2020 Ecological Restoration Symposium:
Pollinators, Pests, and Prey (online)

Considering the roles of and mitigating for the influence of invertebrates within regional ecological restoration efforts

Tuesday, June 16, 2020
9:00 am – 4:00 pm

David Cappaert

Ecological restoration practitioners are growing increasingly aware of the importance of acknowledging multiple trophic levels and employing community ecology theories into project goals and design. In this symposium, we seek to examine the influence of invertebrates such as pollinators, beneficial insects, prey and pests, and to identify challenges and solutions in considering invertebrates in restorative efforts in terrestrial and aquatic systems.

This symposium is co-hosted by the University of Washington Botanic Gardens and the Northwest Chapter of the Society for Ecological Restoration to provide continuing education for restoration ecology practitioners.

Why should you attend? Come to ask questions, to hear your colleagues’ stories of their successes and challenges, and to learn about cutting-edge approaches being used to improve restoration project success.

Professional credits approved: APLD-5.25, CERP-1, CPH-5.5, ecoPRO-5.5, NALP/WALP-5.5

Symposium announcement

Detailed agenda (PDF)

Agenda

9:00 – 10:15am
Opening Session

Welcome
Joy Wood | Restoration Analytics & Design LLC, and symposium Planning Committee Co-chair
Jessica Farmer | University of Washington Botanic Gardens

Farmers of Forty Centuries: Agriculture’s Conservation Traditions
Eric Lee-Mäder, Pollinator Program Co-Director | Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Q&A | Facilitated by Rolf Gersonde, Senior Environmental Analyst | Seattle Public Utilities

• Xerces Society Pollinator Conservation Resources: Pacific Northwest Region

10:30am – 12:00pm | Heaven for hymenoptera: Restoration for Pollinators

Sustaining an intricate web: plant-pollinator community interactions in conservation and restoration
Susan Waters, Research Ecologist | Quamash EcoResearch

How to Improve Bee Habitat: Get to Know Native Bees
Demarus Tevuk, Environmental Programs | Crown Bees

Q&A | Facilitated by Elby Jones, Green Cities Program Manager | Forterra

• Web of Life: ecological networks database
• Interaction Web Database (plant-pollinator webs)

12:30 – 2:00pm | Forest’s friends and foes: The dual role of insects and disease in ecological restoration

Selected USDA program pests affecting natural environments – prevention, identification, management, and reporting
Clinton Campbell, State Operations Coordinator | United States Department of Agriculture

Forest Insect and Disease Issues in Ecological Restoration
Glenn Kohler, Forest Entomologist | WA Department of Natural Resources

Q&A | Facilitated by Charlie Vogelheim, Green Cities Project Manager| Forterra, and Planning Committee Co-chair

• USDA Forest Service insect & disease field guides and websites for Region 6

2:30 – 4:00pm | The coleoptera in the coalmine: Monitoring with invertebrates

From the Mountains to the Metropolis, Integrating Aquatic Invertebrates into Restoration Design and Monitoring
Sarah Morley, Research Ecologist | Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA

Trends in native forest insect pests; the Pacific Northwest as a case study
Alex Pane, PhD Candidate | UW School of Environmental and Forest Sciences

Q&A | Facilitated by Rodney Pond, Executive Director | Sound Salmon Solutions

• The Secret Life of Rivers by Leaping Frog Films
• Macro photography of Jan Hamrsky at Life in Freshwater.net

 

Planning Committee Members

Joy Wood, Co-chair	Founder, Principal Restoration Ecologist and Stewardship Specialist, Restoration Analytics & Design LLC
Charlie Vogelheim, Co-Chair	Green Cities Project Manager, Forterra
Rolf Gersonde	Senior Environmental Analyst, Seattle Public Utilities
Elby Jones	Green Cities Program Manager, Forterra
Remy Mathonnet	UW Master of Environmental Horticulture student
Rodney Pond	Executive Director, Sound Salmon Solutions
Regina Wandler	Stewardship Manager, Skagit Land Trust

Sponsors:

 

 

 

 

Supporters:

Anchor QEA

Garden Cycles LLC

Go Natives! Nursery

Herrera Environmental Consultants

Restoration Analytics & Design LLC

Society of Wetland Scientists

2019 Symposium:
Restoration Beyond the Reference System

Theoretical, practical, and ethical dimensions in managing for ecosystem function rather than species assemblages in a complex and forever changing landscape

Wednesday, March 27, 2019
9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Reception to follow, 4:00 – 6:00pm
UW Botanic Gardens
Center for Urban Horticulture – NHS Hall
3501 NE 41st St.
Seattle, WA 98105

Symposium Announcement (PDF)

Detailed Agenda

Restoration practitioners are challenged by projects in which recovery toward a reference model community is not attainable. In these cases, it becomes advantageous to restore ecosystem function, rather than a historical suite of species. In this symposium, we will look at restoring ecosystems beyond reference conditions − from the theoretical background, practical application, and ethical dimensions that practitioners need to understand in order to restore ecological communities and functions across a complex and ever-changing landscape.

