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Restoration Interests and Projects


Elizabeth Crone
Associate Professor of Quantitative Wildlife Ecology


More than 20 years ago, Bradshaw (1987) asserted that ecological restoration should be the “acid test” of ecological theory. Although this statement is widely quoted, true links between ecological theory and restoration are few and far between. .... read more


Lisa Eby
Assistant Professor of Aquatic Vertebrate Ecology

Small Dam Removal in the Clearwater River, MT
A major issue in stream and river restoration is the removal of barriers and dams on the landscape. Many small dams that were initially constructed for water diversion and irrigation have reached the end of their useful life, and are being considered for removal or restructuring .... read more


Mark Hebblewhite
Assistant Professor of Ungulate Habitat Ecology

North America still carries the legacy of predator control from early parts of the 20th century where government agencies exterminated predators such as wolves and bears from much of their range..... read more


L. Scott Mills
Assistant Professor of Wildlife Population Ecology

I am interested in combining field data with population models and genetic analyses to help determine the most effective way to restore wildlife populations impacted by human perturbations...... read more


David Naugle
Associate Professor of Large Scale Wildlife Ecology

Coming Soon!...... read more

 

Cara Nelson
Assistant Professor of Restoration Ecology

Evaluating Prescribed Fire as a Tool for Forest Restoration: Implications for Old-Growth Ponderosa Pine Mortality and Vigor ...... read more

Effects of Forest Restoration Activities on Understory Composition and Diversity ...... read more

 

Dan Pletscher
Assistant Professor of Wildlife Biology, Director Wildlife Biology Program

The work I do that could fall into the category of ecological restoration deals with endangered species and occurs through the Wildlife Biology Program....... read more

 

Scott Woods
Assistant Professor of Watershed Science

Land use practices in wildland areas such as forest harvest and forest road construction as well as natural disturbance events such as forest wildfire, insects and disease can alter the hydrologic and geomorphic characteristics such that runoff and soil erosion rates are temporarily increased.... read more

 

Diana Six
Associate Professor of Integrated Forest Entomology/Pathology

Work on ecological restoration in my lab focuses primarily on investigating how disturbance (natural or human-caused) affects ecosystems and whether restoration treatments are efficacious in returning systems to a state of pre-disturbance condition and function.... read more

 

Ronald Wakimoto
Assistant Professor of Forest Fire Science, Chair, Department of Ecosystem & Conservation Sciences

Coming Soon.... read more