SAF Learning
Expert Roundtable Discussion of the Resources Planning Act Assessment
Includes a Live Web Event on 09/10/2025 at 1:30 PM (EDT)
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Webinar information
This 1.5-hour virtual panel discussion serves as the culmination of the 9-part webinar series focused on the 2020 Resources Planning Act Assessment. Each previous webinar focused on the status, trends, and projected futures of a specific renewable resource. In this webinar, Federal and non-Federal users of the RPA Assessment will be discussing the benefits of this Assessment, how it has been applied in land management and policy decision-making, and how they think the RPA Assessment should evolve to continue to provide critical information to decision makers.
Is this webinar for you?
This webinar is the culmination of the 9-part webinar series focused on the 2020 Resources Planning Act Assessment. This panel discussion includes both federal and non-federal users of the RPA Assessment to explain how this Assessment has been applied in land management and policy decision-making.
Registration
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Pricing
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Webinar Access
The webinar is scheduled for live viewing on Wednesday, September 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM ET. The Zoom Webinar platform will be used for the presentation. Be sure to connect to the webinar using a device approved to access Zoom.
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Webinar duration
This webinar is 1 hour and 30 minutes.
Learning objectives
Upon successful completion of viewing this recording, you will be able to:
1. Explain the value of the RPA Assessment to practitioners.
2. Identify ways that the RPA Assessment has informed decision making.
3. Provide feedback to the Forest Service about desired elements from future RPA Assessments.
Rubric
Successful completion of this learning product is measured by viewing the entire webinar and completing the evaluation.
Evaluation
Participant feedback is appreciated to help us continually improve ForestEd offerings for future programming. Evaluations must be completed to receive CFEs.
CFEs
Upon successful completion of this learning product, you will earn 1.5 CFEs in Category 1. CFEs will automatically be added to your CFE record located on www.eforester.org by the end of the day (11:59 pm ET).
Certificate
Upon successful completion of the webinar and filling out its evaluation, participants may download and print a certificate verifying completion of this learning product and earning SAF CFEs.
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Ken Arney
Regional Forester
USDA Forest Service Southern Region
Ken Arney is the Regional Forester for the Southern Region of the USDA Forest Service, where he has responsibility for the management of 13 million acres of forestland, as well as a State and Private Forestry program that works with all 13 State Forestry Agencies in the programs of Fire, Forest Health, and Cooperative Forestry. Ken previously served as the State Forester for Tennessee from 1994 to 2001and as Deputy Regional Forester for the USDA Forest Service State and Private Forestry for 17 years. Ken is a member of the Society of American Foresters, Past Chairman of the Southern Group of State Foresters, and Past President of Brentwood/Nashville Rotary Club.
Ethan Breitling
Vice President for Communications and Creative
National Alliance of Forest Owners (NAFO)
Ethan Breitling serves as the National Alliance of Forest Owner's Vice President for Communications and Creative. He began his career running a sawmill and teaching forestry and ecology at a 100-year-old Boy Scout summer camp in the Adirondack Park. The camp owned and operated its own working forest, which not only provided him with hands-on experience in forest management but also taught him the foundations of strategic communications—convincing 11-year-olds that the Forestry Merit Badge is exciting. In Washington, DC, Ethan has built his career by specializing in communicating complex scientific and policy concepts to diverse audiences. He previously served as NAFO’s Communications and Creative Director. Before joining NAFO, Ethan worked at Bay Armoury Consulting, where he managed several fundraising communications campaigns for federal, state, and local races, all aimed at promoting moderation in politics. He earned his degree in Political Science from Western Connecticut State University.
Steve Prisley
Principal Research Scientist
National Council for Air and Stream Improvement
Dr. Steve Prisley is a Principal Research Scientist at the National Council for Air and Stream Improvement (NCASI). Steve conducts and leads research and technical support in the areas of forest biometrics and economics, currently focused on forest carbon measurement, monitoring, and reporting. Prior to joining NCASI, Steve was Professor of Forest Inventory and GIS at the Virginia Tech Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation, and directed the Center for Natural Resources Assessment and Decision Support. Steve has over 13 years of experience in the forest products industry. For several decades, Steve has worked closely with data and scientists from the US Forest Service’s Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program, using their data in forest carbon assessments and inventory projections.
Charlie Truettner
Senior Manager of Climate Science
American Forests
Charlie is a passionate climate scientist and forest ecologist that has worked in multiple ecosystems throughout the world studying the effects of climate change on forest and desert species. His experience and interests span from spatial analysis to isotope geochemistry, and he specifically specializes in desertification at the forest-desert interface in western North America. Charlie earned is Ph.D. in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology at the University of Nevada, Reno and his M.Sc. in Quaternary Science at Northern Arizona University.
Claire O'Dea (Moderator)
Resources Planning Act Assessment National Program Leader
USDA Forest Service Research & Development
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