Full Schedule

7:00am - 12:00pm PST

Registration Open

Location: West Lobby

7:00am - 10:00am PST

Speaker Ready Room Open

Location: Meeting Room 4

8:00am - 9:15am PST

People, Policy, Popcorn: Living with Wildfire: Findings of the Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission

Location: Meeting Room 1

CFE 1 / ISA CEU 1.25 / ESA CEU .3125

8:00am - 9:30am PST

A Peek into Policy

Location: A6

Concurrent Session Moderator:

8:00am - 8:30am PST

Forest conversion in the crosshairs: avoiding collateral damage

Location: A6

Speaker: – NCASI

Sustainability and Certification

CFE .5 / ISA CEU .5 / ESA CEU .125

8:30am - 9:00am PST

Assessing tree planting schemes in Ethiopia to identify good governance practices

Location: A6

Speaker: – coventry University

Economics, Policy, and Law

CFE .5 / ISA CEU .5 / ESA CEU .125

9:00am - 9:30am PST

Evolving Urban Forestry - The new SFI Urban and Community Forest Sustainability Standard and Third-Party Certifications

Location: A6

Speaker: – Sustainable Forestry Initiative

Urban and Community Forestry

CFE .5 / ISA CEU .5 / ESA CEU .125

8:00am - 9:30am PST

Climate Change Mitigation Education and Climate-Smart Commodities

Location: A4

Speaker: – Clemson University

Speaker: – Pennsylvania State University

Speaker: – University of Arkansas at Monticello

Bioenergy, Climate Change, and Carbon

CFE 1.5 / ISA CEU 1.5 / ESA CEU .375

8:00am - 8:30am PST

1 - Promoting Climate-Smart and Resilient Forestry in the Southern United States.

Location: A4

Speaker: – Clemson University

8:30am - 9:00am PST

2 - Forest Carbon Markets: Extension Programs and Resources

Location: A4

Speaker: – Pennsylvania State University

Co-author: – Penn State

9:00am - 9:30am PST

3 - Developing and Harnessing Climate-Smart Commodities from Hardwood Restoration for Small and Underserved Landowners in the Southern Bottomland Region.

Location: A4

Speaker: – University of Arkansas at Monticello

CFE .

8:00am - 9:30am PST

Evolution of Forestry

Location: A5

Concurrent Session Moderator: – Mississippi State University

Silviculture

8:00am - 8:30am PST

Utilizing FVS growth predictions for restoration and management of California Forests

Location: A5

Speaker: – Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education

Silviculture

CFE .5 / ISA CEU .5 / ESA CEU .125

8:30am - 9:00am PST

Estimated Costs Of Hazardous Fuels Management Associated With Silvicultural Treatments On USDA Forest Service Land

Location: A5

Speaker:

Silviculture

9:00am - 9:30am PST

Differences in Stand Dynamics between Conventional Aspen and White Spruce-Aspen Mixedwood Forests in Northern Minnesota

Location: A5

Speaker: – University of Minnesota

Silviculture

CFE .5 / ISA CEU .5 / ESA CEU .125

8:00am - 9:30am PST

Exploring the Web of Life: Navigating Your Forestry Career for Evolutionary Growth Pt. 1

Location: A8

Speaker: – North Carolina State University

Leadership Development

CFE 1.5 / ISA CEU 1.5 / ESA CEU .375

8:00am - 9:30am PST

Focus on the Science and Research

Location: A10

Concurrent Session Moderator: – Colorado State Forest Service

8:30am - 9:00am PST

Silvicultural methods to increase survival and growth of planted riparian woody vegetation on restoration sites

Location: A10

Speaker: – Freese and Nichols, Inc.

Agroforestry

CFE .5 / ISA CEU .5 / ESA CEU .125

9:00am - 9:30am PST

Volcano Fire Tahoe National Forest: The Bad, the Ugly, and the Good.

