ForestERA Reports, Publications and Presentations

(by most recent in each category)

Forest Ecosystem Restoration Analysis (ForestERA) Project. 2006. North-Central New Mexico Landscape Assessment Data Atlas. Center for Environmental Sciences and Education, Northern Arizona University.

(8 MB)

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Schumann, Martha. 2005. Stakeholder Needs Evaluation for the North-Central New Mexico Landscape Assessment. Forest Guild.

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Abrams, J., H.M. Hampton, J. Prather, B. Dickson, J. Rundall, Y. Xu, J. Anderson, Tom Sisk. 2005. Report on the White Mountains Landscape Assessment: A Collaborative, Science-based Approach to Forest Restoration in Eastern Arizona. Ecological Restoration Institute and Center for Environmental Sciences and Education, Northern Arizona University.

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Forest Ecosystem Restoration Analysis (ForestERA) Project and Ecological Restoration Institute (ERI). 2005. White Mountains Landscape Assessment Data Atlas. Center for Environmental Sciences and Education, Northern Arizona University.

(7.2 MB)

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Abrams, Jesse. 2005. Reports on a Needs Assessment for Collaborative Landscape Planning in the White Mountains of Arizona. Ecological Restoration Institute. Northern Arizona University.

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Sisk, T.D., H.M. Hampton, J. Prather, E.N. Aumack, Y. Xu, M.R. Loeser, T. Munoz-Erickson, B. Dickson, and J. Palumbo. 2004. Forest Ecological Restoration Analysis (ForestERA) Project Report, 2002 – 2004. Center for Environmental Sciences and Education, Northern Arizona University.

Executive Summary

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Forest Ecosystem Restoration Analysis (ForestERA) Project and Ecological Restoration Institute (ERI). 2004. First Western Mogollon Plateau Adaptive Management Assessment Report. Draft report submitted for public comment.  July 2004. 

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Greater Flagstaff Forest Partnership (GFFP) and Ponderosa Fire Advisory Council (PFAC). 2004. Greater Flagstaff Area Community Wildfire Protection Plan. Approved 12/13/04. Available for download at http://www.gffp.org

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Forest Ecosystem Restoration Analysis (ForestERA) Project. 2002. ForestERA Project Progress Report. Progress report submitted to the Bureau of Land Management and the Ecological Restoration Institute. September 2002. 

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Western Mogollon Plateau Adaptive Landscape Assessment (WMPALA) ForestERA Data Atlas (Version 2, 2/20/04)

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Phase I Outreach Summary Report (9/13/02)

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Phase II Outreach Summary Report (1/06/03)

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ForestERA Project Plan (4/29/02)

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Dickson, B. G., J. W. Prather, Y. Xu, H. M. Hampton, E. N. Aumack, and T. D. Sisk. 2006. Mapping the probability of large fire occurrence in northern Arizona, USA. Landscape Ecology: 21(5):747-761.

Hampton, H. M., E. N. Aumack, J. W. Prather, B. G. Dickson, Y. Xu, and T. D. Sisk. 2006. Development and transfer of spatial tools based on landscape ecology principles: supporting public participation in forest restoration planning in the southwestern U.S. P.p. 65-95 in Forest Landscape Ecology: Transferring Knowledge to Practice (A. Perera, L. Buse, and T. Crow, eds.). Springer Publishing, New York.

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Prather, J. W., N. L. Dodd, B. G. Dickson, H. M. Hampton, Y. Xu, E. N. Aumack, and T. D. Sisk. 2006. Landscape models to predict the influence of forest structure on Tassel-eared Squirrel populations. Journal of Wildlife Management: 70:723-731

Sisk, T. D., J. W. Prather, H. M. Hampton, E. N. Aumack, Y. Xu, and B.G. Dickson. 2006. Participatory landscape analysis to guide restoration of ponderosa pine ecosystems in the American Southwest. Landscape and Urban Planning: Vol. 78, Issue 4, pp. 300-310.

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Xu, Y., J. W. Prather, H. M. Hampton, E. N. Aumack, B. G. Dickson, and T. D. Sisk. 2006. Advanced exploratory data analysis for mapping regional canopy cover. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing 72: 31-38.

Xu, Y., J. W. Prather, H. M. Hampton, B. G. Dickson, J. Palumbo and T. D. Sisk. 2006. Effects of mismatches of scale and location between ground measurements and remote sensing imagery on forest structure mapping. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing, in review.