This symposium is co-sponsored by the University of Washington Botanic Gardens and the Northwest Chapter of the Society for Ecological Restoration and is part of a collaboration to provide continuing education for restoration ecology practitioners. Come to ask questions, to hear your colleagues’ stories of their successes and challenges, and to learn about cutting-edge approaches being used to improve restoration project success.

*NEW in 2019: REMOTE ATTENDANCE: We are excited to offer remote attendance, helping make this symposium more accessible to a broader audience throughout our region.

Presentations:

• Novel and designed ecosystems: challenges for ecological restoration
  Dr. Eric Higgs, Professor of Environmental Studies | University of Victoria (Presentation PDFs: Part 1 Part 2)
• Reference Communities: Classification of Native Vegetation in the Pacific Northwest
  Tynan Ramm-Granberg, Vegetation Ecologist | Washington Dept. of Natural Resources, Natural Heritage Program (Presentation PDF)
• Union Bay Natural Area: A Dynamic Mosaic of Visions
  Rodney Pond, Executive Director | Sound Salmon Solutions (Presentation PDF)
• Cross-wise: When climate impacts intertwine with human legacies
  Emily Howe, PhD, Aquatic & Estuarine Ecologist | The Nature Conservancy (Presentation PDF)
• Conservation of an Endangered Butterfly and the Management of Novel Plant Assemblages
  Amy Lambert, Ph.D., Full-Time Lecturer | University of Washington, Bothell, School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences (Presentation PDF)
• Indigenous Restoration Perspectives (Presentation PDF)
  Ashley Alvarez, Unangan, Black, & Filipina, Co-owner of Indigenous Roots LLC
  Pah-tu Pitt, Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Member, Native Kut
• Diversity as strength: A rainbow of goals and approaches
  Emma Marris, Environmental writer (Presentation PDF)

Sponsors:

 

 

 

 

Supporters:

Garden Cycles LLC

Herrera Environmental Consultants

Restoration Analytics & Design LLC

Society of Wetland Scientists 

 

Friends: 

Forterra

Sound Salmon Solutions

The Watershed Company

 

2018 Symposium
Restoration in a Changing Climate: Adapting Practices to Meet Long-term Goals

Tuesday, April 10, 2018
9:00 am – 4:00 pm

University of Washington Botanic Gardens
Center for Urban Horticulture
3501 NE 41st St.
Seattle, WA 98105

 

Numerous management guidelines suggest incorporating climate change effects into planning and design of ecological restoration projects. This provides practitioners with challenges of balancing multiple sometimes conflicting goals in actionable restoration design. Practitioners learn by case studies, the application of ecological science and study. This symposium will provide examples of how general guidelines for climate change adaptation were incorporated into existing projects in the Pacific Northwest. While introducing their local restoration projects, practitioners will highlight which pertinent questions of restoration and adaptation they have addressed and conclude with take-home messages for the practitioner community on how to transfer their experience to related settings.

Symposium Announcement (PDF)

Program Agenda (PDF)

Presentations

• Buying time in a warmer climate: From restoration to resilience (Presentation PDF)
  David L. Peterson, Professor | University of Washington, School of Environmental and Forest Sciences
• Climate change and restoration on the Stillaguamish Delta: Lessons learned (Presentation PDF)
  Roger Fuller, Ecosystem Ecologist | Western Washington University, Huxley College of the Environment
• Considering seed provenance and plant sourcing for climate-resilient ecological restoration (Presentation PDF)
  Matt Distler, Staff Ecologist | Oxbow Farm & Conservation Center
• Weeds and habitat shifts in a changing climate: Modelling and responding (Presentation PDF)
  Steven Seefeldt, PhD, Assistant Research Faculty | WSU-Mount Vernon NW Research and Extension Center
• Climate change adaptation planning and restoration project implementation to preserve treaty protected resources (Presentation PDF)
  Brett Shattuck, Restoration Ecologist | The Tulalip Tribes

 

Sponsors:

 

 

 

 

Supporters:

EarthCorps

Herrera Environmental Consultants

Society of Wetland Scientists 

2017 Symposium:
Applying Ecological Concepts to Project Design

Wednesday, May 10, 2017
8:30 am – 3:30 pm
University of Washington Botanic Gardens
Center for Urban Horticulture – NHS Hall
3501 NE 41st St.
Seattle, WA 98105

Symposium Announcement

Program Agenda

An extensive network of professional restoration practitioners are actively engaged in restoring habitats in the Pacific Northwest. In the Ecological Restoration Symposium, we will present case studies to explore lessons learned from recent projects, enhance participants’ understanding and knowledge of best practices, and stimulate thinking about alternative approaches to tackle thorny problems. Come to ask questions, to hear your colleagues’ stories of their successes and challenges, and to learn about cutting-edge approaches being used to improve restoration project success. This symposium is co-sponsored by the University of Washington Botanic Gardens and the Northwest Chapter of the Society for Ecological Restoration and is part of a new collaboration to provide continuing education for restoration ecology practitioners.

Speakers:

• Kern Ewing, Professor | University of Washington School of Environmental and Forest Sciences
  • Email: kern@uw.edu
  • Presentation: The Ecology in Restoration (PDF)
• Joshua Chenoweth, Restoration Ecologist | Olympic National Park
  • Email: Joshua_chenoweth@nps.gov 
  • Presentation: Managing Primary Succession in a Dewatered Reservoir after Dam Removal (PDF)
  • Olympic National Park, Elwha River Restoration website
• Judy Blanco, Director of Riparian Restoration | Forterra
  • Email: jblanco@forterra.org
  • Presentation: Riparian Knotweed Control Strategies at the Landscape Scale (PDF)
  • Forterra, Riparian Restoration website
• Rodney Pond, Executive Director | Sound Salmon Solutions
  • Email: Rodney@soundsalmonsolutions.org
  • Presentation: Designing for Functional Resilience (PDF)
  • Sound Salmon Solutions website
• Morgan Ruff, Snohomish Basin Capital Projects Coordinator | Tulalip Tribes
  • Email: mruff@tulaliptribes-nsn.gov
  • Presentation: Protecting Hydrology (PDF)
  • WRIA 7 Climate Change Impacts to Salmon Issue Paper
  • Snohomish River Basin Salmon Conservation Plan (view plan) (view appendices)
  • Snohomish Basin Protection Plan (view Plan) (view Technical Appx.) (view Recommendations Appx.)
  • Snohomish Basin Protection Early Action Reports (Woods Creek Water Typing) (Skykomish Land Protection Assessment)
  • Tulalip Tribes website
• Beth leDoux, Snoqualmie Watershed Technical Coordinator | King County Water and Land Resources Division
  • Email: beth.ledoux@kingcounty.gov
  • Presentation: Incorporating Climate Change into Our Salmon Recovery Plans (PDF)
  • Handout: leDoux_SalmonClimateImpacts_Handout (002)
  • King County Water and Land Resources Division website
• Sarah Hamman, Restoration Ecologist | Center for Natural Lands Management
  • Email: shamman@cnlm.org
  • Presentation: Combining Adaptive Management with Science-based Strategies to Improve Restoration Success (PDF)
  • Center for Natural Lands Management website

Additional Resources:

• Reed Canarygrass Annotated Bibliography, Boundary Hydroelectric Project (P-2144), Terrestrial Resources Management Plan. Prepared by Seattle City Light ecologist, Scott Luchessa. (PDF)
• Reed Canarygrass (Phalaris arundinacea L.) Control & Management in the Pacific Northwest. Mandy Tu, The Nature Conservancy’s Wildland Invasive Species Team The Nature Conservancy, Oregon Field Office, 2004.
• King County Noxious Weed Control Program BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES King County Noxious Weed Control Program REED CANARYGRASS BMP 206-477-9333 Website: www.kingcounty.gov/weeds February 2015, Page 1 Reed Canarygrass

For those interested in restoring native emergent wetlands or wet prairie:

• Wisconsin Reed Canary Grass Management Working Group. 2009. Reed Canary Grass (Phalaris arundinacea) Management Guide: Recommendations for Landowners and Restoration Professionals
• Practical Guidelines for Wetland Prairie Restoration in the Willamette Valley, Oregon. Field-Tested Methods and Techniques. Krueger et al. 2014.

Professional Credits Approved: APLD (4), ASLA (5), ecoPRO (5), NALP/WALP (5), ASCA (3), SER CERP (5), ISA (4.75)

Contact:  urbhort@uw.edu / 206-685-8033

Sponsors:

 

 

 

 

Supporters:

Herrera Environmental Consultants
Washington State Department of Ecology
Society of Wetland Scientists

Friends:

Sound Salmon Solutions