{"id":606,"date":"2016-05-10T23:56:06","date_gmt":"2016-05-10T23:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serchapter2018.wpengine.com\/southwest\/?page_id=606"},"modified":"2018-07-11T21:07:35","modified_gmt":"2018-07-11T21:07:35","slug":"2016-annual-conference","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/southwest\/events\/2016-annual-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 Annual Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><b><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/h2>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em>2016 Annual Conference of the <\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em>Society of Ecological Restoration &#8211; <\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em>Southwest Chapter<\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">November 9-11, 2016<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Springs Preserve<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Las Vegas, Nevada<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/serchapter2018.wpengine.com\/southwest\/files\/2017\/07\/PROGRAM-110316.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SER-SW 2016 Annual Conference Program<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">Check out\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/Society-for-Ecological-Restoration-Southwest-Chapter-101933500141764\/photos\/?tab=album&amp;album_id=364055973929514\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PHOTOS<\/a>\u00a0from the SER-SW 2016 Annual Conference<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>Thank you to all our <a href=\"http:\/\/sersw2016.wixsite.com\/conference\/sponsors--\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SPONSORS<\/a> who made this event possible<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n<h1><em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/h1>\n<h1><em><strong>[wppa type=&#8221;slideonly&#8221; album=&#8221;18&#8243; size=&#8221;350&#8243; align=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/wppa]<\/strong><\/em><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1><strong><em>Presentations<\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">FEATURED SPEAKERS:<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/serchapter2018.wpengine.com\/southwest\/files\/2016\/12\/Abella_2016-11-9-SER-restoring-natl-parks.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Restoring America&#8217;s national parks in an era of global change<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Scott Abella<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/serchapter2018.wpengine.com\/southwest\/files\/2016\/12\/DeFalco_SERSW_Final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">An integrated approach for rehabilitating degraded mojave desert shrublands<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lesley DeFalco<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">PLENARY SESSIONS:<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/serchapter2018.wpengine.com\/southwest\/files\/2016\/12\/Munson_SWSER_Overview_RAMPS.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Restoration Assessment and Monitoring Program for the Southwest (RAMPS)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Munson<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/serchapter2018.wpengine.com\/southwest\/files\/2016\/12\/Johnson_DLCC.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Desert Landscape Conservation Cooperative<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Johnson<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/serchapter2018.wpengine.com\/southwest\/files\/2016\/12\/Gonzalez_Oilmon_SONORAN-INSTITUTE_SER-Conference_Nov11.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Community engagement and restoration in the Colorado River Delta<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gonzalez-Olimon<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Using species in restoration that will persist now and into the future<\/p>\n<p>Butterfield<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">CONCURRENT SESSIONS:<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3>TOPIC: ENDANGERED SPECIES<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/serchapter2018.wpengine.com\/southwest\/files\/2016\/12\/Drake_SER_9Nov2016_PCFormat.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Consequenses of disturbed landscapes to desert tortoise populations when habitats are not restored or protected<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Drake<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/serchapter2018.wpengine.com\/southwest\/files\/2016\/12\/SER-SW_Bloodworth.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New distribution of the tamarisk beetle (Diorhabda spp.) in the Lower Colorado River Basin and implications for future riparian restoration<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bloodworth<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>TOPIC: EROSION CONTROL STRUCTURES<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/serchapter2018.wpengine.com\/southwest\/files\/2016\/12\/Gomez-Sapiens_SER-2016-Min319-Changes-in-Veg-Cover-Ground-NDVI.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Effects of the minute 319 environmental flows on established riparian vegetation in the Colorado River Delta, Mexico: A close-up view<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gomez-Sapiens<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Restoration of burned and unburned watersheds of the Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona, using loose rock erosion structures<\/p>\n<p>Hammer<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Quantifying erosion control structures effects on surface inundation and soil moisture in arid ephemeral streams<\/p>\n<p>Bunting<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/serchapter2018.wpengine.com\/southwest\/files\/2016\/12\/tosline-Installation-of-GCS-for-Restoration-SER-110916.