Date

Topic

Reading

Notes

9/28

Introduction

9/30

What is restoration ecology?

SER 2004

10/3

Why? I—pragmatic reasons

MA 2005

10/5

Why? II—ethical considerations

Jordan 2000

Receive Leopold Assignment 1

10/7

Why? III—regulatory

EPA 2008; USFWS 2011

10/10

To what? Reference conditions

Egan & Howell 2001 (pages 1-15)

10/12

Case study: Elwha dam removal and restoration.  Guest lecture by Dr. Jerry Freilich, Olympic National Park. (Available as a 32 MB PPT file or a 6 MB PDF file)

Read Duda et al. 2008 and Winter & Crain 2008

10/14

How? I—assessment

D’Antonio & Meyerson 2002

10/17

How? II—restoration design.  Guest lecture by Dr. Kern Ewing, SFR.

None!

10/18

OPTIONAL EXTRA CREDIT EVENT: Screening of Green Fire documentary; 7 pm @ Neptune Theater.

Tickets are free for UW students with RSVP.  See here for details.

10/19

How? III—implementation

None!

10/21

How? IV—maintenance and monitoring

Ruiz-Jaen & Aide 2005

10/24

Case study: Prairie habitat restoration for rare butterflies. Guest lecture by Mr. Eric Delvin, SFR.

Sinclair et al. 2006

10/26

Why? IV

‘The Upshot’ from A Sand County Almanac

Leopold Assignment 1 due

10/28

Mid-term exam

10/31

RE: autecology

Baskin et al. 1997

11/2

RE: trophic interactions

Ripple & Beschta 2007

Instructions for optional mid-term make-up assignment

11/4

To what? Goals / range of variability / models

Clewell & Aronson 2007; Review Egan & Howell 2001

11/7

Case study: Restoration of dry forests. Guest lecture by Mr. Derek Churchill, SFR.

Franklin et al. 2008 (required); Allen et al. 2002 (optional); Hessburg et al. 2005 (optional)

11/9

RE: biodiversity

Noss 1990; Falk 2006

OPTIONAL mid-term make-up assignment due in class. 

11/11

No School—Veteran’s Day

11/14

RE: disturbance

White & Jentsch 2004

Receive Leopold Assignment 2

11/16

RE: ecosystem dynamics

Suding & Gross 2006

11/18

Case study: Roadside restoration. Guest lecture by Ms. Susan Buis, WSDOT.

Buis 2010

11/21

Case study: Restoration of arid environments.  Guest lecture by Ms. Eva Dettweiler-Robinson, SFR.

Last names A-H: Holmgren & Scheffer 2001

Last names I-P: Pyke & Archer 1991

Last names Q-Z: Archer & Pyke 1991

11/23

RE: community assembly

Young et al. 2001

11/25

No School—Thanksgiving Break

11/28

IN: art. Guest lecture by Dr. Amy Lambert, UW Bothell

Remediate/Re-vision 2010 (skim; read pages 31-33)

11/30

IN: economics

Holl & Howarth 2000

12/2

IN: psychology.  Guest lecture by Dr. Stanley Asah, SFR.

Measham & Barnett 2008

Leopold Assignment 2 due

12/5

IN: policy

Hobbs et al. 2004 (optional: Abensperg-Traun et al. 2004)

12/7

To what? Restoration in a changing climate

Harris et al. 2006

12/9

To what? An international perspective.

Linkages to restoration-related programs and courses at UW

Gann & Lamb 2006; Aronson et al. 2000

12/12

Final Exam—8:30-10:20 am

CFR 590 students:  research papers due