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Noss, R. F., P. Beier, W. W. Covington, R. E. Grumbine, D. B. Lindenmayer, J. W. Prather, F. Schmiegelow, T. D. Sisk, and D. J. Vosick. 2006. Recommendations for Integrating Restoration Ecology and Conservation Biology in Ponderosa Pine Forests of the Southwestern United States. Restoration Ecology: Vol. 14, No. 1, March 2006, pp. 4-10.

Hampton, H. M., E. N. Aumack, J. W. Prather, Y. Xu, B. G. Dickson, and T. D. Sisk. 2005. Demonstration and test of a spatial decision support system for forest restoration. P.p. 47-65 in The Colorado Plateau II: Biophysical, Socioeconomic, and Cultural Research (C. Van Riper and D.J. Mattson, eds.). University of Arizona Press. Tucson.

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Prather, J. W., H. M. Hampton, Y. Xu, B. G. Dickson , N. L. Dodd, E. N. Aumack, and T. D. Sisk. 2005. Modeling the effects of forest restoration treatments on sensitive wildlife taxa: a GIS-based approach. Pp. 69-85 in The Colorado Plateau II: Biophysical, Socioeconomic, and Cultural Research (C. Van Riper and D.J. Mattson, eds.). University of Arizona Presss. Tucson.

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Sisk, T.D., M. Savage, D.A. Falk, C.D. Allen, E. Muldavin, and P. McCarthy. 2005. A landscape perspective for forest restoration. Journal of Forestry, Vol. 103, No. 6, Sept. 2005, pp. 319-320.

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Hampton, H. M., Y. Xu, J. W. Prather, E. N. Aumack, B. G. Dickson, M. M. Howe, and T. D. Sisk. 2003. Spatial tools for guiding forest restoration and fuel reduction efforts. Proceedings of the 2003 ESRI Users Conference, San Diego, CA. Available at http://gis.esri.com/library/userconf/proc03/p0679.pdf

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Sisk, T. D. and J. Palumbo. 2005. "Collaborative Science: Making Research a Participatory Endeavor for Solving Environmental Challenges ." The Quivera Coalition Newsletter, August 2005, Vol. 7, No. 3.

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Sisk, Thomas D., D. A. Falk, M. Savage and P. McCarthy. 2005. Restoring fire as a keystone process: insights from the pine forests of arid North America. Oral presentation to the 90th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America , August 7-12, Montreal, Canada.

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Prather, J. W., S. S. Rosenstock, B. G. Dickson, K. Griffis-Kyle, W. M. Block, C. L. Chambers, T. D. Sisk, Y. Xu, and H. M. Hampton. 2005. Modeling the influence of forest structure and composition on avian communities in northern Arizona ponderosa pine forests. Poster for the 123rd Annual Meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union, Santa Barbara, California.

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Xu, Y., J. W. Prather, H. M. Hampton, B. G. Dickson, and T. D. Sisk. 2005. Analysis of bias and variance in forest structural mapping using ETM imagery and ground plot data. Poster for 2005 Annual Conference of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. Baltimore, Maryland.

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Dickson, Brett G., Yaguang Xu, Haydee M. Hampton, John W. Prather, Jean A. Palumbo, John D. Bailey, William H. Romme, and Thomas D. Sisk. 2005. Spatial tools for predicting the effects of fuels and restoration treatments on forested landscapes. Poster for the Joint meeting of the Southwest and Intermountain Region Society of American Foresters, Boulder City, Utah.

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Prather, J. W., B. G. Dickson, Y. Xu, T. D. Sisk, and H. M. Hampton. 2005. The Forest Ecosystem Restoration Analysis Project: Methods for the assessment of fire threat in southwestern coniferous forests. Oral presentation for the TNC Fire Learning Network, Silver City, New Mexico.

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Hampton, H. M., E. N. Aumack, J. W. Prather, Y. Xu, B. G. Dickson, and T. D. Sisk. 2004. Western Mogollon Plateau Adaptive Landscape Assessment (oral presentation). USDA Forest Service Southwest Region ‘Assessment of Assessments’ Workshop. Taos, New Mexico.

Hampton, H. M., J. W. Prather, Y. Xu, E. N. Aumack, B. G. Dickson, and T. D. Sisk. 2004. Collaborative tools for landscape-level planning of forest management. Poster for the 89^th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. Portland, Oregon.

