Great Basin Consortium Conference
“The Great Basin: A Landscape Under Fire
December 9-10, 2013, University of Nevada, Reno

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Annual Meeting of the Great Basin Consortium, an informal consortium comprised of the Great Basin Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, the Great Basin Environmental Program, the Great Basin Fire Science Delivery Program, the Great Basin Landscape Conservation Cooperative, the Great Basin Research and Management Partnership, and the Great Basin Restoration Initiative.

Downloads and Proceedings:

Conference Program
[PDF]
List of Participants
Monday, December 9, 2013

Keynote
BLM’S LANDSCAPE APPROACH TAKING THE NEXT STEP BEYOND THE BOUNDARIES [PDF]
Amy Lueders, Nevada State Director, Bureau of Land Management

Session 1: Agency panel for visioning on the sage-grouse issue from different perspectives
Lauren Mermejo, BLM Great Basin Greater Sage-Grouse Project Manager
Tim Rubald, State of Nevada Sagebrush Ecosystem Program
Michael Cameron, Nevada TNC Associate State Director
• Ted Koch, Nevada State Supervisor, US Fish and Wildlife Service

Session 2: Discussion of high priority issues from various agency and organizational perspectives
William Campbell, Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada
Bill Dunkelberger, Forest Supervisor, USFWS Humboldt-Toiyabe
Mark Boggess, USDA-ARS National Program Staff, Pasture, Forage and Rangeland Systems
• Ted Koch, Nevada State Supervisor, US Fish and Wildlife Service
• Michael Cameron, Nevada TNC Associate State Director
Eric Eldredge, NRCS Great Basin Plant Materials Center Manager, Fallon NV
Susan Phillips, USGS Research Manager, Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center, Corvallis OR

Tuesday, December 10, 2013


Session 3: Joint Fire Science Program Session

THE JOINT FIRE SCIENCE PROGRAM AND THE GREAT BASIN – OVERVIEW AND FUTURE DIRECTION
Tim Swedberg, Communications Director, Joint Fire Science Program

GREAT BASIN FIRE SCIENCE DELIVERY 2013 UPDATE
Génie MontBlanc, University of Nevada, Reno NV

SAGEBRUSH STEPPE TREATMENT EVALUATION PROJECT (SAGESTEP): SUMMARY OF SHORT-TERM RESULTS
James McIver, Oregon State University, Corvallis OR

EFFECTIVENESS OF SAGEBRUSH STEPPE POST-FIRE REHABILITATION PROJECTS: SHORT AND LONG-TERM RESPONSES
David Pyke, U.S. Geological Survey, Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center, Corvallis OR


Session 4:
Climate Change – adaptation strategies

MOVING BEYOND VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS: ARE WE READY TO SCIENTIFICALLY EVALUATE CLIMATE ADAPTATION ACTIONS?

Nicole DeCrappeo, NW Climate Science Center, Science Coordinator

WILDFIRE AND INVASIVE SPECIES IN THE WEST: AN APPROACH TO ADDRESSING THE PRIMARY THREAT TO GREATER SAGE-GROUSE IN THE GREAT BASIN
Kenneth Mayer, WAFWA Wildfire and Invasive Initiative Coordinator

CLIMATE CHANGE VULNERABILITY OF NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE SOUTHWEST: PYRAMID LAKE PAIUTE TRIBE RESILIENCE AND ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES
David Busch, U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Region


PRESS

Article:
Nevada Today – “Great Basin natural resource issues and research to be discussed by agencies