Hi all, I had the pleasure of moderating a great panel discussion here in Dayton at the Natural Areas Conference this last fall. I just found out the video is posted and I thought some might appreciate the discussion:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqVcGSlmFC8 The participants are: Reed Noss http://biology.cos.ucf.edu/faculty/reed-noss/ Keith Bowers http://www.biohabitats.com/ Hugh Safford: http://www.des.ucdavis.edu/faculty/Harrison/people/hugh/HDSafford-CV%201-15-2013.pdf Emma Marris http://emmamarris.com/ Here are the talking points that I posed to the panel: (1) What value, if any, do pre-European landscape conditions have for establishing targets for conservation or restoration in North America? (2) Should conservation and restoration activities be tailored to proactively address climate change. If so, how can we prudently incorporate practices such as assisted migration into existing management philosophies? (3) If natural areas managers were to embrace a Novel Ecosystems approach, how would they go about setting priorities for habitat protection or restoration? (4) What is a prudent burden of proof for eradicating exotic species from a natural area? Best Wishes, Ryan Ryan W. McEwan, PhD Associate Professor of Ecology Department of Biology The University of Dayton 300 College Park, Dayton, OH 45469-2320 Office phone: 1.937.229.2558 Email: [email protected] Lab: http://academic.udayton.edu/ryanmcewan Twitter: https://twitter.com/mcewanlab