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Impacts of grade control structure installations on hydrology and sediment transport as an adaptive management strategy during climate change<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tosline<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/serchapter2018.wpengine.com\/southwest\/files\/2016\/12\/wilson-SER-3-active.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vegetation response to watershed restoration in southeastern Arizona<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wilson<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>TOPIC: PLANNING AND PLANT MATERIALS<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/serchapter2018.wpengine.com\/southwest\/files\/2016\/12\/Williams-et-al.-SER-2016.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Suggested practices for dryland restoration planning, implementation, and monitoring in the arid southwest<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Williams<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/serchapter2018.wpengine.com\/southwest\/files\/2016\/12\/Esque-9Nov16-SER-2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Assessing native plants for seed collections, growers, and restoration specialists for rehabilitating disturbed Desert Tortoise habitat<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Esque<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Spatial and temporal patterns of vegetation treatments in the Southwest: variability and trends with implications for restoration success<\/p>\n<p>Copeland<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/serchapter2018.wpengine.com\/southwest\/files\/2016\/12\/C-Weber-SER2016.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Covering more ground: Meeting the challenge of native plant materials development at the scale it demands<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Weber<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>TOPIC: SPRINGS AND AQUATIC RESOURCES<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/serchapter2018.wpengine.com\/southwest\/files\/2016\/12\/HMcMaster-SER-Presentation110916.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lower Portal Road Spring Habitat Improvement Project<\/a><\/p>\n<p>McMaster<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program and conservation of aquatic endemics in the Mojave Desert<\/p>\n<p>Manville<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/serchapter2018.wpengine.com\/southwest\/files\/2016\/12\/Winkel_Ecological-Restoration-at-the-Springs-Preserve-SWSER-11-9-16A.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ecological restoration at the Las Vegas Springs Preserve<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Winkel<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>TOPIC: RIPARIAN RESTORATION<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/serchapter2018.wpengine.com\/southwest\/files\/2016\/12\/grabau-delta-groundwater.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Modeling shallow groundwater for support of riparian areas in the Colorado River Delta<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Grabau<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Quantifying geomorphic change at ephemeral stream restoration sites using a coupled-model approach<\/p>\n<p>Norman<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/serchapter2018.wpengine.com\/southwest\/files\/2016\/12\/Clark_Ser-2016.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Water harvesting in arid lands<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Clark<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/serchapter2018.wpengine.com\/southwest\/files\/2016\/12\/SNCWMA-Fountaingrass-SER-SW-conf-2016-11-10.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fountaingrass control initiative: An education, control and restoration program for an invasive weed<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jones<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/serchapter2018.wpengine.com\/southwest\/files\/2016\/12\/Eckberg_20161110_SER-SW_Wash-presentation_JE.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Las Vegas Wash: A multi-agency stakeholder process to protect and enhance a key ecological and hydrologic resource<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Eckberg<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Assessment of streamside herbaceous and riparian woody vegetation along the lower Santa Cruz River, year 4<\/p>\n<p>Bunting<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>TOPIC: FORESTS AND SOILS<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/serchapter2018.wpengine.com\/southwest\/files\/2016\/12\/Passive-Restoration-of-BSCs.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Passive restoration of biological soil crusts<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Warren<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/serchapter2018.wpengine.com\/southwest\/files\/2016\/12\/Deuser_TamariskBeetle-workshop.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pre and Post Tamarisk Beetle Establishment Management Options<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Curt Deuser<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/serchapter2018.wpengine.com\/southwest\/files\/2016\/12\/Lightfoot_SERSW.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tree thinning effects on wildlife in pinyon-juniper woodlands of the Manzano Mountains, New Mexico<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lightfoot<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center\"><b><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center\"><b><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 2016 Annual Conference of the Society of Ecological Restoration &#8211; Southwest Chapter &nbsp; November 9-11, 2016 Springs Preserve Las Vegas, Nevada &nbsp; SER-SW 2016 Annual Conference Program Check out\u00a0PHOTOS\u00a0from 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