We welcome almost 200 speakers who will present on topics of interest to restorationists across North America! The conference program includes the following symposia and organized sessions of contributed presentations (tentatively organized by day, subject to change):
Tuesday:
- Bridging Boundaries: Exploring the Tapestry of Ecological Diversity Across North America
- Models and Place-Based Approaches of Bison Restoration in North America and Europe
- Understanding and conserving genetic diversity in native plant restoration
- Models and Place-Based Approaches of Bison Restoration in North America and Europe
- Integrating Perspectives: Collaborative Strategies Among Designers, Planners, and Implementers
- Sharing Habitats: Supporting Non-human Agency in the Built Environment
- Aquatic and Coastal Ecosystems
- Community Engagement and Education
- Reclaiming Mine Impacted Sites
- Intertidal, Estuary and Coastal Ecosystems
- Socio-Ecological Considerations and Stewardship
- Reclaiming Industrial Disturbed Sites
- Riparian and Wetland Ecosystems
- Drylands and Sagebrush Steppe
- Urban Restoration
Wednesday:
- Restoring Fraser River Estuary Salmon Habitat (ReFRESH): innovative approaches to restoring fish habitat in a large urban estuary in British Columbia
- Visualizing Changing Landscapes for Ecological Restoration
- Amphibian and Reptile Restoration
- Visualizing Changing Landscapes for Ecological Restoration
- Amphibian and Reptile Restoration
- Grasslands and Prairies
- The Role of Non-vascular Plants in Restoration
- Agricultural Landscapes
Thursday:
- Restoring This Place: How Tsleil-Waututh Nation’s Holistic Approach to Restoration Leads to Success!
- Resilience and Applicability of Large-scale Ecosystem Restoration
- Restoring the North: Current Challenges and Practices in Arctic and Boreal Terrestrial Restoration
- Iona Beach Regional Park Ecological Restoration Projects
- Restoration for Climate Resilience
- Landscape and Watershed Level Initiatives
- Forest Restoration Approaches
- Managing Wetland Invasive Species
- Habitat Restoration for Wildlife
- Managing and Promoting Forest Recovery
- Restoration Approaches to Invasive Species Management
- Wetland Monitoring, Assessment and Restoration
- Seed-based Restoration
- Global to Local Seed-based Initiatives