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Responding to Disturbance: Effective Restoration and Monitoring
December 3, 2014 - December 5, 2014
Colorado Section of the Society for Range Management (CSSRM) will host their annual workshop and conference in Ft. Collins, December 3 – 5, 2014. The Society for Ecological Restoration Central Rockies chapter is a partnering with CSSRM to bring our members together at this event and provide unique multi-disciplinary learning opportunities.
Responding to Disturbance: Effective Restoration and Monitoring
December 3-5th, 2014.
Fort Collins, CO
SER members receive reduced registration along with SRM members. The meeting will look closely at the impacts of fire, flood, grazing/drought, and oil/gas development and restoration methods for each. A key component is a half-day workshop “Restoration Implementation, Monitoring & Adaptive Management: A Practitioner Skills Workshop“ on Friday morning that is specifically organized to be of interest to SER and SRM members. Workshop speakers will focus on reseeding and revegetation methods, mulching materials and implementation techniques, monitoring methods, and adaptive management.
Anyone interested in restoration, including agency personnel, landowners, city & county managers, and contractors are invited to attend. For more information about the conference, click here. For registration, visit the conference website.
We hope to see you there.
December 5th Workshop Schedule
| 8:00 – 8:15am | Welcome and introductions |
| 8:15 – 8:45am | Setting restoration goals and objectives |
| 8:45 – 9:30am | Reseeding and revegetation methods following disturbance |
| 9:30 – 10:15am | Mulch materials and techniques |
| 10:15 – 10:45 am | Break-out session and demonstrations |
| 10:45 – 12:15pm | Monitoring techniques, digital field data collection and adaptive management for rangeland restoration |
| 12:15 – 12:20pm | Concluding remarks |