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WELCOME Welcome to the Regional Conference of the Great Basin and Northwest Chapters of the Society for Ecological Restoration. This conference brings together restoration practitioners, researchers and scientists, managers and planners, students and volunteers under the theme: Collaborative Restoration – from Community Efforts to Landscape Scales. Since our first call for papers we have had an enthusiastic response from the restoration community of the Columbia, Great Basin, and Cascadia Bioregions. Our conference theme highlights an emerging trend of collaboration among stakeholders to resolve differences among approaches to land management. The large number of presentations in this program provides excellent examples of collaborative restoration projects that aim to restore critical ecosystem functionality while meeting stakeholder objectives. As many practitioners have experienced, there is typically no single correct approach to collaboration, but instead a wide array of solutions can be employed that are tailored to the specific demands of a project. The goals for this conference are to discover successful approaches, common issues, and to discuss challenges of implementation. The following program includes 15 symposia that combine invited presentations to highlight a specific restoration issue or to analyze a restoration topic from different angles. Contributed sessions combine voluntary presentations under a common theme of significance to restoration in our region. The plenary presentations provide in-depth discussion of issues across the field of ecological restoration. Those who seek in-depth guidance to applied restoration approaches will find several workshops in the conference program which allow for instruction and small group discourse. The conference concludes with several field trips to regionally important restoration sites. Because personal interaction with practitioners and scientists is an important aspect of our regional conference, the program allows for ample breaks between technical sessions to visit exhibitors and attend social events to build your professional network or reconnect with fellow restorationists. For those who wish to become more involved in promoting the practice and science of ecological restoration, or simply to get to know each chapter’s Board of Directors, the Great Basin and Northwest Chapters will hold meetings during the conference that are open to all members and interested conference participants. We hope that you enjoy our Joint Regional Conference, The Conference Committee 2 2014 JOINT CONFERENCE | SERNW & SERGB TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ............................................................................................4 SCHEDULE AT-A-GLANCE ...................................................................................5-17 ABOUT THE CHAPTERS ....................................................................................18-19 PLENARY SPEAKERS..............................................................................................20 EXHIBITORS.....................................................................................................21-22 SPECIAL EVENTS..............................................................................................23-24 SYMPOSIA.......................................................................................................25-29 WORKSHOPS...................................................................................................30-31 FIELD TRIPS .....................................................................................................32-34 ABSTRACTS & AUTHORS................................................................................35-122 CONFERENCE COMMITTEE .................................................................................124 CONFERENCE CENTER MAP ................................................................................125 SPONSORS ...........................................................................................BACK COVER Photo by Ally Steinmetz OCTOBER 6-10, 2014 | REDMOND, OR 3 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS CONFERENCE PLANNING COMMITTEE Conference Chairs: Rolf Gersonde, Allison Warner, Nancy Shaw |Steering Committee: Rolf Gersonde, Nancy Shaw, Allison Warner, Stuart Hardegree, Keith Nevison, Berta Youtie, Frank Reckendorf, Alaine Sommargren, Matt Horning |Symposia : Carleen Weebers |Program and Abstracts: Stuart Hardegree, Jim Hallett |Plenary Speakers: Stuart Hardegree, Rolf Gersonde|Poster Session: Ricardo Mata-Gonzalez |Field Trips: Berta Youtie, Matt Orr and Matt Horning |Workshops: Russ Lawrence, Anne Halford |Website & Registration, Printed Program Design: Alaine Sommargren |Arrangements, Catering, Logistics: Keith Nevison, Berta Youtie, Allison Warner, Frank Reckendorf, Lisa Chang |Budget and Finance: Frank Reckendorf, Allison Warner, Samantha Rich |Student Volunteer Coordinators: Lisa Chang, Matt Fisk |Video Contest & Student Mentor Program: Matt Fisk |Sponsorships & Exhibitors: Nancy Shaw, Allison Warner |Conference Staff: Ally Steinmetz, Katrina Van Dis SPECIAL THANKS . Berta Youtie - Catering, Farm-to-Table Banquet and field trip transportation arrangements . Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council – Assisting with conference development . Deschutes Land Trust – Hosting Camp Polk and Whychus Creek field trip sites . Deschutes Watershed Council – Assisting and supporting to the Fluvial Geomorphology field exercise . Frank Reckendorf - Venue contract negotiations . Jalene Littlejohn - Strategic communications and conference flyers . Samantha Rich - Conference budget and accounts management FIELD TRIP LEADERS . Ryan Houston, Deschutes Watershed Council . Robert Karrfalt and Kayla Herriman, USDA Region 6 Bend Seed Extractory . Mike Fischer, Central Oregon Community College . Tim Deboodt, Oregon State University Extension Service . Berta Youtie, Eastern Oregon Stewardship Services . Barry Southerland, USDA NRCS, Western National Technical Service Center . Maret Pajutee, Bill Munro, USFS, Sisters, OR . Darin Stringer, Pacific Stewardship, LLC . Jim Bartlett, Fish Biologist, Round Butte Dam WORKSHOP LEADERS . Michael Adams, P.E. Stantec (Rivermorph) . Robert Karrfalt, USDA Region 6 Bend Seed Extractory . Dave Polster, Polster Environmental Services . Barry Southerland, NRCS Western National Technical Services Committee . Frank Reckendorf, Reckendorf and Associates 4 2014 JOINT CONFERENCE | SERNW & SERGB CONFERENCE PROGRAM AT-A-GLANCE MONDAY 9 AM - 4 PM Invasive Plant Management Workshop; Dave Polster (High Desert Room) 8 AM - 5 PM 3 PM - 6 PM Registration Open (Lobby) 3 PM - 6 PM Exhibit & Poster Setup (Foyer and Golden Eagle Rooms) 5 PM - 6 PM SER Great Basin Chapter Meeting (High Desert Room) 6 PM - 7:30 PM Conference Social (Golden Eagle A) 7:30 - 8:30 PM SER Northwest Board Meeting (High Desert Room) TUESDAY MORNING 7 - 8:30 AM Registration Open (Lobby) 8 - 8:30 AM Exhibits (Foyer) OPENING PLENARY SESSION (Juniper Hall 1) Moderator: Rolf Gersonde Stuart Hardegree | SER Great Basin Chapter President 8:30 Allison Warner | SER Northwest Chapter President to Austin Green | Chairman of the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation 10 AM John Allen | Deschutes National Forest Supervisor Plenary Presentation James McIver | Oregon State University | On the Conduct of Ecological Restoration Research - Lessons from Two Case Studies 10 - 10:30 AM AM Break OCTOBER 6-10, 2014 | REDMOND, OR 5 TUESDAY MORNING Location Golden Eagle A Golden Eagle B Golden Eagle C Golden Eagle D Summit Equipment and Strategies to Enhance Establishment Stream Stewardship in the Concurrent Sage STEP and Diversity of Post-fire Collaborative Restoration Restoration Siuslaw Sessions Symposium Seedings in Former Examples Symposium National Forest Wyoming Big Sagebrush Communities Moderator James McIver Therese Meyer Russ Lawrence Carleen Weebers Chandra LeGue Vegetation Restoration Wildfire and Native Bees in Physics before Integrating Conservation, The Birth and Growth of in Response to Piñon the Great Basin, Byron Love Biology, Barry Restoration and Education: A Stewardship Contracting in and Juniper Control Southerland Land Trust-University the Siuslaw National Treatments, Bruce Pollinators and Agricultural Partnership in Western Forest, Roundy Seed Production: Stream Montana; Jenny Tollefson Johnny Sundstrom Consideration of Pollinators in Classification, Post-treatment Management and Restoration Channel Evolution Cedar River Stewardship in The Forest Service as Indicators of Planning, James Cane Model, and Channel Action: Community-focused Partner and Decision Cheatgrass Increases: Planform Riparian Restoration at the Maker Could Fuel Treatments Transplanting Wyoming Big Classification, Frank Landscape Scale, Judy Blanco in Collaborative 10:30 AM Create Fuel Problems? Sagebrush into Northern Reckendorf Stewardship Groups, Frank Nevada Grass Dominated Partnerships for Conservation: to David A. Pyke Davis Sites, Kent McAdoo Capturing Expertise and NOON Can an Understanding Creating Synergies for Watershed Councils as of Resilience and Landscape Restoration, Roy Partners in Collaboration Resistance Be Used to Iwai and Restoration, Liz Predict Treatment Vollmer- Outcomes in Facilitation of Restoration and Buhl Sagebrush Habitat Connectivity across Ecosystems? Jeanne Public and Private Lands Multiparty Monitoring of Chambers through Effective Partnership Stewardship Contracting: A and Multilevel Strategies; Forester's Perspective, Mary Bushman Marc Barnes