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Land
Trusts, Field Stations, and the Future
of Land Stewardship in the West
Winter/Spring
Lecture Series
February 19, 2003
Bringing scientists together to solve complex
problems:
desertification and research on the Jornada Experimental Range
12:00 Noon
University Union, Havasupai A/B
Ed L.
Frederickson, Research
Scientists
New Mexico State University, USDA-ARS, Jornada Experimental Range
Description of Talk:
Approximately 40% of the Earth’s terrestrial surface
is arid or semiarid. According to United Nations Environment
Programme 75% of these lands are in a degraded condition. In
addition to global impacts of desertification, one-sixth of the
world’s human population is directly affected by a loss in
biological and physical function that affects overall landscape
productivity. Causes leading to desertification of arid and
semi-arid regions are complex and not easily understood.
Understanding human impacts on arid lands and development of
appropriate remedial technologies are dependant upon a strong
interdependent, multidisciplinary approach to science. I will
describe efforts undertaken by the USDA-ARS-Jornada Experimental
Range to integrate diverse scientific interests in an effort to
understand basic arid land biotic and abiotic processes and to use
this understanding to develop needed remediation technologies.
About Ed L. Frederickson
Ed Fredrickson is originally from Scotts
Mills, Oregon were he was worked as a logger, welder and psychiatric
aide. He is currently a scientist with the USDA-ARS-Jornada
Experimental Range working in the areas of biochemical ecology and
mammalian herbivory.
Also on February 19, 2002
The business of science at a large field station:
lessons from the Jornada Experimental Range
2:00 P.M.
University Union, Havasupai A/B
Kris
Havstad, Supervisory Scientist
New Mexico State University, USDA-ARS, Jornada Experimental Range
Description of Talk:
The Jornada Experimental Range is a 193,000-acre
research facility created in 1912. Over the decades this field
station has made substantial contributions to the scientific
literature on the ecology and management of arid lands. However, in
the 1980's the federal government considered closing this field
station. The implementation of a business vision to reinvigorate the
research program at this station has resulted in revitalization of
science at the Jornada. This seminar will describe central elements
of this business plan that have contributed to the successful
reestablishment of the Jornada's science program.
About Kris Havstad
Kris Havstad is the USDA, Agricultural
Research Service's supervisory scientist at the Jornada Experimental
Range. This is a position he has held since 1989. Before that he was
a member of the faculty at Montana State University in Bozeman,
Montana. He has 30 years of experience either working at or
directing research at field stations in Oregon, Utah, Montana, and
New Mexico. His current publications can be viewed at:
http://usda-ars.nmsu.edu/
Series Schedule:
(click on date for more information)
January 29
12:00 Noon
University Union,
Havasupai Room |
Remote Landscapes and
High Biodiversity: Field Station Management in the
Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona
Wade Serbrooke, Ph.D.
Director, American Museum of Natural History
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February 19
12:00 Noon
University Union,
Havasupai Room |
Bringing scientists
together to solve problems: desertification and research
on the Jornada Experimental Range
Ed L. Frederickson
Research Scientist, New Mexico State University
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February 19
2:00 P.M.
University Union,
Havasupai Room |
The business of science
at a large field station: lessons from the Jornada
Experimental Range
Kris Havstad
Supervisory Scientist, New Mexico State University
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March 5
12:00 Noon
University Union,
Havasupai Room |
Biological Field
Stations: An opportunity to walk the talk
Phillipe S. Cohen, Ph.D.
Administrative Director, Stanford University
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March 12
12:00 Noon
University Union,
Havasupai Room |
Making the science
relevant to management and policy: lessons from the
Pacific Northwest
Art McKee
Director, Andrews Experimental Forest, The University of
Montana
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March 26
12:00 Noon
University Union,
Havasupai Room |
Land stewardship and
conservation in the Colorado Rockies: local, regional, and
global issues
John Harte
Professor of Environmental Sciences, University of
California, Berkeley
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April 1
12:00 Noon
University Union,
Kaibab Room |
Whole thinking for land
conservationists
Peter Forbes
Director, Trust for Public Land, Center for Land and
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All lectures are free, open to the
public, and handicap accessible.
Co-sponsored by:
Ecological Monitoring and Assessment
Merriam-Powell Center for Environmental Research
Centennial Forest
Trust for Public Lands
and the Diablo Trust
If you have questions, call David Fiss at (928) 523-7087
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