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  • CANCELLED
    9:00am - 9:30am PST
    Potentials of Public and Commercial Satellite Data for Total Tree Counts in the Kentucky Region
    Location: A10
    Author: Bishwa N. Acharya, PhD – Earth Mapping International
    Co-Author: Keshav Bhattarai
    Agroforestry
     CFE .5 / ISA CEU .5 / ESA CEU .125
  • Thursday, Oct 26th
    1:30pm - 3:00pm PST
    Establishing a “Certified Agroforester” Professional Credential
    Location: A9
    Moderator: Michael A. Gold, PhD – MU Center for Agroforestry
    Panelist: Pamela Bergstrom, B.S. Agroforestry – UNL-USDA NRCS
    Panelist: Donna Davis, MS Agroforestry (she/her/hers) – Colorado State Forest Service
    Panelist: Katherine Favor, MS Agroforestry – NCAT/ATTRA
    Panelist: Naomi Marcus, M.Ed. – Society of American Foresters
    Panelist: Luther B. Smith, MBA, CAE (he/him/his) – ASA, SSSA, CSSA
    Panelist: Matthew M. Smith, PhD – USDA Forest Service - National Agroforestry Center
    Agroforestry
     CFE 1.5 / ISA CEU 1.5 / ESA CEU .375
  • Thursday, Oct 26th
    5:00pm - 5:30pm PST
    NRCS Engagement in Urban Agroforestry
    Location: A3
    Speaker: Susan Stein, MF (she/her/hers) – USDA NRCS
    Speaker: Laurie Schoonhoven (she/her/hers) – Natural Resources Conservation Service
    Agroforestry
     CFE .5 / ISA CEU .5 / ESA CEU .125
  • Friday, Oct 27th
    8:00am - 8:30am PST
    Landowners want to give farms, ranches, forests, and money: don’t blunder research and demonstration opportunities
    Location: A6
    Speaker: Andrew Perleberg – Washington State University
    Agroforestry
     CFE .5 / ISA CEU .5 / ESA CEU .125
  • Friday, Oct 27th
    3:00pm - 4:00pm PST
    A Financial Analysis Comparing Several Timber & Non-Timber Forest Products on a Small Private Forest
    Location: Expo Hall
    Poster Presenter: Michael Kevin Roush – Forest & Habitat Professionals LLC
    Agroforestry
  • Friday, Oct 27th
    3:00pm - 4:00pm PST
    Adaptive silviculture for restoring Yurok forests
    Location: Expo Hall
    Poster Presenter: Jonathan W. Long, PhD (he/him/his) – USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station
    Agroforestry
  • Friday, Oct 27th
    3:00pm - 4:00pm PST
    Developing a Professional Agroforester Certification Program to Advance Agroforestry Adoption in the United States
    Location: Expo Hall
    Poster Presenter: Michael A. Gold, PhD – MU Center for Agroforestry
    Author: Hannah Hemmelgarn, MS Agroforestry – MU Center for Agroforestry
    Author: Katherine Favor, MS Agroforestry – NCAT/ATTRA
    Agroforestry
  • Friday, Oct 27th
    3:00pm - 4:00pm PST
    The Significance of Agroforestry in Mitigating Human-Elephant Conflict in Sri Lanka
    Location: Expo Hall
    Poster Presenter: Jorge Enrique Esparza (he/him/his) – University of Nevada, Reno
    Agroforestry
  • Saturday, Oct 28th
    8:30am - 9:00am PST
    Silvicultural methods to increase survival and growth of planted riparian woody vegetation on restoration sites
    Location: A10
    Speaker: Jason Steele, PhD – Freese and Nichols, Inc.
    Agroforestry
     CFE .5 / ISA CEU .5 / ESA CEU .125