Full Schedule

8:00am – 8:30am PST

The Proctor Experimental Forest: A new home for ecological research and education
Location: A10

Author: Laura Ostrowsky, MFS – University of Minnesota

Forest Ecology

CFE .5

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

9:20am – 9:28am PST

Economic Analyses Of Growth & Yield And Thinning Decisions On Hardwood Plantations
Location: A11

Author: Sayon Ghosh, n/a – Purdue University

Economics, Policy, and Law

10:20am – 10:28am PST

Producing Profession-Ready/Society-Engaged Foresters - Round II Curriculum Revision Survey
Location: A11

Author: Pat S. Stephens Williams, PhD – Stephen F. Austin State University

Author: Ray Darville, PhD – Stephen F. Austin State University

Human Dimensions and Education

11:00am – 11:08am PST

Restoring Forests for Livelihoods and Economic Development: Opportunities and Prospects in a Changing World
Location: A11

Speaker: Kelechi Eleanya, PhD – Global Evergreening Alliance

International Forestry

11:00am – 11:30am PST

White oak sustainability in the eastern US - what's the (under)story
Location: A5

Speaker: Lance A. Vickers, PhD – University of Kentucky

Co-Author: Benjamin O. Knapp, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Missouri

Co-Author: John Lhotka, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Kentucky

Silviculture

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

11:30am – 12:00pm PST

Benefits and challenges of stand improvement silviculture in southeast Alaska
Location: A5

Author: Kellen Nelson, PhD – USFS PNW Research Station

Silviculture

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

11:00am – 11:30am PST

“Conifer Encroachments Hydrologic Impact to the Historic Native American Rangelands of the Upper Malheur Sub-Basin”
Location: A6

Speaker: Skyler W. Hickey, n/a – Bureau of Land Management

Soils and Hydrology

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

11:30am – 12:00pm PST

NDVI and LST reveal land use land cover and vegetation health changes in Louisiana wetlands.
Location: A6

Author: Temitope Hauwa Dauda, PhD – SOUTHERN UNI. A & M COLLEGE

Co-Author: Zhu H. Ning, Ph.D. – Southern University & A&M College

Forest Ecology

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

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Forest tree competition: A method for assessing distance-dependent and independent competition indices using FIA data.
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Kelechi G. Ibeh, Masters in Forest Resources Management (he/him/his) – Mississippi State University

Forest Ecology

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Investigating the biology and pest potential of a bark beetle in giant sequoia
Location: Expo Hall

Author: Nathaniel Foote, M.S. Entomology – Colorado State University

Forest Ecology

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Investigating the dendroclimatological record of Engelmann spruce across a Rocky Mountain latitudinal gradient
Location: Expo Hall

Author: Emma L. Sautter, BSF – Northern Arizona University

Forest Ecology

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

MAPPING FIRE SEVERITY FROM RECENT CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES USING SENTINEL 2 SATELLITE IMAGERY
Location: Expo Hall

Author: Caroline Yeboaa Apraku, MS – Southern University and A&M College

Wildland Fire Management

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Modeling forest-based employment in the US South under climate change prospects
Location: Expo Hall

Author: Austin Lamica, MS – North Carolina State University

Bioenergy, Climate Change, and Carbon

7:00am – 6:00pm PST

Preconvention Meetings

8:00am – 5:00pm PST

Bureau of Land Management Meeting- Closed Session
Location: A4

10:00am – 4:00pm PST

National Association of University Forest Resources Program (NAUFRP) Executive Committee Meeting- Closed Session

12:30pm – 5:45pm PST

Committee on Accreditation Meeting-Closed Session
Location: Meeting Room 15

9:00am – 5:00pm PST

House of Society Delegates (HSD) Meeting
Location: Meeting Room 10

2:00pm – 5:00pm PST

Exhibitor Move-in, Poster Check-in, and Silent Auction Set-up

2:00pm – 6:00pm PST

Registration Open
Location: West Lobby

4:30pm – 6:00pm PST

Diversity Scholar Orientation
Location: Ballroom B Pre-Function

6:00pm – 8:00pm PST

SAF & NAUFRP Leadership Reception (Invite Only)
Location: Hyatt Regency Sacramento, 1st Floor, Regency Ballroom

7:00am – 5:00pm PST

Preconvention Meetings

7:30am – 3:30pm PST

Bureau of Land Management Meeting- Closed Session
Location: A4

7:30am – 3:30pm PST

Committee on Accreditation Meeting-Closed Session
Location: Meeting Room 15

7:30am – 3:30pm PST

Committee on Forest Technology School Accreditation Meeting- Closed Session
Location: Meeting Room 14

8:30am – 2:00pm PST

NAUFRP General Assembly- Closed Session

9:00am – 3:00pm PST

Committee on Forest Policy Meeting- Closed Session
Location: A5

12:00pm – 3:00pm PST

National Extension Forestry Meeting- Closed Session
Location: Meeting Room 9

7:00am – 7:00pm PST

Registration Open
Location: West Lobby

7:45am – 4:00pm PST

Technical Tours

7:45am – 3:35pm PST

East Bay Hills Vegetation Management & Fire Risk Reduction Urban Forestry Tour
Location: Departs from Sheraton Grand Sacramento (J St.)

CFE 4 / ISA CEU 4 / ESA CEU 1

8:00am – 12:00pm PST

Sierra Pacific Industries Mill and Bioenergy Tour
Location: Departs from Hyatt Regency Sacramento

CFE 2 / ISA CEU 2.25 / ESA CEU .56

8:00am – 3:30pm PST

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

CFE 3 / ISA CEU 3.25 / ESA CEU .81

8:00am – 3:45pm PST

Urban Forestry in Sacramento - The City of Trees
Location: Departs from SAFE Credit Union Convention Center, North Lobby entrance (J St.)

CFE 4.5 / ISA CEU 4.5 / ESA CEU 1.19

8:00am – 4:00pm PST

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

CFE 2.5 / ISA CEU 2.5/ ESA CEU .68

8:00am – 3:30pm PST

Preconvention Workshops

8:00am – 3:00pm PST

A Shared Stewardship: Connecting Forestry and Wildlife Conservation
Location: A8

Speaker: Angela Larsen-Gray, PhD, CWB – NCASI

Speaker: Darren A Miller, M.S., PhD, CWB – NCASI

Speaker: Darren JH Sleep, PhD, CWB (he/him/his) – The Sustainable Forestry Initiative

Speaker: Fran Cafferata, CWB (she/her/hers) – Cafferata Consulting

Speaker: Jake Verschuyl, PhD – NCASI

Wildlife Management

CFE 5 / ISA CEU 5.25 / ESA CEU 1.3

8:00am – 3:30pm PST

USDA NRCS Technical Service Provider Workshop
Location: A9

Speaker: Charlotte Brewster – USDA NRCS

CFE 5.5/ ESA CEU 1.44

8:30am – 12:00pm PST

Data Science for Forestry Applications
Location: Meeting Rooms 2

Speaker: Robert E. Froese, PhD, CF, RPF – University of Alberta

Speaker: James McCarter, PhD, MF – Rayonier

Inventory and Biometrics

CFE 3 / ISA CEU 3 / ESA CEU .75

10:00am – 3:00pm PST

Exhibitor Move-in, Poster Check-in, and Silent Auction Set-up
Location: Expo Hall

4:00pm – 5:00pm PST

Plenary I
Location: Ballroom A

4:00pm – 4:05pm PST

Land Acknowledgement
Location: Ballroom A

Speaker: Donald Motanic, BS Forest Engineering – Self Employed

4:00pm – 5:00pm PST

What is a Forester?
Location: Ballroom A

Plenary Moderator: Austin Himes, PhD, CF (he/him/his) – Mississippi State University

Plenary Speaker: Tom Fox, PhD, CF, SSSA – Rayonier

Plenary Speaker: James Lewis, PhD – Forest History Society

Plenary Speaker: Linda Nagel, PhD – Utah State University

CFE 1 / ISA CEU 1 / ESA CEU .25

5:00pm – 7:00pm PST

Expo Hall, Silent Auction, SAF Hub, and SAF Store Open
Location: Expo Hall

5:00pm – 7:00pm PST

Welcome Reception & Expo Hall Open
Location: Expo Hall

7:00pm – 10:00pm PST

Quiz Bowl
Location: Ballroom B Pre-Function

7:00am – 4:00pm PST

Speaker Ready Room Open
Location: Meeting Room 4

7:00am – 7:00pm PST

Registration Open
Location: West Lobby

8:00am – 9:30am PST

Plenary II
Location: Ballroom A

8:00am – 8:30am PST

Opening Ceremonies
Location: Ballroom A

8:30am – 9:30am PST

A Forest Legacy – The Past, Present and Future
Location: Ballroom A

Plenary Moderator: Thomas Jackson – Enviva

Keynote Speaker: Kedren Dillard

CFE 1 / ISA CEU 1 / ESA CEU .25

9:00am – 5:00pm PST

USDA Forest Service Computer Lab
Location: Meeting Room 7

9:00am – 5:00pm PST

USDA Forest Service Hiring Event
Location: Meeting Room 8

9:30am – 10:00am PST

Protect your Seedling Investment with Trico Pro

Presenter: Mark Boardman

9:30am – 10:00am PST

Advanced Technologies for Forestry Data Collection: Satellites, Drones, and NextGeneration Sensors.
Location: Expo Hall Room 1

Presenter: Ben Lindner, N/A – Alynix, LLC

9:30am – 10:00am PST

Carbon FAQ with Forest Carbon Works.
Location: Expo Hall Room 3

Presenter: Sandy E. Letzing, CA, CF – Forest Carbon Works

Presenter: Sarah Ford, CF – Forest Carbon Works

10:00am – 10:30am PST

Instinct’s Wireless Sensor Networks: The All-in-One Real-Time Forestry Monitoring Platform
Location: Expo Hall Room 2

Co-Presenter: Ashwin Datta

Co-Presenter: Gabe Larrabee

10:00am – 10:30am PST

USDA Forest Service Pollinator Activities
Location: Expo Hall Room 1

Presenter: Robert Progar

9:30am – 10:30am PST

National Awards Meet & Greet
Location: Meeting Room 2

9:30am – 10:30am PST

Refreshment Break
Location: Expo Hall

9:30am – 4:00pm PST

Expo Hall, Silent Auction, SAF Hub, and SAF Store Open
Location: Expo Hall

10:30am – 12:00pm PST

Assisted migration: Perspectives on forest health, sustainability, and climate resilience
Location: A2

Speaker: Andy Bower, PhD (he/him/his) – Office of Sustainability and Climate, USDA Forest Service, Washington D.C.

Speaker: Akane O. Abbasi (she/her/hers) – Purdue University

Speaker: Jeremy Johnson, PhD (he/him/his) – Michigan State University

Speaker: David C. Shaw, PhD. (he/him/his) – Oregon State University

Speaker: Avery Hill, PhD (they/them/theirs) – California Academy of Sciences

Moderator: Geoffrey M. Williams, PhD – USDA Forest Service

Forest Health and Genetics

CFE 1.5 / ISA CEU 1.5 / ESA CEU .375

10:30am – 10:45am PST

1 - Operationalizing Forestry Assisted Migration to Safeguard Resiliency and Productivity of National Forests Under Changing Climates
Location: A2

Speaker: Andy Bower, PhD (he/him/his) – Office of Sustainability and Climate, USDA Forest Service, Washington D.C.

Co-author: Vicky Erickson, MS – USDA Forest Service

Co-author: Brad St. Clair, PhD – USDA Forest Service

Co-author: Claire Ellwanger, MS – USDA Forest Service

Co-author: Scott Kolpak, PhD – USDA Forest Service

Co-author: Erin Baumgart, MS – USDA Forest Service

Co-author: Matt Horning, PhD – USDA Forest Service

10:45am – 11:00am PST

2 - Spatial shifts of forest types outpaced constituent tree species shifts across North America
Location: A2

Speaker: Akane O. Abbasi (she/her/hers) – Purdue University

Co-author: Christopher Woodall, PhD – United States Forest Service, Research and Development

Co-author: Javier Gamarra, Ph.D. – Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Co-author: Cang Hui, Ph.D. – Stellenbosch University

Co-author: Nicolas Picard, PhD (he/him/his) – GIP ECOFOR

Co-author: Thomas Ochuodho, PhD – University of Kentucky

Co-author: Sergio de-Miguel, Ph.D. – University of Lleida

Co-author: Rajeev Sahay, Ph.D. – Saab, Inc.

Co-author: Soglin Fei, PhD – Purdue University

Co-author: Alain Paquette, Ph.D. – Université du Québec à Montréal

Co-author: Han Chen, Ph.D. – Lakehead University

Co-author: Ann Christine Catlin, Ph.D. – Purdue University

Co-author: Jingjing Liang, Ph.D. – Purdue University

Akane O. Abbasi (she/her/hers) – Purdue University ### 2073700###Speaker###Graduate Student###Purdue University###
Speaker: Akane O. Abbasi (she/her/hers) – Purdue University
### she/her/hers @@@ Christopher Woodall, PhD – United States Forest Service, Research and Development ### 2073844###Co-author######United States Forest Service, Research and Development###
Co-author: Christopher Woodall, PhD – United States Forest Service, Research and Development
### @@@ Javier Gamarra, Ph.D. – Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ### 2073791###Co-author###International Consultant Forestry Statistics###Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations###
Co-author: Javier Gamarra, Ph.D. – Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
### @@@ Cang Hui, Ph.D. – Stellenbosch University ### 2073792###Co-author###Professor###Stellenbosch University###
Co-author: Cang Hui, Ph.D. – Stellenbosch University
### @@@ Nicolas Picard, PhD (he/him/his) – GIP ECOFOR ### 2073793###Co-author###Director###GIP ECOFOR###
Co-author: Nicolas Picard, PhD (he/him/his) – GIP ECOFOR
### he/him/his @@@ Thomas Ochuodho, PhD – University of Kentucky ### 1755285###Co-author###Assistant Professor of Forest Economics and Policy###University of Kentucky###
Co-author: Thomas Ochuodho, PhD – University of Kentucky
### @@@ Sergio de-Miguel, Ph.D. – University of Lleida ### 2073794###Co-author###Associate Professor###University of Lleida###
Co-author: Sergio de-Miguel, Ph.D. – University of Lleida
### @@@ Rajeev Sahay, Ph.D. – Saab, Inc. ### 2073795###Co-author###Senior Software Engineer###Saab, Inc.###
Co-author: Rajeev Sahay, Ph.D. – Saab, Inc.
### @@@ Soglin Fei, PhD – Purdue University ### 2063950###Co-author###Professor & Dean's Chair of Remote Sensing###Purdue University###
Co-author: Soglin Fei, PhD – Purdue University
### @@@ Alain Paquette, Ph.D. – Université du Québec à Montréal ### 2073797###Co-author###Professor###Université du Québec à Montréal###
Co-author: Alain Paquette, Ph.D. – Université du Québec à Montréal
### @@@ Han Chen, Ph.D. – Lakehead University ### 2073798###Co-author###Professor###Lakehead University###
Co-author: Han Chen, Ph.D. – Lakehead University
### @@@ Ann Christine Catlin, Ph.D. – Purdue University ### 2073799###Co-author###Senior Research Scientist###Purdue University###
Co-author: Ann Christine Catlin, Ph.D. – Purdue University
### @@@ Jingjing Liang, Ph.D. – Purdue University ### 2073800###Co-author###Associate Professor###Purdue University###
Co-author: Jingjing Liang, Ph.D. – Purdue University
###

11:00am – 11:15am PST

3 - How genetics can inform assisted migration strategies
Location: A2

Speaker: Jeremy Johnson, PhD (he/him/his) – Michigan State University

11:15am – 11:30am PST

4 - We Need A Set of Principles for Assisted Migration
Location: A2

Speaker: David C. Shaw, PhD. (he/him/his) – Oregon State University

Co-author: Patricia Maloney, PhD – Tahoe Environmental Research Center, UC Davis

11:30am – 11:45am PST

5 - Vegetation-climate mismatch in California's Sierra Nevada and implications for long-term forest management
Location: A2

