Contents -- Introduction to the Proceedings of the 11th Biennial Conference - Laura F. Huenneke, Charles van Riper III, and Kelley Ann Hays-Gilpin -- Part I. New Approaches to Monitoring Populations and Communities -- 1. Challenges to Establishing Baseline Conditions for Long-Term Vegetation Monitoring in National Parks on the Southern Colorado Plateau - James K. DeCoster, Jodi Norris, and Megan C. Swan -- 2. Cross-Jurisdictional Monitoring for Nonnative Plant Invasions Using NDVI Change Detection Indices in Walnut Canyon National Monument, Arizona, USA - Hillary L. Hudson, Steven E. Sesnie, Ronald D. Hiebert, Brett G. Dickson, and Lisa P. Thomas -- 3. New Methods and Hierarchical Models for Estimating Intensity of Diurnal Habitat Use by Merriam's Turkeys in Managed Forests of Northern Arizona - Brett G. Dickson, Vincent J. Frary, Steven E. Sesnie, Jill M. Rundall, and Michael F. Ingrald -- 4. Planning and Implementing Landscape-Scale Arthropod Inventory and Monitoring Projects - David C. Lightfoot -- Part II. Biology of Key Species and Targets of Management -- 5. Hybrid Poplar for the Colorado Plateau: NMSU Poplar Research, Farmington, New Mexico - Michael K. O'Neill, Robert F. Heyduck, Samuel C. Allen, Kevin A. Lombard, Dan Smeal, and Richard N. Arnold -- 6. Age and Sex Composition of Harvest and Timing of Birth Frequency for Arizona Mountain Lions - Brian F. Wakeling, Ronald L. Day, Amber A. Munig, and Jack L. Childs -- 7. Evaluating the Effects of Management Actions on Razorback Sucker Recovery in the San Juan River Basin - Scott L. Durst -- 8. Effects of Introduced Bison on Wetlands of the Kaibab Plateau, Arizona - Evan Reimondo, Thomas Sisk, and Tad C. Theimer -- 9. Survival, Spring Hunting, and Cause-Specific Mortality for Male Merriam's Turkeys in North-Central Arizona - Brian F. Wakeling and Rick Langley.

10. Blackbrush (Coleogyne ramosissima Torr.): State of Our Knowledge and Future Challenges - Rosemary L. Pendleton, Burton K. Pendleton, Susan E. Meyer, Bryce Richardson, Todd Esque, and Stanley G. Kitchen -- Part III. Landscape-Scale Research and Management -- 11. Bee Diversity and Abundance Along an Elevational Gradient in Northern Arizona - David R. Smith, Jacob Higgins, Jacob Burton, and Neil S. Cobb -- 12. Spatial Factors Influencing High-Probability Areas for Nuisance Black Bear Complaints in Arizona, 2000-2010 - Daniel P. Sturla, Brian F. Wakeling, and Michael J. Rabe -- 13. Ant Community Structure in Salt Creek, Canyonlands National Park, Utah: Changes at Four Sites in June Samples, 2000-2007 - Tim B. Graham and Evelyn Cheng -- 14. Associations of Elevation, Vegetation Type, and Land Use with the Distribution of the Wupatki Pocket Mouse (Perognathus amplus cineris) - Jean Marie Loverich Rieck, Sharalyn K. Peterson, and Tad C. Theimer -- 15. Beetle Diversity of Three Management Zones in Salt Creek Canyon, Canyonlands National Park, Utah - Louis L. Pech and Timothy B. Graham -- 16. Distance to Standing Water is Negatively Correlated with Invertebrate Biomass, Nestling Feeding Rate, and Productivity in Southwestern Willow Flycatchers (Empidonax traillii extimus) - D. Peterson, A. R. Pellegrini, M. A. McLeod, and Tad C. Theimer -- 17. Plant Community Responses to the Coupled Effects of Dust on Snow and Warming in Alpine Environments, Southwestern Colorado - Michael Remke, Julie Korb, and Heidi Steltzer -- 18. The Influence of Tamarix ramosissima Defoliation on Population Movements of the Northern Tamarisk Beetle (Diorhabda carinulata) Within the Colorado Plateau - Levi R. Jamison, Charles van Riper III, and Dan W. Bean -- Part IV. Collaboration and Education as Core Strategies.

19. The Value of Field Courses and Service-Learning Projects to Environmental Conservation on the Colorado Plateau: A Call for Collaboration - Angela B. Moline -- 20. Community Collaborations for Increasing Native Seed Availability and Research on the Colorado Plateau - Rachel A. Ostlund, Patricia A. West, and Megan Haidet -- 21. Collaborative Rehabilitation of Pakoon Springs in Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument, Arizona - Kelly J. Burke, Kathleen A. Harcksen, Lawrence E. Stevens, Robert J. Andress, R. J. Johnson -- Part V. Restoration of Ecological Systems -- 22. Expected Wildfire Suppression Costs for Proposed 4FRI Treatment Areas - Ryan Fitch, Yeon-Su Kim, and Amy Waltz -- 23. The Escalante River Watershed Partnership: Conservation of an Endangered Riparian Ecosystem - John R. Spence and Linda Whitham -- 24. Colorado River Riparian Ecosystem Rehabilitation in Glen and Grand Canyons, Arizona - Lawrence E. Stevens, Kelly J. Burke, John R. Spence, Lonnie Pilkington, and Christopher Hughes -- Contributors -- Index.