Location: A10

Speaker: – None

Silviculture

8:00am - 9:30am PST

From Forest To Building: Analyzing the Relationships of Silviculture and Emerging Southern Yellow Pine Mass Timber Industry

Location: A7

Moderator: – Atelier Mey Architects and University of Miami

Panelist: – University of Miami

Panelist: – University of Florida-School of Forest, Fisheries, & Geomatics Sciences

Forest Production and Utilization

CFE 1.5 / ISA CEU 1.5 / ESA CEU .375

8:00am - 9:30am PST

North American boundary forests: diversity, conservation, and fire management

Location: A2

Speaker: – University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Speaker: – Canadian Forest Service

Speaker: – Michigan State University

Speaker: – University of Missouri

Speaker: – Oklahoma State University

CFE 1.5 / ISA CEU 1.5 / ESA CEU .375

8:00am - 8:15am PST

1 - North American boundary forests: distribution, drivers, threats

Location: A2

Speaker: – University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Co-author: – Michigan State University

Co-author: – University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Co-author: – University of Nebraska-lincoln

Co-author: – University of Nebraska-Lincoln

8:15am - 8:30am PST

2 - Mapping Drought Sensitivity and Climate-change Refugia at the Southern Edge of the Western Boreal Forest

Location: A2

Speaker: – Canadian Forest Service

Co-author: – University of Alberta

Co-author: – Canadian Forest Service

Co-author: – U.S. Geological Survey

8:30am - 8:45am PST

3 - Topography-driven microclimate gradients shape forest structure, diversity, and composition at a Nebraskan biome transition zone

Location: A2

Speaker: – Michigan State University

Co-author: – University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Co-author: – The Nebraska Nature Conservancy

Co-author: – Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

Co-author: – University of Nebraska-Lincoln

8:45am - 9:00am PST

4 - Frequent Fire Effects on Tree Regeneration and Stand Dynamics in Oak Woodlands

Location: A2

Speaker: – University of Missouri

Co-author: – USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station

9:00am - 9:15am PST

5 - Changes within Quercus stellata-dominated Cross Timbers forests of Oklahoma; Implications for wildfire, carbon, and water

Location: A2

Speaker: – Oklahoma State University

Co-author: – Oklahoma State University

9:15am - 9:30am PST

6 - North American boundary forests: diversity, conservation, and fire management Q&A

Moderator: – University of Nebraska-Lincoln

8:00am - 9:30am PST

Science Flashes 7

Location: A11

Concurrent Session Moderator: – Mississippi State University

CFE 1.5 / ISA CEU 1.5 / ESA CEU .375

8:00am - 8:08am PST

Silvicultural Transformation in Pinus ponderosa; a Regional Management Guide for Transitioning to Multi-aged Structures

Location: A11

Speaker: – Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education

Silviculture

8:10am - 8:18am PST

Polyploidization and Other Future Directions of Silviculture

Location: A11

Speaker: – Ouachita Getaways LLC

Forest Health and Genetics

8:20am - 8:28am PST

Northwest Tribal Agroforestry and TEK Collaboration Uncomplicated

Location: A11

Speaker: – Self Employed

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Natural Resources Research, Practice, and Education

8:30am - 8:38am PST

Monitoring planting trials and nucleated seed orchards for restoration of beech bark disease impacted forests.

Location: A11

Speaker: – Michigan Tech University

Forest Health and Genetics

8:40am - 8:48am PST

Quantification and Allocation of Carbon Debts Based on Forests Harvest in the Southeastern United Sates

Location: A11

Speaker:

Author: – Louisiana Tech University

Forest Production and Utilization

8:50am - 8:58am PST

Stakeholders' attitudes and perceptions regarding the viability of hardwood CLT in Tennessee

Location: A11

Speaker: – The University of Tennessee

Forest Production and Utilization

9:00am - 9:08am PST

Assessing the Impact of Hurricane Ivan on Aboveground Carbon in Trees in the Gulf Coast

Location: A11

Speaker: – University of Georgia

Bioenergy, Climate Change, and Carbon

9:10am - 9:18am PST

Sensible Spaces That Make Livable Urban & Community Forest Places

Location: A11

Speaker: – CNUC and University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point

Urban and Community Forestry

8:00am - 9:30am PST

Sharing Our Passion

Location: A9

8:00am - 9:00am PST

How to talk trees, win friends, and influence people.