Speaker: Avery Hill, PhD (they/them/theirs) – California Academy of Sciences

11:45am – 12:00pm PST

6 - Assisted migration: Perspectives on forest health, sustainability, and climate resilience Q&A
Location: A2

Co-Author: Caterina Villari, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Georgia

Speaker: Geoffrey M. Williams, PhD – USDA Forest Service

Co-author: Richard Sniezko, PhD (he/him/his) – USDA FS, Pacific Northwest Region's Dorena Genetic Resource Center

10:30am – 12:00pm PST

Can We Burn Our Way Out of This?: Fire Challenges Across the Nation
Location: A10

Concurrent Session Moderator: Jacob D. Putney, CF – Oregon State University

Wildland Fire Management

10:30am – 11:00am PST

Quantifying The Greenhouse Gas Benefits Of Fuel Reduction Treatments: Recent Advancements in Data Products and Modeling
Location: A10

Speaker: Marissa Bongiovanni Spence, PhD – Climate Action Reserve

Speaker: Thomas Buchholz, PhD – Spatial Informatics Group

Speaker: Jon Remucal, MF – Climate Action Reserve

Wildland Fire Management

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

11:00am – 11:30am PST

Manager Revealed Definitions of Fuel Break Systems Influence Fire Risk
Location: A10

Speaker: Andrew S. Johnson, BS – University of California, Berkeley

Wildland Fire Management

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

11:30am – 12:00pm PST

Cascadia Burning: Is hazard controllable where nature is “burning our way out”, with consequences?
Location: A10

Speaker: Jeremy S. Fried, PhD – USDA Forest Service PNW Research Station

Co-Author: Sebastian Busby

Co-Author: Oriana Chafe

Wildland Fire Management

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

10:30am – 12:00pm PST

Communicate More Effectively With Women During Inheritance Transitions to Increase Trust
Location: A8

Speaker: Danielle Atkins, GA RF#2997 – Land & Ladies

Family Forests

CFE 1.5 / ISA CEU 1.5 / ESA CEU .375

10:30am – 12:00pm PST

Emerging Markets
Location: A6

Concurrent Session Moderator: Maggie Davis, MS – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Economics, Policy, and Law

10:30am – 11:00am PST

Impacts of the European Renewable Energy Policy on Forest Resource Markets in the Southeastern United States: A Case of the Wood Pellet Industry
Location: A6

Speaker: Rajan Parajuli, PhD – North Carolina State University

Economics, Policy, and Law

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

11:00am – 11:30am PST

Assessment of Factors Driving Spatiotemporal Variation in Timber Products Output (TPO) Trends
Location: A6

Speaker: Olakunle Emmanuel Sodiya, PhD Student – North Carolina State University

Economics, Policy, and Law

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

11:30am – 12:00pm PST

Forest Management Incentives and Landowner Behavior: A Synthesis to Inform Discussions on Policies for Carbon
Location: A6

Speaker: Stephanie Jo Chizmar, PhD (she/her/hers) – US Forest Service

Speaker: Tamara Cushing, PhD – University of Florida

Co-Author: Srijana Baral, PhD (she/her/hers) – Colorado State University

Co-Author: Tatyana Ruseva

Economics, Policy, and Law

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

10:30am – 12:00pm PST

Exploring the Benefits of Nature Through Recreation
Location: A4

Speaker: Taylor V. Stein, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Florida

Speaker: Kotryna Klizentyte, PhD – University of Florida

Speaker: Robert Burns, PhD – West Virginia University

CFE 1.5 / ISA CEU 1.5 / ESA CEU .375

10:30am – 11:00am PST

1 - Planning Recreation in Florida's Undeveloped Lands to Provide Valuable Opportunities
Location: A4

Speaker: Taylor V. Stein, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Florida

Co-author: Tony Fedler, PhD – University of Florida

Co-author: Leah Glynn, None – University of Florida

Co-author: Jonathan williams, none – University of Florida

11:00am – 11:30am PST

2 - Restored coastal recreation areas: Economic value as a driver to expand coastal areas in Florida
Location: A4

Speaker: Kotryna Klizentyte, PhD – University of Florida

Co-author: Taylor V. Stein, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Florida

11:30am – 12:00pm PST

3 - The Appalachian Geopark Project: A Forestry Geoheritage Area
Location: A4

Speaker: Robert Burns, PhD – West Virginia University

10:30am – 12:00pm PST

Focus on Silviculture
Location: A5

Concurrent Session Moderator: Kristen M. Waring, PhD (she/her/hers) – Northern Arizona University

Silviculture

10:30am – 11:00am PST

Artificial White Oak (Quercus alba L.) Regeneration Responses to Light and Competition Gradients
Location: A5

Speaker: Elias B. Gaffney, BS – Purdue University

Co-Author: Michael Saunders – Purdue University

Silviculture

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

10:30am – 12:00pm PST

Focus on the Science and Research
Location: A3

Concurrent Session Moderator: Brad Pinno, PhD – University of Alberta

10:30am – 11:00am PST

Enhancing Seedlings Survival in Harsh Environment: Effects of Drought Preconditioning on Cold Hardiness in Douglas Fir Seedlings.
Location: A3

Speaker: Vovener de Verlands Edmond, M.Sc – University of Idaho

Forest Health and Genetics

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

11:00am – 11:30am PST

From mortality to complexity: a shifting understanding of eastern spruce dwarf mistletoe in lowland black spruce forests of Minnesota
Location: A3

Speaker: Ella Gray, PhD (she/her/hers) – Oregon State University

Forest Ecology

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

11:30am – 12:00pm PST

Growth and yield model incorporating competing vegetation at mid-rotation
Location: A3

Speaker: John B. Young, PhD – Weyerhaeuser

Speaker: Bronson Bullock, PhD – University of Georgia

Inventory and Biometrics

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

10:30am – 12:00pm PST

Forest Carbon Opportunities and Challenges, Climate Smart, IRA, and Beyond
Location: A7

Moderator: Zack Parisa – NCX

Panelist: Sarah Hall – American Forest Foundation

Panelist: Mike Smalligan – Michigan - DNR

Panelist: Nikola Smith – USDA Forest Service.

Forest Ecology

CFE 1.5 / ISA CEU 1.5 / ESA CEU .375

10:30am – 12:00pm PST

Science Flashes 1
Location: A11

Concurrent Session Moderator: Emily S. Huff, PhD – Michigan State University

CFE 1.5 / ISA CEU 1.5 / ESA CEU .375

10:30am – 10:38am PST

Hunting for Hemlocks: Locating and Restoring Eastern Hemlock in Minnesota
Location: A11

Speaker: Kira Drew Pollack (she/her/hers) – University of Minnesota

Forest Ecology

10:40am – 10:48am PST

Habitat Suitability Modeling: A Tool for Restoring Butternut, Juglans cinerea L., in the Eastern US.
Location: A11

Speaker: Segun Michael Adeyemo, MF (he/him/his) – Mississippi State University

Forest Ecology

10:50am – 10:58am PST

Estimating current and future carbon stocks, emissions, and forest product life cycles under multiple management scenarios in Minnesota
Location: A11

Speaker: John Zobel, PhD – University of Minnesota

Bioenergy, Climate Change, and Carbon

11:00am – 11:08am PST

How do we know the carbon in our forest soils? Measurement, Theory, and Management
Location: A11

Speaker: Michael Culbertson, M.F.S. in progress (he/him/his) – Yale Forest School, Yale School of the Environment

Forest Ecology

11:10am – 11:18am PST

Fire reintroduction in oak-pine mixedwoods following an extended period of fire exclusion
Location: A11

Speaker: J. Davis Goode, PhD – USDA Forest Service

Co-Author: Justin L. Hart, Ph.D. – University of Alabama

Co-Author: Dan Dey

Forest Ecology

11:20am – 11:28am PST

Managing forest for carbon in California - current trends, risks and opportunities
Location: A11

Speaker: Lilli Kaarakka, PhD – California Polytechnic State University

Silviculture

11:30am – 11:38am PST

Decision-Making Tool Combining the Science of Forest Management and the Methodology of Lean Six Sigma.
Location: A11

Speaker: Joseph A. Roush, CF – Forest & Habitat Professionals LLC

Family Forests

11:40am – 11:48am PST

Ecosystem Services Beyond Carbon
Location: A11

Speaker: Thomas M. Kain, CF – Forest Stewardship Council US

Sustainability and Certification

11:50am – 11:58am PST

Mentoring our Natural Resource Leaders of Tomorrow.
Location: A11

Speaker: Allyson M. Henson (she/her/hers) – SUNY - ESF

Speaker: Ryan Clarke – SUNY - ESF

Human Dimensions and Education

10:30am – 12:00pm PST

Winning hearts and minds: how can we make the case for forest management?
Location: A9

Moderator: Robert Alec Giffen, MS – New England Forestry Foundation and Clean Air Task Force

Panelist: Brett J. Butler, PhD – USDA Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis

Panelist: Steven Koehn, LPF – USDA Forest Service, State & Private Forestry

Panelist: Chris Maisch, CF – SAF

Panelist: Robert T. Perschel, Jr, MF – New England Forestry Foundation

Panelist: Phil Rigdon, MF (he/him/his) – Intertribal Timber Council

Panelist: Danielle Okst, J.D. – Council of Western State Foresters

Human Dimensions and Education

CFE 1.5 / ISA CEU 1.5 / ESA CEU .375

11:00am – 12:00pm PST

People, Policy, Popcorn: Green Connects All: Exploring Urban and Community Forestry Impacts Across the Country
Location: Meeting Room 1

CFE 1 / ISA CEU 1 / ESA CEU .25

11:00am – 2:00pm PST

MMRV Meeting
Location: Meeting Room 5

11:30am – 1:00pm PST

Student Orientation
Location: Meeting Room 9-11

12:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Career Fair
Location: Expo Hall

1:00pm – 2:30pm PST

SAF Journals Editorial Board Reception- Closed Session
Location: Meeting Room 2

1:30pm – 2:30pm PST

Town Hall
Location: Meeting Room 1

1:30pm – 3:00pm PST

A Peek into Policy
Location: A6

Concurrent Session Moderator: Tom Gaman

1:30pm – 2:00pm PST

Challenges and Opportunities for Integrating Ecological Connectivity into U.S Forest Service Planning and Management
Location: A6

Speaker: Braden Hance – Center for Large Landscape Conservation

Forest Ecology

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

2:00pm – 2:30pm PST

Global Forest Visualization: From Green Marbles to Storyworlds
Location: A6

Speaker: Lynda Olman, PhD – University of Nevada Reno

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

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

2:30pm – 3:00pm PST

Products, Management, and Institutions: a Systems Approach to Mitigating Climate Change with Forestry
Location: A6

Speaker: Robert Alec Giffen, MS – New England Forestry Foundation and Clean Air Task Force

Author: Colleen Ryan, MF (she/her/hers) – New England Forestry Foundation

Bioenergy, Climate Change, and Carbon

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

1:30pm – 3:00pm PST

Can We Burn Our Way Out of This?: Fire Challenges Across the Nation
Location: A10

Concurrent Session Moderator: William Hart

1:30pm – 2:00pm PST

Do wildfires and prescribed fires contribute to the presence of invasive plants in coastal Mississippi?
Location: A10

Speaker: Robert K. Grala, Ph.D. – Mississippi State University

Economics, Policy, and Law

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

2:00pm – 2:30pm PST

Not all disturbance is equal in restoration: Evaluating targeted browsing and prescribed burning on woodlands
Location: A10

Speaker: Lauren S. Pile Knapp, PhD – USDA Forest Service , Northern Research Station

Silviculture

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

2:30pm – 3:00pm PST

Scorched and torched: UAS-based evaluation of individual tree prescribed fire effects
Location: A10

Speaker: Lauren Lad, n/a – Colorado State University

Forest Technology

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

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

1:30pm – 3:00pm PST

Evolution of Policies for Conserving and Managing Federal Old-Growth Forests in the Pacific Northwest
Location: A4

CFE 1.5 / ISA CEU 1.5 / ESA CEU .375

1:30pm – 1:45pm PST

1 - Evolution of the Debate Over Old-Growth Forest Management -- From SAF's Old-Growth Forest Task Force Report to the Northwest Forest Plan
Location: A4

Speaker: Jim R. Lyons, MF (he/him/his) – Conservation Strategies

1:45pm – 2:30pm PST

2 - The Evolving Debate Over Old-Growth Forest Management -- From SAF's Task Force to NWForest Plan
Location: A4

Speaker: Jerry Franklin, PhD – University of Washington

2:30pm – 2:50pm PST

3 - Implementing the Northwest Forest Plan Over the Last 30 Years
Location: A4

Speaker: Cheryl Friesen, MS – USDA USFS

2:50pm – 3:00pm PST

4 - Evolution of Federal Policies for Conservation and Management of Federal Old-Growth Forests in the Pacific Northwest Q&A

Speaker: Jim R. Lyons, MF (he/him/his) – Conservation Strategies

1:30pm – 3:00pm PST

Evolution of Forest Ecology
Location: A5

Concurrent Session Moderator: Adam Polinko, PhD – Mississippi State University

Forest Ecology

1:30pm – 2:00pm PST

Sustainability and drivers of aspen regeneration and recruitment near the southwestern edge of its range
Location: A5

Speaker: Kristen M. Waring, PhD (she/her/hers) – Northern Arizona University

Co-Author: Connor Crouch, PhD (he/him/his) – Northern Arizona University

Co-Author: Nicholas Wilhelmi

Co-Author: Margaret M. Moore, PhD (she/her/hers) – School of Forestry - Northern Arizona University

Co-Author: Paul C. Rogers, PhD (he/him/his) – Western Aspen Alliance & Dept. Env. & Society, Utah State University

Forest Ecology

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

2:00pm – 2:30pm PST

Monitoring Targets and Triggers: North Yuba CFLRP
Location: A5

Speaker: Kristen Wilson, PhD – The Nature Conservancy, Worldwide Office - CA

Forest Ecology

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

2:30pm – 3:00pm PST

Regional Resource Kits – Landscape Assessment and Treatment Planning
Location: A5

Speaker: Peter Stine, PhD – Climate and Wildfire Institute

Speaker: Patricia Manley, PhD – USFS Pacific Southwest Research Station

Speaker: John Battles, PhD – UC Berkeley

Forest Ecology

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

1:30pm – 3:00pm PST

Focus on the Science and Research
Location: A3

Forest Ecology

1:30pm – 2:00pm PST

Pollinator Habitat in Log Landings (PHiLL) Project
Location: A3

Speaker: Sloane Scott – University of Missouri Columbia

Forest Ecology

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

2:00pm – 2:30pm PST

3DForests: Quantifying Aboveground Carbon Stocks and Fire Fuels to Inform Forest Management
Location: A3

Speaker: Lisa Patrick Bentley, PhD – Sonoma State University

Forest Ecology

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

2:30pm – 3:00pm PST

Evaluating indicators for forest recovery on disturbed eastern hardwood sites
Location: A3

Speaker: Ian Kennedy, n/a – University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Forest Ecology

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

1:30pm – 3:00pm PST

OUTside with Pride: As Diverse as Our Forests
Location: A8

Speaker: E. Krause, MF – Michigan Technological University

Speaker: Candra A. Burns, n/a – Appalachian SAF

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

CFE 1.5 / ISA CEU 1.5 / ESA CEU .375

1:30pm – 3:00pm PST

Science Flashes 2
Location: A11

Concurrent Session Moderator: Omoyemeh J. Ukachukwu, PhD (she/her/hers) – Anew Climate

CFE 1.5 / ISA CEU 1.5 / ESA CEU .375

1:30pm – 1:38pm PST

Family Forest Owner Behavior, in Theory
Location: A11

Speaker: Emily S. Huff, PhD – Michigan State University

Human Dimensions and Education

1:40pm – 1:48pm PST

Aboveground Carbon Comparisons Between Old-Growth and Second-Growth Maple-Basswood Stands in Southern Minnesota
Location: A11

