Forest-Rangeland Soil Ecology Lab: Biocrust session in the books. Thanks!

Forest-Rangeland Soil Ecology Lab: Biocrust session in the books. Thanks!: The crusties & entourage taking over Dara Thai. We are stretching all the way to that back wall! Huge thanks to everyone who made t...

Forest-Rangeland Soil Ecology Lab: Ph.D. Student opening in post-fire restoration usi...

Forest-Rangeland Soil Ecology Lab: Ph.D. Student opening in post-fire restoration usi...: The School of Forestry, Northern Arizona University, seeks a motivated Ph.D. student to conduct field and greenhouse experiments near Fla...

IAB blog: Simposio de Botanica Criptogamica. Porto, 2015

IAB blog: Simposio de Botanica Criptogamica. Porto, 2015: É com enorme prazer que anunciamos o XX Simpósio de Botânica Criptogâmica a decorrer pela primeira vez no Porto, nos dias 22 a 25 de Julho...

Maestre Lab: Behind the scenes of the Maestre lab (V): Miguel B...

Maestre Lab: Behind the scenes of the Maestre lab (V): Miguel B...: We continue with the series of posts describing the “behind the scenes” of the research presented in the articles we publish (you can ...

Biological Soil Crust Science Forum videos and transcripts available

Follow the link to download videos or transcripts. I can't bear to watch a video of myself, so i can't tell you if they're good or not….hope so. Also featured are Drs. Jayne Belnap, Janice Boettinger, Kim Anderson, and Fee Busby. This was an all day event in which panel members answered questions from the public about biocrusts in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. The event was meant to summarize the state of knowledge about biocrusts specifically to inform the environmental impact statement for the upcoming grazing plan.




http://www.blm.gov/ut/st/en/fo/grand_staircase-escalante.html

Forest-Rangeland Soil Ecology Lab: Biocrust at Hovenweep NM

A repost of Kyle Doherty's post over at the lab site...

Forest-Rangeland Soil Ecology Lab: Biocrust at Hovenweep NM: I traveled to Hovenweep National Monument today in search of cliff dwellings, but got distracted by the excellent crust communities there! ...

Forest-Rangeland Soil Ecology Lab: New Paper: Community properties and spatial patter...

Forest-Rangeland Soil Ecology Lab: New Paper: Community properties and spatial patter...: Andrea Castillo-Monroy Aspects of soil lichen biodiversity and aggregation interact to influence subsurface microbial function. Plant So...

Biocrusts in the New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/23/science/on-warmer-planet-range-of-soil-microbes-may-change.html?_r=0

A nice article by Henry Fountain about the findings of the Garcia-Pichel lab that soil crust microbes may migrate in response to climate change. Jayne Belnap is also interviewed about effects of changing precipitation patterns. That's Sergio Valasco Ayuso in the photo.

David Elliot blog

I just became aware of Dr. David Elliot's (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK) blog. There's a lot of nice content on his biocrust research in the Kalahari Desert (such as this), computer science, and degraded peatland ecology. I recommend having a look.

More on Kalahari crusts here.

Biological soil crust science forum, August 6, Kanab, Utah

Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument is preparing an Environmental Impact Statement on their grazing plan. Previously there was a scoping period in which members of the public were invited to submit comments. A major theme in the comments was biocrusts. In response to this, the Monument is organizing a moderated public forum in which a panel will answer questions submitted by the general public. The event will be at the Kanab, Utah city library (9:00 am - 4:00 pm Mountain Standard Time), and will also be broadcast live online. I have agreed to join the panel, as have Jayne Belnap, Janis Boettinger, Fee Busby and Kim Anderson.

Official News Release
Lake Powell News Article (this link loads faster)
Agenda
Watch Live online here