williams, Bitterroot National Forest |
| 4:00 | Break |
| 4:15 | Discussion |
| 5:00 | Adjourn |
| 7:30 | Film: American Values: American Wilderness |
| Friday, Junuary 21 | |
| 8:25 | Announcements |
| 8:30 | Whitebark pine restoration – Shawn McKinney, University of Montana |
| 9:15 | Break |
| 9:30 | Soil and native plant restoration– Brian Eckenrod, Montana State University |
| 10:15 | Break |
| 10:30 | Native plant restoration after weed control– Monica Pokorny, Center for Invasive Plant Management, Montana State University |
| 11:15 | Discussion |
| Noon | Adjourn |