Speaker: Nick Partington, MS (he/him/his) – University of Minnesota

Bioenergy, Climate Change, and Carbon

1:50pm – 1:58pm PST

Modeling Wood Product Carbon Flows in Southern US Pine Plantations: Implications for Carbon Storage
Location: A11

Speaker: Sarah J. Puls, MS Student (she/her/hers) – NC State University

Bioenergy, Climate Change, and Carbon

2:00pm – 2:08pm PST

Evaluating the Economic Feasibility of Hybrid Poplar for Veneer Wood in North Carolina
Location: A11

Speaker: Samuel Blumenfeld, MS-NR Student – NC State University

Forest Production and Utilization

2:10pm – 2:18pm PST

Managing Appalachian forests for both timber and carbon sequestration: economic concerns on rotation length and products output.
Location: A11

Speaker: Jareth Beeler – University of Tennessee Knoxville

Bioenergy, Climate Change, and Carbon

2:20pm – 2:28pm PST

Assessing timber procurement practices and the relationship between mills and logging businesses in the Southern US wood supply chain
Location: A11

Speaker: Joe Conrad, IV, PhD – University of Georgia

Author: Rafia Rahman, n/a – University of Georgia

Forest Production and Utilization

2:30pm – 2:38pm PST

Estimating forest attributes using airborne LiDAR: Case study from a natural pine-dominated ecosystem
Location: A11

Speaker: Taeyoon Lee, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Georgia

Forest Technology

2:40pm – 2:48pm PST

Reviewing a Sustainable Biomass Value-added Product System in the Mid-Atlantic Region of the U.S.
Location: A11

Speaker: Robert Burns, PhD – West Virginia University

Author: Ross Andrew, PhD – West Virginia University

Bioenergy, Climate Change, and Carbon

2:50pm – 2:58pm PST

Forest Stewards Perceptions of Climate Adaptation Across Tribal Nations and State Agencies in Present-Day Maine
Location: A11

Speaker: Rachel Swanwick, n/a (she/her/hers) – University of Vermont

Human Dimensions and Education

1:30pm – 3:00pm PST

Urban forestry in a changing climate
Location: A7

Moderator: Zhu H. Ning, Ph.D. – Southern University & A&M College

Panelist: Mysha K. Clarke, PhD – University of Florida

Panelist: Rachelle Hedges – University of California Berkeley

Panelist: Janette Thompson, Ph.D. – Iowa State University

Panelist: Thomas E. Worthley, MS (he/him/his) – University of Connecticut

Urban and Community Forestry

CFE 1.5 / ISA CEU 1.5 / ESA CEU .375

1:30pm – 3:00pm PST

Why Foresters and Soil Scientists Should Be Best Friends Forever! Pt. 1
Location: A2

Speaker: Stephanie Connolly, n/a – USDA Forest Service

Speaker: Claudia Cotton, PhD (she/her/hers) – USDA Forest Service, Daniel Boone National Forest

Speaker: Kyle Steele, MS – USDA Forest Service, Mark Twain National Forest

Soils and Hydrology

CFE 1.5 / ISA CEU 1.5 / ESA CEU .375

1:30pm – 2:00pm PST

1 - Why foresters and soil scientists should be BFFs
Location: A2

Speaker: Stephanie Connolly, n/a – USDA Forest Service

Co-author: Robert Colter, PhD – USDA Forest Service

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

2:00pm – 2:30pm PST

2 - Clarity Through Conflict and Cooperation: The Relationship Between Foresters and Soil Scientists on National Forests
Location: A2

Speaker: Claudia Cotton, PhD (she/her/hers) – USDA Forest Service, Daniel Boone National Forest

2:30pm – 3:00pm PST

3 - Building Effective Relationships with Foresters: Lessons from the Mark Twain and Ottawa National Forests
Location: A2

Speaker: Kyle Steele, MS – USDA Forest Service, Mark Twain National Forest

Co-author: Amy Amman, BS (she/her/hers) – Ottawa National Forest

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

People, Policy, Popcorn: Growing the Restoration Economy: Can Policy Address Rural Workforce Shortages While Advancing Forestry Solutions?
Location: Meeting Room 1

CFE 1 / ISA CEU 1 / ESA CEU .25

3:00pm – 3:30pm PST

A Collaborative Cloud-Based Decision Support Platform for ResourceManagement and Wildfire Mitigation.
Location: Expo Hall Room 3

Presenter: Ashley Conrad-Saydah

3:00pm – 3:30pm PST

Leveraging GeoAI in Wildland Fire Management: Intelligent Damage Assessments and Community Wildfire Preparedness Templates
Location: Expo Hall Room 1

Speaker: Anthony Schultz

Speaker: John Steffenson

3:00pm – 3:30pm PST

Species Identification from Remote Sensing Data
Location: Expo Hall Room 2

Presenter: Cam Brown, MF, RPF (he/him/his) – Forsite Consultants Ltd

3:30pm – 4:00pm PST

A Tool from the Past to Enhance Future Restoration.
Location: Expo Hall Room 2

Presenter: Kevin Zeman, BS in Natural Resource Management, MA Silviculture – Stewardship West

3:30pm – 4:00pm PST

The Family Forest Carbon Program: An Overview.
Location: Expo Hall Room 3

Presenter: Brittany VanderWall

3:30pm – 4:00pm PST

A Clear Vision of the Future: LiDAR in Forest Reforestation.
Location: Expo Hall Room 1

Presenter: Eli C. Jensen, MF, CF, ACF – Ironwood Forestry, LLC

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Meet the Editor: Introduction to Consulting Forestry
Location: Expo Hall

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Refreshment Break
Location: Expo Hall

4:00pm – 5:00pm PST

People, Policy, Popcorn: American Hardwood Sustainability Clashes with European Import Regulations
Location: Meeting Room 1

CFE 1 / ISA CEU 1 / ESA CEU .25

4:00pm – 5:30pm PST

Emerging Markets
Location: A5

Concurrent Session Moderator: Stephanie Jo Chizmar, PhD (she/her/hers) – US Forest Service

Forest Production and Utilization

4:00pm – 4:30pm PST

Urban Wood Utlization
Location: A5

Speaker: Jeff Carroll, MA (he/him/his) – Urban Wood Economy

Speaker: Kayla Stuart, Bachelor's of Science in Forestry (she/her/hers) – Urban Wood Economy & Univ. of TN

Forest Production and Utilization

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

4:30pm – 5:00pm PST

Got Seeds? Strengthening the Reforestation Pipeline in the Western United States
Location: A5

Speaker: Matthew Mehdi Aghai, M.Sc., PhD Candidate – Mast Reforestation - Seattle, WA

Forest Production and Utilization

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

5:00pm – 5:30pm PST

Projected market-based feedstock supply analysis for mass timber manufacturing in Michigan
Location: A5

Speaker: Ichchha Thapa, PhD Student (she/her/hers) – Michigan State University

Forest Production and Utilization

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

4:00pm – 5:30pm PST

Focus on Case Studies
Location: A3

Concurrent Session Moderator: John Kessler, California RPF – FWS Forestry Services

4:00pm – 4:30pm PST

Protecting Beaver and Restoring Wetlands: The Ksik Stakii Project
Location: A3

Speaker: Joshua A. Smith, BS – Heritage Forestry and Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation

Speaker: Termaine Edmo, B.S – Blackfeet Environmental Office

Human Dimensions and Education

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

4:30pm – 5:00pm PST

Street tree diversity across varying spatial scales: A case study of New Haven CT
Location: A3

Speaker: Michael Freiburger, MA – Yale

Urban and Community Forestry

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

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

4:00pm – 5:30pm PST

Getting Techy With It
Location: A10

Concurrent Session Moderator: Brandon K. Craft, MNR, CF (he/him/his) – Treeswift

Forest Technology

4:00pm – 4:30pm PST

Saving lives with smart forestry: a wearable-based digital safety app integrated with real-time personal location-sharing to improve avoidance, detection and response to logging accidents
Location: A10

Speaker: Robert F. Keefe, PhD – University of Idaho Experimental Forest

Forest Technology

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

4:30pm – 5:00pm PST

Effectiveness of UAV-LiDAR in assessing the impact of catastrophic windstorm events on southeastern forest stands
Location: A10

Speaker: Dipika Badal (she/her/hers) – Auburn University

Forest Technology

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

5:00pm – 5:30pm PST

Improving the Timber Harvest with Cloud Computing
Location: A10

Speaker: Jimmy Humphrey, n/a – Legna Software

Forest Technology

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

4:00pm – 5:30pm PST

Implementing the Wildfire Crisis: Building and Riding the Bike (at the same time)
Location: A7

Moderator: Patricia D. Dorsey (she/her/hers) – National Wild Turkey Federation

Panelist: Diana Craig, MS – USDA Forest Service, Region 5

Panelist: Marcus Neiman (he/him/his) – Forestry First LLC

Panelist: Dale MacDougall, n/a – California Deer Association

Panelist: Molly Pitts, MS in Natural Resources – National Wild Turkey Federation

Panelist: Kelle Reynolds, MS – USDA Forest Service.

Wildland Fire Management

CFE 1.5 / ISA CEU 1.5 / ESA CEU .375

4:00pm – 5:30pm PST

Making your Point: Tips for Successful Presentations
Location: A8

Speaker: Lloyd C. Irland, Ph D – The Irland Group

Leadership Development

CFE 1.5 / ISA CEU 1.5 / ESA CEU .375

4:00pm – 5:30pm PST

Mature and old-growth forest classification and inventory: update and next steps for federal lands
Location: A4

Speaker: Marin Palmer (she/her/hers) – United States Forest Service

Speaker: Andrew Gray, PhD – USFS, Research and Development

Speaker: Kristen Pelz, PhD – United States Forest Service, Forest Inventory and Analysis

Speaker: Gregory H. Aplet, PhD (he/him/his) – The Wilderness Society

Speaker: Jamie Barbour, PhD (he/him/his) – United States Forest Service

Moderator: Thomas Schuler – USDA Forest Service Sustainable Forest Management Research

CFE 1.5 / ISA CEU 1.5 / ESA CEU .375

4:00pm – 4:15pm PST

1 - Responding to EO 14072 to Classify and Inventory Mature and Old-Growth Forests
Location: A4

Speaker: Marin Palmer (she/her/hers) – United States Forest Service

4:15pm – 4:30pm PST

2 - Wicked Problems and Sticky Wickets: Defining and Inventorying Mature and Old-Growth Forests
Location: A4

Speaker: Andrew Gray, PhD – USFS, Research and Development

4:30pm – 4:45pm PST

3 - Estimating Old-Growth Forests Using Regional Guidance
Location: A4

Speaker: Kristen Pelz, PhD – United States Forest Service, Forest Inventory and Analysis

4:45pm – 5:00pm PST

4 - Classifying Mature Federal Forests in the United States: The Forest Inventory Growth Stage System
Location: A4

Speaker: Andrew Gray, PhD – USFS, Research and Development

Speaker: Christopher Woodall, PhD – United States Forest Service, Research and Development

5:00pm – 5:15pm PST

5 - Defining and Inventorying Mature and Old-Growth Forests based on Carbon Accumulation
Location: A4

Speaker: Gregory H. Aplet, PhD (he/him/his) – The Wilderness Society

Co-author: Kevin Barnett, M.S. – The Wilderness Society

Co-author: Travis Belote, Ph.D. – The Wilderness Society

5:15pm – 5:30pm PST

6 - Summary and Next Steps in the Stewardship of Mature and Old-Growth Forests
Location: A4

Speaker: Jamie Barbour, PhD (he/him/his) – United States Forest Service

4:00pm – 5:30pm PST

Science Flashes 3
Location: A11

Concurrent Session Moderator: Ashley Schulz, PhD – Mississippi State University

CFE 1.5 / ISA CEU 1.5 / ESA CEU .375

4:00pm – 4:08pm PST

Invasive plants of the Southern US: use of FIA data forestry attributes
Location: A11

Speaker: Trisha Markus, n/a – Clemson University

Forest Ecology

4:10pm – 4:18pm PST

Relation of structure, composition, and disturbance in a multi-aged longleaf pine woodland
Location: A11

Speaker: David L. Phillips, M.S. – University of Alabama

Co-Author: J. Davis Goode, PhD – USDA Forest Service

Co-Author: Justin L. Hart, Ph.D. – University of Alabama

Forest Ecology

4:20pm – 4:28pm PST

Citizen Scientists Collaborate on White Oak Restoration on the William B. Bankhead National Forest, Alabama
Location: A11

Speaker: Christine Martens, MF – USDA Forest Service

Co-Author: Callie J. Schweitzer, PhD – US Forest Service

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

4:30pm – 4:38pm PST

Use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Multi-Temporal Imagery to Monitor the Effects of Prescribed Fire
Location: A11

Speaker: Cameron Wingren, n/a – Purdue University

Forest Technology

4:40pm – 4:48pm PST

Fast tree inventory with UAV LiDAR in the plantation
Location: A11

Speaker: Jinyuan Shao, n/a – Purdue University

Inventory and Biometrics

4:50pm – 4:58pm PST

Seedling Based Aspen Reforestation in Burned Areas Across the Southwest
Location: A11

Speaker: Sarah Kapel – Utah State University

Forest Ecology

5:00pm – 5:08pm PST

Transitioning to Remotely-Sensed Forest Inventory: Approaches to Small Area Estimation on State Forests in Oregon
Location: A11

Speaker: Sean McKenzie, MS – Oregon Department of Forestry

Inventory and Biometrics

5:10pm – 5:18pm PST

Assessing the Potential Role of Environmental Factors in the Long-term Outlook of Lingering Ash
Location: A11

Speaker: Jonathan Kressuk, MS – North Carolina State University

Forest Health and Genetics

5:20pm – 5:28pm PST

ETPPRP Machine-learning Techniques Based Forest Stand Models for Loblolly Pine
Location: A11

Speaker: Yuhui Weng, PhD – Stephen F. Austin State University

Inventory and Biometrics

4:00pm – 5:30pm PST

Sharing Our Passion for Urban and Community Forestry
Location: A6

Concurrent Session Moderator: Donna Davis, MS Agroforestry (she/her/hers) – Colorado State Forest Service

4:00pm – 4:30pm PST

Are your Tree Planting Specifications Killing Your Trees?
Location: A6

Speaker: Rebecca Johnson, CA, TCIA Qualified Trainer and CTSP (she/her/hers) – Arborholic, LLC

Urban and Community Forestry

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

4:30pm – 5:00pm PST

Hazard Tree Selection near Power Facilities
Location: A6

Speaker: Donald L. Dukleth, RPF, CPESC, Arborist – Southern Calif Edison

Urban and Community Forestry

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

5:00pm – 5:30pm PST

iSeaTree: Developing an Open-Source Mobile Application and Community Science Tool for Quantifying and Tracking Urban Forestry Assets
Location: A6

Speaker: Arielle Simmons-Steffen, MLA, GISP – Treemama.Org (iSeaTree Mobile App)

Urban and Community Forestry

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

4:00pm – 5:30pm PST

Why Foresters and Soil Scientists Should Be Best Friends Forever! Pt. 2
Location: A2

Speaker: Jacquie Foss, n/a (she/her/hers) – Tongass National Forest

Speaker: Erik Anderson, MS – Custer-Gallatin National Forest

Speaker: Derek Pierson, PhD (he/him/his) – Rocky Mountain Research Station, US Forest Service

Soils and Hydrology

CFE 1.5 / ISA CEU 1.5 / ESA CEU .375

4:00pm – 4:30pm PST

4 - Common Ground-Getting to the Root of Forest Productivity
Location: A2

Speaker: Jacquie Foss, n/a (she/her/hers) – Tongass National Forest

4:30pm – 5:00pm PST

5 - Finding Common Ground: How Soil Scientists and Silviculturists Can Develop a Common Understanding of Site Resilience
Location: A2

Speaker: Erik Anderson, MS – Custer-Gallatin National Forest

Co-Author: Vince Archer

Co-Author: Kelsey Martin

5:00pm – 5:30pm PST

6 - Insights, Tips, and Suggestions for Building Relationships Between Soil Scientists and Foresters
Location: A2

