Northern California Plant Life
Symposium Program Materials

8:40am - 10:00am - SESSION 1: Rare Plant Monitoring and Management

Moderator: Ann Howald, Garcia and Associates

Jeffrey White, California State University, Chico, "The Biology and Conservation of Locally Rare Plants"
Erin Martin, Shasta Community College, "Habitat Models for Sensitive Lichen Species in the Western Cascades of Oregon"
John Willoughby, U.S. Bureau of Land Management, “Rare Plant Monitoring for Adaptive Management”
Rod MacDonald, Wurlitzer Tuscan Preserve, "Adventures in Establishing a Native Plant Population (Butte County meadowfoam, Limnanthes floccosa ssp. californica) in the Vernal Pool Seasonal Wetlands Ecosystem”

10:20am - 12:00pm - SESSION 2: Ethnobotany and Vegetation Management

Moderator: Gail Kuenster, California Department of Water Resources

Michelle Stevens, California State University, Sacramento, “Ecocultural Restoration of the Mesopotamian Marshes in Iraq ”
Renee Shahrokh, American River College, "California Native Plants: A Native American Perspective"
Susan Campbell, California Indian Basketweavers Association, "Indigenous Uses of Plants"
Don Hankins, California State University, Chico, "Restoring the Patch Mosaic: Indigenous Fire Use as a Management and Conservation Tool"
Dennis Martinez, Native American Forest Management, "Balancing Ecocultural Restoration and Traditional Ecological Knowledge with Western Restoration Ecology"

1:30pm - 3:20pm - SESSION 3: How to Be a Botanist

Moderator: Kristina Schierenbeck, California State University, Chico

Staci Markos, University of California, Berkeley, Jepson Herbarium, "Consortium of California Herbaria and The Jepson Manual, Second Edition: Tools for Botanists"
Michael Mesler, Humboldt State University, “The Many Ways to be a Botanist in Northern California”

Panel Discussion:
David Magney, David Magney Environmental Consulting, “Botanical Certification”
James Bartolome, University of California, Berkeley, “Range Ecologist Certification Program”
Bob Carey, W.M. Beaty & Associates, Inc., “Western Section of the Wildlife Society Certification Program”
Eric Huff, Cal Fire, "History and Purpose of the Professional Foresters Law"

3:40pm - 5:15pm - SESSION 4: Ecological Studies with an Eye to the Future

Moderator: Karen Wiese, U.S. Forest Service

Jim Bishop, Plumas National Forest USDA Forest Service, “Alpine Summits - An International Climate Change Study in Northern California”
Chris Ivey, California State University, Chico, "Consequences of Climate Change for Selection on Phenology in a Northern California Wildflower"
Carl Skinner, Redding Pacific Southwest Research Center USDA Forest Service, "Climate Change and Fire: What Might We Expect?”
Tom Rickman, Lassen National Forest, "Aspen Management on the Eagle Lake Ranger District"

5:15pm Closing Remarks

7:00pm - DINNER

8:00pm - Keynote Speaker: Connie Millar, U.S. Forest Service, PSW Region, "What to Do about Climate Change? Conservation, Blink!, and the Art of Beginner's Mind"

8:00am - 9:50am - SESSION 5: Going Underground

Moderator: Rob Preston, Jones and Stokes Associates

Alice Ratcliff, USDA Forest Service, “Above and Below Ground Responses to Silvacultural Manipulations: A Case Study in Central Oregon Ponderosa Pine”
Robert Schlising, California State University, Chico, “Belowground Behavior in Some Geophytic Lilies (Triteleia)”
Teresa Sholars, College of the Redwoods, “Understanding Below Ground Complexity”
Margot Griswold, EARTHWORKS Restoration, Inc., “From Seeds to Rhizomes: Growing Native Wetland Plants for Dust Control on Owens Lake”

10:10am - 12:00pm - SESSION 6: Wetland Restoration and Mitigation

Moderator: Colby Boggs, North State Resources

Jeff Hart, Hart Restoration, Inc., “Delta Restoration”
Mike Finan, U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, "Clean Water Act Section 404 Mitigation"
John Carlon, River Partners, "A Case Study: Bear River Levee Setback Project-Flood Conveyance, Mitigation, and Restoration"
Andrew Jensen, California State Water Quality Control Board, "State Wetland Regulations and Oversight of Compensatory Wetland Mitigation Projects"

1:00pm - 3:00pm - SESSION 7: Vegetation Mapping and Conservation

Moderator: Todd Keeler-Wolf, California Department of Fish and Game

Colleen Hatfield, California State University, Chico, “Mapping Vegetation in Complex Terrain - Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve - A Case Study”
Arthur Dawson, Sonoma Valley Historical Ecology Program, “Oaks Through Time: Reconstructing Historical Change in Oak Landscapes”
Bob Holland, Geobotanical Phenomenology, “Great Valley Vernal Pool Distribution, Rephotorevised 2005”
Jaymee Marty, The Nature Conservancy, "Habitat Conservation in the Great Central Valley: How do We Decide Where to Work"

3:20pm - 5:00pm - SESSION 8: Northern California Botanical and Ecological Discoveries

Moderator: Julie K. Nelson, U.S. Forest Service

Carri Pirosko, California Department of Food and Agriculture, "A Few More Noxious Weeds to Add to Your Watch List!"
Alison Colwell, U.S. Geological Survey, “New Plant Discoveries at Yosemite National Park”
Roy Buck, Ecosystems West Consulting Group, "Stalking the Wild Streptanthus: A New Species from Northern California"
Ayzik Solomeshch, University of California, Davis, “Vernal Pool Classification”
Len Lindstrand, North State Resources, "Notes on the Discovery of Squashberry (Viburnum edule) in Siskiyou County, a New Shrub Species for California"
Kris Hulvey, University of California, Santa Cruz, “Centaurea solstitialis and Hemizonia Interactions”