This article explores the differences in the two primary drone platforms, the various products they can produce, and a variety of applications pertinent to restoration ecology.
Solarization: A Simple and Low Cost Method for Disinfesting Horticultural Containers
Nursery Plants as a Pathway for Plant Pathogen Invasion Precautions are needed to protect our restoration investments
With the broad range of plants susceptible to Phytophthora and other plant pathogens, there is the potential in restoration activities to inadvertently introduce Phytophthora-infected nursery stock into sensitive habitats, setting up a direct pathway for pathogen introduction and spread, and destroying the ecological values that restoration is trying to enhance.
Collaboration, Implementation, and Practice: Highlights from SERCAL 2016 in Tahoe
SERCAL 2016 Poster Presentations
Riparian & Wetlands
Preventing the Spread of Plant Pathogens
Montane Meadows
Mono Lake / Desert Systems
Fire and Post-Fire
Creativity in Upland Restoration
Creative Collaboration for Multiple Benefits
Creativity, Collaboration, and Cost-Effective Solutions: Enhancing fish habitat on a regulated river, Little Truckee River below Stampede Dam, Nevada County, California
Collaborative Partnership Fosters Adaptive Management: From TMDL implementation to Squaw Creek meadow restoration
Squaw Creek and the montane meadows of Olympic Valley are iconic of Sierra watersheds with prominent visibility as an international tourist destination. As Squaw Creek winds its way down from the Pacific Crest to the Truckee River, three landowners account for about 90% of the watershed’s land base. The protection, restoration, and enhancement of the Squaw Creek watershed warrants participatory collaboration amongst these landowners for the mutual benefit of the resource.
It Can’t Be Done… or Can It? A look (so far) at the adaptively managed Lee Vining Rockfall Project
Adaptive Management: Addressing Uncertainty or a Shell Game?
How Do Plant Invasions and Habitat Restoration Affect Invertebrate Diversity and Function? A meta-analysis and review
Biodiversity and Vulnerability of Aquatic Insects in California
As practitioners tasked to plan or evaluate restoration projects and meet permit requirements in freshwater habitats, we often neglect non-listed species. Half of all freshwater species in California are considered to be vulnerable to extinction, and extinction rates in freshwater ecosystems are 4 to 5 times higher than those of terrestrial systems.
SWAMP’s New Bioassessment Website: A resource for freshwater monitoring and conservation
SWAMP has developed a variety of tools for use in bioassessment, including indices for interpreting stream health based on biological data, taxonomic resources for identifying BMIs and benthic algae, and standard operating procedures for conducting field sampling and sample processing in the laboratory.