2015 Annual Conference of the
Society of Ecological Restoration –
Southwest Chapter
November 20-22, 2015
Reid Park Double Tree Hotel
Tucson, Arizona
SER-SW 2015 Annual Conference Program
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Presentations
Plenary Sessions:
From Restoration to Resilience Ecology: Do We Need a New Paradigm?
Donald A. Falk
In Gratitude for Seeds: Growing a Restoration Economy
Steve Buckley
Planting the Seeds of Change
Caleb Pipes, Oscar Medina, Andy Bennett, Vicente Guerrero, and Brandon Landeros
Rural Arizona’s Youth Restoration Movement – the BECY Institute and Beyond
Caleb Weaver
The National Seed Strategy: The Right Seed in the Right Place at the Right Time
Peggy Olwell
Status of Danaus plexippus (monarch butterfly) in Arizona
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Gail Morris, C. Kline, and S. Morris.
No Pat Answers – Restoration in Novel Environments
Jonathan Horst
Concurrent Sessions:
Topic: Invasives
Tamarisk Beetle Expert Panel Report
Ben Bloodworth, Pat Shafroth, Anna Sher, Rebecca Manners, Dan Bean, Matt Johnson, and Osvel Hinojosa-Huerta
Case Study: Ravenna Grass Management on the Rio Grande
Chad Mckenna and Todd Caplan
Jennifer Pokorski and Pat Ellison
From Buffelgrass Monoculture to Upland Saguaro/Ironwood/Palo Verde Landscape: The Waterman Restoration Project
John Scheuring and Ries Lindley
Buffelgrass Excludes Native Plants through Resource Competition rather than Allelopathy or Intensifying Consumption by Animals
Pacifica Sommers and Peter Chesson
Zooey Diggory, Glen Leverich, Bruce Orr, Pat Ellison, Doug Williams, Jennifer Pokorski
Predicting Treatment Windows for Invasive Buffelgrass in Southern Arizona using MODIS and Climate Data
Cynthia S.A. Wallace, Jessica J. Walker, Caroline Patrick-Birdwell, Jake F. Weltzin, Helen Raichle
Topic: Fire Effects: Restoration of Watersheds and Springs Workshop
Geomorphic Responses of Burned Watersheds in Arizona: Floods, Debris Flows, and Long-term Recovery
Ann Youberg, Ph.D.
Forecasting Post-wildfire Flood Risk under Current Conditions and Future Scenarios: Examples from Saguaro National Park East
Jon D. Pelletier, Tyson L. Swetnam, and Perry Grissom
Michael Natharius
Sediment Reduction and Watershed Restoration in Response to 2010 Schultz Fire, Flagstaff, Arizona
Allen Haden
Watershed Restoration Pre and Post-fire in the Chiricahua Mountains
Carianne Campbell and Louise Misztal
Fire Effects on Tinajas and Frog Habitat at Saguaro National Park
Don Swann, Kara O’Brien, and Chuck Perger
Initial Response to Fire on Springs
Samantha Hammer, Louise Misztal, Carianne Campbell, and Christopher Morris
Response of Vegetation after Wildfire on the Warm Springs Natural Area in Moapa, Nevada
Von K. Winkel, Ph.D. and David J. Syzdek
Increasing Resilience and Creating Habitat Refugia at Springs in the Chiricauhua Mountains
Carianne Campbell and Louise Misztal
2002 Rodeo-Chediski Post-Wildfire Restoration Efforts
Daniel Pusher
Developing Guidance for Climate-informed Springs Ecosystem Restoration
Louise Misztal, Carianne Campbell, Larry Stevens, Jeri Ledbetter
Topic: Utilities, Plants, and Wildlife
TEP Panel: Working Together to Balance the Natural and Man Made Environment
Leslie Carpenter, Michael Clark, Cheryl Eamick, Christina Frazer, Robin Lewellyn
Native Plant Conservation on the Pinal Central to Tortolita 500kV Transmission Line Project
Leslie Carpenter and Diana Shiel
Did the Increase of Lehmann Lovegrass cause the Decline of Grassland Sparrows in the Sonoita Plains?