Hampton, H. M., J. W. Prather, Y. Xu, E. N. Aumack, B. G. Dickson, and T. D. Sisk. 2004. Spatial tools supporting public participation in planning forest restoration. Oral presentation for the 19^th Annual Symposium for the International Association of Landscape Ecology. Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Prather, J. W., E. N. Aumack, T. D. Sisk, H. M. Hampton, B. G. Dickson, and Y. Xu. 2004. An Assessment of Various Definitions of the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI): Implications for Management in a Southwestern Landscape. Oral presentation for the Ecological Society of America Meeting. Portland, Oregon.

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Prather, J. W., H. M. Hampton, B. G. Dickson, Y. Xu, E. N. Aumack, and T. D. Sisk.  2004. Effects of Restoration Treatments on fire behavior and biodiversity: can fire hazard be reduced while minimizing impacts to wildlife. Oral presentation 19^th Annual Symposium for the International Association of Landscape Ecology. Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Xu, Y., J. W. Prather, H. M. Hampton, B. G. Dickson, E. N. Aumack, and T. D. Sisk. 2004. A notable limitation on mapping forest structure over large areas using TM imagery and ground plot data. Poster for the 19^th Annual Symposium for the International Association of Landscape Ecology, Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Sisk, T. D., H. M. Hampton, J. W. Prather, Y. Xu, E. N. Aumack, and B. G. Dickson. 2004. Landscape ecological models of fire, biodiversity, and watersheds to guide ecological restoration of pine forests. Oral presentation for the 89^th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America.  Portland, Oregon.

Sisk, T. D.  2004. Developing a public science that can weather the politics of resource management in the Rockies. Oral presentatin for Colorado College, State of the Rockies Conference. Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Sisk, T. D., H. M. Hampton, J. W. Prather, Y. Xu, E. N. Aumack, and B. G. Dickson. 2004. Landscape-level assessment of fire, biodiversity, and watersheds to guide ecological restoration of ponderosa pine forests. Oral presentation for the  International Association of Wildland Fire (IAWF), 2004 Conference. Reno, Nevada.

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Hampton, H. M., J. W. Prather, Y. Xu, E. N. Aumack, B. G. Dickson, M. M. Howe, J. M. Rundall, K. K. Kolonoski, and T. D. Sisk. 2003. The development of spatial models to aid in prioritizing forest treatments at the landscape scale. Poster for teh Southwest Fire Initiatives Conference. Flagstaff, AZ.

Hampton, H. M., Y. Xu, J. W. Prather, E. N. Aumack, B. G. Dickson, M. M. Howe, and T. D. Sisk. 2003. Spatial tools for guiding forest restoration and fuel reduction efforts. Oral presentation for the 2003 ESRI International User Conference. San Diego, California.

Dickson, B. G., J. W. Prather, Y. Xu, S. Jentsch, H. M. Hampton, W.M. Block, and T. D. Sisk. 2003. Modeling multi-scale patterns of avian species occurrence: implications for fuels management and restoration treatments in the Southwest. Oral presentation for the 7th Biennial Conference of Research on the Colorad Plateau. Flagstaff, AZ.

Hampton, H. M., E. N. Aumack, J. W. Prather, Y. Xu, B. G. Dickson, and T. D. Sisk. 2003. A spatial decision support system for forest restoration. Oral presentation for the 7^th Biennial Conference of Research on the Colorado Plateau. Flagstaff, AZ.

Prather, J. W., B. G. Dickson, Y. Xu, H. M. Hampton, E. N. Aumack, and T. D. Sisk. 2003. Modeling the effects of forest restoration treatments on sensitive wildlife taxa: a GIS-based approach. Oral presentation for the 7^th Biennial Conference of Research on the Colorado Plateau. Flagstaff, AZ.

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Sisk, T. D. 2003. Ecological discourse and democratic process: towards a stronger social contract for conservation on the Colorado Plateau. Oral presentation for the 7^th Biennial Conference of Research on the Colorado Plateau.  Flagstaff, AZ.

Xu, Y., J. W. Prather, H. M. Hampton, E. N. Aumack, B. G. Dickson, and T. D. Sisk. 2003. Mapping forest structures by use of multi-source spatial data for strategic forest management in ponderosa pine ecosystem. Poster for teh 7^th Biennial Conference of Research on the Colorado Plateau. Flagstaff, AZ.

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Prather, J. W, Y. Xu, B. G. Dickson, T. D. Sisk, H. M. Hampton, and E. N. Aumack. 2003. Using remotely-sensed forest structure data to help predict the effects of forest management on ponderosa pine forest birds in northern Arizona. Oral presentation for the 73^rd Annual Meeting of the Cooper Ornithological Society. Flagstaff, AZ.

