| 1:00 PM Management of Watershed Function: Why do we care? Wood, Karl*,1, 1 Water Resources Research Institute, Las Cruces, NM, USA
| 1:30 PM Application of ecological tools and knowledge to watershed function analysis. Pyke, David*,1, Herrick, Jeffrey2, Shaver, Patrick3, 1 USGS, Forest & Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center, Corvallis, OR, USA2 USDA-ARS, Las Cruces, NM, USA3 USDA-NRCS, Portland, OR, USA
| 2:00 PM Ecological sites as a tool for risk assessment for vegetative treatments and fire thresholds in juniper rangelands. Miller, Rick 1, 1 Eastern Oregon Agicultural Research Center, Corvallis, OR, USA
| 2:30 PM Vegetation Treatments in Montana: Experiences with Prescribed Fire. Marlow, Clayton*,1, Tucker, Ronald1, Riley, Thais1, 1 Animal and Range Sciences Department, Bozeman, MT, USA
| 3:00 PM Break.
| 3:20 PM Water benefit justifications for rangeland improvements that remove overstory vegetation: economic limitations and hydrologic thresholds. Fernald, Alexander*,1, Torell, L. Allen2, 1 New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, USA2 New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, USA
| 3:50 PM Vegetation Treatments in Oregon: Experiences with Mechanical Felling. Deboodt, Tim*,1, Fisher, Mike 2, Buckhouse, John3, Swanson, John 4, 1 Oregon State University Extension Service, Prineville, OR2 Central Oregon Community College, Bend, OR3 OSU Department of Rangeland Ecology and Management, Corvallis, OR4 Prineville District, Bureau of Land Management, Prineville, OR
| 4:20 PM Summary - Vegetation management to Improve Watershed Function: Ongoing Challenges for Managers. Buckhouse, John*,1, 1 Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
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