{"id":737,"date":"2017-07-13T19:46:28","date_gmt":"2017-07-13T19:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serchapter2018.wpengine.com\/southwest\/?page_id=737"},"modified":"2018-07-11T21:14:40","modified_gmt":"2018-07-11T21:14:40","slug":"2017-annual-conference","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/southwest\/events\/2017-annual-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"2017 Annual Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><b><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/h2>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center\"><b><i>2017 Annual Conference of the\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center\"><b><i>Society of Ecological Restoration \u2013 <\/i><\/b><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center\"><b><i>Southwest Chapter<\/i><\/b><\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><b><i>\u00a0\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">December 6-8, 2017<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Hotel Albuquerque<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Albuquerque, New Mexico<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/docs.wixstatic.com\/ugd\/2d9794_7f50a181e2764a80ab4d53020e317b60.xlsx?dn=Most%20Current%20Conference%20Schedule%20112717.xlsx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SER-SW 2017 Annual Conference Program<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3 align=\"center\">Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/SERSW\/photos\/?tab=album&amp;album_id=543587692643007\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PHOTOS\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0from the SER-SW 2017 Annual Conference<\/h3>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><b><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em>THANK YOU TO ALL OUR<\/em>\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/sersw2018.wixsite.com\/conference\/sponsors--\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SPONSORS<\/a>\u00a0WHO MADE THIS EVENT POSSIBLE<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n[wppa type=&#8221;slideonly&#8221; album=&#8221;17&#8243; size=&#8221;350&#8243; align=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/wppa]\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1><strong><em>Presentations<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">FEATURED SPEAKERS:<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>US Forest Service Southwest Regional Restoration Program<\/p>\n<p>John Waconda<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>How do we map Restoration Ecology onto a rapidly changing world?<\/p>\n<p>Don Falk<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">PLENARY SESSIONS:<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Native Plants and Partnerships Through the Border: Networking and Expanding Capacity in Mexico<\/p>\n<p>Claverie<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mojave Desert Native Plant Program: Putting the Right Seed in the Right Place through Implementation of the National Seed Strategy in the Mojave Desert Ecoregion<\/p>\n<p>Perkins<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Trends in vegetation recover after land treatments in the SW United States: associations between environmental variables, ground-based measurements, and satellite greenness patterns<\/p>\n<p>Copeland<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Current Distribution and Anticipated Impacts of the Tamarisk Beetle (<em>Diorhabda spp.<\/em>) Across the Southwest<\/p>\n<p>Bloodworth<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Changing Landscape of the Manzano Mountains Following Four Large Wildfires<\/p>\n<p>Stropki<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>SER Certified Ecological Restoration Practitioner Program and other SER Updates<\/p>\n<p>Walder<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">CONCURRENT SESSIONS:<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2>Topic: Drylands Restoration<\/h2>\n<p>Suggested Practices for Biological Soil Crust conservation and Management in the Arid Southwestern United States<\/p>\n<p>Bengston<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Soil Health and Erosion Control<\/p>\n<p>Kerby<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Upland Restoration to Enhance Recovery Efforts for and Endangered Pupfish<\/p>\n<p>Gold<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Comparison of trailside degradation across a gradient of trail use in the Sonoran Desert<\/p>\n<p>H. Rowe<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Vegetation Recovery along Transmission Power Line Corridors in the Colorado Desert of Southern California<\/p>\n<p>Prabhu<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Topic: Riparian Restoration<\/h2>\n<p>Ecological Success Criteria for Riparian Habitat in the Colorado River Corridor in Mexico<\/p>\n<p>Schlatter<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>UAV photogrammetry modeling of the Rio Grande silvery minnow habitat restoration project in Albuquerque, New Mexico: geomorphological, inundation, and vegetation changes over time<\/p>\n<p>Whitehead<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Habitat Restoration and management of Native and Non-native Trees in Southwestern Riparian Ecosystems<\/p>\n<p>Volke<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Process for Expanding Nursery Habitat for the Federally Endangered Rio Grande Silvery Minnow along a 31-Mile Reach of the Middle Rio Grande, New Mexico<\/p>\n<p>Caplan<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Upper Gila River Restoration<\/p>\n<p>Bove<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Topic: Seeding and Plant Materials<\/h2>\n<p>Exotic root-rotting Phytophthora species detected in restoration plantings and nursery stock<\/p>\n<p>VinZant<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Building a Southwest Seed Partnership: a public-private initiative to supply native plant materials to southwestern restoration projects<\/p>\n<p>Stone<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Testing the efficacy of ripping, seeding, and seed band applications for restoring impacted soils in the Sonoran