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Dickson, B. G., H. M. Hampton, J. W. Prather, and T. D. Sisk. 2003. Modeling the effects of prescribed fire treatments as a forest restoration alternative: a landscape-level approach. Oral presentation for the Southwest Fire Initiative Conference. Flagstaff, AZ.

Prather, J. W., Y. Xu, H. M. Hampton, B. G. Dickson, E. N. Aumack, and T. D. Sisk. 2003. Using FlamMap and remotely-sensed forest structural data layers to predict fire behavior across large landscapes. Oral presentation for the Southwest Fire Initiatives Conference. Flagstaff, AZ.

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Sisk, T. D., H. M. Hampton, J. W. Prather, Y. Xu, and E. N. Aumack. 2003. Modeling fire and biodiversity to guide ecological restoration of pine forests in arid North America. Oral presentation for the  International Association for Landscape Ecology, 6^th World Congress. Darwin, Australia.

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Prather, J. W., E. N. Aumack, H. M. Hampton, Y. Xu, B. G. Dickson, and T. D. Sisk. 2002. Linking forest management practices, fire threat, and wildlife needs to facilitate forest restoration planning in Arizona. Invited oral presentation for the 2002 Meeting of the Arizona Chapter of the Wildlife Society.  Flagstaff, AZ.

Prather, J. W., H. M. Hampton, Y. Xu, E. N. Aumack, B. G. Dickson, and T. A. Sisk. 2002. Using existing datasets to address concerns about the effects of restoration treatments on wildfire. Poster for the 87^th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. Tucson, AZ.

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Sisk, T. D. 2002. Integrating species-level biology and ecosystem management: the role of landscape-scale spatial models. Invited orla presentation for the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) Workshop. Washington D. C.

Aumack, E. N., H. M. Hampton, and T. D. Sisk. 2001. Forest Ecosystem Restoration Analysis (ForestERA): a landscape assessment for restoration in ponderosa pine forests of northern Arizona. Poster for the ESRI Southwest Users Group Conference. Tucson, AZ.

Prather, J. W, H. M. Hampton, Sisk, T.D., and ForestERA Project Team. Dec 2 & 9, 2004. ForestERA project overview, spatial decision support system, spatial data, workshop review and scenario comparison. Coconino National Forest Landscape Analysis (focused on Mogollon Rim District). Coconino NF Supervisor's Office, Flagstaff, AZ.

Prather, J. W. and T. D. Sisk. Dec 8, 2004. ForestERA habitat models for the Mexican Spotted Owl. Mexican Spotted Owl Recovery Team Meeting. Rocky Mountain Research Station, Southwest Forest Science Complex, December 8, Flagstaff, AZ.

Sisk, T. D., H. M. Hampton, J. W. Prather and ForestERA Project Team. Dec 2, 2004. Forest Ecosystem Restoration Analysis (ForestERA) project overview, spatial decision support system, and spatial data. Coconino National Forest Landscape Analysis (focused on Mogollon Rim District. Rocky Mountain Research Station, Southwest Forest Science Complex, Flagstaff, AZ

Aumack, E. N. and ForestERA Project Team.  2004.  Developing Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPPs) using ForestERA tools.  Gila County Community Wildfire Protection Planning Team,  Payson, AZ.

Aumack, E. N. and ForestERA Project Team. 2004. Review of the ForestERA project’s role in supporting development of the Greater Flagstaff Area Community Wildfire Protection Plan.  Mapping and Assessment Subcommittee of the Arizona Forest Health Advisory Council, Tucson, AZ.

Aumack, E. N. and ForestERA Project Team. 2004. Developing Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPPs) using ForestERA tools. Greater Flagstaff Area Community Wildfire Protection Planning Team, Flagstaff, AZ.

Prather, J. W. and T. D. Sisk. 2004. ForestERA habitat models for the Mexican Spotted Owl. Mexican Spotted Owl Recovery Team, Flagstaff, AZ.

Prather, J. W and ForestERA Project Team. 2004. Workshop Review and Scenario Comparison. Coconino National Forest, Mogollon Rim District Assessment Workshop, Flagstaff, AZ.

Sisk, T. D. and ForestERA Project Team. 2004. Multi-jurisdictional application of ForestERA landscape decision support tools in North-Central New Mexico.  Bureau of Land Management, the Forest Guild, and other new Mexico Stakeholder groups.