Speaker: Derek Pierson, PhD (he/him/his) – Rocky Mountain Research Station, US Forest Service

4:00pm – 5:30pm PST

Women in Forestry VII: Paying it Forward
Location: A9

Moderator: Pat S. Stephens Williams, PhD – Stephen F. Austin State University

Panelist: Beth Brantley, PhD – Bartlett Tree Experts

Panelist: Rachel Reyna, CF – PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

Panelist: Tiffany Roddy, CF – Roseberg

Human Dimensions and Education

CFE 1.5 / ISA CEU 1.5 / ESA CEU .375

4:00pm – 5:30pm PST

Young Professional Meetup
Location: Meeting Room 9-11

5:30pm – 6:30pm PST

Past President’s Reception (Invite Only)

5:30pm – 6:30pm PST

Policy Social
Location: Sheraton Grand Sacramento

6:30pm – 8:30pm PST

Alumni Receptions

6:30pm – 8:30pm PST

ApSAF Alumni Social
Location: Sheraton Grand Sacramento Hotel, Compagno

6:30pm – 8:30pm PST

Auburn, Florida, Georgia Alumni Reception
Location: Sheraton Grand Sacramento Hotel, Bataglieri

6:30pm – 8:30pm PST

California Community Colleges Alumni Reception
Location: Sheraton Grand Sacramento Hotel, Falor

6:30pm – 8:30pm PST

California Forestry Schools Alumni Reception
Location: Sheraton Grand Sacramento Hotel, Tofanelli

6:30pm – 8:30pm PST

Colorado State University Alumni Reception
Location: Sheraton Grand Sacramento Hotel, Bondi

6:30pm – 8:30pm PST

Iowa State University Alumni Reception
Location: Sheraton Grand Sacramento Hotel, Baker

6:30pm – 8:30pm PST

Michigan State University Forestry Alumni Reception
Location: Rio City Café

6:30pm – 8:30pm PST

Michigan Tech University
Location: Capitol Garage

6:30pm – 8:30pm PST

Nicholas School of the Environment Alumni Reception
Location: Federalist Pizza

6:30pm – 8:30pm PST

Northern Arizona University Alumni Reception
Location: Sheraton Grand Sacramento Hotel, Kamilos

6:30pm – 8:30pm PST

OSU College of Forestry Alumni Reception
Location: Sheraton Grand Sacramento Hotel, Carr

6:30pm – 8:30pm PST

University of Maine School of Forest Resources Alumni Reception
Location: Cafeteria 15L

6:30pm – 8:30pm PST

Utah State University Alumni Reception
Location: Sheraton Grand Sacramento Hotel, Beavis

6:30pm – 8:30pm PST

Yale School of the Environment Alumni-Student Reception
Location: Sheraton Grand Sacramento Hotel, Hendricks

6:30pm – 8:30pm PST

University of Idaho Alumni Reception
Location: Sheraton Grand Sacramento Hotel, Falor

7:00am – 8:00am PST

Fellows Breakfast- Invite Only
Location: Meeting Room 2

7:00am – 4:00pm PST

Speaker Ready Room Open
Location: Meeting Room 4

7:00am – 7:00pm PST

Registration Open
Location: West Lobby

8:00am – 9:30am PST

Adaptive Silviculture for Climate Change (ASCC) - Applying Novel Science On-The-Ground Part 1
Location: A4

Speaker: Jeff Fera, HBScF (he/him/his) – Natural Resources Canada

Speaker: Mike A. Battaglia, PhD (he/him/his) – USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station

Speaker: Thomas E. Worthley, MS (he/him/his) – University of Connecticut

Speaker: Kristen M. Waring, PhD (she/her/hers) – Northern Arizona University

Speaker: Justin Crotteau, PhD – USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station

Speaker: Marcella Windmuller-Campione, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Minnesota

Speaker: Linda Nagel, PhD – Utah State University

CFE 1.5 / ISA CEU 1.5 / ESA CEU .375

8:00am – 8:15am PST

1 - Petawawa Research Forest ASCC Site: Managing the challenges and opportunities of an ASCC research site.
Location: A4

Speaker: Jeff Fera, HBScF (he/him/his) – Natural Resources Canada

Co-author: Liz Cobb, MScForestry – Canadian Wood Fibre Centre

Speaker: Mike Hoepting

Co-Author: Trevor Jones

Co-Author: Nelson Thiffault, PhD (he/him/his) – Canadian Wood Fibre Centre, Natural Resources Canada

8:15am – 8:30am PST

2 - Developing climate change adaptation strategies across three different forest types in the Colorado ASCC sites
Location: A4

Speaker: Mike A. Battaglia, PhD (he/him/his) – USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station

Co-author: Ethan Bucholz, PhD – Colorado State Forest Service

Co-author: Jonathan Coop, PhD – Western Colorado University

Co-author: Lance Asherin, n/a – USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station

8:30am – 8:45am PST

3 - Southern New England Oak ASCC Affiliate: Adaptive Silviculture for Oak-Hickory Forests in an Exurban Setting.
Location: A4

Speaker: Thomas E. Worthley, MS (he/him/his) – University of Connecticut

Co-author: Amanda Bunce, MA – University of Connecticut

Co-author: Christopher Riely, MS – University of Rhode Island

Co-author: Robert Fahey, PhD – University of Connecticut

8:45am – 9:00am PST

4 - John Prince Research Forest ASCC Site: Balancing site history and future uncertainty in adaptive silviculture
Location: A4

Speaker: Kristen M. Waring, PhD (she/her/hers) – Northern Arizona University

Co-author: Che Elkin, PhD – University of Northern British Columbia

Co-author: Sue Grainger – John Prince Research Forest

Co-author: Dexter Hodder, MSc – John Prince Research Forest

Co-author: Courtney L. Peterson, MS (she/her/hers) – Colorado State University

Co-author: Linda Nagel, PhD – Utah State University

9:00am – 9:15am PST

5 - Bet-Hedging and Forest Assisted Migration in the Northern Rockies ASCC
Location: A4

Speaker: Justin Crotteau, PhD – USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station

Co-author: David Wright, MS – USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station

Co-author: Amanda Rollwage, _ – USDA Forest Service Flathead National Forest

Co-author: Elliott Meyer – USDA Forest Service Flathead National Forest

9:15am – 9:30am PST

6 - Urban Adaptive Silviculture Along Floodplain Forests of the Upper Mississippi River
Location: A4

Speaker: Marcella Windmuller-Campione, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Minnesota

8:00am – 9:30am PST

Advance the health, productivity, and sustainability of America’s forests - an interactive discussion with the National Association of University Forest Resources Programs.
Location: A3

Panelist: Kathleen Kavanagh, PhD – Oregon State University

Panelist: Andrew Storer – Michigan Technological University

Panelist: Robert G. Wagner, PhD – Purdue University

Panelist: Todd Petty – Clemson University

Panelist: Hans Williams, PhD – Stephen F. Austin State University

Moderator: Zhu H. Ning, Ph.D. – Southern University & A&M College

Human Dimensions and Education

CFE 1.5 / ISA CEU 1.5 / ESA CEU .375

8:00am – 9:30am PST

Building Public Literary on Wildfire Resilience Needs in the Dry Forests of the Western US
Location: A7

Moderator: Eric Holst, CA RPF – Environmental Defense Fund

Panelist: Casey Bender – Strategies 360

Panelist: Susie Kocher, MS, RPF (she/her/hers) – University of California Cooperative Extension

Panelist: Craig Thomas – Fire Restoration Group

Human Dimensions and Education

CFE 1.5 / ISA CEU 1.5 / ESA CEU .375

8:00am – 9:30am PST

Evolution of Forestry
Location: A5

Concurrent Session Moderator: Nicholas Brokaw, PhD – University of Puerto Rico

Economics, Policy, and Law

8:00am – 8:30am PST

Forest succession, management and the economy under a changing climate: Coupling economic and forest management models to assess impacts and adaptation options
Location: A5

Speaker: Thomas Ochuodho, PhD – University of Kentucky

Economics, Policy, and Law

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

8:30am – 9:00am PST

Mitigating Forest Loss in Central Ohio: A Private Woodland Owner Choice Experiment
Location: A5

Speaker: Sayeed R. Mehmood, PhD – Ohio State University

Author: Ahmed Hussain, MS – The Ohio State University

Economics, Policy, and Law

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

9:00am – 9:30am PST

Effect of chronic wasting disease on hunting lease values: A discrete choice experiment approach
Location: A5

Speaker: Ram Adhikari, PhD (he/him/his) – New Mexico Highlands University

Economics, Policy, and Law

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

8:00am – 9:30am PST

From Forest Bathing to Old Growth Imaginaries: Ways of Knowing Forests in Tense Political Climates
Location: A8

Speaker: Jason M. Brown, MF, MAR, PhD (he/him/his) – Simon Fraser University

Forest History, Philosophy and Ethics

CFE 1.5 / ISA CEU 1.5 / ESA CEU .375

8:00am – 9:30am PST

Getting Techy With It
Location: A10

Concurrent Session Moderator: Chris Kinslow, MS, CF – St. Johns River Water Management District

8:00am – 8:30am PST

Lyme Timber Case Study - Individual Tree Inventory
Location: A10

Speaker: Maurice LeBlanc, BSc Forestry, MBA – Forsite Consultants Ltd

Forest Technology

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

8:30am – 9:00am PST

Enhancing and Updating Minnesota’s Forest Inventory Using Lidar Technology
Location: A10

Speaker: Dennis J. Kepler, BS (he/him/his) – Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Inventory and Biometrics

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

9:00am – 9:30am PST

A Novel Approach to Stratification in the Sierra Nevada Mountains....
Location: A10

Speaker: Michael Kieser, PEng, MSc Engineering – Tesera Systems Inc.

Speaker: Max Turgeon, PhD, MSc (he/him/his) – Tesera Systems Inc.

Forest Technology

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

8:00am – 9:30am PST

Making Space for Young Professional Leaders: Creating Meaningful Opportunities and Support for Forestry’s Emerging Leaders
Location: A9

Moderator: Abby Jamison – Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry

Panelist: Greg Clarke, MS - Organizational Management – NYSAF

Panelist: Mike Federice, CF – SUNY ESF

Panelist: Allyson M. Henson (she/her/hers) – SUNY - ESF

Panelist: Trevor Keough, CCF – Molpus Woodlands Group

Leadership Development

CFE 1.5 / ISA CEU 1.5 / ESA CEU .375

8:00am – 9:30am PST

Science Flashes 4
Location: A11

Concurrent Session Moderator: Robert K. Grala, Ph.D. – Mississippi State University

CFE 1.5 / ISA CEU 1.5 / ESA CEU .375

8:00am – 8:08am PST

CR Nature Park: a hub for innovative learning
Location: A11

Speaker: Valerie Elder, MS – College of the Redwoods

Human Dimensions and Education

8:10am – 8:18am PST

Status of forest growth to removal rate in Arkansas
Location: A11

Speaker: Sagar Godar Chhetri (he/him/his) – University of Arkansas At Monticello

Author: Padip Saud, n/a – College of Forestry, Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Arkansas at Monticello

Author: Matthew H. Pelkki, BSF, MF, PhD, CF, RPF – University of Arkansas at Monticello

Inventory and Biometrics

8:20am – 8:28am PST

Forensic forestry: Are your biometric tools built on old data?
Location: A11

Speaker: Tyler Gifford, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Minnesota

Inventory and Biometrics

8:30am – 8:38am PST

Tree Species Identification from UAV RGB Images using Deep Learning Techniques
Location: A11

Speaker: Yunmei Huang (she/her/hers) – Purdue University

Inventory and Biometrics

8:40am – 8:48am PST

Explaining AI and remote sensing to non-scientists through Online Learning in Applied Forestry (OLAF)
Location: A11

Speaker: Pete Bettinger, PhD, CF – University of Georgia

Human Dimensions and Education

8:50am – 8:58am PST

TREE SPECIES SHIFT AND CLIMATE CHANGE ACROSS CONUS IN THE PAST 20 YEARS
Location: A11

Speaker: Jianmin Wang, PhD – Purdue University

Forest Ecology

9:00am – 9:08am PST

Creating a successful certification prep course
Location: A11

Speaker: Rebecca Johnson, CA, TCIA Qualified Trainer and CTSP (she/her/hers) – Arborholic, LLC

Urban and Community Forestry

9:10am – 9:18am PST

Modeling Seasonality in Wildfire Suppression Expenditures
Location: A11

Speaker: Bruno Kanieski Da Silva, PhD – Mississippi State University

Wildlife Management

9:20am – 9:28am PST

Developing Flexible Systems of Taper, Volume, and Biomass Equations to Meet Diverse Management Objectives
Location: A11

Speaker: Dehai Zhao, PhD – University of Georgia

Co-Author: Bronson Bullock, PhD – University of Georgia

Co-Author: James Westfall (he/him/his) – U.S. Forest Service, Northern Research Station

Co-Author: John Coulston (he/him/his) – U.S. Forest Service, Southern Research Station

Inventory and Biometrics

8:00am – 9:30am PST

Sharing our Passion
Location: A6

Concurrent Session Moderator: Jacob D. Putney, CF – Oregon State University

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

8:30am – 9:00am PST

Reaching members, potential new members, and the public through social media.
Location: A6

Speaker: Trisha Markus, n/a – Clemson University

SAF Matters

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

9:00am – 9:30am PST

Changing the Image of Forestry One Classroom at a Time: An Applied High School Curriculum
Location: A6

Speaker: Jared Schroeder, M.Ed. – Wisconsin Forestry Center

Human Dimensions and Education

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

8:00am – 9:30am PST

The R(evolution) of Indian Forestry: Focusing on Tribal Innovation and Perspectives to Address Forestry Challenges
Location: A2

CFE 1.5 / ISA CEU 1.5 / ESA CEU .375

8:00am – 8:15am PST

1 - Why Indian Forestry Matters and what it means to SAF
Location: A2

Speaker: Phil Rigdon, MF (he/him/his) – Intertribal Timber Council

8:15am – 8:30am PST

2 - The 4th Indian Forest Management Assessment Team Report: What it Means for Tribes, Foresters and Forests Nationwide
Location: A2

Speaker: Adrian Leighton, PhD (he/him/his) – Salish Kootenai College

8:30am – 8:45am PST

3 - Cross-Boundary and Shared Stewardship Considerations as Experienced by Yakama Nation
Location: A2

Speaker: Phil Rigdon, MF (he/him/his) – Intertribal Timber Council

8:45am – 9:00am PST

4 - Overview of Lands Back Approaches and Their Relation to Indian Forest Management
Location: A2

Speaker: Rebecca Hunt (she/her/hers) – Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation

9:00am – 9:15am PST

5 - Indigenous Traditional Knowledge and Relationships to Fire in Forestry
Location: A2

Speaker: Jim Durglo, BS – Intertribal Timber Council

9:15am – 9:30am PST

6 - The R(evolution) of Indian Forestry: Focusing on Tribal Innovation and Perspectives to Address Forestry Challenges Q&A
Location: A2

Moderator: Jim Durglo, BS – Intertribal Timber Council

9:00am – 5:00pm PST

USDA Forest Service Computer Lab
Location: Meeting Room 7

9:00am – 5:00pm PST

USDA Forest Service Hiring Event
Location: Meeting Room 8

9:30am – 10:30am PST

Innovation Zones
Location: Expo Hall

9:30am – 10:00am PST

Navigating the Ever-Evolving Carbon Market
Location: Expo Hall Room 1

Presenter: Klaus Geiger

CFE .5

9:30am – 10:00am PST

Monitoring Conditions for Prescribed Burning with ES-808 SCAMP
Location: Expo Hall Room 3

Presenter: Bill Bars

9:30am – 10:30am PST

Ancient Wisdom, Future Hope: Biochar Lifecycle in the Green Industry
Location: Expo Hall Room 2