Desert<\/p>\n<p>H. Rowe<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Direct Seeding and Seedling Production as a Tool for Restoring Riparian Habitats<\/p>\n<p>Bunting<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Seeding vs natural recruitment: comparing semi-arid vegetation communities post reclamation<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Farrell<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Topic: Assessment and Monitoring<\/h2>\n<p>Environmental monitoring for the Rio del Norte Trail restoration project, Albuquerque, NM<\/p>\n<p>Lightfoot<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The value of site assessments to inform restoration design and planning- A case study at Arlington Wildlife Area In-Lieu Free Mitigation Site in Arizona<\/p>\n<p>Banerjee<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hydrologic Monitoring pre-Grade control Structure Installations, heard Scout Pueblo, Phoenix, Arizona<\/p>\n<p>Tosline<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Northern tamarisk beetle (<em>Diorhabda carinulata<\/em>) effects on established tamarisk-feeding invertebrate populations along the Las Vegas Wash, Clark County, Nevada<\/p>\n<p>Eckberg<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The economics of buffelgrass control<\/p>\n<p>J. Rowe<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Topic: Restoration and Conservation<\/h2>\n<p>Integrating Ecologies &amp; Economies: The Borderland Restoration Network<\/p>\n<p>Kurt Vaughn<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Plant functional traits and local climate conditions determine restoration success and failure on the Colorado Plateau<\/p>\n<p>Balazs<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Local youth Take Charge of Restoring Border Ecosystems: Borderland Earth Care Youth Institute Looks Forward<\/p>\n<p>Christopher<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Restoration as an Embodied Arts Practice: Engaging Communities in Land Stewardship<\/p>\n<p>McNellis<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Cowboy Restoration: Wrangling Springsnails, Mules and the Elements<\/p>\n<p>Plath<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Bioretention ponds, Acacias, Swales, Arroyos and other little appreciated &#8220;Natural Areas&#8221; as a Source of Restoration and Education<\/p>\n<p>DePew<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Golf course closures in the SW United States: Opportunities for conservation<\/p>\n<p>Cederberg<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Topic: A Changing Climate<\/h2>\n<p>Creating Restoration Planting Palettes to Support Pollinators in a Changing Climate<\/p>\n<p>Campbell<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Habitat patches support rich and abundant resident pollinator communities to minimize use of restoration resources in arid lands<\/p>\n<p>McCormick<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Climate Landscape Response (CLaRe) phenometrics for southern AZ and CA using Prism and MODIS data and leveraging the PICO<\/p>\n<p>Devesh<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Field Trips:<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"font_5\"><span class=\"color_14\">Indian Pueblo Cultural Center<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Indian Pueblo Cultural Center is a world-class museum and cultural center created as a place where Pueblo people can tell their story. As the gateway to the 19 Pueblos of New Mexico, the IPCC is a necessary first stop for visitors to New Mexico, providing an introduction for understanding the state&#8217;s landscape, legacy, and story of continuance.\u00a0Known for its collection of Pueblo pottery and murals painted by Pueblo artists, the IPCC also offers an exciting schedule of cultural, educational, and community activities.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"font_5\"><span class=\"color_14\">Bosque Ecosystem Monitoring Program<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Bosque Ecosystem Monitoring Program (BEMP) strives to be an essential resource for managers of the Rio Grande and its riverside forest, the bosque.\u00a0 Across 31 active monitoring sites along over 300 miles of river, BEMP deploys thousands of K-12 students to not only gather key field data to determine the success of different interventions but also builds connections between students and their watershed. This field trip will include an orientation of BEMP, how citizen science can be used to monitor restoration projects, lessons learned, and planning and budgeting for citizen science support.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"font_5\"><span class=\"color_14\">Santa Ana Pueblo Native Plant Nursery<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Santa Ana Native Plant and Tree Nursery provides over 250 species of low-water use plant materials, including\u00a0herbaceous perennials, annuals and biennials; herbs, grasses, trees, shrubs and vines; and vegetable transplants. The nursery is located 2 miles north of Bernalillo, and this field trip will include a behind the scenes tour with nursery staff.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Note: Field trips were covered by conference registration fee!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 2017 Annual Conference of the\u00a0 Society of Ecological Restoration \u2013 Southwest Chapter \u00a0\u00a0 December 6-8, 2017 Hotel Albuquerque Albuquerque, New Mexico &nbsp; SER-SW 2017 Annual Conference Program Check out [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"parent":9,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-737","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/southwest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/southwest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/southwest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/southwest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/southwest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/southwest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/737\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/southwest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/southwest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}