Location: A9

Moderator: – Society of American Foresters

Panelist: – Land & Ladies

Panelist: – National Alliance of Forest Owners

Panelist: – Arbor Day

Human Dimensions and Education

CFE 1

9:00am - 9:30am PST

America's Forests with Chuck Leavell, on PBS, Telling Forest Stories to Inspire and Educate all Americans- Episode Screening and Feedback

Location: A9

Human Dimensions and Education

CFE .5 / ISA CEU .5 / ESA CEU .125

8:00am - 9:30am PST

Tree Mortality in California: Causes, Consequences, and the Future

Location: A3

Speaker: – Pacific Southwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service

Speaker: – California Association of Resource Conservation Districts

Speaker: – USFS PSW Research Station

Speaker: – University of California-Berkeley

Speaker: – Pacific Southwest Region, USDA Forest Service

Forest Health and Genetics

CFE 1.5 / ISA CEU 1.5 / ESA CEU .375

8:00am - 8:15am PST

1 - Tree Mortality Following Drought in the Central and Southern Sierra Nevada

Location: A3

Speaker: – Pacific Southwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service

Co-author: – USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station

Co-author: – Forest Health Protection, USDA Forest Service

8:15am - 8:30am PST

2 - The Forest Beneath Our Feet: Subsurface Drivers and Ecohydrological Consequences of Drought Stress Across California

Location: A3

Speaker: – Pacific Southwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service

Co-author: – Simon Fraser University

Co-author: – USDA-ARS

Co-author: – US Forest Service

Co-author: – Simon Fraser University

Co-author: – Pacific Southwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service

Co-author: – University of Texas Austin

8:30am - 8:45am PST

3 - Drought, Tree Mortality, and Regeneration in Northern California

Location: A3

Speaker: – California Association of Resource Conservation Districts

Co-author: – California Association of Resource Conservation Districts

Co-author: – California State Polytechnic University

Co-author: – School of forestry, Northern Arizona University

8:45am - 9:00am PST

4 - Alternative Fuel-Reduction Treatments Interact with Local Stand Characteristics to Influence Tree Vigor and Mortality in the Southern Cascades, California, USA.

Location: A3

Speaker: – USFS PSW Research Station

Co-author: – USFS PSW Research Station (ORISE program)

Co-author: – USFS PSW Research Station

9:00am - 9:15am PST

5 - Tree Resistance to Drought and Bark Beetle-associated Mortality Following Thinning and Prescribed Fire Treatments

Location: A3

Speaker: – University of California-Berkeley

Co-author: – California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt, Department of Forestry, Fire, and Rangeland Management

Co-author: – USFS PSW Research Station

Co-author: – USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station

9:15am - 9:30am PST

6 - Tree Mortality Response in California: Lessons Learned and Suggestions for Future Events

Location: A3

Speaker: – Pacific Southwest Region, USDA Forest Service

9:00am - 12:00pm PST

USDA Forest Service Computer Lab

Location: Meeting room 7

9:00am - 12:00pm PST

USDA Forest Service Hiring Event

Location: Meeting room 8

9:30am - 10:00am PST

Refreshment Break

Location: Expo Hall

9:30am - 11:00am PST

People, Policy, Popcorn: Let’s Talk Climate Resilience and Mature and Old-Growth Management

Location: Meeting Room 1

CFE 1.5 / ISA CEU 1.5 / ESA CEU .375

10:00am - 11:30am PST

Boots on the Ground

Location: A6

Concurrent Session Moderator: – The Irland Group

10:00am - 10:30am PST

Feedstock availability & economic contribution of increased bioenergy production in a Michigan facility

Location: A6

Speaker: – Michigan State University

Author: – Michigan State University

Co-Author: – Michigan State University

Co-Author: – University of Idaho

Forest Production and Utilization

CFE .5 / ISA CEU .5 / ESA CEU .125

10:30am - 11:00am PST

Reforesting Colorado: Strategies for Success in the Face of Wildfire and Climate Change

Location: A6

Speaker: – Land Life

Forest Ecology

CFE .5 / ISA CEU .5 / ESA CEU .125

11:00am - 11:30am PST

Redwoods Rising: Landscape-Scale Restoration Forestry in Redwood National and State Parks

Location: A6

Speaker: – Save the Redwoods League

Forest Health and Genetics

CFE .5 / ISA CEU .5 / ESA CEU .125

10:00am - 11:30am PST

Climate Smart Forestry: A Discussion about the Emerging Use-based Research, Policy, and Economics

Location: A7

Moderator: – American Forests

Moderator: – Manomet

Panelist: – National Alliance of Forest Owners

Panelist: – Ecotrust

Panelist: – University of Idaho

Panelist: – Manomet

Bioenergy, Climate Change, and Carbon

CFE 1.5 / ISA CEU 1.5 / ESA CEU .375

10:00am - 11:30am PST

Cross-Boundary Partnerships After the Fire: Restoration Research, Carbon Modeling, Reforestation Implementation, and Workforce Capacity Building.

