Invasive Plants of the Southern US: Use of FIA Data Forestry Attributes
Speaker(s): Trisha Markus, Clemson University
Description: The use of forest health variables from the USDA Forest Service Forest Inventory Analysis is an informational tool to determine the invasion extent of the southern region forests. It allows land managers and landowners to better predict the susceptibility and monitor for invasive plants that could impact their forests.

Relation of Structure, Composition, and Disturbance in a Multi-Aged Longleaf Pine Woodland
Speaker(s): David Phillips, University of Alabama
Description: We quantified and related stand structure and composition to historical and contemporary disturbance in a reference 1-ha Pinus palustris woodland. We detected three stand-wide release events. Following a prescribed fire, longleaf pine trees had a mortality rate of 1%, compared to 11% for non-longleaf pine trees.

Citizen Scientists Collaborate on White Oak Restoration on the William B. Bankhead National Forest, Alabama
Speaker(s): Christine Martens, USDA Forest Service
Description: Researchers, forest managers, citizen scientists, and non-governmental agencies collaborated on a white oak forest restoration project on the William B. Bankhead National Forest in Alabama, from seed collection to planting seedlings.

SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1 CFE
ESA CEU: 0.125

Entire video must be viewed to receive SAF CFE and/or ESA CEU credit.

Use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Multi-Temporal Imagery to Monitor the Effects of Prescribed Fire
Speaker(s): Cameron Wingren, Purdue University
Description: Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), or drones, have become more affordable and easier to use than ever before, leading to an increase in their use by land managers. This project details the use of UAS to monitor prescribed fire and outlines recommendations for those looking to incorporate UAS into their work.

Fast Tree Inventory With UAV LiDAR in the Plantation
Speaker(s): Jinyuan Shao, Purdue University
Description: This flash talk will present a novel method for fast tree inventory in the plantation based on a UAV LiDAR system.

Seedling Based Aspen Reforestation in Burned Areas Across the Southwest
Speaker(s): Sarah Kapel, Utah State University
Description: Aspen are foundational forest species, but populations are declining in the West due to climate change, herbivory, and altered disturbance regimes. One opportunity for restoration of the species is planting seedlings in fire footprints. This project investigates the feasibility of planting aspen in burned areas using biological legacies as treatments.

SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1 CFE
ESA CEU: 0.125

Entire video must be viewed to receive SAF CFE and/or ESA CEU credit.