2007 Symposium
The Interface Between Research and Management In Northern California Botany
January 18-19, 2007
California State University Chico
Performing Arts Center (PAC 134)
Sylvester's Café by the Creek: Evening Reception and Speaker
Details and other information:
SYMPOSIUM OUTLINE
Thursday, January 18, 2007
Morning Sessions
- WELCOME
- Linnea Hanson, Plumas National Forest and President of
Northern California Botanists: "Welcome to the First Northern
California Botanists Symposium"
- THE NEED FOR BOTANISTS: Panel discussion - Kristina Schierenbeck, chair
- John Anderson, DVM & Hedgerow Farms
- Tom Engstrom, Sierra Pacific Industries
- Jim Nelson, Calif. Dept. of Fish and Game (retired)
- Kristina Schierenbeck, CSU Chico
- Mary Ann Showers, Calif. Dept. of Fish and Game
- John Willoughby, Bureau of Land Management
- RARE PLANT CONSERVATION - Gail Kuenster, chair
- Kristi Lazar, Calif. Native Plant Society: "California
Native Plant Society (CNPS)
and its Role in Rare Plant Conservation
- Tony LaBanca, Calif. Dept. of Fish and Game: "Botanical
Resource Conservation on Redwood Forest Timberlands in Northern
California"
- Carol Witham, consultant: "Following in the Footsteps of
California's Pioneer Plant Collectors"
- Bruce Pavlik, Mills College: "Doing Adaptive Management:
Science-driven Restoration of a Species with Metapopulation
Dynamics"
- Jenny Marr, Calif. Dept. of Fish and Game: "Conservation
of Butte County Meadowfoam (Limnanthes floccosa ssp. californica)"
Afternoon Sessions
- BOTANICAL ETHICS - Colby Boggs, chair
- Roxanne Bittman, Calif. Dept. of Fish and Game: "Rare Plant Occurrence Reporting: How and Why?"
- Jim Nelson, Calif. Dept. of Fish and Game (retired): "Ethics
-- a Moral Compass for Botanists"
- Betty Warne, US Fish & Wildlife
Service: "Botanical Ethics and Protection of Federally-listed
Plants"
- John Gerlach, Environmental Science
Associates: "Integrating the Ecological, Political, Economic, and Legal
Causes of Biological Invasions: Contrasting Case Histories Using Yellow Starthistle and Russian Knapweed"
- VEGETATION MANAGEMENT - Joe Silveira, chair
- Eric Knapp, USDA. Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station: "Prescribed Fire Effects
on Forest Vegetation: Does Fire Severity or Burn Season Matter More?"
- Jaymee Marty, The Nature Conservancy: "Using Large Scale
Experiments to Inform Management Decisions in California's
Vernal Pool Grasslands"
- V. Thomas Parker, S.F. State University: "Evolving Issues
in Chaparral Management"
- Kyle Merriam, USDA. Forest Service: "The Influence of Fire and Fuels Treatments on Native and Non-native
Plant Species in California"
Evening Activities
- Reception (tickets required)
- Dinner (tickets required)
- KEYNOTE SPEAKER
- Dan Potter, UC Davis: "By Any Other Name: How Phylogenies Affect Taxonomy, with Examples from the California
Flora"
Friday, January 19, 2007
Morning Sessions
- REVEGETATION AND RESTORATION - Karen Wiese, chair
- Tom Griggs, River Partners: "The Importance of Local Genetics
for Riparian and Restoration Projects in the Central Valley of
California"
- Andrea Pickart, US Fish & Wildlife Service: "Vegetation
Mapping as a Precursor to Restoration, Humboldt
Bay, California"
- David Wood, CSU Chico: "Developing Metrics of Success in
Restoration across Ecological Scales"
- Michael
Lennox, UC Cooperative Extension: "Riparian Habitat Trajectory
on North Coast Ranches"
- INVASIVE SPECIES - Kristina Schierenbeck, chair
- Kristina Schierenbeck, CSU Chico: "Spatio-temporal Patterns
in the Non-native Flora of California"
- Steve Schoenig, Calif. Dept. of
Food & Agriculture: "Stopping the Spread and Establishment
of our Worst Invasive Plants in Northern California through Strategic
Containment Projects"
- Brenda Grewell, USDA ARS & UCD Dept. Plant Science: "Creeping
over California Wetlands: Water Primrose (Ludwigia spp.)
Invasions"
- Debra Ayres, UC Davis: "Tumbleweed Species and Speciation in California: Implications for Management"
Afternoon Sessions
- NORTHERN CALIFORNIA BOTANICAL DISCOVERIES - Jenny Marr, chair
- Julie Kierstead Nelson, Shasta-Trinity National Forest: "Wanted
-- A Few Good Botanists: New Species Await Your Discovery
in the Klamath Ranges of California"
- Barbara Castro, Calif. Dept. of Water Resources: "Window
on a Rare Mint: the Rediscovery of Monardella douglasii ssp. venosa (Lamiaceae)"
- Jim Shevock, UC Berkeley: "Moss Discoveries in California"
- Jim & Catie Bishop, Plumas National Forest: "Hidden
Fen Surprises: A Unique Ecosystem Come to Light in the Northern
Sierra"
- Rob Preston, Jones & Stokes
Associates: "New and Old Names in Brodiaea"
- Michael Park, Dept.
of Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley: "Notes on the Rediscovery
and Conservation of the Mount Diable Buckwheat (Eriogonum truncatum A.
Gray)"
- Len Linstrand, North State
Resources Inc.: "Habitat, Geologic, and Soil Characteristics of Shasta Snow-wreath
(Neviusia cliftonii) Populations"
- CLOSING REMARKS
- Linnea Hanson, Plumas National Forest and President of Northern California Botanists
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