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 (below)
• Symposium announcement (PDF)
• Symposium program (PDF)
• Symposium abstracts (PDF)
• Symposium evaluation form (PDF)
• Symposium addendum (PDF)
• Symposium sponsors
  
  
• Where to stay
• Where to eat (PDF)
• How to get there (PDF)
  

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