Increase your ecological restoration learning and networking opportunities by attending our Pub Talks, hosted in cooperation with the Society for Ecological Restoration and its Northwest Chapter.  The talks last about 30 minutes, followed by discussion and socializing.  Anyone interested in ecological restoration is welcome to attend!

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UPCOMING 2023 PUB TALKS

All upcoming talks will be held in the Community Room of Imagine Nation Brewing at 1151 W. Broadway St. in Missoula.

Identifying creative ways to overcome constraints to ecological restoration – Akasha Faist (University of Montana Assistant Professor Rangeland and Restoration Ecology) – Thursday, April 13 @ 6:00 pm

Beaver Dam Analogs and Floodplain Reconnection – Pedro Marques (director Big Hole Watershed Committee) and Amy Sacry (Restoration Biologist, Geum Environmental Consulting) – Thursday, May 18 @ 6:00 pm

PUB TALK ARCHIVES

2023 Pub Talks

Landscaping for Pollinators - Marirose Kuhlman (Missoula County Habitat Coordinater) and Aimee Kelley (owner Great Bear Native Plants) - Thursday, March 16

Download a .pdf of the Presentation here: 2023 SER talk Landscaping for bees

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Riparian Restoration in Lebanon - Mark Vandermeer (Restoration Ecologist, Watershed Consulting) - February 12, 2020

Download a .pdf of the Presentation here: Riparian Restoration – Lebanon

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2021/2022 No Pub Talks were held during this time

2020 Pub Talks

Twenty years of conservation and restoration of Plum Creek lands in western Montana - Steve Kloetzel (Western Montana Land Steward, The Nature Conservancy) - February 12, 2020

Download a .pdf of the Presentation here: Feb 2020 Pub Talk_Steve Kloetzel

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Invader impacts on soil ecosystems - what every restoration practitioner should know - Ylva Lekberg, Ph.D. (Ecologist and Soil Scientist, MPG Ranch) - January 8, 2020

Download a .pdf of the Presentation here: January 2020_Lekberg_invasion restoration

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2019 Pub Talks

Co-limitation by nitrogen and phosphorous in metal(loid)-contaminated soil following 100 years of smelter aerosol inputs in southwest Montana - Scott Robinson (Ph.D. student, University of Montana) - May 2, 2019

Download a .pdf of the Presentation here:​ May 2 2019 Robinson_SER Pub Talk_Final

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Middle Clark Fork River Watershed Restoration - Paul Parson (Trout Unlimited) - March 21, 2019

Download a .pdf of the Presentation here: Parson_SER_pubtalk_032119_reduced

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Ecological Approaches for Wastewater Treatment - Marisa Sowles (Water Resource Specialist, Geum Environmental Consulting, Inc.) - February 26, 2019

Download a .pdf of the Presentation here: Feb 2019_Sowles_Ecological Approaches to Wastewater Management

Floating Treatment Wetlands for Stormwater & Wastewater Treatment - Catherine Wiechmann (Watershed Consulting LLC) - February 26, 2019

Download a .pdf of the Presentation here: Feb 2019_Weichmann_Floating Islands

2018 Pub Talks

Native Plants R Us - Restoration and Revegetation in Region One - Susan Rienhart (Native Plant Program Manager, United States Forest Service) - May 29, 2018

Download a .pdf of the Presentation here: May 2018__Rinehart_Restoration and Revegetation in Region One

Seed Transfer Zones, What Are They, Why We Use Them, and Next Steps - Alexis Gibson (Post-Doc Researcher, University of Montana Restoration Ecology Lab) - May 29, 2018

Download a .pdf of the Presentation here: May 2018__Gibson_Seed Transfer Zones

Ecology and Management of Invasive Weeds: Prioritizing Weed Management - Dean Pearson (USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station, Missoula, MT) - March 27, 2018

Download a .pdf of the Presentation here: March 2018_Pearson_Ecology and Management of Invasive Weeds

2017 Pub Talks

Understanding the Human Dimensions of River Restoration: Evidence from the Clark Fork River, MT - Elizabeth Covelli Metcalf (Associate Professor, W.A. Franke College of Forestry and Conservation, University of Montana) - September 28, 2017

Download a .pdf of the Presentation here: October 2017_Metcalf_Human Aspect of River Restoration

Stream Restoration Effects on Exchange, Storage and Baseflow Generation - Ninemile Creek - Christine Brissette (Jensco Watershed Hydrology Lab, W.A. Franke College of Forestry and Conservation, University of Montana) - June 13, 2017

Download a .pdf of the Presentation here: June 2017_Brissette_Groundwater

Milltown Dam Floodplain Restoration - Status Update - Amy Sacry (Restoration Ecologist, Geum Environmental Consulting, Inc.) and Cara Nelson (Associate Professor of Restoration Ecology, University of Montana) - April 18, 2017

Download a .pdf of the Presentation here: April 2017_Sacry and Nelson_Milltown Restoration Update

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