Nevada Pinyon Juniper Restoration and Utilization Summit

The Pinyon Juniper Restoration and Utilization Summit was held in North Las Vegas Dec. 8-9, 2010 (see press release).  Invited participants included U.S. Senator Harry Reid; National Bureau of Land Management Director Bob Abbey, and U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell.

The Summit had conference tracks on community and economic benefits of landscape level actions, private side challenges and opportunities with PJ biomass utilization, key perspectives on Nevada’s needs and requesting federal, state and local support to complete a landscape-scale project, as well as working groups on the second day to learn about regional partnership models, environmental considerations for monitoring and adaptive management, utilization approaches, and tools and incentives.

Documents from the Summit

Summit Related

• Media and Outreach: press release and summary
• Cover
• Welcome Letter
• Agenda
• Partner Supporters
• Pinyon-Juniper White Paper
• Senator Reid's Letter
• Speaker Biographies
• Resource Concepts Inc. White Paper
• Statement of Purpose
• Implementation Plan

Policy and Guidance

• USDA Policy Guidance
• US Secretary of the Interior Policy Guidance
• BLM Policy Guidance
• EPA Policy Guidance
• Nevada Partners for Conservation and Development MOU for Management of Sagebrush Communities
• Perryman et al.; Viewpoint in Rangelands
• Tausch et al. presentation; PJ Shrubland Trends
• Rollins and Kobayashi paper; Fire Suppression Cost
• Nevada Association of Counties PJ Resolution
• NV Cattlemans Association and Woolgrowers Association Resolution

Summit Presentations

• Sarah Adler's Opening Remarks: text, slides
• Dallas Tonsager Keynote Address
• Jeremy Drew presentation; PJ Demonstration Area Introduction and ID Process
• Walter Dunn presentation; New Mexico's Forest Restoration
• Bill Hagy presentation; PJ Tools and Incentives
• Bob Rummer presentation; Harvesting and Transport
• Ed Gee presentation; Partnership Models
• Jim Croce presentation; Utilization Approaches
• Lauren Scott presentation; Woody Biomass Utilization
• Bill Carlson presentation; Tools and Incentives
• Mark Weltz presentation; Quantifying Benefits of Conservation
• Steve Abele presentation; Influencing USFWS Policies
• Susan LeVan presentation; Utilization
• Tanya Anderson presentation; Conservation Forecasting
• Tim Griffiths presentation; Farm Bill Conservation
• Tamzen Stringham presentation; Porter Creek Watershed
• Anthony Frank presentation; From Landfill to Land Improvement
• Jim Croce presentation; Attracting Private Investment
• Bob Abbey talking points
• Tye Petersen presentation; BLM Projects Eastern Nevada
• Doug Martin presentation; Ecosystem In Peril
• Baughman_PJ-Treatments

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