Ecological Restoration for Practitioners:
Required Pre-Readings, PowerPoint Presentations and Field Trip Handouts

Restoration Overview:

• Society for Ecological Restoration Science & Policy Working Group. 2002. The SER Primer on Ecological Restoration. http://www.ser.org/
  
  
• Moore, M. M., W. W. Covington, P. Z. Fulé. 1999. Reference conditions and ecological restoration: A southwestern ponderosa pine perspective. Ecological Applications 9(4): 1266-1277.
  
  
• Restoration Overview PowerPoint Presentation by Wally Covington.

Fire Hazard:

• Fulé, P. Z. et al. 2001. Measuring forest restoration effectiveness in hazardous fuels reduction. Journal of Forestry 99(11):24-29.
  
  
• Fire Ecology PowerPoint Presentation by Pete Fulé.

Range of Natural Variability:

• Weaver H. 1943. Fire as an ecological and silvicultural factor in the ponderosa pine region of the Pacific Slope. Journal of Forestry 41(1):7-14.
  
  
• Swetnam, T. W., C. D. Allen, and J. L. Betancourt. 1999. Applied Historical Ecology: Using the Past to Manage the Future. Ecological Applications 9(4):1189-1206.
  
  
• Range of Natural Variability PowerPoint Presentation by Pete Fulé.

Components of Healthy Ecosystems:

• Covington, W. W. 1993. Implications for ponderosa pine/bunchgrass ecological systems. In: Sustainable Ecological Systems: Implementing an Ecological Approach to Land Management. GTR RM-247, pp. 92-97.
  
  
• Covington, W. Wallace, et al. 1997. Restoring ecosystem health in ponderosa pine forests of the southwest. Journal of Forestry, 95(4):23-29.
  
  
• Components of Healthy Ecosystems PowerPoint Presentation by Wally Covington.

Scale and Adaptive Management:

• Kaufmann, M. R., et al. 1994. An Ecological Basis for Ecosystem Management. GTR RM-246, 28pp.
  
  
• Scale and Adaptive Management PowerPoint Presentation by Wally Covington.

Understory Dynamics:

• Understory Dynamics PowerPoint Presentation by Doc Smith.

Forest Structure:

• O'Hara, K.L. 1998. Silviculture for structural diversity: A new look at multiaged systems. Journal of Forestry 96(7) 4-10.
  
  
• Stand Structure and Ecological Restoration PowerPoint Presentation by Charles Denton and John Bailey.

Local Field Trip Handouts:

• Gus Pearson Natural Area & Ft. Valley Restoration Projects
  
  Ecological Restoration Institute. 2003. Ecological Restoration at the Gus Pearson Natural Area: Summary of Research. White Paper. 12 pp.
  
  
• Taylor Woods
  
  Taylor Woods Summary
  
  Taylor Woods PowerPoint