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DONALD A. FALK Research Associate, Laboratory of Tree-Ring
Research University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 (520) 626-7201 dafalk@u.arizona.edu EDUCATION
Ph.D.
University
of Arizona, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, 2004Doctoral studies, University of Washington, Division of Ecosystem Studies, 1995-97 M.A. Tufts University, Environmental Policy, 1980 B.A. Oberlin College, Interdisciplinary Studies, 1972
PRIOR
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1993
– 2002
Society for
Ecological Restoration, Executive Director (1993 – 2000).
First
director of the leading international organization dedicated to the
science and
practice of ecological restoration. Science & Policy Consultant
(2000 –
02). 1993
– 94
The Nature Conservancy
of Arizona. Field biologist and consultant for assessment of
conservation
status of rare plants in southern Arizona. 1984
– 93
Center for Plant
Conservation, Co-Founder and Executive Director. Co-founder of
first
national organization dedicated to conservation of endangered plants,
at Arnold
Arboretum (Harvard University (1984-1991) and Missouri
Botanical Garden
(1991-present). 1980
– 84
Cambridge Community
Development Department, Energy Director.
AWARDS
AND HONORS
2004
International
Association of Landscape Ecology (US), Student Presentation Award,
Honorable
Mention 2003 Edward S. Deevey Award, Ecological Society of America 2001 – 02 Marshall Foundation Graduate Fellowship 2001 – 03 National Science Foundation, Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant 2001 – 02 Robert W. Hoshaw Scholar, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, U. Arizona 1999 - 2000 William McGinnies Scholar, Arid Lands Studies, University of Arizona 1998 - 2001 Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Scholar 1996 Pinchot Institute for Conservation, U.S. Forest Service, Conservation Scholarship 1995 - 96 Lockwood Fellow, College of Forest Resources, University of Washington 1991 Fulbright Short‑Term Scholars Award, Australian Fulbright Foundation 1991 ‑ current Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 1990 ‑ 91 Arboretum Associate, Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University 1990 Plant Conservation Award, New England Wild Flower Society 1981 Governor's Award for Energy Conservation, Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1968 National Merit Finalist, National Merit Scholarship Board 1967 Institute in American Studies, St. Andrew's Academy, Boca Raton, FL RECENT RESEARCH SUPPORTCollaborative Forest
Restoration Program, US Forest Service
Ecological Restoration Institute, Northern Arizona University Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona Ecosystem Interest Group, College of Forest Resources, U. Washington Institute for the Study of Planet Earth Joint Fire Sciences Program Mazamas Research Committee Award (1997) National Science Foundation, National Center for Ecological Analysis & Synthesis Rocky Mountain Research Station, US Forest Service T&E Foundation BOARDS
AND COMMITTEES
2003 - current
Office of the Governor, Arizona Forest Health
Council2001 – 03 US Forest Service, Collaborative Forest Restoration Program, Technical Advisory Panel 1994 - current Indigenous Peoples Restoration Network 1993 - 2003 Native Seeds/SEARCH, Board of Directors 1991 ‑ 1994 IUCN Species Survival Commission, Reintroduction Specialist Group 1988 ‑ 93 Society for Ecological Restoration, Madison, WI, Board of Directors 1988 ‑ 89 IUCN/Botanic Gardens Conservation Secretariat, 2nd Botanic Gardens Congress 1986 - current Tufts University, Environmental Resource Guide 1984 ‑ 93 American Assn. of Botanical Gardens & Arboreta, Plant Conservation Committee PEER
REVIEW AND CONSULTING
Artic & Alpine Research
Blackwell Science Cambridge University Press Canadian Journal of Forest Research Conservation Biology Foundation for Science (New Zealand) Island Press Journal of Vegetation Science MacArthur Fellows Program National Science Foundation (US) Oecologia Oxford University Press Restoration Ecology Wetlands
consulting
practice (MA, 1980-82)
TEACHING,
LECTURES, AND INTERNSHIPS
1999
- 2004
Dendroecology
