Date

Subject

Reading

9/30

Introduction

10/2

What is restoration ecology?

SER 2004

10/5

Why? I – pragmatic

MA 2005

10/7

Why? II – ethical

Jordan 2000; Receive Leopold Assignment 1

10/9

Why? III – regulatory

EPA 2008; USFWS 2009

10/10

OPTIONAL Extra Credit Opportunity – Work party from 10-noon at UBNA sponsored by the UW Student Guild of SER.  Contact seruw@uw.edu for details.

10/12

To what? Reference conditions

Egan & Howell 2001 (pages 1-15)

10/14

Case study: Elwha dam removal and restoration. Guest lecture by Dr. Jerry Freilich, Olympic National Park.  A video of the lecture is available here (note that it is ~ 400 MB, and can be opened in Quick Time Player or RealPlayer)

Read Duda et al. 2008 and Winter & Crain 2008

10/16

To what? Goals / range of variability / models

Clewell & Aronson 2007; Review Egan & Howell 2001

10/19

How? I – assessment

D’Antonio & Meyerson 2002

10/21

How? II – restoration design. Guest lecture by Dr. Jim Fridley, SFR.

Pastorok et al. 1997; Lawson 1997 (this is ~ 10 MB and is available as one file here or as two files here and here).

10/23

How? III – implementation

None!

10/26

How? IV – maintenance and monitoring

Ruiz-Jaen & Aide 2005

10/28

Why? IV

Read ‘The Upshot’ from Leopold 1949 (A Sand County Almanac).  Leopold Assignment 1 due.

10/30

Case study: Garry oak ecosystems

TNC 2008.  Receive mid-term exam.

11/2

RE: Species traits and interactions

11/4

RE: biodiversity

Noss 1990

11/6

RE: biodiversity II

Falk 2006; Mid-term due

11/9

RE: disturbance

White & Jentsch 2004

11/11

No School – Veterans Day

11/13

RE: ecosystem dynamics; Introduction to ‘Art and Restoration’ (Ms. Amy Lambert, SFR)

Suding & Gross 2006; Receive Leopold Assignment 2

11/16

RE: ecosystem dynamics II

11/18

RE: community assembly

Young et al. 2001.  Receive optional mid-term make-up assignment.

11/20

To what? An international perspective

Gann & Lamb 2006; Aronson et al. 2000

11/23

Interdisciplinary nature (IN): economics

Holl & Howarth 2000

11/25

IN: ethics/philosophy

Light 2002.  Optional mid-term make-up assignment due (in class).

11/27

No School – Thanksgiving Break

11/30

IN: policy

12/2

Case study: Restoration of structural complexity in plantation forests. Guest lecture by Mr. Derek Churchill, SFR.

FS 2002 (required); Wilson & Puettmann 2007 (optional)

12/4

To what? Restoration in a changing climate

SER position statement; Harris et al. 2006; Leopold Assignment 2 due

12/7

Case study: Washington Department of Transportation. Guest lecture by Ms. Susan Buis.

12/9

IN: psychology

Schroeder 2000

12/11

Review

12/14

FINAL EXAM @ 8:30-10:20 am