Spring 2013 Schedule
May 7th
Kathie Mattor
Doctoral Candidate
Forest & Rangeland Stewardship Department
Colorado State University
USDA Forest Service stewardship contracts and collaboration:
Where are they being used and why?
ABSTRACT: Stewardship end result contracting, or stewardship contracting, is a policy tool intended to simultaneously achieve forest management and community objectives through collaborative processes by the USDA Forest Service (USFS) and USDI Bureau of Land Management. Even though stewardship contracting was established over a decade ago, the extent to which it is meeting these policy intentions and the factors influencing its implementation are not well understood. The purpose of this research is to explore the factors influencing the use of collaboration in stewardship contracting by the USFS, as well as the role of collaboration in meeting its intended policy objectives. A three-stage analysis of stewardship contracts has been conducted to identify: 1) the overall distribution of stewardship contracts and agreements across the U.S. between 1999 and 2011; 2) the levels of collaboration and associated outcomes across US; and 3) the factors influencing the decision to use stewardship contracting and collaboration through case studies in USFS Region 2.
January 29: Heidi Huber-Sterns, Doctoral Student, Department of Forest & Rangeland Stewardship, Colorado State University. “What is PWS? A catalog and typology of incentive-based watershed programs in the Western United States.”
HOST: Dr. Tony Cheng
February 5: Claire DeLeo,Plant Ecologist, Boulder County Parks and Open Space. “Developing a native plant materials program.”
HOST: Dr. Mark Paschke
February 12: Carl Reeder, Peace Corps Masters International Student in Forest Sciences, Department of Forest & Rangeland Stewardship, Colorado State University. “The long-view approach to conservation partnerships: My experience as a Peace Corps Masters International student in Ethiopia.”
HOST: Dr. Courtney Schultz
February 19 - 20: Front Range Student Ecology Symposium, Lory Student Center. Attend at least one talk and submit a write-up about it.
February 26: Dr. Peter Brown, Director, Rocky Mountain Tree-Ring Research. “Reconstructing and visualizing forest structure for forest restoration efforts: Some examples from ongoing work in Front Range montane forests.”
February 12: Carl Reeder, Peace Corps Masters International Student in Forest Sciences, Department of Forest & Rangeland Stewardship, Colorado State University. “The long-view approach to conservation partnerships: My experience as a Peace Corps Masters International student in Ethiopia.”
HOST: Dr. Courtney Schultz
February 19 - 20: Front Range Student Ecology Symposium, Lory Student Center. Attend at least one talk and submit a write-up about it.
February 26: Dr. Peter Brown, Director, Rocky Mountain Tree-Ring Research. “Reconstructing and visualizing forest structure for forest restoration efforts: Some examples from ongoing work in Front Range montane forests.”
HOST: Matt Brincka
March 5: Mike Battaglia, Research Forester & Scientist, Black Hills Experimental Forest, Rocky Mountain Research Station. “Management options to reduce undesirable fire behavior and effects in Western coniferous forests.”
March 12: M. Francesca Cotrufo, PhD, Professor in the Department of Soil & Crop Sciences, Senior Scientist in the Natural Resource Ecology Lab, Colorado State University. “Black carbon: From natural disturbance to management practice.”
March 26: POSTPONED UNTIL FALL Suzanne Bassinger, High Park Fire Recovery Manager, Larimer County.
April 2: Denise Culver, Ecologist, Colorado Natural Heritage Program, Colorado State University. “Tools for Colorado wetlands: Essential information for identification, assessment, and conservation.”
HOST: Dr. Robin Reich
April 9: Erin Belval, Doctoral Candidate, Forest & Rangeland Stewardship Department, Colorado State University. “A stochastic integer programming model for optimizing suppression resource assignments on a wildfire.”
April 16: Justin L. Reeves, Research Ecologist, High Plains Grasslands Research Station,Agricultural Research Station. “Differential impacts of seasonal weather conditions on beef cattle production in the Great Plains.”
HOST: Dr. Paul Meiman
April 23: Jill Oropeza, Watershed Specialist, Water Resources & Treatment, City of Fort Collins Utilities. “Impacts to the City of Fort Collins water supply resulting from landscape level changes in vegetation, and the effectiveness of mitigation efforts.”
HOST: Dr. Yu Wei
April 30: Janusz Szmyt, Faculty of Forestry, Silviculture Department, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Poznan, Poland. “Forests and forestry in Poland.”
May 7: Kathie Mattor, Doctoral Candidate, Forest & Rangeland Stewardship Department, Colorado State University. “USDA Forest Service stewardship contracts and collaboration: Where are they being used and why?”
March 5: Mike Battaglia, Research Forester & Scientist, Black Hills Experimental Forest, Rocky Mountain Research Station. “Management options to reduce undesirable fire behavior and effects in Western coniferous forests.”
March 12: M. Francesca Cotrufo, PhD, Professor in the Department of Soil & Crop Sciences, Senior Scientist in the Natural Resource Ecology Lab, Colorado State University. “Black carbon: From natural disturbance to management practice.”
March 26: POSTPONED UNTIL FALL Suzanne Bassinger, High Park Fire Recovery Manager, Larimer County.
April 2: Denise Culver, Ecologist, Colorado Natural Heritage Program, Colorado State University. “Tools for Colorado wetlands: Essential information for identification, assessment, and conservation.”
HOST: Dr. Robin Reich
April 9: Erin Belval, Doctoral Candidate, Forest & Rangeland Stewardship Department, Colorado State University. “A stochastic integer programming model for optimizing suppression resource assignments on a wildfire.”
April 16: Justin L. Reeves, Research Ecologist, High Plains Grasslands Research Station,Agricultural Research Station. “Differential impacts of seasonal weather conditions on beef cattle production in the Great Plains.”
HOST: Dr. Paul Meiman
April 23: Jill Oropeza, Watershed Specialist, Water Resources & Treatment, City of Fort Collins Utilities. “Impacts to the City of Fort Collins water supply resulting from landscape level changes in vegetation, and the effectiveness of mitigation efforts.”
HOST: Dr. Yu Wei
April 30: Janusz Szmyt, Faculty of Forestry, Silviculture Department, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Poznan, Poland. “Forests and forestry in Poland.”
May 7: Kathie Mattor, Doctoral Candidate, Forest & Rangeland Stewardship Department, Colorado State University. “USDA Forest Service stewardship contracts and collaboration: Where are they being used and why?”
