Bridging Science and Management

This three day conference will bring together natural resource managers from federal and state agencies, non-governmental organizations, scientists, decision-makers, and additional stakeholders in the Upper Mississippi River System (UMRS) as well as the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley. An important component of this conference will be linking scientific expertise to specific restoration issues in an effort to provide better solutions to ecosystem management problems encountered in the UMRS. Presentations will highlight case studies that exemplify successes and failures encountered when applying ecosystem restoration techniques to large river bottomland ecosystems. The third day of the conference will consist of field trips to bottomland restoration sites in the region surrounding the Confluence of the Mississippi, Illinois and Missouri Rivers.

DATES:  March 8-10, 2011

LOCATION:  Double-Tree Hotel  Collinsville, Illinois (just outside St. Louis, Missouri)

AGENDA ITEMS INCLUDE:

• Historic and current forest conditions
• Hydrology and hydro-geomorphology
• Effects of river impoundment on floodplain connectivity and plant community diversity
• Disturbances and their impact on vegetation – legacy of the 1993 flood
• Long-term impacts associated with climate variability
• Ecosystem services
• Wildlife habitat
  
• Management of existing bottomland forests
• Establishment of new bottomland forests
• Restoration planning
• Invasive species
• Future directions for management
  
  
  
  Sponsored by the National Great Rivers Research and Education Center, the U.S. Forest Service,
  Northeastern Area State & Private Forestry
  

  Conference Organizers:  Theresa Heyer (at)   This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  (or)  651-649-5239
  Lyle Guyon(at) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it (or) 618-468-2870
  
  Planning Committee Members