Seminar Schedule Spring 2013
All seminars are 4:00 to 5:00 PM in Room 017 of the Southwest Forest Science Complex
(Building 82) on the campus of Northern Arizona University
(campus map).
A reception for the speaker with food and refreshments precedes
the seminar in the lounge in front of the seminar room (3:30-4:00 PM). If you would
like to schedule an appointment with a speaker, please contact the student host.
No parking permit is needed for any vehicle with state, federal, or tribal license
plates. Other persons can get a free permit from the host during the 30-minute reception
before each seminar.
Date | Speaker | Seminar Title | Host |
Jan 23 |
Dr. Vernon Pfannenstiel; Peabody Coal |
Reclamation best practices and possibly integrated planning operation and reclamation |
Kevin Terlep |
Jan 30 |
Molly Hunter; Northern Arizona University |
Keeping fire out of the desert: Buffelgrass control efforts in Southern Arizona |
David Medford |
Feb 6 |
Dr. Joel Diamond; Arizona Game and Fish Department |
Evaluating the temporal and spatial distribution of bat species habitat use in Arizona |
Erin Saunders |
Feb 13 |
Dr. Tad Theimer; Northern Arizona University |
Flagstaff's skunks: challenges of studying the urban ecology of an unpopular mammal |
Karl Jarvis |
Feb 20 | |
NAU closure | |
Feb 27 |
Jeff Gagnon; Arizona Game and Fish |
Innovative methods for resolving wildlife-highway issues in Arizona |
Cecilia Schmidt |
March 6 |
Betsy Goodrich; Northern Arizona University |
Roadside environmental impacts of magnesium chloride-based dust suppressants in two Colorado counties |
Michelle Reilly |
March 13 |
Dr. John Costello; The State University of New York |
On the road toward a universal index of forest sustainability |
Gennaro Falco |
March 27 |
Dr. Pete Bettinger; University of Georgia |
Some interesting forest planning challenges of the southern United States |
Ben Bagdon |
April 3 | |
no seminar | |
April 10 |
Dr. Carol Chambers; Northern Arizona University |
Large forest patches increase bat species diversity in a fragmented landscape in Nicaragua |
Michelle Reilly |
April 17 |
Dr. Andrew Graves, USFS Forest Health Protection, Albuquerque |
Redefining the exotic forest pest
|
Adam Polinko
|
April 24 |
Dr. William Flatley, Northern Arizona University |
Do fires burn in forests east of the Mississippi River? |
Betsy Goodrich |
May 1 |
Dr. Ray Callaway, University of Montana |
Soil biota and exotic plant invasion |
Rob Strahan |