H. Ronald Pulliam, Matt Brown, Kelly Fleming, Randy Moore, and David Seibert
Critical Habitat Restoration on the Upper Gila River
Shawn Stone, J. Johnson, G. Leverich, R. More-Hla
A Comparison of Intraspecific Variation in Early Life History Characteristics of Native Colorado Plateau Forbs
Magdalena Eshleman and Andrea Kramer
How much is Enough: Lessons from Native Plant Restoration in support of Hummingbirds in Southern Arizona
Molly McCormick and Ron Pulliam
Natalie R. Wilson, Laura M. Norman, Miguel Villarreal, Steve Buckley, Joel Sankey, David Dean, Steve Delong, Whitney Henderson, Carianne Campbell, Kate Tirion, David Seibert and H. Ron Pulliam
Topic: Collaborative Watershed Restoration
Restoration of Cienegas and Headwater Tributaries of the Rio San Bernardino
David Hodges and Valer Austin Clark
Sky Island Restoration Cooperative (SIRC) – An Overview
Michele M. Girard and SIRC Members
House Pond Renovation at Brown Canyon Ranch: Promoting Partnerships and Improving Wetland Habitat
John Kraft
Restoration Work by Cuenca Los Ojos in the North Eastern State of Sonora México.
Jose Manuel Perez-Cantu
A Multidisciplinary Multi-method Approach to the Assessment of the Hydrologic and Geomorphological Effects of Watershed Restoration
James Callegary, Laura Norman, and Stephen Wiele
The North-Central New Mexico Watershed Restoration Project
Cody L. Stropki and Dierdre L. Tarr
Lindsay Murdoch
Topic: River Restoration – Flows
Response of Riparian Vegetation to Minute 319 Environmental Flow in the Colorado River Delta, Mexico.
Martha Gómez-Sapiens, Pat Shafroth, Erick Lundgren, Karl Flessa, and Edward P. Glenn
Karen J. Schlatter, Matthew R. Grabau, and Francisco Zamora-Arroyo
Restoring Flows on the Verde River, Arizona
Jeanmarie Haney and Kim Schonek
Take Back the Rain! Stream Dynamics & Urban Water Harvesting in Silver City, NM
Claire Catlett and Van Clothier
Electromagnetic Induction to Determine Soil Salinity Trends for Floodplain and Riparian Restoration
Matthew R. Grabau, Chad McKenna, Tzung-Mow Yao, and Karen J. Schlatter
Chloe Fandel, James Callegary, Ty Ferre, Laura Norman, Christopher Scott
Stormwater Capture and Recharge to Enhance Riparian Habitat
Michael Milczarek, Cyrus Miller, Karen Riggs, Brooke Bushman, Robert Rice, Lindsey Bunting and Laurel Lacher
Topic: Wetland Restoration
Reflections on 30 Years of Restoration
Valer Austin Clark
Native Woody Riparian Restoration and Mapping Potential Beaver Habitat in New Mexico to Increase Wetland and Riparian Habitat
Jim Matison, Bryan Bird, and Kurt Menke
Wetland Sod: Living, Self-Repairing Riprap
Van Clothier
El Rio Flood Hazard Mitigation Plan
Doug Williams
Lindsey A. Bunting, Matthew R. Grabau, and Michael A. Milczarek
Topic: Rivers – Restoration and Monitoring
Improving River-Floodplain Connectivity on Regulated Rivers in the Southwestern United States: A Case Study from the Rio Grande, New Mexico.
Todd R. Caplan, Mark Stone, Colin Byrne, Chad McKenna, and Grace Haggerty
Bringing New Life to America’s Most-Endangered River – Trail Development Leads to Channel Restoration along the Santa Fe River
Robert M. Oberdorfer
Verde Watershed Restoration Coalition: Four Years of Applied Riparian Restoration
Anna Schrenk
Binational Collaboration for Restoration of the Colorado River Delta
Karen J. Schlatter, Francisco Zamora-Arroyo, Edith Santiago Serrano, Tomás Rivas Salcedo, and Matthew R. Grabau
Southwestern Riparian Habitat Restoration Effectiveness Monitoring
David C. Lightfoot