2003 Arid Southwest Lands Habitat Restoration Conference

2003 Habitat Restoration Conference
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Conference Proceedings
March 3 - 7, 2003

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Monday March 3rd, 2003
USGS RVDE Session

  • Talk 01 - Frasier - 511k
    Overview of the Recoverability and Vulnerability of Desert Ecosystems project
  • Talk 02 - Hereford - N/A
    20th Century Climate History and Landscape Variation of the Central Mojave Desert
    (This talk is not available for download )
  • Talk 03 - Miller - 376k
    Why surficial geology explains spatial patterns in the abiotically-driven Mojave Desert Ecosystem
  • Talk 04 - Bedford - 724k
    Predicting soil texture with geomorphic process models in the eastern Mojave Desert
  • Talk 05 - Hevesi - 1.2 Megs
    Simulating the spatial and temporal variability of soil moisture, recharge, and runoff in the Mojave Desert using a deterministic watershed model
  • Talk 06 - Belnap - 4.2 Megs
    Resistance and Resilience of Biological Soil Crusts to Soil Surface Disturbance in the Mojave Desert
  • Talk 07 - Belnap - 10.5 Megs
    Effects of Surface Disturbance on Sediment Production in Mojave Desert Soils
  • Talk 08 - Haines - 656k
    Fire and exotics in the Mojave Desert: an irreversible change? A state-transition model for blackbrush (Coleogyne ramosissima) habitat

Tuesday March 4th, 2003
USGS RVDE Session

  • Talk 01 - Webb - 9.5 Megs
    Changes in undisturbed perennial vegetation in the northern Mojave Desert
  • Talk 02 - Berry - N/A
    Recovery of Perennial Vegetation at Disturbed Sites in the Western, Central, and Eastern Mojave Desert
    (This talk is not available for download)
  • Talk 03 - Esque - 1.8 Megs
    The Role of Small Animals, Invasive Plants and Fire In Mojave Desert Seed Bank Dynamics and Vegetation Recovery
  • Talk 04 - Thomas - 564k
    Spatial Modeling of Vegetation Recovery in the Mojave National Preserve and Nevada Test Site
  • Talk 05 - Frazier - 3.4 Megs
    Modeling Vulnerability and Recoverability in the Mojave Desert
  • Talk 06 - Webb - 1.2 Megs
    Future Directions of the Recoverability and Vulnerability of Desert Ecosystems Project within the U.S. Geological Survey

Wednesday March 5th, 2003
Desert Managers Group Restoration Conference

Opening Introductions and Featured Speakers

Restoration Planning Session

Riparian /Aquatic Session

Case Studies

Weeds Session

Fire Session

Plant Ecology Session

  • Talk 16 - Suzan - 569k
    Survival and Growth of Columnar Cacti Seedlings Under Two Over-Harvested Nurse Species in Sonora, Mexico

Open Session

  • Talk 17 - Briggs - N/A
    (This talk is not available for download)
  • Talk 18 - Webb - 1.4 Megs
    Recovery of Perennial Vegetation in Ghost Towns of the Mojave Desert

Thursday March 6th, 2003
Desert Managers Group Restoration Conference

Seeding and Planting Session

  • Talk 01 - Haas - 1.2 Megs
    Native Plants for National Parks: A Cooperative Plant Materials Program Between the USDI-National Park Service and the USDA
  • Talk 02 - Munda - 424k
    Convergent Divergent Improvement Grass
  • Talk 03 - House - N/A
    Economics of Custom Collections
    (This talk did not have a power point associated with it)
  • Talk 04 - Dean - N/A
    Native Seed Mix Composition & Design
    (This talk is not available for download)
  • Talk 05 - Barrow - N/A
    Willow and Cottonwood pole planting using Hydrojet technology
    (This talk is not available for download)

Linear Restoration Session

Soils / Soil Crusts Session

Desert Dumps Session

Funding / Community Partnerships Session

  • Talk 12 - Dickes - N/A
    Cleaning-up a Local Party Place: BLM, Trona, and Great Falls Basin
    (This talk is not available for download)
  • Talk 13 a - Aarons - 5.9 Megs
    Training for Developing Partnerships Part 1 - Show Me the Money
  • Talk 13 b - Aarons - 601k
    Training for Developing Partnerships Part 2 - Building and Maintaining Relationships with Funders

Mines Session

  • Talk 14 - Burghardt - 6.2 Megs
    The National Park Service Abandoned Mineral Lands Reclamation Program / Bat Compatible Closures of Abandoned Underground Mines in the National Park System
    John Burghardt has also provided a paper which can be downloaded here - 1.6 Megs
  • Talk 15 - Siefke - 643k
    Boron Mine Reclamation
  • Talk 16 - Kleiner - N/A
    Case study: The Colloseum Mine
    (This talk is not available for download)

Monitoring Session

Friday March 7th, 2003
Desert Managers Group Restoration Conference

Threatened and Endangered Species Session

Wilderness Session

  • Talk 06 - Roholt - 1.5 Megs
    Desert Wilderness Restoration with the SCA
  • Talk 07 - Bromly - N/A
    Wilderness Restoration by the Student Conservation Association (SCA)
    (Video - This presentation is not available for download)
  • Talk 08 - Croissant - 2.7 megs
    Ecological Restoration in Wilderness

Technology and Geographic Information Systems Session


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