Sat, Mar 15
|Boulder
BCNA Ecosymposium
JOIN US AND MANY OTHERS FOR BCNA’S ANNUAL ECOSYMPOSIUM! Restorative relationships: Sustainable responses to ecological challenge
Time & Location
Mar 15, 2025, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Boulder, 4001 Discovery Dr, Boulder, CO 80303, USA
About the event
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Our local public lands face a variety of environmental threats, many exacerbated by anthropogenic climate change. While conservation approaches seek to prevent this degradation in the first place, restoration involves attempts to “repair or otherwise enhance the structure and function of an ecosystem that has been impacted by disturbance or environmental change” (Suding, 2011, p. 466). What have we learned from research and practical projects that respond to environmental threats in a restorative framework? How might such efforts lead to managing public lands in more sustainable ways, and what more do we need to know? We will feature a variety of approaches to restoration ecology on diverse landscapes, such as re-wetting grasslands, restoring overgrazed agricultural lands, mitigating wildfire risks, and managing invasive plants without herbicides. We will think expansively and consider relationships within the land – among species, and with the soil, air and water – as well as relationships among people and organizations working to restore the land.