Special sessions

The following invited and special sessions emphasize interdisciplinary approaches and solutions that have or are emerging to address the conservation challenges facing the Southwest’s land, water, biodiversity, and cultures. A tremendous thanks goes to all of the organizers!

Understanding the Ecological Impacts of Climate Change on Colorado Plateau Drylands Using Field-Based Approaches

Jacob J. Blais, Mostafa Javadian, Andrew Richardson

Research Advancing Natural Resource Knowledge and Science Communication in the Grand Canyon Region

Kimberly Beisner, Fred Tillman, Katie Walton-Day, Jo Ellen Hinck

Sustainable Riparian Restoration in Water Scarce Environments (Part I: Assessing Water Scarcity through Evapotranspiration and Plant Adaptations in the Colorado River Basin and Plateau, Part II: Restoration within Riparian Corridors: Integrative Science and Monitoring)

Pamela Nagler, Emily Palmquist, Martha Gomez-Sapiens

Predictive Modeling for River Management

Emily Palmquist, Charles Yackulic, Drew Eppehimer, Paul Grams, Joel Sankey, Shannon Sartain

Interdisciplinary Approaches to Resilient Human-Wildlife Coexistence

Jenna Keany, Emily Renn, Duan Biggs

Biological Soil Crusts of the Colorado Plateau: Advances in Our Understanding of Their Contributions to Ecosystem Structure and Function and Their Sensitivity to Disturbance and Climate Change

William Smith, Miguel Villarreal, Sasha Reed, Stefanie Herrmann

Geologic Studies on, under, and off the Colorado Plateau

Kelsey Brennan, Ryan Porter, Casey Tierney

Threats and Solutions for Colorado Plateau Working Landscapes

Mark Brunson

Fire, Water, and Forest through Indigenous and Western Sciences

Jaime Yazzie, Connor Garrod

Celebrating Fire Ecology and Management in the Southwest

Molly McCormick

Management-Relevant Adaptation Science in the Southwest

Sarah LeRoy

Genetic Approaches in Understanding and Mitigating Climate Change

Thomas G. Whitham

Restoration of Madrean Oak Woodlands: Integrating Socio-Ecological Systems to Support Traditional Acorn Harvest

Sara Souther, Clare Aslan

Ecology and Management of Pinyon-Juniper Woodlands in the U.S. Southwest

Kyle Rodman, Danika Thiele

Fire and Forest Restoration Social Science in the Southwest

Niki vonHedemann

Wood for Life: A Partnership Supporting Forest Restoration through Firewood Distribution to Local Tribes and Communities

Niki vonHedemann

Infrastructure and Innovation for Ecological Restoration: Dryland Restoration with Plants or Biocrusts

Sierra Jech, Keven Griffen, Anita Antoninka, Matt Bowker

Exploring Spokes of the Fire Adapt Communities Wheel across the Southwest

Cole Brant, Eytan Krasilovsky

Anticipating the Future of Western Ecosystems

Elise Pletcher, Robert Shriver

Leveraging Large Ecological Datasets for Data-Informed Decision-Making

Eva Deegan, Ana Miller-Ter Kuile, Alicia Formanack

Fight or Flight? Deciding between Mitigation and Adaptation in a Hotter, Drier Landscape

Jessica Driscoll, Jeanne Godaire

Invertebrate Science and Conservation in the Southwest

Kathryn A. Thomas