(lectures), EEB and LTRR, University of Arizona2002 University of Arizona, Environmental History of the Southwest (TA) 2000 - 1 Columbia University, Earth Semester Mentor, BioSphere II, Oracle, AZ. 1988 ‑ 9 Conservation Botany, Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University 1984 ‑ 90 Tufts University, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Dept. of Urban and Environmental Policy: Biological Diversity and Conservation Strategies Introduction to Environmental Policy Environmental Political Economy 1979 Science Instructor, Charles River Academy, Cambridge, MA 1979 ‑ 80 The Nature Conservancy/Massachusetts Department of Environmental Management, Research Associate, Massachusetts Natural Heritage Program. 1978 EarthWatch, Inc./Massachusetts Department of Environmental Management. 1978 Research Assistant, Hummingbird Cay Field Station, Great Exuma, Bahamas 1978 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Environmental Planning and Design 1977 ‑ 78 Lincoln Filene Center, New England Environmental Network, Tufts University. SELECTED LECTURES AND KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONSGila River
Riparian Restoration Forum
Chicago Botanic Garden Colorado State University Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Ecological Society of America International Association for Landscape Ecology International Institute for Tropical Forestry, Puerto Rico Joint Fire Science Program Mountain Climate Sciences Symposium National Center for Ecological Analysis & Synthesis National Fire Sciences Laboratory New England Wildflower Society, Centennial Tour Northern Arizona University Society for Ecological Restoration University of Gröningen, Netherlands University of North Carolina PROFESSIONAL
MEMBERSHIPS
American
Association for the Advancement of Science
American Geophysical Union Ecological Society of America International Association for Landscape Ecology Natural Areas Association Society for Conservation Biology Society for Ecological Restoration ADVISORS
AND PRIMARY COLLABORATORS
Craig
Allen, USGS- Biological Resources Division
Mark Briggs, Sonoran Institute Wallace Covington, Northern Arizona University Brian Enquist, University of Arizona Lisa Graumlich, Montana State University Charles Halpern, University of Washington William Halvorson, USGS-Biological Resources Division Emily Heyerdahl, US Forest Service Donald McKenzie, US Forest Service Constance Millar, US Forest Service Norton Nickerson, Tufts University William Niering, Connecticut College (dec.) Peter Raven, Missouri Botanical Garden Robert Robichaux, University of Arizona Melissa Savage, UCLA/Four Corners Institute Thomas Swetnam, University of Arizona Lawrence Venable, University of Arizona Peter White, University of North Carolina SELECTED PUBLICATIONSBooks
Falk, D. A., M. Palmer, and J. Zedler (eds.).
2005 (in
prep.) Foundations of Restoration Ecology. Island Press,
Washington, DC. Falk, D.A., C.I. Millar, and M. Olwell
(eds.). 1996. Restoring
Diversity: Strategies for Reintroduction of Endangered Plants.
Island
Press, Washington, DC. Falk, D.A. and K.E. Holsinger (eds.). 1991. Genetics
and Conservation of Rare Plants. Oxford University Press, New York. Editing
1998 – current
Co-founder
and Associate Series Editor, Science & Practice of Ecological
Restoration, Island Press and Society for Ecological Restoration. 1996 – 8
Section
editor, Conservation and Ecological Management, Encyclopedia of
Ecology and
Environmental Management, P. Calow (ed.). 1998. Blackwell Science,
Oxford,
U. K. Journals,
and book chapters
Ecology Falk. D. A. and T. W. Swetnam. 2003. Scaling
rules and
probability models for surface fire regimes in Ponderosa pine forests.
In Fire
ecology, fuel treatments, and ecological restoration. US Forest
Service,
Rocky Mountain Research Station. General Technical Report RMRS-P-29,
pp.
301-317. Ft. Collins, CO. Thomas, S. C., C. B. Halpern, D. A. Falk, D.
A.
Ligouri, and K. A. Austin. 1999. Plant diversity in managed forests:
understory
responses to silvicultural thinning and fertilization. Ecological
Applications 9(3): 864-879. Restoration ecology Falk, D. A., E. Knapp, and E. O. Guerrant.
2002. An
introduction to restoration genetics. Society for Ecological
Restoration,
Science & Policy Paper No. 1. C. D. Allen, D. A. Falk, M. Hoffman, J.
Klingel, P.
Morgan, M. Savage, T. Schulke, P. Stacey, K. Suckling, and T. W.
Swetnam. 2002.