Presenter: Christopher Fields-Johnson

CFE 1

10:00am – 10:30am PST

Recent Advances in AI Applied to Forest Management.
Location: Expo Hall Room 1

Presenter: Peter McHale

10:00am – 10:30am PST

Re-Imagining Digital Forestry Information Systems.
Location: Expo Hall Room 3

Presenter: Bruce Ripley

9:30am – 10:30am PST

Refreshment Break
Location: Expo Hall

9:30am – 11:00am PST

Diversity Scholars Networking Event
Location: Meeting Rooms 2

9:30am – 4:00pm PST

Expo Hall, Silent Auction, SAF Hub, and SAF Store Open
Location: Expo Hall

10:30am – 12:00pm PST

Beyond the Trees: Prioritizing Safety in Forestry
Location: A8

Speaker: MICHAEL W. BECHDOLT, BS - Forest Management – Presently Consulting Forester / President of Klamath Lake Forest Health Partnership

Speaker: Amanda Sullivan-Astor, CF – Associated Oregon Loggers

Speaker: Shaun Harkins, CF – DOI- Bureau of Land Management

Human Dimensions and Education

CFE 1.5 / ISA CEU 1.5 / ESA CEU .375

10:30am – 12:00pm PST

Adaptive Silviculture for Climate Change (ASCC) - Applying Novel Science On-The-Ground Part 2
Location: A4

Speaker: Jacob Muller, PhD – University of Kentucky

Speaker: Miranda Curzon, PhD (she/her/hers) – Iowa State University

Co-Author: Courtney L. Peterson, MS (she/her/hers) – Colorado State University

Speaker: Linda Nagel, PhD – Utah State University

CFE 1.5 / ISA CEU 1.5 / ESA CEU .375

10:30am – 11:00am PST

1 - The Robinson Forest ASCC Site: Responding to Climate Change in Kentucky's Central Appalachian Region
Location: A4

Speaker: Jacob Muller, PhD – University of Kentucky

Co-author: John Lhotka, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Kentucky

11:00am – 11:30am PST

2 - Adaptive silviculture in the Driftless Area
Location: A4

Speaker: Miranda Curzon, PhD (she/her/hers) – Iowa State University

Co-author: Bruce Blair, , – Iowa Department of Natural Resources

Co-author: Paul A. Dubuque, , (he/him/his) – Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Co-author: Gregory Edge – Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Co-author: Bradley M. Hutnik – Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry

Co-author: Michael Reinikainen, , – Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

11:30am – 12:00pm PST

3 - Evolution of the Adaptive Silviculture for Climate Change (ASCC) Network - Open Discussion and Q&A
Location: A4

Speaker: Linda Nagel, PhD – Utah State University

Co-Author: Courtney L. Peterson, MS (she/her/hers) – Colorado State University

Author: Chris Swanston, Dr. – USDA Forest Service, Offices of Sustainability & Climate

Co-author: Maria Janowiak, M.S. – Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science, USDA Northern Forests Climate Hub

10:30am – 12:00pm PST

Agroforestry: It's in Our DNA
Location: A2

Speaker: Gary Bentrup, MLA (he/him/his) – USDA National Agroforestry Center

Speaker: Karam Sheban, BS, MF (he/him/his) – Yale School of the Environment

Speaker: Walker Cammack, BS, MF (he/him/his) – Smokey House Center

Speaker: Matthew M. Smith, PhD – USDA Forest Service - National Agroforestry Center

Concurrent Session Moderator: Donna Davis, MS Agroforestry (she/her/hers) – Colorado State Forest Service

CFE 1.5 / ISA CEU 1.5 / ESA CEU .375

10:30am – 11:00am PST

2 - The Prairie State Forestry Project Digital Archive: Harvesting History to Grow the Future
Location: A2

Speaker: Gary Bentrup, MLA (he/him/his) – USDA National Agroforestry Center

Co-author: Sarah Karle, MLA – University of Nebraska-Lincoln

11:00am – 11:30am PST

1 - Buffering America's Waterways: Mapping Opportunities to Protect and Enhance Surface Drinking Water
Location: A2

Speaker: Matthew M. Smith, PhD – USDA Forest Service - National Agroforestry Center

Co-Author: Rebecca Lilja, BS (she/her/hers) – USDA Forest Service

Co-author: Gary Bentrup, MLA (he/him/his) – USDA National Agroforestry Center

Co-author: Susan Stein, MF (she/her/hers) – USDA NRCS

11:30am – 12:00pm PST

3 - Three years of the Northeast Forest Farmers Coalition: Building a Community of Practice
Location: A2

Speaker: Karam Sheban, BS, MF (he/him/his) – Yale School of the Environment

Speaker: Walker Cammack, BS, MF (he/him/his) – Smokey House Center

10:30am – 12:00pm PST

Can We Burn Our Way Out of This?: Fire Challenges Across the Nation
Location: A10

Concurrent Session Moderator: John D. Bailey, PhD (he/him/his) – Oregon State University

10:30am – 11:00am PST

The Greenwood Fire in Minnesota: Response, Research and Restoration
Location: A10

Speaker: Laura Reuling (she/her/hers) – University of Minnesota

Forest Ecology

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

11:00am – 11:30am PST

A Systematic Review of Wildfire and Suppression Cost Management
Location: A10

Speaker: Nasir Qadir, MS – University of Georgia

Wildland Fire Management

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

11:30am – 12:00pm PST

Simulated impacts of landscape fuel treatments on wildfire behavior and damage: East Texas case
Location: A10

Speaker: Junyeong Choi, n/a – Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology, Texas A&M University

Wildlife Management

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

10:30am – 12:00pm PST

Developing Research and Demonstration Networks to Address the Forest Management Issues of the 21st Century
Location: A9

Moderator: Tyler Carney, PhD – University of Florida

Panelist: Aditya Singh, PhD – University of Florida

Panelist: Jason Vogel, PhD – University of Florida

Forest Health and Genetics

CFE 1.5 / ISA CEU 1.5 / ESA CEU .375

10:30am – 12:00pm PST

Emerging Technologies and Forest Inventory: What Does the Future of Forest Inventory Look Like?
Location: A7

Concurrent Session Moderator: Brandon K. Craft, MNR, CF (he/him/his) – Treeswift

Panelist: Cam Brown, MF, RPF (he/him/his) – Forsite Consultants Ltd

Panelist: Robert E. Froese, PhD, CF, RPF – University of Alberta

Panelist: Dennis J. Kepler, BS (he/him/his) – Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Panelist: Sean McKenzie, MS – Oregon Department of Forestry

Panelist: Wade Tinkham, PhD (he/him/his) – USDA Forest Service - Rocky Mountain Research Station

Inventory and Biometrics

CFE 1.5 / ISA CEU 1.5 / ESA CEU .375

10:30am – 12:00pm PST

Evolution of Forestry
Location: A5

Concurrent Session Moderator: Sayeed R. Mehmood, PhD – Ohio State University

10:30am – 11:00am PST

The Forestry Grand Challenges Survey: Understanding the nations forest and forest products R&D priorities
Location: A5

Speaker: Emily S. Huff, PhD – Michigan State University

Speaker: Terry Baker, MF – SAF

Speaker: Robert G. Wagner, PhD – Purdue University

SAF Matters

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

11:00am – 11:30am PST

Creating New Markets is a Team Effort: Knowledge-Sharing & Connections Amongst Diverse Stakeholders
Location: A5

Speaker: Leslie Boby, MS – Southern Regional Extension Forestry

Forest Production and Utilization

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

11:30am – 12:00pm PST

Why the Urban Forestry Profession Needs to Evolve
Location: A5

Speaker: Keith O'Herrin, PhD, NCRF – Union County NC

Urban and Community Forestry

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

10:30am – 12:00pm PST

Focus on Water
Location: A6

Concurrent Session Moderator: Calvin Norman, CCF – Penn State

10:30am – 11:00am PST

Interactive Effects of Forest Harvesting and Climate on Forest Evapotranspiration and Streamflow Dynamics
Location: A6

Speaker: Salli F. Dymond, PhD – Northern Arizona University - Flagstaff, AZ

Soils and Hydrology

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

11:00am – 11:30am PST

Quantifying forest canopy gaps and understanding gap-level forest regeneration in Upper Mississippi River floodplain forests
Location: A6

Speaker: Andrew R. Meier, n/a – US Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District

Forest Ecology

CFE .5

10:30am – 12:00pm PST

Innovative finance in action: Strategies for sustainable forest management from urban canopies to headwater forests
Location: A3

Moderator: Phil Saksa, PhD – Blue Forest Conservation

Panelist: Sarah Hall – American Forest Foundation

Panelist: Zach Knight – Blue Forest

Panelist: Raven Lawson (she/her/hers) – Central Arkansas Water

Panelist: Marisa Repka – Cambium Carbon

Economics, Policy, and Law

CFE 1.5 / ISA CEU 1.5 / ESA CEU .375

10:30am – 12:00pm PST

Science Flashes 5
Location: A11

Concurrent Session Moderator: Brad Pinno, PhD – University of Alberta

CFE 1.5 / ISA CEU 1.5 / ESA CEU .375

10:30am – 10:38am PST

Longleaf pine growth and yield over a range of site conditions in the southeastern US
Location: A11

Speaker: Bronson Bullock, PhD – University of Georgia

Inventory and Biometrics

10:40am – 10:48am PST

Functional diversity affects tree vigor, growth, and mortality in the mixed-conifer/hardwood forests of California
Location: A11

Speaker: Christopher Looney, PhD – USFS PSW Research Station

Silviculture

10:50am – 10:58am PST

Economic and Environmental Effects of Improved Forest Management and Improved Loblolly Pine Genotypes on Carbon Sequestration in the Southeast U.S.
Location: A11

Speaker: Jacek P. Siry, PhD – University of Georgia

Author: Omer Ince, MS – Aegean Forestry Research Institute

Author: Rafael De La Torre, PhD – ArborGen Inc.

Bioenergy, Climate Change, and Carbon

11:00am – 11:08am PST

Silvicultural Strategies to Meet Department of Defense Installation Land Management Objectives
Location: A11

Speaker: Kevin G. Porteck, MS Forestry – Forester - Tehama

Silviculture

11:10am – 11:18am PST

Individual Bald Cypress Knee Modeling from Mobile LiDAR
Location: A11

Speaker: Titilayo T. Tajudeen, MS (she/her/hers) – North Carolina State University

Inventory and Biometrics

11:20am – 11:28am PST

Impacts of Flooding Treatments on Potential Black Ash Replacement Species Along a Climate Gradient
Location: A11

Speaker: Holly J. Francart, n/a – University of Minnesota Twin Cities

Co-Author: Marcella Windmuller-Campione, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Minnesota

Co-Author: Robert Slesak

Co-Author: Gwendolen Keller, MS (she/her/hers) – National Park Service

Co-Author: Dustin Bronson

Silviculture

11:30am – 11:38am PST

Be an Upstander Not a Bystander
Location: A11

Speaker: Cindy Schwab, MBA, ISA-Certified Arborist, DEI Certificate, SHRM-SCP, CDE – The Davey Tree Expert Company

Speaker: Natalie McNeill, BCMA, CTSP (she/her/hers) – The Davey Tree Expert Company

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

11:40am – 11:48am PST

Considerations for Outplanting Practices in the Western U.S.: Accounting its Past, Present, and Future
Location: A11

Speaker: Tiffani Manteuffel-Ross

Speaker: Gabriel F. Altieri, BSc & BA – Mast Reforestation

Forest Production and Utilization

11:50am – 11:58am PST

Conjuring the Phoenix: A Forester's Ride on the Pendulum of Destruction
Location: A11

Speaker: William W. Keye, CA RPF #2417, Education Specialist – Communications Chair, Cal SAF

Forest History, Philosophy and Ethics

10:30am – 12:00pm PST

Women in Natural Resources Meetup
Location: Meeting Room 9-11

12:15pm – 12:45pm PST

Poison Ivy/Oak Soap.
Location: Expo Hall Room 2

Presenter: Manel Serdani

1:15pm – 3:00pm PST

Plenary III
Location: Ballroom A

1:15pm – 2:00pm PST

Awards Parade
Location: Ballroom A

2:00pm – 3:00pm PST

Moving beyond "Traditional": Indigenizing Forestry at its Roots
Location: Ballroom A

Plenary Moderator: E. Krause, MF – Michigan Technological University

Plenary Speaker: Dawn Blake, MS – Yurok Tribe

Plenary Speaker: Serra Hoagland, PhD – USDA Forest Service.

Plenary Speaker: Nisogaabokwe-Melonee Montano – Great Lake Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission

CFE 1 / ISA CEU 1 / ESA CEU .25

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

People, Policy, Popcorn: A Conversation with the Chief
Location: Meeting Room 1

CFE 1 / ISA CEU 1 / ESA CEU .25

3:00pm – 3:30pm PST

SeeTree: Precision at Scale- The Transformation of Tree Management
Location: Expo Hall Room 2

Presenter: Israel Talpaz

3:00pm – 3:30pm PST

Trends in Forest Health Monitoring and Assessment Over the Last 10 Years

Presenter: Damani Eubanks

3:00pm – 3:30pm PST

Visual Forester.
Location: Expo Hall Room 3

Presenter: Andrew Davis

Presenter: Justin Barrett

3:30pm – 4:00pm PST

A Diverse Landscape Awaits.
Location: Expo Hall Room 2

Presenter: Diann Mcglothen

3:30pm – 4:00pm PST

MobileMap Past, Present, and Future.
Location: Expo Hall Room 3

Presenter: Kerry Halligan – Woodland Solutions Group

Presenter: Jessica Desrocher

3:30pm – 4:00pm PST

NASA Earth Sciences Division: Remote Sensing for Forestry, Ecology, and Wildfires
Location: Expo Hall Room 1

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Meet the Editor: Introduction to Consulting Forestry
Location: Expo Hall

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Poster Symposium
Location: Expo Hall

CFE 1 / ISA CEU 1 / ESA CEU .25

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

A 55-year Story of Forest Development Following Management and Wildfire in Northwestern Montana
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Neil G. Williams, PhD – Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education

Silviculture

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

A dendrochronological study of annual and interannual growth trends following fire in midrotation loblolly pine
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: John C. Jacobson – Mississippi State University

Silviculture

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

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

A once innocuous species, Nepytia janetae, brings novel defoliation to the Santa Fe National Forest
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Peggy De'Scoville (she/her/hers) – New Mexico Highlands University

Co-Author: Jennifer G. Klutsch, PhD – Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Northern Forestry Centre

Co-Author: Andrew D. Graves, PhD – USDA/Forest Service/Forest Health Protection

Co-Author: Anna Schoettle

Co-Author: John Formby

Forest Ecology

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

A Systems Thinking Approach to Wood Processing and Forest Health in Wyoming
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Julia Chen – Yale School of the Environment

Co-Author: Jake Barker – Yale School of the Environment

Forest Production and Utilization

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

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Addressing Wildfire Hazard in Mt. Spokane State Park
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Dana Maureen Chapman, MS (she/her/hers) – USFS / University of Washington

Wildland Fire Management

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Analyzing ponderosa pine growth rates and resin ducts on the Coconino National Forest
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Alyssa Cherow – Northern Arizona University

Silviculture

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Application of deep learning convolutional neural networks and aerial images for automated assessment of unhealthy tree crowns
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Durga Prasad Joshi (he/him/his) – University of Connecticut

Forest Health and Genetics

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Assessing Combinations of Nucleation Size and Planting Density to Improve Performance of Ponderosa Pine Seedlings
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Dilshad Safiullah, MS (he/him/his) – New Mexico Highlands University

Forest Ecology

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Assessing Residential Wood Biomass Usage in the State of Colorado
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Nathaniel R. Coulter, n/a – Colorado State Forest Service

Co-Author: Maria Gaetani

Co-Author: Kurt Mackes

Co-Author: Wilfred Previant

Forest Production and Utilization

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Assessing the Spread of White Pine Blister Rust on Southwestern White Pine
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Simon Baker, n/a – Northern Arizona University

Forest Health and Genetics

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

ASSESSING WATER RELATIONS AND CARBON DYNAMICS OF PINUS TAEDA BRANCHES UNDERGOING SHADE-INDUCED MORTALITY
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Adelodun R. Majekobaje – Louisiana State University