Sisk, T. D. and ForestERA Project Team. 2004. Forest Ecosystem Restoration Analysis (ForestERA) Project: Overview. Coconino National Forest, Mogollon Rim District Assessment Workshop, Flagstaff, AZ.

Sisk, T. D. and ForestERA Project Team. 2004. Forest Ecosystem Restoration Analysis (ForestERA) Project: Western Mogollon Plateau Adaptive Landscape Assessment (WMPALA) Overview. Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ.

Sisk, T. D. and ForestERA Project Team. 2004. The Forest Ecosystem Restoration Analysis (ForestERA) Project: mapping restoration priorities. Arizona Forest Health Advisory Council. Phoenix, AZ.

Sisk, T. D. and T. McKinnon. 2004. Putting the guiding principles to work on the ground: the next 100 years. Governor’s Forest Health and Safety Conference. Prescott, AZ.

Sisk, T. D., J. W. Prather, and E. N. Aumack. 2004. Western Mogollon Plateau Adaptive Landscape Assessment: A case study integrating conservation biology and restoration ecology. Meeting of the ERI-sponsored Conservation Biology Working Group. Flagstaff, AZ.

Aumack, E. N. and ForestERA Project Team. 2003. Forest Ecosystem Restoration Analysis (ForestERA) Project Update. Greater Flagstaff Forest Partnership Advisory Board. Flagstaff, AZ.

Aumack, E. N. and ForestERA Project Team. 2003. Forest Ecosystem Restoration Analysis (ForestERA) capabilities for supporting advisory committee recommendations. Arizona Forest Health Advisory Council.  Tucson, AZ.

Aumack, E. N. and ForestERA Project Team. 2003. Forest Ecosystem Restoration Analysis (ForestERA) Project Update. Flagstaff Community Forest Forum. Flagstaff, AZ.

Aumack, E. N. and ForestERA Project Team. 2003. Forest Ecosystem Restoration Analysis (ForestERA) Project Overview. Coconino National Forest Planning Staff. Flagstaff, AZ.

Aumack, E. N. and ForestERA Project Team. 2003. Forest Ecosystem Restoration Analysis (ForestERA) Project Overview. USDA Forest Service Region 3 Planning Staff. Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Prather, J. W. and ForestERA Project Team. 2003. Forest Ecosystem Restoration Analysis (ForestERA) Project Overview. Bureau of Land Management Regional Staff and Carson National Forest Staff. Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Prather, J. W. and Y. Xu. 2003. Wildlife habitat modeling for landscape-level conservation planning: What can and cannot be done using existing technologies? Merriam Powell Center for Environmental Research Seminar Series. Flagstaff, AZ.

Sisk, T. D. 2003. Land use change, landscape pattern, and the conservation of biological diversity. University of Queensland Department of Zoology and Entomology Seminar Series. Brisbane, Australia.

Sisk, T. D. and ForestERA Project Team. 2003. Forest Ecosystem Restoration Analysis (ForestERA) Project: Phase II Open House.  Northern Arizona University. Flagstaff, AZ.

Prather, J. W. and ForestERA Project Team. 2002. The Forest Ecosystem Restoration Analysis (ForestERA) Project: Wildlife Modeling Overview. USDA Forest Service, Wildlife Modeling Training Group. Flagstaff, AZ.

Prather, J. W. and ForestERA Project Team. 2002. Forest Ecosystem Restoration Analysis (ForestERA) Project Overview. The Forest Guild, Cibola National Forest Staff, and Las Humanas Cooperative. Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Prather, J. W. and ForestERA Project Team. 2002. Forest Ecosystem Restoration Analysis (ForestERA) Project Overview. Flagstaff Community Forest Forum. Flagstaff, AZ.

Aumack, E. N. and ForestERA Project Team. 2002. Forest Ecosystem Restoration Analysis (ForestERA) Project Overview. Greater Flagstaff Forest Partnership Advisory Board. Flagstaff, AZ.

Sisk, T. D. and ForestERA Project Team. 2002. Forest Ecosystem Restoration Analysis (ForestERA) Project: Phase I Open House.  Northern Arizona University. Flagstaff, AZ.

Sisk, T. D., H. M. Hampton, and E. N. Aumack. 2001. Forest Ecosystem Restoration Analysis (ForestERA) Project: Scoping Workshop. 6^th Biennial Conference of Research on the Colorado Plateau, Clients Day. Flagstaff, AZ.