Ecological restoration of southwestern Ponderosa pine ecosystems: A
broad
framework. Ecological Applications 12(5): 1418-1433. Falk. D. A. 1995. Restoration priorities on
the
landscape scale. In Peterson, D. and C. Klimas (eds.), The
role of restoration in ecological management. Society for
Ecological Restoration/Parks
Canada. Falk, D.A. and P. Olwell. 1992. Scientific
and policy
considerations in restoration and reintroduction of endangered species.
Rhodora
94:287‑315. Falk, D.A. 1990. Discovering the Future,
Creating the
Past: Some Reflections on Restoration. Restoration &
Management
Notes 8(2): 71. Falk, D.A. 1990.
A Restorative Strategy for Endangered Species. In
J. Berger (ed.), Environmental
Restoration: Science of
Strategies for Restoring the Earth, pp. 328-334. University of
California,
Berkeley. Island Press, Washington, DC. Plant Conservation Maunder, M., K. Havens, E. O. Guerrant, and
D. A.
Falk. 2004. Ex situ methods: A vital but underused set of
conservation
resources. Pp. 3-20 in Guerrant, E. O., K. Havens, and M. Maunder
(eds.), Ex
situ plant conservation: Supporting species survival in the wild.
Island
Press, Washington, DC. Falk, D.A. 1992. From Conservation Biology to
Conservation Practice: Strategies for Protecting Plant Diversity. In Fiedler, P.L. and Jain, S.K. (eds.), Conservation
Biology. Chapman & Hall, pp. 397‑425. Falk, D.A. 1992. Steps to the Formation of a
National
Plant Conservation Network. In Butler, G., L. Meredith, and M.
Richardson
(eds.), Conservation of Rare or Threatened Plants in Australia,
Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service, Canberra, Australia,
pp. 113‑123. Falk, D.A. 1990. Endangered Forest Genetic
Resources
in the U.S.: Integrated Strategies for
Conservation. Forest Ecology and
Management. 35:91‑117. Falk, D.A. 1990.
Integrated Strategies for Conserving Plant Genetic
Diversity. Annals
of the Missouri Botanical Garden 77:38‑47. Falk, D.A. 1990.
The Theory of Integrated Conservation Strategies for
Biological
Diversity. In Leopold, D. (ed.), Ecosystem Management: Rare Species
and
Significant Habitats. Proceedings of the 14th Annual Natural Areas
Conference, Natural Areas Association. State University Press of New
York. New
York State Museum Bulletin No. 471. Falk, D.A. 1989. Conserving the native
diversity of
the U.S. Conservation Digest 2(5): 10. L.R. McMahan and D.A. Falk. 1989. The Center
for Plant
Conservation: Collaborating with the National Plant Germplasm System to
Save
Seeds for the Future. Diversity 5:43. Falk, D.A. 1988. The Center for Plant
Conservation: Conserving the Native
Plant Genetic Diversity of the United States. Diversity
16:20-21. Falk, D.A. 1988. Helping to Ensure a Future
in the
Wild. Plant Conservation 3(2): 3. Falk, D.A. and L.R. McMahan. 1987. Endangered
Species: Managing for Diversity. Natural Areas Journal 8(2): 91-99. Falk, D.A. 1987. Integrated Conservation
Strategies
for Endangered Plants. Natural Areas Journal 7(3): 118-123. Falk, D.A. 1987. Endangered species
conservation ex
situ: The national view. In T.S.
Elias (ed.), Conservation and Management of Rare and Endangered
Plants.
California Native Plant Society, Sacramento, CA. Thibodeau, F.R. and D.A. Falk. 1986. Building
a
national ex situ network: The U.S. Center for Plant
Conservation. In D. Bramwell, O. Hamann,
V. Heywood, and
H. Synge (eds.), Botanic Gardens and the World Conservation Strategy.
International Union for Conservation of Nature, Academic Press, London. Falk, D.A. and F.R. Thibodeau. 1986. Saving
the
Rarest. Arnoldia 46(3): 3-18. Falk, D.A. and K.S. Walter. 1986. Networking
to Save
Endangered Plants. Garden 10(1): 2-10. Reprinted: On the
Fringe
(Native Plant Society of Northeastern Ohio) 6(2): 3-9, March/April
1987; Wildflower
2(4): 16-18, Autumn 1986. Falk, D.A. and F.R. Thibodeau.
