Symposium
Elise Gornish
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona, United States
Elizabeth Bach
Research Ecologist
Nachusa Grasslands
The Nature Conservancy
Franklin Grove, IL, United States
Elizabeth Bach
Research Ecologist
Nachusa Grasslands
The Nature Conservancy
Franklin Grove, IL, United States
Ecosystem restoration has the potential to address multiple global challenges, including biodiversity declines, climate change, and local pollution. In recognition of this, the United Nations has declared 2021-2030 as the Decade on Restoration – an effort to prevent, halt and reverse the degradation of ecosystems on every continent and in every ocean. Restoration projects are complex and often must be done with limited budgets and labor. Frequently, long-term monitoring of restoration outcomes falls by the wayside. As a result, understanding restoration outcomes and assessing success can be difficult. In this symposium, we bring together early career ecologists who are using a variety of novel approaches to monitor and evaluate restoration outcomes across multiple ecosystems. Speakers will share specific challenges and solutions to accessing and establishing early colonizing species for ecosystem restorations in both terrestrial and marine environments. The symposium will synthesize similarities around best practices for working within the constraints of degraded systems and initial project conditions to optimize restoration outcomes. We will also address unique aspects of these various approaches and ecosystems. A key goal for the discussion is to elevate ways for ecosystem monitoring to be integrated into restoration projects and research with consideration for the realities of restoration work. Policy makers have bought into restoration, we must be able to deliver robust results.
Presenting Author: Daniel Winkler – USGS Southwest Biological Science Center
Co-author: Morgan Andrews – U.S. Geological Survey, Southwest Biological Science Center
Co-author: John B. Bradford – USGS
Co-author: Kenneth J. Chapin – U.S. Geological Survey, Southwest Biological Science Center
Co-author: Michael C. Duniway – US Geological Survey - Southwest Biological Science Center
Co-author: Shannon Lencioni – U.S. Geological Survey, Southwest Biological Science Center
Co-author: Rachel M. Mitchell – Northern Arizona University
Co-author: Seth M. Munson – U.S. Geological Survey, Southwest Biological Science Center
Co-author: Sasha C. Reed – U.S. Geological Survey
Co-author: Ella M. Samuel – Northern Arizona University
Co-author: Jennifer Shostrand – U.S. Geological Survey, Southwest Biological Science Center
Co-author: Erica Sukovich – U.S. Geological Survey, Southwest Biological Science Center
Co-author: Sarah Sterner – U.S. Geological Survey, Southwest Biological Science Center
Co-author: Rob Massatti – U.S. Geological Survey, Southwest Biological Science Center
Presenting Author: Trace Martyn – University of Arizona
Co-author: Lauren Svejcar – USDA-ARS, Burns OR
Co-author: Alison Ritchie – University of Western Australia
Co-author: Elise Gornish – University of Arizona
Presenting Author: Olga A. Kildisheva – The Nature Conservancy
Co-author: Olga A. Kildisheva – The Nature Conservancy
Co-author: Chad Boyd – USDA-ARS, Burns OR
Co-author: Matthew Cahill – The Nature Conservancy, OR, US
Co-author: Chris Donovan – The Nature Conservancy, WY, US
Co-author: Maggie Eshleman – The Nature Conservancy, WY, US
Co-author: Jessie Griffen – The Nature Conservancy, OR, US
Co-author: Anna Hosford – The Nature Conservancy, OR, US
Co-author: Jay Kerby – Self-employed, Pukerau, NZ
Co-author: Liz Munn – The Nature Conservancy, NV, US
Co-author: Andrew Olsen – The Nature Conservancy, OR, US
Co-author: Corinna Riginos – The Nature Conservancy, WY, US
Co-author: Roxanne Rios – USDA Agricultural Research Service, OR, US
Co-author: Owen Baughman – The Nature Conservancy, OR, US
Presenting Author: Rachel Smith – University of Virginia
Co-author: Bo Lusk – The Nature Conservancy
Co-author: Max Castorani – University of Virginia