Location: A4

Speaker: – American Forests

CFE 1.5 / ISA CEU 1.5 / ESA CEU .375

10:00am - 10:30am PST

1 - Landscape-Scale, Cross-Jurisdictional Assessment Of The Post-Fire Restoration Need In Klamath And Lake Counties, Oregon

Location: A4

Speaker: – American Forests

10:30am - 11:00am PST

2 - Partnerships After the Strategy: South-Central Oregon Post Fire Resilience Strategy Development and Implementation Lessons Learned

Location: A4

Speaker: – American Forests

Co-author: – American Forests

11:00am - 11:30am PST

3 - Modeling the Carbon Impacts of Forest Management, Wood Utilization, and Wildfire in California and Oregon

Location: A4

Speaker: – American Forests

Co-author: – American Forests

Co-author: – Michigan State University

Co-author: – US Forest Service

Co-author: – Canadian Forest Service

10:00am - 11:30am PST

Evolution of Forestry

Location: A3

Concurrent Session Moderator: – Dogon Enterprises

10:00am - 10:30am PST

Storing More Carbon in Forests through Improved Forest Management: a New England Case Study

Location: A3

Speaker: – The Nature Conservancy

Speaker: – New England Forestry Foundation

Author: – New England Forestry Foundation and Clean Air Task Force

Bioenergy, Climate Change, and Carbon

CFE .5 / ISA CEU .5 / ESA CEU .125

10:30am - 11:00am PST

A Decision Support Tool for Climate-Adapted Seed Transfer

Location: A3

Speaker: – UC Davis

Forest Health and Genetics

CFE .5 / ISA CEU .5 / ESA CEU .125

11:00am - 11:30am PST

Forest Composition and Red Oak (Quercus sp.) response to elevation gradients across managed Greentree Reservoirs

Location: A3

Speaker: – University of Arkansas at Monticello - Monticello, AR

Author: – College of Forestry, Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Arkansas at Monticello

Forest Ecology

CFE .5 / ISA CEU .5 / ESA CEU .125

10:00am - 11:30am PST

Exploring the Web of Life: Navigating Your Forestry Career for Evolutionary Growth Pt. 2

Location: A8

Speaker: – North Carolina State University

Leadership Development

CFE 1.5 / ISA CEU 1.5 / ESA CEU .375

10:00am - 11:30am PST

Focus on Water

Location: A5

Concurrent Session Moderator: – University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

10:00am - 10:30am PST

Are New York City watershed residents thriving, striving, or just surviving 25 years since the historic memorandum of agreement?

Location: A5

Speaker: – SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Water Resources

CFE .5 / ISA CEU .5 / ESA CEU .125

10:30am - 11:00am PST

Forest to Mi Faucet

Location: A5

Speaker: – Michigan - DNR

Water Resources

CFE .5 / ISA CEU .5 / ESA CEU .125

11:00am - 11:30am PST

Dendrochronology of Upper Mississippi River Floodplain Forests

Location: A5

Speaker: – University of Minnesota

Author: – University of Minnesota

Silviculture

10:00am - 11:30am PST

Foundations for successfully integrating livestock into the woods through silvopasture

Location: A2

Concurrent Session Moderator: – USDA Forest Service - National Agroforestry Center

Speaker: – USDA-ARS

Speaker: – University of Missouri Center for Agroforestry

Speaker: – Center for Agroforestry, University of Missouri

CFE 1.5 / ISA CEU 1.5 / ESA CEU .375

10:00am - 10:30am PST

1 - Establishing Cool-Season Forages in Thinned Hardwood Forests: Planting, Production, and Nutritive Value

Location: A2

Speaker: – USDA-ARS

Co-author: – University of Arkansas

10:30am - 11:00am PST

2 - Under the Canopy I: Exploring Woodland Silvopasture Establishment as a Land Management Option for Forested Landowners With Livestock

Location: A2

Speaker: – University of Missouri Center for Agroforestry

Co-author: – University of Missouri

Co-author: – The Center for Agroforestry at the University of Missouri

11:00am - 11:30am PST

3 - Under the Canopy: Perceptions and Practices of Woodland Silvopasture among Missouri Livestock Producers and Landowners

Location: A2

Speaker: – Center for Agroforestry, University of Missouri

Co-author: – University of Missouri-Columbia

Co-author: – University of Missouri Center for Agroforestry

CFE .