Forest Ecology

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Assessing Wildlife Corridor Forest Structure for Human-Elephant Conflict Mitigation in Sri Lanka
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Alina Evans (she/her/hers) – University of Nevada, Reno

Forest Ecology

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Assessment of Forestry Professional Development and Continuing Education Needs in Wisconsin
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Zoe E. Kaminsky (they/them/theirs) – University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point

Human Dimensions and Education

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Building Wildfire and Forest Resilience in California's State Parks
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Azalie Welsh, MF, RPF (they/she) – California State Parks Wildfire and Forest Resilience Program

Co-Author: Matthew Cunningham

Wildland Fire Management

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Camp 70 Foresters: Out of the Woodshed--A time to Lead
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Ronald M. Cerruti, RPF 1983, BS, MBA – Retired

Poster Presenter: Jane LaBoa, RPF (she/her/hers) – SAF

Poster Presenter: Christopher Conrad, BS, RPF – semi-retired

Wildland Fire Management

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Census of California’s Forest Products Industry in 2021: Results and Insights
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Samuel G. Scott, MS (he/him/his) – BBER FIRP - UM

Forest Production and Utilization

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

College of the Redwoods Outdoor Campus for Student Success
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Valerie Elder, MS – College of the Redwoods

Human Dimensions and Education

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Comparing the Responses of Native and Hybrid Sweetgum to Environmental Factors for Biofuel Production
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Logan Ozment – Oklahoma State University

Bioenergy, Climate Change, and Carbon

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Conifer Seedling’s Growth Response to Post-planting Vegetation Control Across a Productivity Gradient in Northern Idaho.
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: David Akowuah, MSc – University of Idaho

Silviculture

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Debuting A New Step-by-Step Guidebook for Prescribed Burning for Landowners
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Leslie Boby, MS – Southern Regional Extension Forestry

Co-Author: David Clabo, PhD – University of Georgia

Co-Author: Adam Maggard, PhD – Auburn University

Co-Author: Jennifer Fawcett, MS (she/her/hers) – North Carolina State University

Co-Author: Laurel Kays

Co-Author: Hallie Harriman

Co-Author: Sarah McNair

Wildland Fire Management

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Developing a Forest Monitoring Program at Los Alamos National Laboratory
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Bridget L. Bloodwood, MS (she/her/hers) – Los Alamos National Laboratory

Inventory and Biometrics

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

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Developing a reference legacy to address contemporary challenges of old-growth in the southern United States
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: J. Davis Goode, PhD – USDA Forest Service

Co-Author: Don Bragg

Co-Author: Margaret Woodbridge

Forest Ecology

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Development of a protocol to screen loblolly pine for resistance against brown spot needle blight
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Rhys A. Eshleman, B.S – University of Georgia

Forest Health and Genetics

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Differences in herbaceous species composition in government cost share sites across Indiana Ecoregions
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Aubrey W. Franks – Purdue University

Forest Ecology

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Drone ignition case study of prescribed fire in a mixedwood forest, Bankhead National Forest, Alabama
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Callie J. Schweitzer, PhD – US Forest Service

Author: John Craycroft, PhD – USDA Forest Service

Silviculture

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Drone Use for Emergency Management in Forestry
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: I-Kuai Hung, PhD – Stephen F. Austin State University

Author: David L. Kulhavy, PhD – Stephen F. Austin State University

Co-Author: Daniel R. Unger, PhD – Stephen F. Austin State University

Co-Author: Yanli Zhang, PhD (he/him/his) – Stephen F Austin State University

Forest Technology

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Ecological, social, and economic impacts of chronic wasting disease
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Sushma Bhattarai, MSC (she/her/hers) – Mississippi State University

Human Dimensions and Education

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Edge Effects and Fire Effects: Small Canopy Gaps as a Silvicultural Alternative to Herbicide
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Amber Lennon – UC Berkeley; Berkeley Forests

Silviculture

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Effect of the sea level rise in the coastal forest: spatial patterns of tree mortality after Hurricane Hugo.
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Siddhartha Regmi, Masters – Clemson University

Co-Author: Bo Song, PhD – Clemson University

Co-Author: Thomas O'Halloran, PhD – Clem

Co-Author: Thomas Williams, PhD – Clemson University

Co-Author: Brian Williams – Clemson University

Forest Ecology

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Effects of thinning and climate on stem radial fluctuations monitored using automatic point dendrometers
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Sophan Chhin, MS, PhD – West Virginia University

Inventory and Biometrics

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Effects of wind disturbance and salvage logging on regeneration in an upland oak stand
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Lucas Hales (he/him/his) – University of Alabama

Forest Ecology

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Estimating aboveground biomass in Indiana State Forests: From trees to stands
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Bowen Li – Purdue University

Bioenergy, Climate Change, and Carbon

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Estimating Biophysical Parameters of Urban Trees on Texas A&M University Campus using Mobile Lidar
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Justinn J. Jones – Texas A&M University

Forest Technology

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Examining the Impacts of Urban Tree Canopy Structure and Condition on Adult Depression
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: LALITA DHAL, Masters (she/her/hers) – University of Georgia - Athens, GA

Urban and Community Forestry

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Expanding the Silvicultural Toolbox: Biochar's influence on seedling growth, drought resilience, and vegetative competition in Northern Minnesota
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Sophie I. Ackerman (she/her/hers) – University of Minnesota

Silviculture

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Feedstock supply analysis and demand survey for a potential mass timber manufacturing facility in Michigan
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Ichchha Thapa, PhD Student (she/her/hers) – Michigan State University

Forest Production and Utilization

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Female landowner confidence: Learning to tailor outreach for women forest landowners in Georgia
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Neil Royce Dingley, Jr. (he/him/his) – Warnell School/UGA

Human Dimensions and Education

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Fire hazard, carbon, and forest regeneration dynamics following wildfire at Boggs Mountain Demonstration Forest
Location: Expo Hall

Author: Joseph Restaino, n/a – CALFIRE

Poster Presenter: David Passovoy, n/a – CAL FIRE

Author: Maxwell Odkins, n/a – CAL FIRE

Author: Jamie Lydersen, n/a – CAL FIRE

Author: Tadashi Moody, n/a – CAL FIRE

Author: David Sapsis, n/a – CAL FIRE

Wildland Fire Management

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Forest Regeneration Dynamics in Response to Mulch, Fertilizer, and Planting Density in Georgia’s Maritime Forests
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Brianne Innusa (she/her/hers) – Purdue University

Silviculture

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Gazing into the crystal ball: can we identify invasive forest insects before they invade?
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Ashley Schulz, PhD – Mississippi State University

Forest Health and Genetics

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Global Navigation Satellite Systems Location Variations Associated with Trees
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Audrey R. Ward (they/them/theirs) – Purdue University

Inventory and Biometrics

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Greenhouse Gas Fire Fuels Mitigation Cal VTP
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Fey Egan, MF, RPF – Cal Fire

Poster Presenter: Jeremiah Steuterman, RPF – Cal Fire

Wildland Fire Management

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Growing (in)justice: How do urban green spaces change over time?
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Ambar A. Melendez-Perez, MPH (she/her/hers) – Iowa State University

Urban and Community Forestry

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Growing Wisconsin’s Maple Syrup Industry by Understanding Non-commercial and Commercial Producers’ Outreach Needs
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Scott Hershberger (he/him/his) – University of Wisconsin–Madison

Human Dimensions and Education

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Health-Promoting Forest Spaces: Embracing Forestry's Evolution and Expanding Non-Timber Benefits
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Tara Brown, BSc (she/her/hers) – UBC Faculty of Forestry

Human Dimensions and Education

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Herbaceous Seeding for Erosion Control and Restoration After High Severity Wildfire
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Ashal Shrestha, MS – New Mexico Highlands University

Forest Ecology

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Historical trend of market coverage and competition of various wood products in Michigan
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Naresh Khanal, MA (he/him/his) – Oregon State University

Author: Raju Pokharel, PhD – Michigan State University

Author: Jagdish Poudel, n/a – Michigan State University

Author: Emily S. Huff, PhD – Michigan State University

Author: Andrew Finley, n/a – Michigan State University

Author: Elliot Shannon – Michigan State University

Forest Production and Utilization

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Hydrologic Response of Meadow Restoration Following the Removal of Encroached Conifers
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Oriana Ramirez (she/her/hers) – California Polytechnic State University

Soils and Hydrology

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Hydrological responses to 21st century management of a coast redwood forest, Caspar Creek Experimental Watersheds
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Anna C. Thompson, MS (she/her/hers) – USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station

Author: Joe Wagenbrenner, PhD – USDA Forest Service

Author: Salli F. Dymond, PhD – Northern Arizona University - Flagstaff, AZ

Author: Drew Coe, RPF – CAL FIRE

Author: Fey Egan, MF, RPF – Cal Fire

Soils and Hydrology

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Identifying Barriers to and Opportunities for Adopting Biochar Production to Reduce Fire Risk and Improve Soil Health in Northern New Mexico
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Rosa M. Soriano, MS (she/her/hers) – New Mexico Highlands University

Bioenergy, Climate Change, and Carbon

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

ʻIliahi (Hawaiian sandalwood) stocktype trial: matching stocktypes to planting sites
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Emily Thyroff, PhD – University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Forest Ecology

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Impact of Forest Products Market on Forest Fuel Treatment Activities in Colorado
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Kritagya Gyawali, Masters of Forestry Science (he/him/his) – Colorado State University

Economics, Policy, and Law

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Impact of Thinning Immature Eastern White Pine Stands on Growth and Timber Value in Grayson County Virginia
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Connor G. Austin – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Silviculture

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Implementing Climate-Smart Forestry and Certification: Prescriptions and Barriers in the Southern U.S.
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Puskar N. Khanal, PhD (he/him/his) – Clemson University

Sustainability and Certification

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Wildfire Hazard Tree Abatement
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Sam Hein (he/him/his) – United States Forest Service

Co-Author: Amy Shaunette

Wildland Fire Management

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Keeping up with the heat – Understanding the wildfire risk decision support space.
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Tristan O'Mara, PhD Student (she/her/hers) – Northern Arizona University

Wildland Fire Management

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Linear versus single photon lidar height loss-specific change detection with subsequent object-based supervised classification of timber clear cuts and other disturbance based on post-change imagery
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Quentin Ikuta (he/him/his) – University of Minnesota - Natural Resources Science and Management

Inventory and Biometrics

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Measuring Changes in Fuel Biomass Following a Bark Beetle Outbreak in the Sierra Nevada
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Crystal Homicz (she/her/hers) – Univ of California-Davis

Co-Author: Leif Mortenson, MS – USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station

Co-Author: Beverly Bulaon, MS – Forest Health Protection, USDA Forest Service

Co-Author: Christopher Fettig, PhD – Pacific Southwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service

Forest Ecology

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Methodology for Capturing Fungi and Rendering them as Printed 3D Models Using Limited Resources
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Yanli Zhang, PhD (he/him/his) – Stephen F Austin State University

Co-Author: David L. Kulhavy, PhD – Stephen F. Austin State University

Co-Author: Daniel R. Unger, PhD – Stephen F. Austin State University

Co-Author: I-Kuai Hung, PhD – Stephen F. Austin State University

Forest Health and Genetics

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Mixing tree species along with density management to reduce drought susceptibility in British Columbia forests
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Surabhi Lukose – University of Alberta

Silviculture

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Northern red oak seedlings planted in a strip clearcut: eight year results
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Jamie L. Schuler, Ph.D. – West Virginia University

Silviculture

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Novel Silvicultural Practices for Restoring Shortleaf Pine and Shortleaf Pine-Hardwood Ecosystems on Reclaimed Mine Sites
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Joshua J. Granger, CCF – Mississippi State University

Poster Presenter: David Buckley, n/a – School of Natural Resources, University of Tennessee

Co-Author: Krishna Poudel

Co-Author: Courtney Siegert

Silviculture

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Oak recruitment in young forests: modeling forest characteristics before disturbance and interactions with abiotic environment.
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Joshua A. Gershey (he/him/his) – Pennsylvania State University

Forest Ecology

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Oak Wilt Further North? Examining Vectors, Spring Phenology, and Potential Risk across Upper Michigan/Canada
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Kathleen Bershing (she/her/hers) – Michigan Technological University

Author: Tara L. Bal, PhD, CF – Michigan Technological University

Forest Health and Genetics

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Operational Challenges and Issues Related to the Economic Sustainability of Logging Businesses in Virginia.
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Rebecca Barkman, BS – Virginia Tech

Sustainability and Certification

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Prescribed burning following wildfire: Effects on fuel loading and regeneration in a ponderosa pine forest
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Cristina L. Winters – California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt

Co-Author: Mike A. Battaglia, PhD (he/him/his) – USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station

Co-Author: Lance Asherin, n/a – USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station

Wildland Fire Management

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Productivity of Hybrid Sweetgum Plantations in Southeastern Oklahoma and Northeastern Texas
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Jacob Dalton Lewis, B.S. Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources – Oklahoma State University

Forest Production and Utilization

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Promoting Forest Resilience by Thinning: Evidence from long-term research plots
Location: Expo Hall

Author: Jianwei Zhang, PhD – USFS PSW Research Station

Poster Presenter: Kaelyn Finley, MS (she/her/hers) – USDA FS - Pacific Southwest Research Station

Author: Christopher Looney, PhD – USFS PSW Research Station

Silviculture

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Quantifying the environmental impacts of proposed biochar production facilities using forest biomass in Michigan
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Nafisa Nowshin Ahmed, n/a – Michigan State University

Forest Production and Utilization

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Reaching Underserved Communities with Climate-Smart Forestry: A pilot peer-education extension program with women forest owners
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Melissa M. Kreye, PhD – Pennsylvania State University

Author: Kripa Neupane – Pennsylvania State University

Co-Author: Allyson Muth, EdD, MF (she/her/hers) – Pennsylvania State University

Co-Author: Mysha K. Clarke, PhD – University of Florida

Co-Author: Janet Steele, MS – Clemson University Cooperative Extension Service

Human Dimensions and Education

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Redwood Tree Improvement Cooperative - Enhancing Redwood Growth, Vigor, and Management Throughout the PNW
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Jeremiah Steuterman, RPF – Cal Fire

Forest Health and Genetics

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Regional Specialization in the New Forest Economy and Distributive Equity in Forest Service Contracting
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Kamana Poudel, PhD Candidate (she/her/hers) – Oregon State University

Human Dimensions and Education

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Santa Cruz Mountains Post-fire Oak Restoration and Thinning
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Donald L. Campbell, n/a – UC Berkeley

Silviculture

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Shrub and invasive plant response following widespread tree mortality in the central and southern Sierra Nevada, California
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Leif Mortenson, MS – USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station

Forest Ecology

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Spatial Analysis of Forest Product Manufacturers and carbon stock in South Carolina, USA
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Kavi Raj Awasthi, MS – Clemson University

Poster Presenter: Nilesh Timilsina – Clemson University

Forest Production and Utilization

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Spatial Variability of Soil Series Chemical Properties and Development of Best-Fit Spatial Interpolation Models
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Dipendra Dhungana (he/him/his) – University of Arkansas at Monticello

Soils and Hydrology

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Spread and growth mechanisms of Chinese tallow trees in fire regulated slash pine flatwoods
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Annie C. Huckaby (she/her/hers) – Louisiana Tech University

Author: Shaoyang Yang, PhD – Louisiana Tech University

Forest Ecology

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Tax Incentives for Conservation Easement Program in the US: A Review
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Alisha Sharma, MF (she/her/hers) – Colorado State University

Economics, Policy, and Law

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

The Curious Case of the Bumpy Beech: Identifying a Potential Forest Pathogen
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Julia C. Luyk, BSFR In Progress (she/her/hers) – University of Georgia

Forest Health and Genetics

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

The Effects of Water Availability and Nutrient Addition on Resin Duct Production in Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda)
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Rodney Will

