The Gornish lab is committed to cultivating relationships between academic research and field application by providing stakeholders with science-based management recommendations though outreach activities such as workshops, field days and white papers.
Members of the lab are also active organizing members of:
Ecological Restoration Section of the Ecological Society of America
Society for Ecological Restoration Southwest Chapter
Outreach
Have some questions about restoration
in Arizona? Check out our restoration portal
A smattering of some of our outreach events and products:
60 Second Veg Management Tips 'Campy, but useful!'
#1 Agaves are Awesome
#2 Pollinator Habitat
#3 Monarch Habitat
#4 Making seedballs
#5 What are seedballs?
#6 Islands of fertility
#7 Mulch!
#8 Collecting seed from the field (part 1)
#9 Collecting seed from the field (part 2)
#10 Seed labels
#11 Weed management
#12 Seed starting basics
Handouts
1. Identifying restoration opportunities under mesquite canopies
2. Chiricahua Leopard Frog Management in Southern Arizona
3. Using native plants to control buffelgrass
4. Seedball design to optimize germination
5. Novel approaches to ecological restoration in semi-arid and arid habitats
6. Poisonous plants on rangelands
7. Non-native, Invasive Plants of Arizona
8. How turn a bike into a seed pelletizer for restoration and gardening
9. Una peloteadora de semillas para uso en jardineria y restauracion
10. Seed ball strategies for gardening and restoration in arid landscapes
11. Estrategias para la jarineria y la restauracion con pelotas de semillas en paisajes aridos
12. Grassland Restoration Manual
13. Medusahead presentation
14. Medusahead presentation handouts
15. Restoration after fire in annual dominated systems
For Kids!
1. Free restoration activity book
2. A kids guide to ecological restoration
Editorials
1. Doom-and-Gloom Scenarios on Climate Change Won't Solve Our Problem
2. Increasing national park fees hurts our understanding of the environment
3. Progress Report: Tumbleweed on California’s Central Coast
4. Native soil bacteria as biocontrol
5. An extension perspective on California grassland restoration
6. New Ecological Restoration Section at ESA!
Podcasts
3. Treehugger
Blog Postings
2. UC Weed Science Blog
3. Labconscious
4. Methods in Ecology and Evolution
5. Five steps to laboratory sustainability
