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Aspen Summit, Salt Lake City, Utah. December 2006

The Rocky Mountain Research Station held a summit of 30 scientists and resource managers in Salt Lake City in December 2006 to probe the nature and causes of the region's aspen decline. Outlines of presentations about aspen die-off, die-back, and diseases from across the the west can be reviewed below.

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Aspen die-off, die-back, disease issues in the West--

Presentations from Aspen Summit. Salt Lake City December2006

Issues in San Juan National Forest, Dolores Ranger District, Region 2, U.S. Forest Service

Phillip Kemp, Timber Management Program

Aspen Decline in the Front Range – Colorado

Ingrid Aguayo--Staff Entomologist, Colorado State Forests

Aspen Research at Colorado State University

Dr. W.R. Jacobi, Dept. Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management, Colorado State University

Aspen decline in Arizona

MaryLou Fairweather, Plant Pathologist, Region 3, U.S. Forest Service

Forest Health Management, Region 2, USFS

Jim Worrall, Plant Pathologist, Region 2, U.S. Forest Service

Restoring Forest Health and Properly Functioning Conditions in Aspen Ecosystems

Fishlake National Forest, South-Central Utah

Robert Campbell, Ecologist,

The State of Aspen on the Caribou-Targhee National Forest

Melissa Jenkins, Forest Silviculturist

Aspen in Colorado State Parks

Brian P. Kurzel--Ecologist, Colorado State Parks

Genetic Issues in the Dynamics of Western Aspen

Karen Mock, Department of Wildland Resources, Utah State University

Genetic Variation And Clonal Distribution Of Quaking Aspen In Oregon And California

Valerie D. Hipkins, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, NFGEL

New Aspen Problem?

Laura Moffitt and Jim Hoffman, USDA, Forest Service. Forest Health Protection

Boise Field Office

Forest Pathology, Region 4, U.S. Forest Service

John Guyon – Forest Pathologist

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest

Julia Richardson, Vegetation Management Specialist, Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest

Status of Aspen Die-off in Wyoming

Kevin Spence - Wyoming Game & Fish Dept.

Aspen Facts from Interior West Forest Inventory and Analysis Data

John Shaw, Analyst, Rocky Mountain Research Station,