Author: Cady Greenslit, n/a – Oklahoma State University

Silviculture

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

The Impact of Wildfires on California's Healthcare Workers and Radiation Oncology Patients
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Isabelle M. Do – UCSF GreenHealth Lab

Human Dimensions and Education

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

The logging sector in East Texas
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Anusha Shrestha, PhD – Stephen F. Austin State University

Co-Author: Pooja Chhetri – Stephen F. Austin State University

Co-Author: Matthew McBroom, PhD – Stephen F. Austin State University

Co-Author: Xufang Zhang

Economics, Policy, and Law

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

THE REGENERATION NICHE IN BOTTOMLAND HARDWOOD FORESTS: COMMUNITY SORTING ALONG GRADIENTS OF WATER AND LIGHT
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Clifton Albrecht, MS – Stephen F. Austin State University

Forest Ecology

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

The search for legacy tropical forest publications and datasets
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Sheila E. Ward, PhD – International Society of Tropical Foresters

International Forestry

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

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Topographic Effects on Residual Tree Spatial Patterns after Catastrophic Wind Disturbance in Longleaf Pine Woodlands
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Aurora Baker (she/her/hers) – The University of Alabama

Forest Ecology

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Tree Spatial Patterns in Alternative Mixed-Conifer Forest Fuel Reduction Treatments
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Connor Ryan, BS (they/them/theirs) – UC Berkeley Forestry Club

Silviculture

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Two-Step Tree Crown Delineation for Natural Broadleaf Forests with UAS RGB imagery
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Aishwarya Chandrasekaran, MS – Purdue University

Forest Technology

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Uncovering Factors Influencing Landowners' Forest Management Behaviors in Agricultural Landscapes
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Suraj Upadhaya, PhD (he/him/his) – Kentucky State University

Human Dimensions and Education

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Understanding the potential risks of wildfire damage from controlled burns in the Southeast United States
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Troy Bowman, PhD – Alabama A&M University

Poster Presenter: Taylor Sanders, N/A – Alabama A&M University

Wildland Fire Management

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Use of Drones in Wildlife Detection in Forestry
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: David L. Kulhavy, PhD – Stephen F. Austin State University

Co-Author: Daniel R. Unger, PhD – Stephen F. Austin State University

Co-Author: I-Kuai Hung, PhD – Stephen F. Austin State University

Co-Author: Yanli Zhang, PhD (he/him/his) – Stephen F Austin State University

Forest Ecology

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Using Drones to Document Condition of the Historic Aldridge Sawmill from a Birds Eye View
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Daniel R. Unger, PhD – Stephen F. Austin State University

Co-Author: David L. Kulhavy, PhD – Stephen F. Austin State University

Co-Author: Victoria M. Williams, BS (she/her/hers) – Arthur Temple College of Forestry & AgricultStephen F. Austin State University

Co-Author: I-Kuai Hung, PhD – Stephen F. Austin State University

Co-Author: Yanli Zhang, PhD (he/him/his) – Stephen F Austin State University

Forest History, Philosophy and Ethics

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Using Park's key species movement ecology data to inform Wildlife Habitat and Peat swamp forests management: Case study in Berbak National Park, Indonesia
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Herdhanu Jayanto (he/him/his) – New Mexico Highlands University

Wildlife Management

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Using Pictometry Data to Assist Training Site Selection for a Supervised Land Cover Classification
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Victoria M. Williams, BS (she/her/hers) – Arthur Temple College of Forestry & AgricultStephen F. Austin State University

Forest Technology

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Using terrestrial laser scanning to quantify Heterobasidion root disease spread in California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: David Alexander Flores, n/a – Sonoma State University

Forest Health and Genetics

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Using x-ray imaging to determine the likelihood of germination in seed lots
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Lydia Tymon, PhD – Mast Reforestation - Seattle, WA

Forest Production and Utilization

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Variation in microclimate and carbon dynamics within hardwood forests managed with the irregular shelterwood method
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Melody Mount – University of Tennessee

Co-Author: David Buckley, n/a – School of Natural Resources, University of Tennessee

Co-Author: Jennifer Franklin

Co-Author: Joshua J. Granger, CCF – Mississippi State University

Co-Author: Stacy Clark

Bioenergy, Climate Change, and Carbon

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Western pine beetle: Important disturbance agent in western ponderosa pines and chemical ecology-based management tools.
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Jackson Audley, PhD (he/him/his) – Forest Service - Pacific Southwest Research Station

Co-Author: Christopher Fettig, PhD – Pacific Southwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service

Co-Author: Crystal Homicz (she/her/hers) – Univ of California-Davis

Co-Author: Robert Progar

Forest Ecology

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

What factors determine the fate of hardwood trees planted on reclaimed coal mines?
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Caleb Redick, MS (he/him/his) – Purdue Department of Forestry and Natural Resources

Forest Ecology

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Wood Products Market and Competition in the Lakes States
Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Tara Allohverdi, PhD student (she/her/hers) – Michigan State University

Author: Raju Pokharel, PhD – Michigan State University

Author: Emily S. Huff, PhD – Michigan State University

Forest Production and Utilization

3:00pm – 4:00pm PST

Refreshment Break
Location: Expo Hall

4:00pm – 5:00pm PST

People, Policy, Popcorn: Investing in Forestry: Updates on Inflation Reduction Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding
Location: Meeting Room 1

CFE 1 / ISA CEU 1 / ESA CEU .25

4:00pm – 5:30pm PST

Emerging Markets
Location: A8

Concurrent Session Moderator: Karin Linnen – California SAF

Urban and Community Forestry

4:00pm – 5:00pm PST

A look into Professional Urban & Community Forestry
Location: A8

Speaker: Walt Warriner, Certified Urban Forester #108, Certified Arborist #WE-0407AM, Licensed Pest Control Advisor, Qualified Tree Risk Assessor, Qualified Tree Appraisor – Warriner Associates

Urban and Community Forestry

CFE 1 / ISA CEU 1 / ESA CEU .25

5:00pm – 5:30pm PST

Growing and Diversifying Your Workforce
Location: A8

Speaker: Ian Leahy, MEM (he/him/his) – American Forests

Speaker: Tia Washington

Urban and Community Forestry

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

4:00pm – 5:30pm PST

Evolution of Forestry
Location: A10

Concurrent Session Moderator: David Crary

4:00pm – 4:30pm PST

How Social and Psychological Biases Set the Course of American Forestry and Soil Science
Location: A10

Speaker: Ronald D. Taskey, PhD – California Polytechnic State University

Forest History, Philosophy and Ethics

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

4:30pm – 5:00pm PST

Direct seeding for conifer restoration in the Pacific Northwest: a chronology of operational practices
Location: A10

Speaker: Rebecca J. Downer, BA – Mast Reforestation

Forest History, Philosophy and Ethics

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

5:00pm – 5:30pm PST

Building Street Tree Resiliency to a Construction Crisis: A 40-year Evolution of Knowledge
Location: A10

Speaker: Richard J. Hauer, BCMA, CF, PhD. – CNUC and University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point

Urban and Community Forestry

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

4:00pm – 5:30pm PST

Focus on Silviculture
Location: A6

Concurrent Session Moderator: Jill Nemec, BS Forestry – Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Silviculture

4:00pm – 4:30pm PST

Silvicultural Strategies to Convert Longleaf Pine Plantations to Multi-aged Stands and Groundcover Species Restoration
Location: A6

Speaker: Gabriel F. Nyen (he/him/his) – Mississippi State University

Author: Adam Polinko, PhD – Mississippi State University

Author: Joshua Puhlick, PhD – The Jones Center at Ichauway

Silviculture

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

4:30pm – 5:00pm PST

SilviCast: Bridging science and practice through podcasting
Location: A6

Speaker: Bradley M. Hutnik – Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry

Speaker: Gregory Edge – Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Speaker: Megan Espe, BA, MS (she/her/hers) – Wisconsin Forestry Center, UW-Stevens Point

Co-Author: Susan Barrett – UW-Stevens Point, Wisconsin Forestry Center

Silviculture

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

5:00pm – 5:30pm PST

White Oak Sustainability Efforts in Arkansas - new markets, resource management challenges and solutions
Location: A6

Speaker: Kutcher K. Cunningham, PhD – University of Arkansas

Silviculture

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

4:00pm – 5:30pm PST

Focus on the Science and Research
Location: A5

Concurrent Session Moderator: John Kessler, California RPF – FWS Forestry Services

4:00pm – 4:30pm PST

Pacific Coast Temperate Forest Carbon Partnership: Study Results
Location: A5

Speaker: Glenn A. Christensen, MS (he/him/his) – PNW Research Station

Speaker: Nadia Tase, MS (she/her/hers) – California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection

Bioenergy, Climate Change, and Carbon

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

4:30pm – 5:00pm PST

The application of resilience in forest research: persistence, recovery, and adaptability
Location: A5

Speaker: Bryan D. Murray, PhD (he/him/his) – Oklahoma State University

Forest Ecology

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

5:00pm – 5:30pm PST

Exploring How Urban Forest Professionals’ Perceive Risk and Manage Trees and Storms in Three Cities
Location: A5

Speaker: Stephanie Cadaval, MA – University of Florida

Urban and Community Forestry

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

4:00pm – 5:30pm PST

International forestry: Why be involved
Location: A9

Moderator: Sheila E. Ward, PhD – International Society of Tropical Foresters

Panelist: Nicholas Brokaw, PhD – University of Puerto Rico

Panelist: W. Keith Moser, MBA, MF, Dr.For. – International Society of Tropical Foresters

Panelist: Andrew Perleberg – Washington State University

Panelist: Robert Sturtevant

International Forestry

CFE 1.5 / ISA CEU 1.5 / ESA CEU .375

4:00pm – 5:30pm PST

It burned. Now what?
Location: A4

Speaker: Jonathan W. Long, PhD (he/him/his) – USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station

Speaker: Britta Dyer, MS (she/her/hers) – American Forests

Speaker: Jimi Scheid, RPF (he/him/his) – California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection

Speaker: Dana M. Walsh (she/her/hers) – USDA Forest Service State and Private Forestry

Speaker: Susie Kocher, MS, RPF (she/her/hers) – University of California Cooperative Extension

Speaker: Ryan Tompkins, MF, RPF (he/him/his) – University of California, Agriculture & Natural Resources

Concurrent Session Moderator: John D. Bailey, PhD (he/him/his) – Oregon State University

CFE 1.5 / ISA CEU 1.5 / ESA CEU .375

4:00pm – 4:15pm PST

1 - Advancing postfire restoration frameworks and tribal engagement for California national forests
Location: A4

Speaker: Jonathan W. Long, PhD (he/him/his) – USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station

Co-author: Dana M. Walsh (she/her/hers) – USDA Forest Service State and Private Forestry

Co-author: Michelle Coppoletta, M.S. (she/her/hers) – USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region

Co-author: Ryan Tompkins, MF, RPF (he/him/his) – University of California, Agriculture & Natural Resources

Co-author: Marc Meyer, Ph.D. – USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region

Co-author: Gabrielle Bohlman, M.S. – USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region

Co-author: Clint Isbell, B.S. – USDA Forest Service Klamath National Forest

Co-author: Malcolm North, Ph.D. – USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station

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Speaker: Jonathan W. Long, PhD (he/him/his) – USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station
### he/him/his @@@ Dana M. Walsh (she/her/hers) – USDA Forest Service State and Private Forestry ### 2073687###Co-author###Program Manager###USDA Forest Service State and Private Forestry###
Co-author: Dana M. Walsh (she/her/hers) – USDA Forest Service State and Private Forestry
### she/her/hers @@@ Michelle Coppoletta, M.S. (she/her/hers) – USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region ### 2073756###Co-author###Associate Province Ecologist###USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region###
Co-author: Michelle Coppoletta, M.S. (she/her/hers) – USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region
### she/her/hers @@@ Ryan Tompkins, MF, RPF (he/him/his) – University of California, Agriculture & Natural Resources ### 2073690###Co-author###Forestry And Natural Resource Advisor###University of California, Agriculture & Natural Resources###
Co-author: Ryan Tompkins, MF, RPF (he/him/his) – University of California, Agriculture & Natural Resources
### he/him/his @@@ Marc Meyer, Ph.D. – USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region ### 2073757###Co-author###Province Ecologist###USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region###
Co-author: Marc Meyer, Ph.D. – USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region
### @@@ Gabrielle Bohlman, M.S. – USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region ### 2073758###Co-author###Associate Province Ecologist###USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region###
Co-author: Gabrielle Bohlman, M.S. – USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region
### @@@ Clint Isbell, B.S. – USDA Forest Service Klamath National Forest ### 2073759###Co-author###Fire Ecologist###USDA Forest Service Klamath National Forest###
Co-author: Clint Isbell, B.S. – USDA Forest Service Klamath National Forest
### @@@ Malcolm North, Ph.D. – USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station ### 2073760###Co-author###research plant ecologist###USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station###
Co-author: Malcolm North, Ph.D. – USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station
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4:15pm – 4:30pm PST

2 - Collective Recovery; building social and ecological resiliency through reforestation
Location: A4

Speaker: Britta Dyer, MS (she/her/hers) – American Forests

4:30pm – 4:45pm PST

3 - Collaborative Capacity to Reforest California
Location: A4

Speaker: Jimi Scheid, RPF (he/him/his) – California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection

4:45pm – 5:00pm PST

4 - The Emergence of Emergency Forest Restoration Teams to Support Post Fire Forest Recovery in California.
Location: A4

Speaker: Dana M. Walsh (she/her/hers) – USDA Forest Service State and Private Forestry

5:00pm – 5:15pm PST

5 - Working with Small Non-industrial Private Forest Landowners to Restore Forests after Wildfire in California
Location: A4

Speaker: Susie Kocher, MS, RPF (she/her/hers) – University of California Cooperative Extension

Co-author: Katie Reidy, MA – University of California Cooperative Extension

5:15pm – 5:30pm PST

6 - How Do We Promote Resilience of Planted Forests?
Location: A4

Speaker: Ryan Tompkins, MF, RPF (he/him/his) – University of California, Agriculture & Natural Resources

Co-author: Brandon Collins, PhD. – UC Berkeley

4:00pm – 5:30pm PST

Professional Foresters in Consulting Forestry – Opportunities, Skills Needed and Ethical Obligations
Location: A3

Moderator: Rick N. Barnes, CF – Retired

Panelist: Richard G. Carbonetti, CF, ACF Licensed Forester, ME, NH & VT – LandVest, Inc.

