Forest Restoration from the District Ranger Chair. Elizabeth Davy, District Ranger, United States Forest Service, Island Park, ID.
Location
USU Eccles Conference Center
Event Website
https://www.restoringthewest.org/
Abstract
I am a Ranger, but I am a forest ecologist as well. When I functioned as a specialist and spoke for the trees and their ecosystems, it seemed so simple. Act on the research, maintain HRV, keep your landscapes resilient to perturbation, and mimic Mother Nature. Now that I am a manager of all resources it becomes much more complicated or at least for me it does; balancing competing interests, goals and objectives from resource specialists and the public. I will highlight some of our successes and our challenges we face with restoration projects. Of course since I am a forester it will be all about trees and that landscape!
Forest Restoration from the District Ranger Chair. Elizabeth Davy, District Ranger, United States Forest Service, Island Park, ID.
USU Eccles Conference Center
I am a Ranger, but I am a forest ecologist as well. When I functioned as a specialist and spoke for the trees and their ecosystems, it seemed so simple. Act on the research, maintain HRV, keep your landscapes resilient to perturbation, and mimic Mother Nature. Now that I am a manager of all resources it becomes much more complicated or at least for me it does; balancing competing interests, goals and objectives from resource specialists and the public. I will highlight some of our successes and our challenges we face with restoration projects. Of course since I am a forester it will be all about trees and that landscape!
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/rtw/2017/Oct17/6
Comments
Currently I am the District Ranger for Ashton/Island Park Ranger district on the Caribou-Targhee National Forest in southeastern Idaho. I manage approximately 650,000 acres and over 25 employees. I have been in this job for seven years. Prior to Rangering, I was and still am a Forester and Silviculturist. Forest restoration and ecology is my passion and prime interest. I have worked for the Forest Service for almost 30 years and most of that time has been spent in the Greater Yellowstone Area. I live in Driggs and Ashton, Idaho. My husband and I have two dogs and enjoy outdoor sports including cross-country skiing, biking, hiking, gardening and playing with our grandchildren.