Applied Ecology Section Newsletter   July 2004

 

Greetings!  The Applied, Agroecology, Rangelands, and Soil Ecology Sections are once again planning a joint mixer for the ESA 2004 meeting in Portland, Oregon.  The mixer will be held on Wednesday, 4 August from 6:30 to 8:00 pm, at the Oregon Convention Center, Portland Ballroom 251.  The Applied Section will hold a business meeting toward the end of the mixer to discuss the 2004 election results.  Special thanks to Deborah Ulinski Potter for serving as Chair of the Nominating Committee and for preparing the ballot for this year’s election.  I also thank the 2002-2004 officers, Jon Keeley, Vice Chair, and Dan Binkley, Secretary, for their service to the Section. I have enjoyed my tenure as Chair, and I thank the members of the section for giving me the opportunity to serve.

 

The Applied Ecology Section has selected  Justin Touchon, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Biology at Boston University, to receive a $750 Student Travel Award to attend the 89^th ESA Annual Meeting this summer.  He will be presenting his research  on the interactions of biotic and abiotic risks affecting eggs and larvae of the neotropical tree frog Hyla ebraccata in the symposium “Ecological Implications of Phenotypic Plasticity.”  Congratulations Justin!

 

This year we are also sponsoring the symposium “Ecological Implications of Fuel Reduction Treatments to Reduce Fire Hazards in Forested Landscapes.”  The symposium will be held Thursday, 5 August, 1:30-5:00 pm, in Oregon Ballroom 204 of the Oregon Convention Center.  Many forests today are denser, contain fewer large trees, and have higher fuel loads and greater fuel continuity, increasing the probability of unnaturally severe wildfires.  Until recently, little data that would allow managers to evaluate the ecological comparability of different fuel reduction treatments had been collected.  This symposium brings together researchers affiliated with several large multidisciplinary fuel reduction and stand structure manipulation experiments nationwide. Speakers will present findings from different study disciplines in order to provide the best current understanding of the ecosystem-level impacts that fuel reduction treatments are likely to have.

 

Hope to see you in Portland!

 

Paulette Ford, Chair

Paulette Ford, Research Ecologist 
Rocky Mountain Research Station
333 Broadway SE, Suite 115
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87102-3497, USA
Telephone: 505-724-3670
Fax:  505-724-3688
E-mail:  plford@fs.fed.us