Panelist: Andrea H. Eggleton, MF, CF, ACF, CA RPF #3003, WV RF 797, CARB Accredited Lead Offset Verifier – FRST Corp dba Forest Resource Solutions and Technologies

Panelist: Randy Jacobszoon, RPF – Humboldt State University

Human Dimensions and Education

CFE 1.5 / ISA CEU 1.5 / ESA CEU .375

4:00pm – 5:30pm PST

Sharing our Passion for Family Forests
Location: A11

Concurrent Session Moderator: Emma Schultz, MS, CF – Minnesota DNR

Family Forests

4:00pm – 4:30pm PST

Managing forest lands after a Hurricane: Lessons learned from forest landowners in the Panhandle, Florida
Location: A11

Speaker: Mysha K. Clarke, PhD – University of Florida

Co-Author: Ajay Sharma, PhD – Auburn University

Co-Author: Taylor V. Stein, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Florida

Co-Author: Jason Vogel, PhD – University of Florida

Co-Author: Jarek Nowak

Family Forests

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

4:30pm – 5:00pm PST

The Total Economic Value (TEV) of Family Forests: Learning from an NWOS Science Module
Location: A11

Speaker: Jesse D. Caputo, PhD – US Forest Service

Family Forests

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

5:00pm – 5:30pm PST

Wood Supply from Family Forests of the United States: Biophysical, Social, and Economic Factors
Location: A11

Speaker: Brett J. Butler, PhD – USDA Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis

Family Forests

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

4:00pm – 5:30pm PST

Student Meetup
Location: Meeting Room 9-11

4:00pm – 5:30pm PST

Successes and Challenges of Natural Resource Professions Regarding Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Location: A2

Moderator: Terry L. Sharik, PhD (he/him/his) – Michigan Technological University

Speaker: Tara L. Bal, PhD, CF – Michigan Technological University

Speaker: Jamie M. Dahl, PhD – Colorado State University

Speaker: Don Yasuda, CWB (he/him/his) – The Wildlife Society

Speaker: Devii Rao, MS (she/her/hers) – University of California

Speaker: Rachel Franchina, MS (she/her/hers) – Society of Outdoor Recreation Professionals

CFE 1.5 / ISA CEU 1.5 / ESA CEU .375

4:00pm – 4:15pm PST

1 - Enrollment trends in natural resources degree programs through Fall 2022: emphasis on demographic diversity
Location: A2

Speaker: Tara L. Bal, PhD, CF – Michigan Technological University

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

4:15pm – 4:30pm PST

2 - Engagement and Inclusion in SAF: An Update from SAF Leadership
Location: A2

Speaker: Jamie M. Dahl, PhD – Colorado State University

Speaker: Terry Baker, MF – SAF

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

4:30pm – 4:45pm PST

3 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Wildlife Profession: Examples from The Wildlife Society
Location: A2

Speaker: Don Yasuda, CWB (he/him/his) – The Wildlife Society

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

4:45pm – 5:00pm PST

4 - Opportunities to support equity, engagement, and inclusion in the Society for Range Management
Location: A2

Speaker: Devii Rao, MS (she/her/hers) – University of California

Co-Author: Julie Larson, PhD – USDA-ARS

Author: Jamie M. Dahl, PhD – Colorado State University

Co-Author: Leslie Roche – University of California

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

5:00pm – 5:15pm PST

5 - Successes and Challenges of Natural Resource Professions Regarding Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion--Society of Outdoor Recreation Professionals
Location: A2

Speaker: Rachel Franchina, MS (she/her/hers) – Society of Outdoor Recreation Professionals

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

5:15pm – 5:30pm PST

6 - Successes and Challenges of Natural Resource Professions Regarding Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Q&A
Location: A2

Speaker: Terry L. Sharik, PhD (he/him/his) – Michigan Technological University

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

4:00pm – 5:30pm PST

The State of Our Public and Private Forests from a State Perspective.Speakers are representatives from forestry agencies from California, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Texas .
Location: A7

Moderator: Joseph P. Roise, PHD, NCRF, NCCB – NCSU

Moderator: Sam Cook – SAF

Panelist: Sean Brogan, BS, MS – NC Forest Service

Panelist: Keith Gilless

Panelist: Joel Hambright

Panelist: Abby Jamison – Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry

Forest History, Philosophy and Ethics

CFE 1.5 / ISA CEU 1.5 / ESA CEU .375

6:00pm – 7:00pm PST

Donor Gratitude Reception- Invite Only

6:00pm – 7:00pm PST

Working Group Social- Open to Current and Interested SAF Members
Location: Hyatt Regency Sacramento, 2nd Floor Tahoe

7:00pm – 10:00pm PST

Friday Night Celebration and SAFter Party
Location: Hyatt Regency Sacramento, 1st Floor, Regency Ballroom

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: Erin Kelly

8:00am – 8:30am PST

Forest conversion in the crosshairs: avoiding collateral damage
Location: A6

Speaker: Steve P. Prisley, PhD (he/him/his) – 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: Yitbarek Tibebe Weldesemaet, PhD – 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: Paul Johnson, CF, ISA BCMA (he/him/his) – 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: Puskar N. Khanal, PhD (he/him/his) – Clemson University

Speaker: Melissa M. Kreye, PhD – Pennsylvania State University

Speaker: Nana Tian, PhD – 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: Puskar N. Khanal, PhD (he/him/his) – Clemson University

8:30am – 9:00am PST

2 - Forest Carbon Markets: Extension Programs and Resources
Location: A4

Speaker: Melissa M. Kreye, PhD – Pennsylvania State University

Co-author: Calvin Norman, CCF – 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: Nana Tian, PhD – University of Arkansas at Monticello

CFE .

8:00am – 9:30am PST

Evolution of Forestry
Location: A5

Concurrent Session Moderator: Ashley Schulz, PhD – Mississippi State University

Silviculture

8:00am – 8:30am PST

Utilizing FVS growth predictions for restoration and management of California Forests
Location: A5

Speaker: Katherine Wood (she/her/hers) – 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: Chris Miller

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: Chelsea Catherine Semper, MS candidate (she/her/hers) – 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: Eli Typhina, PhD – 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: Donna Davis, MS Agroforestry (she/her/hers) – 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: Jason Steele, PhD – 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: Phil Aune – 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: Shawna M. Meyer, AIA [licensed Architect] – Atelier Mey Architects and University of Miami

Panelist: Christopher Meyer, AIA [licensed architect] MArch [Master of Architecture] – University of Miami

Panelist: Scott Sager, Certified Forester (he/him/his) – 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: Sabrina E. Russo, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Speaker: Diana Stralberg, PhD (she/her/hers) – Canadian Forest Service

Speaker: Bailey McNichol, PhD (she/her/hers) – Michigan State University

Speaker: Benjamin O. Knapp, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Missouri

Speaker: Will Rodney, PhD – 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: Sabrina E. Russo, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Co-author: Bailey McNichol, PhD (she/her/hers) – Michigan State University

Co-author: Ran Wang, PhD – University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Co-author: Lillian Hoffart, B.S. (she/her/hers) – University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Co-author: Abbigail Ridder, B.S. – University of Nebraska-lincoln

Co-author: John Gamon, PhD – 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: Diana Stralberg, PhD (she/her/hers) – Canadian Forest Service

Co-author: Scott Nielsen, PhD – University of Alberta

Co-author: Erin Bayne, PhD – University of Alberta

Co-author: César Estevo, MSc – University of Alberta

Co-author: Bredan Casey, MSc – University of Alberta

Co-author: Alec Robitaille, MSc – Canadian Forest Service

Co-author: Guillermo Castilla, PhD – Canadian Forest Service

Co-author: Ted Hogg, PhD – Canadian Forest Service

Co-author: Mike Michaelian, BSc – Canadian Forest Service

Co-author: Jennifer Cartwright, PhD, GISP – 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: Bailey McNichol, PhD (she/her/hers) – Michigan State University

Co-author: Ran Wang, PhD – University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Co-author: Amanda Hefner, BS – The Nebraska Nature Conservancy

Co-author: Chris Helzer, PhD – The Nebraska Nature Conservancy

Co-author: Sean McMahon, PhD – Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

Co-author: Sabrina E. Russo, PhD (she/her/hers) – 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: Benjamin O. Knapp, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Missouri

Co-author: John Kabrick, PhD – 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: Will Rodney, PhD – Oklahoma State University

Co-author: Chris Zou, PhD – Oklahoma State University

Co-author: Omkar Joshi, PhD – Oklahoma State University

Co-author: Ryan DeSantis, PhD – Oklahoma State University

9:15am – 9:30am PST

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

Moderator: Sabrina E. Russo, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Nebraska-Lincoln

8:00am – 9:30am PST

Science Flashes 7
Location: A11

Concurrent Session Moderator: Adam Polinko, PhD – 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: Neil G. Williams, PhD – Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education

Silviculture

8:10am – 8:18am PST

Polyploidization and Other Future Directions of Silviculture
Location: A11

Speaker: Conrad Young, n/a – Ouachita Getaways LLC

Forest Health and Genetics

8:20am – 8:28am PST

Northwest Tribal Agroforestry and TEK Collaboration Uncomplicated
Location: A11

Speaker: Donald Motanic, BS Forest Engineering – 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: Tom Panella, MF (he/him/his) – 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: Laura Sims

Author: Shaoyang Yang, PhD – 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: Alexander T. Bremner – 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: Syed Asiful Alam, PhD (he/him/his) – 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: Richard J. Hauer, BCMA, CF, PhD. – 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: Rae Tamblyn, n/a – Society of American Foresters

Panelist: Danielle Atkins, GA RF#2997 – Land & Ladies

Panelist: Ethan Breitling (he/him/his) – National Alliance of Forest Owners

Panelist: Jeff Salem – 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: Christopher Fettig, PhD – Pacific Southwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service

Speaker: David Dralle, PhD (he/him/his) – Pacific Southwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service

Speaker: Sophia Lemmo, MS, RPF (she/her/hers) – California Association of Resource Conservation Districts

Speaker: Christopher Looney, PhD – USFS PSW Research Station

Speaker: Alexis Bernal, MS – University of California-Berkeley

Speaker: Ramiro Rojas, RPF – 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: Christopher Fettig, PhD – Pacific Southwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service

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

Co-author: Beverly Bulaon, MS – 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: David Dralle, PhD (he/him/his) – Pacific Southwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service

Co-author: Jesse Hahm, PhD – Simon Fraser University

Co-author: Dana Lapides, PhD – USDA-ARS

Co-author: John Whiting, M.S. – US Forest Service

Co-author: Maya Montalvo, M.S. (she/her/hers) – Simon Fraser University

Co-author: Robert Ehlert, B.S. – Simon Fraser University

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

Co-author: Daniella Rempe, PhD – University of Texas Austin

8:30am – 8:45am PST

3 - Drought, Tree Mortality, and Regeneration in Northern California
Location: A3

Speaker: Sophia Lemmo, MS, RPF (she/her/hers) – California Association of Resource Conservation Districts

Co-author: Sophia Lemmo, MS, RPF (she/her/hers) – California Association of Resource Conservation Districts

Co-author: Lucy Kerhoulas, B.S., M.S., Ph.D. – California State Polytechnic University

Co-author: rosemary sherriff, B.S., M.A., Ph.D. – California State Polytechnic University

Co-author: Jill Beckmann, B.S., M.S. (she/her/hers) – 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: Christopher Looney, PhD – USFS PSW Research Station

Co-author: Emily Brodie, PhD – USFS PSW Research Station (ORISE program)

Co-author: Martin Ritchie, PhD – USFS PSW Research Station

Co-author: Eric Knapp, PhD – USFS PSW Research Station

Co-author: Chris Fettig, PhD – 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: Alexis Bernal, MS – University of California-Berkeley

Co-author: Jeffrey Kane, Ph.D. – California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt, Department of Forestry, Fire, and Rangeland Management

Co-author: Eric Knapp, PhD – USFS PSW Research Station

Co-author: Harold Zald, Ph.D. – 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: Ramiro Rojas, RPF – 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: Lloyd C. Irland, Ph D – The Irland Group

10:00am – 10:30am PST

Feedstock availability & economic contribution of increased bioenergy production in a Michigan facility
Location: A6

Speaker: Tara Allohverdi, PhD student (she/her/hers) – Michigan State University

Author: Raju Pokharel, PhD – Michigan State University

Co-Author: Jagdish Poudel, n/a – Michigan State University

Co-Author: Greg Latta, PhD – 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: Zoe Hall (she/her/hers) – Land Life

Speaker: Benjamin Bishop, MS (he/him/his) – 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: Ben Blom, MF – 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: Kristina Bartowitz, PhD – American Forests

Moderator: Eric S. Walsh, PhD – Manomet

Panelist: Ethan Breitling (he/him/his) – National Alliance of Forest Owners

Panelist: David Diaz – Ecotrust

Panelist: Greg Latta, PhD – University of Idaho

Panelist: Andy Whitman, MS – 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

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: Elizabeth Pansing, PhD (she/her/hers) – 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: Brian Morris, Phd, RPF (he/him/his) – American Forests

Co-author: Elizabeth Pansing, PhD (she/her/hers) – 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: Kendall DeLyser, MF, MEM (she/her/hers) – American Forests

Co-author: Kristina Bartowitz, PhD – American Forests

Co-author: Kylie Clay, PhD – Michigan State University

Co-author: Daphna Gadoth-Goodman, MS – Michigan State University

Co-author: Todd Ontl, PhD – US Forest Service

Co-author: Werner Kurz, PhD – Canadian Forest Service

10:00am – 11:30am PST

Evolution of Forestry
Location: A3

Concurrent Session Moderator: Mitchell P. Michaud, BS Forestry, Grad Cert Pulp and Paper (he/him/his) – Dogon Enterprises

10:00am – 10:30am PST

Storing More Carbon in Forests through Improved Forest Management: a New England Case Study
Location: A3

Speaker: Ethan Belair, CF, MFS – The Nature Conservancy

Speaker: Colleen Ryan, MF (she/her/hers) – New England Forestry Foundation

Author: Robert Alec Giffen, MS – 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: Joseph A. Stewart, PhD – 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: Cassandra Dawn Hug – University of Arkansas at Monticello - Monticello, AR

Author: Padip Saud, n/a – 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: Eli Typhina, PhD – 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: Emily Thyroff, PhD – 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: Anusha Lamsal, PhD Student – 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: Mike Smalligan – 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: Alan Toczydlowski, MS – University of Minnesota

Author: Marcella Windmuller-Campione, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Minnesota

Silviculture

10:00am – 11:30am PST

Foundations for successfully integrating livestock into the woods through silvopasture
Location: A2

Concurrent Session Moderator: Matthew M. Smith, PhD – USDA Forest Service - National Agroforestry Center

Speaker: Christine Nieman, PhD (she/her/hers) – USDA-ARS

Speaker: Ashley Conway-Anderson, PhD, PAS (she/her/hers) – University of Missouri Center for Agroforestry

Speaker: Kendra Esparza-Harris, MS (she/her/hers) – 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: Christine Nieman, PhD (she/her/hers) – USDA-ARS

Co-author: Matt Janorschke, MS – University of Arkansas

Co-author: Dirk Philipp, PhD – University of Arkansas

Co-author: Mary Savin, PhD – 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: Ashley Conway-Anderson, PhD, PAS (she/her/hers) – University of Missouri Center for Agroforestry

Co-author: Dusty Walter, PhD – University of Missouri

Co-author: Seth Chrisman, M.S. – 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: Kendra Esparza-Harris, MS (she/her/hers) – Center for Agroforestry, University of Missouri

Co-author: Zhen Cai, PhD – University of Missouri-Columbia

Co-author: Ashley Conway-Anderson, PhD, PAS (she/her/hers) – University of Missouri Center for Agroforestry

CFE .

10:00am – 11:30am PST

Getting Techy With It
Location: A10

Concurrent Session Moderator: Brandon K. Craft, MNR, CF (he/him/his) – 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: Ebru Bilici, PhD – University of Idaho

Speaker: Robert F. Keefe, PhD – University of Idaho Experimental Forest

Author: Timothy E. Link, PhD – University of Idaho

Author: Furkan Cakmak, MA – 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: John C. Gilbert, MS – Auburn University

Co-Author: Mark A. Books, CF – 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: Jeremy Dean Hunt, MF – Bureau of Indian Affairs

Inventory and Biometrics

CFE .5

10:00am – 11:30am PST

Science Flashes 8
Location: A11

Concurrent Session Moderator: Calvin Norman, CCF – 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: Manisha Parajuli, MSc – 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: Samuel G. Scott, MS (he/him/his) – 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: Lynn Ann Webb, . Registered Professional Forester, M.S. – CAL FIRE- Jackson Demonstation State Forest

Silviculture

10:40am – 10:48am PST

The role of fuels treatments in transforming fire management
Location: A11

Speaker: John D. Bailey, PhD (he/him/his) – Oregon State University

Silviculture

10:50am – 10:58am PST

A Case For How Carbon Markets Are Failing Southern Tree Farmers
Location: A11

Speaker: Matthew H. Pelkki, BSF, MF, PhD, CF, RPF – University of Arkansas at Monticello

Author: Shaun M. Tanger, PhD – University of Arkansas At Monticello

Bioenergy, Climate Change, and Carbon

11:10am – 11:18am PST

Neurodiversity in Forestry: The Missing Conversation
Location: A11

Speaker: Candra A. Burns, n/a – 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: Sara Dreibelbis – 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: Ingrid Schneider, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Minnesota

Panelist: Angela S. Gupta – University of Minnesota

Panelist: Dominik Roeser, PhD – University of British Columbia

Panelist: Ye (Sandy) Shen, PhD – 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