Restorative relationships: Sustainable responses to ecological challenge

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 not only repair damage or changes that have occurred, but also to create a functional ecosystem for the future.

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.

Details and speakers: https://bcna.org/2025ecosymposium

Host or Publisher Boulder County Nature Association