10:00am - 11:30am PST

Getting Techy With It

Location: A10

Concurrent Session Moderator: – Treeswift

10:00am - 10:30am PST

Using Lidar-Based Single Tree Inventory (STI) To Plan Treatment of Streamside Protection Zones During Harvesting

Location: A10

Speaker: – University of Idaho

Speaker: – University of Idaho Experimental Forest

Author: – University of Idaho

Author: – Washington State University

Forest Production and Utilization

CFE .5 / ISA CEU .5 / ESA CEU .125

10:30am - 11:00am PST

Auburn University deploys next-gen integrated mapping and inventory system for cutting-edge forestry education

Location: A10

Speaker: – Auburn University

Co-Author: – Landmark Spatial Solutions, LLC

Forest Technology

CFE .5 / ISA CEU .5 / ESA CEU .125

11:00am - 11:30am PST

Practical Methods for Maintaining a Forest Inventory After Catastrophic Wildfire

Location: A10

Speaker: – Bureau of Indian Affairs

Inventory and Biometrics

CFE .5

10:00am - 11:30am PST

Science Flashes 8

Location: A11

Concurrent Session Moderator: – Penn State

CFE 1.5 / ISA CEU 1.5 / ESA CEU .375

10:00am - 10:08am PST

Assessment of Soil Erosion Rate, Ground Cover Status, and Best Management Practices Implementation Rate in the Conventional and Integrated Biomass Harvest Sites in the Southeastern USA

Location: A11

Speaker: – Auburn University

Forest Production and Utilization

10:10am - 10:18am PST

User-friendly direct-response analysis: Coupling TPO data with public databases to estimate forest products employment ratios

Location: A11

Speaker: – BBER FIRP - UM

Economics, Policy, and Law

10:30am - 10:38am PST

Evolution of Redwood Forest Silviculture - Learning from Jackson Demonstration State Forest’s Decades of Work

Location: A11

Speaker: – CAL FIRE- Jackson Demonstation State Forest

Silviculture

10:40am - 10:48am PST

The role of fuels treatments in transforming fire management

Location: A11

Speaker: – Oregon State University

Silviculture

10:50am - 10:58am PST

A Case For How Carbon Markets Are Failing Southern Tree Farmers

Location: A11

Speaker: – University of Arkansas at Monticello

Author: – University of Arkansas At Monticello

Bioenergy, Climate Change, and Carbon

11:10am - 11:18am PST

Neurodiversity in Forestry: The Missing Conversation

Location: A11

Speaker: – Appalachian SAF

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Natural Resources Research, Practice, and Education

11:20am - 11:28am PST

Improving Lumber Grade Recovery for the Tree that Built America - Eastern White Pine

Location: A11

Speaker: – SUNY - ESF

Forest Production and Utilization

10:00am - 11:30am PST

Technology trials and tribulations: Demonstrating and evaluating advanced communication technologies effectiveness among various stakeholders

Location: A9

Moderator: – University of Minnesota

Panelist: – University of Minnesota

Panelist: – University of British Columbia

Panelist: – California Polytechnic State University

Forest Technology

CFE 1.5 / ISA CEU 1.5 / ESA CEU .375

11:00am - 6:00pm PST

Post Convention Technical Tours

11:30am - 6:00pm PST

Oaks and Wine

Location: Departs from Sheraton Grand Sacramento (J St.)

CFE 3 / ISA CEU 3.25 / ESA CEU .86

11:45am - 4:45pm PST

Institute of Forest Genetics and Placerville Nursery

Location: Departs from SAFE Credit Union Convention Center, North Lobby entrance (J St.)

CFE 2.5 / ISA CEU 2.5 / ESA CEU .65

12:30pm - 3:30pm PST

Urban Forestry in a Grand Setting - Capitol Park

Location: Departs from SAFE Credit Union Convention Center, West Lobby

CFE 2 / ISA CEU 2 / ESA CEU .5