Sphaeralcea ambigua, a native plant seeded during RestoreNet experiments, thriving at the Lake Pleasant RestoreNet site in the Sonoran Desert.
Laura Shriver
Laura Shriver is an ecologist at the Southwest Biological Science Center in Flagstaff, Arizona. Laura coordinates the Restoration Assessment and Monitoring Program for the Southwest (RAMPS), which seeks to assist land managers in developing successful techniques for improving land condition in dryland ecosystems of the southwestern United States.
Professional Experience
2019-2020, Plant Conservation and Restoration Program Specialist, Institute for Applied Ecology and New Mexico Bureau of Land Management, Santa Fe, NM
2016-2019, Various seasonal botany positions in New York, New England, Wyoming, and New Mexico.
2016-2021, Fact Checker, TED Talks, remote
Education and Certifications
M.S. Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, December 2022
B.A. Environmental Studies, Oberlin College, OH, May 2016
Honors and Awards
Robert E Dickerson Scholarship, University of Nevada, Reno
Diana Hadley-Lynch Scholarship, University of Nevada, Reno
Oren Pollak Memorial Research Grant, The Nature Conservancy
Margaret Williams Research Grant, Nevada Native Plant Society
Field Research Grant, Native Plant Society of Oregon
Honors in Biology, Oberlin College
Abstracts and Presentations
Non-target effects of imazapic and indaziflam on Great Basin native annual forbs and seeded squirreltail (Elymus elymoides), 2023, Society for Ecological Restoration Great Basin Chapter
Assessing rapid evolutionary response to fire through a resurrection study, 2022, Botany and North American Congress of Conservation Biology
Leveraging resources for native plant materials development, 2019, Society for Ecological Restoration Southwest Chapter
Surveying for a rare gypsum endemic at Ball Ranch ACEC, 2019, New Mexico Native Plant Society
The New Mexico Bureau of Land Management Plant Conservation and Restoration Program, 2019, Society for Ecological Restoration Rocky Mountain Chapter
Widespread ash death at Chance Creek Reservation, 2016, Ecological Society of America
Science and Products
RestoreNet: Distributed Field Trial Network for Dryland Restoration
RAMPS: Restoration Assessment & Monitoring Program for the Southwest
Sphaeralcea ambigua, a native plant seeded during RestoreNet experiments, thriving at the Lake Pleasant RestoreNet site in the Sonoran Desert.
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RestoreNet: Distributed Field Trial Network for Dryland Restoration
Starting in 2017, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) researchers and land managers are co-producing a network of restoration field trial sites on Department of Interior (DOI) and surrounding lands in the southwestern U.S. The network systematically tests restoration treatments across a broad range of landscape, soil, and climate conditions. Each site in the network is used to test suitable seed mixes...RAMPS: Restoration Assessment & Monitoring Program for the Southwest
The Restoration Assessment and Monitoring Program for the Southwest (RAMPS) seeks to assist U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) and other land management agencies in developing successful techniques for improving land condition in dryland ecosystems of the southwestern United States. Invasion by non-native species, wildfire, drought, and other disturbances are growing rapidly in extent and... - Multimedia
Sphaeralcea ambigua thriving at a Sonoran Desert RestoreNet siteSphaeralcea ambigua thriving at a Sonoran Desert RestoreNet site
Sphaeralcea ambigua, a native plant seeded during RestoreNet experiments, thriving at the Lake Pleasant RestoreNet site in the Sonoran Desert.
Sphaeralcea ambigua, a native plant seeded during RestoreNet experiments, thriving at the Lake Pleasant RestoreNet site in the Sonoran Desert.
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