1:30 PM: Meier, Albert^*,1, Hewitt, Jennifer ¹, Starnes, John², Baker, Priscilla ³, ¹ Dept. of Biology, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA² University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky³ Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, Effects of past land use and initial treatment on American Chestnut restoration.

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1:50 PM: Braun, Jennifer^*,1, Beckett, Peter ², ¹ Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada² Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, Changing richness of plant species aids reclamation on smelter-damaged lands in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.

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2:10 PM: Black, Rick^*,1, Borden, Richard², ¹ HDR Engineering, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT, USA² Rio Tinto, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia, Vegetative community analysis of biosolids applications after five years of growth.

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2:30 PM: Klemow, Kenneth^*,1, Klemish, Ryan¹, Petras, Melissa¹, Ali, Richard¹, Keller, Julie¹, Helfrick, Robert¹, ¹ Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, PA, USA, Tree invasion on reclaimed anthracite surface mines in Pennsylvania: Reevaluating inhibition.

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2:50 PM: Long, Amy^{*,1, 2}, Handel, Steven ¹, Robinson, George ³, ¹ Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA² Duke Marine Lab, Beaufort, NC, USA³ University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY, USA, Survivorship in restored woodland clusters on Fresh Kills Landfill 8 years after planting.

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3:20 PM: Rickey, Marcia^*,1, Menges, Eric¹, Weekley, Carl ¹, ¹ Archbold Biological Station, Venus, FL, 33960, Experimental restoration of Florida sandhill using subcanopy felling and burning.

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3:40 PM: Metlen, Kerry^*,1, Fiedler, Carl¹, ¹ University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA, Understory response to restoration treatments in pine/fir forests of the Intermountain West varies with temporal and spatial scale.

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4:20 PM: Pyke, David^*,1, Brooks, Matthew², D'Antonio, Carla³, ¹ U.S. Geological Survey, Corvallis, OR, USA² U.S. Geological Survey, Henderson, NV, USA³ U.S. Department of Agriculture, Reno, NV, USA, Fire as a restoration tool: a life form decision framework for predicting plant responses to fire.

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4:40 PM: Boer, Matthias^*,1, Grierson, Pauline¹, ¹ Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre &, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia, Self-organization of fire-prone landscape systems: concepts, models and field evidence.

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