1985. A New Response to Endangerment.
The Public Garden (Journal of the
American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta) 1(1):14-18. Falk, D.A. and F.R. Thibodeau.
1983. Saving the Pieces. Restoration
and Management Notes
2(2):71-72. Environmental policy Falk, D.A. 1992. In defense of endangered
species. Missouri
Botanical Garden Op-Ed Service 10/92. Falk, D. A. 1988. Testimony on the National Biological Diversity, Conservation and Research Act. U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Subcommittee on Natural Resources, Agricultural Research, and the Environment. 31 May. Falk, D. A. and P. S. Ashton. 1987. Testimony
to the
U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Science, Space, and
Technology,
Subcommittee on Natural Resources, Agricultural Research, and the
Environment Falk, D.A. 1980. CAP-sized. Working Papers.
November/December. Falk, D.A. 1980. Labor Unions and Safe Energy. Liberation News Service 30 October. Falk, D.A. 1979. A Delegation of Survivors: A Visit from Hiroshima/Nagasaki. Boston
Globe 27 March. Falk, D.A. 1979. Hiroshima:
A Victim Remembers. Boston Globe 7 August.
Interview with
Shigeko Sasamori, distributed nationally by Associated Press. Falk, D.A. 1978. Pilgrim's Progress and a
Town's
Taxes. Boston Phoenix 9 January. Falk, D.A. 1978. Final Report and
Recommendations: Boston Harbor Islands
State Park, Land Use Study. Massachusetts Department of
Environmental
Management/Earthwatch, Inc. Falk, D.A. 1978. Solar Energy in New England: A Mixed Forecast. Boston Phoenix 11
July. Cover story on regional solar energy development. Falk, D.A. 1978. The Sleeper in Carter's
Energy Plan. Boston
Phoenix 28 February. Feature article on National Energy Plan.
Reprinted: Massachusetts
Physician, Spring 1978. Technical reports
Falk, D. A., Mark K. Briggs, and William L.
Halvorson.
1998. The Riparian Restoration Ranking (R3) System. Developed
for the
USDA Forest Service, Region III. Society for Ecological Restoration,
Tucson,
AZ. Falk. D.A. and P. L. Warren. 1994. Population
Status and Monitoring Protocols for Rare Plants of the Coronado
National
Forest. The Nature Conservancy/USDA Forest Service, Tucson, AZ Reviews Choice (American Library Association): Barr, Brenton M. and Kathleen E. Braden.
1988. The
Disappearing Russian Forest: A dilemma
in Soviet resource management. Rowman & Littlefield, New York.
26-2101. Briggs, D. and S.M. Walters. 1984. Plant
Variation
and Evolution. Second Edition. Cambridge
University Press, Cambridge, U.K. Cole, Monica. 1986. The Savannas:
Biogeography and Geobotany. Academic Press. Doyle, Jack. 1985. Altered
Harvest: Agriculture,
genetics, and the fate of the world's food supply.
Viking Press, NY. Elliott, David K., ed. 1986. Dynamics of
Extinction. Wiley-Interscience, New
York. Kloppenburg, J.R. (Ed.). 1988. Seeds and
Sovereignty:
The Use and Control of Plant Genetic Resources. Duke University
Press. 26-5064, 1989. Nabhan, Gary P. 1990. Enduring Seeds: Native
American
Agriculture and Wild Plant Conservation. North Point Press, San
Francisco).
February 1989. Provine, William P., ed. 1986. Evolution:
Selected
Papers of Sewall Wright. University of Chicago Press. Russell, G.E., ed. 1985. Progress in
Plant
Breeding, Vol. 1. Butterworths,
U.K. Stanley, Steven M. 1987.
Extinction. Scientific
American Library/W. H. Freeman. Wickens, G.E., J.R. Goodin and D.V. Field. 1985. Kew
International Conference on Economic Plants
for Arid Lands. Royal Botanic
Gardens, Kew, U.K Mello, R.A. 1987. Last Stand of the
Red
Spruce. Island Press/Natural Resources Defense Council, Washington,
D.C. In Conservation Biology 3(1): 106-7. |
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