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Bridging Education and Restoration in Northern New
Mexico
Jesse Abrams
Three young girls from Jemez Mountain Schools
recording field data on a sunny day in New Mexico.
Jesse Abrams, Research Specialist at the ERI, helped teachers
and students from Jemez Mountain Schools make the leap from the classroom to the
field practice of ecological restoration. For more on Jesse's encouraging nudges
and these practitioners' amazing leaping abilities, click here.
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Alumni Corner
Robin Long
   
   
These folks are more dynamic and
diverse than a restored ponderosa pine ecosystem! Find out who they are, if you
don't already know, and more about what they are doing (like what is that thing
Eve is holding?) by clicking here.
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Habitat Preferences of Pocket Gophers Within Forests
Undergoing Restoration
Kristen Pearson
A pocket gopher taking a break
from eating to pose for the camera.
"I'm alright, nobody's got to worry about me!" That may have been the
"catch" phrase for the gopher in Caddyshack, but Kristen Pearson,
Research Technician and Shawnté Greenway, Undergraduate Research Assistant
do worry about the pocket gophers. Read about their research findings on
the pocket gopher's habitat preferences by clicking here.
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A Cultural Ethic in Tribal Forest Management and
Self-Determination: The Human Dimension of Silviculture
Victoria L.
Yazzie
Victoria on a University of Montana prescribed
fire at Lubrecht Forest with Ron Wakimoto, 1999.
Victoria explains that traditional Native American people have
a strong cultural land ethic that can cause distrust about the implementation of
modern forest management efforts, including ecological restoration. Victoria's
recently completed doctoral dissertation explores the possibilities and
challenges for tribal forest management. To read more of the details, click here.
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Ponderosa Pete Returns!
Robin
Long
Scott Sink's painting of Bluejay and Bertie in
a forest scene from the childrens' book Ponderosa
Pete.
There are a lot of
conversations going on in the forest among the animals. Julie Blake, former ERI
staff member, captured enough of "the talk" in the forest to complete a
children's exposé about forest restoration titled, Ponderosa Pete.
Scott Sink, another former ERI staff member, captured the clandestine
conversations among the animals in his artwork, cameras were not allowed! Find
out what the animals really think of our work by clicking here.
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Slash
Effects on Herbaceous Communities in a Degraded Pinyon-juniper
Woodland
Michael T. Stoddard
Collage of four pictures of
different slash treatments on the ground in a pinyon-juniper
woodland.
You may already know
that the soils in pinyon-juniper woodlands are often highly erodable, but
combine that erodability with the increased exposure from thinning and surface
disturbance, and you might just have a recipe for disaster. According to Mike
Stoddard, Research Specialist, let the slash come to the rescue. Find out what
the effects are by clicking here.
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Daniel Laughlin, ERI Research Specialist, Receives the ESA’s E.
Lucy Braun Award
Chuck Bullington
Daniel Laughlin standing in
front of his award-winning poster.
Daniel Laughlin, ERI Research Specialist, has received considerable
noteriety for his poster at the Ecological Society of America's national
conference this past August. For more information about Daniel's award, click here.
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Kirk Smith/ERI Student Scholarship
Robin
Long
The Kirk Smith Scholarship was established in
2004 memorializing Flagstaff outdoorsman and fire fighter, Kirk Smith, son of
ERI Associate Director Doc Smith.
Looking for a good cause to contribute to? Here's one! Find out how to
donate to the Kirk Smith Student Scholarship by clicking here.
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Grand Canyon Plant Book Hits the Streets!
Chuck
Bullington
Cover of the book, River
and Desert Plants of the Grand Canyon.
Kristin Huisinga and Kate Waters, two former botanists at the
ERI have written a new book with Lori Makarick titled, River and Desert
Plants of the Grand Canyon. To read a summary and to find out how to order
a copy, please click here.
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New
Literature of Interest to Restoration Ecologists in the
Southwest
Judy Springer
Just like it sounds, a
list of many of the recent publications about restoration ecology. To see what
titles you might need to add to your personal library click here.
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