RESTORING THE WEST CONFERENCE 2008
Frontiers in Aspen Restoration

September 16-18, 2008, Utah State University, Logan, Utah

Interest in western aspen forests and their restoration and management remains high. This year we will build on the foundation laid by this conference in September 2006 where we discussed aspen management and restoration efforts going on throughout the West. We will cover aspen biology and ecology, possible effects of climate change on aspen forests, trends in aspen management, monitoring, human dimensions of aspen ecosystems, and other topics. It will appeal to managers and researchers, including public and private land managers, landowners, and others. This year's conference will include two full days (the 16th and 17th) of invited presentations with a poster session, and a final half day of roundtables/workshops to discuss how best to move aspen restoration efforts forward. Anyone can propose a poster presentation; a request for submissions along with instructions will come out mid-summer.

Early registration is open until September 5. The conference begins at 8:30 am on Tuesday September 16 and concludes at noon on Thursday September 18 after a morning of roundtable workshops. An optional meeting of the Western Aspen Alliance from 1:30 to 3:00 will follow and is open to all.

This conference is organized and sponsored by Utah State University (Ecology Center, Wildland Resources Department, College of Natural Resources, and Cooperative Extension), the Western Aspen Alliance, and USDA-Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station and State & Private Forestry.