Until recently, most conservation planners have assumed that evolution is glacially slow, and thus only a long-term concern. However, along with my co-authors, I have argued that contemporary evolution has important implications for conservation biology and restoration science (Stockwell and Weeks 1999; Stockwell et al. 2003, Stockwell & Ashley 2004; Stockwell et al. 2006; Collyer et al. 2007 Kinnison et al. In press). For instance, contemporary evolution has been recorded for introduced populations, captive populations and harvested populations. Further, contemporary evolution has been commonly reported for exotic species as well as native species in response to novel selection pressures associated with non-native species (Stockwell et al. 2003; Kinnison et al. in press). Thus, an evolutionary perspective should prove useful for addressing pressing conservation challenges as well as to the emerging field of restoration science (Stockwell et al. 2006).