GBC 3, Reno 2013
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“