Document Type
Newsletter
Volume
15
Issue
4
Editor
Paul Rogers
Publisher
Western Aspen Alliance
Publication Date
11-2024
First Page
1
Last Page
4
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Abstract
Aspen Stewardship With PBR
Paul C. Rogers, Director, Western Aspen Alliance, Adjunct Professor (Environment & Society), Associate (Ecology Center), Utah State University
How do we effectively piece together aspen science for better management? This question has been the nexus of the Western Aspen Alliance's (WAA) mission since our 2008 inception. If you participated in one of more than 40 WAA field-based workshops you can attest that evolving research findings from numerous interlacing disciplines makes for a challenging science-management landscape. However, this clear departure from historical and linear 'command and control' approaches, though demanding, incorporates vital multi-dimensionality (e.g., social, cultural, institutional elements; plants, animals, soils, water, climate, etc.) into an adaptive framework. Process-based restoration (PBR) involves consideration of both science and institutional practices; physical and cultural elements are equally in play, so it's best to acknowledge this up front.
Recommended Citation
Western Aspen Alliance, "Tremblings November 2024" (2024). Tremblings. Paper 59.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/tremblings/59