Longleaf Pine Growth and Yield Over a Range of Site Conditions in the Southeastern US
Speaker(s): Bronson Bullock, University of Georgia
Description: A new growth and yield model system for longleaf pine using plots in planted unthinned stands is presented. The model is formulated as a system of simultaneous equations allowing for stand-level predictions and projections for basal area, mortality, dominant height, volume and weight and accounts for soil and site characteristics.

Functional Diversity Affects Tree Vigor, Growth, and Mortality in the Mixed-Conifer/Hardwood Forests of California
Speaker(s): Christopher Looney, USFS PSW Research Station
Description: Leveraging positive interactions among tree species is a potentially powerful tool to sustain forests under climate change. However, experimental validation is only nascent in California. We used Forest Inventory data to investigate the potential of species mixture effects to enhance tree growth, vigor, and survival for major conifers and hardwoods.

Economic and Environmental Effects of Improved Forest Management and Improved Loblolly Pine Genotypes on Carbon Sequestration in the Southeast U.S.
Speaker(s): Jacek Siry, University of Georgia
Description: This study evaluated the profitability of joint timber-carbon production and estimated the value of carbon sequestration with improved forest management and improved loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) genotypes in the southeast U.S. using the American Carbon Registry's methodology.

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.

Silvicultural Strategies to Meet Department of Defense Installation Land Management Objectives
Speaker(s): Kevin Porteck, Forester - Tehama
Description: Lands administered by the Department of Defense (DoD) require some unique forest management practices. In this presentation, Mr. Kevin Porteck will identify some of the special land management requirements on DoD lands, and some common and uncommon silvicultural practices employed to meet these objectives.

Individual Bald Cypress Knee Modeling from Mobile LiDAR
Speaker(s): Titilayo Tajudeen, North Carolina State University
Description: Accurate forest structural parameters are crucial to forest inventory, and modeling of the carbon cycle and wildlife habitat. Lidar is particularly suitable for the measurement of forest structural parameters. This study proposes a low-cost method for obtaining knee attributes, estimating knee volume, and subsequently the aboveground biomass.

Impacts of Flooding Treatments on Potential Black Ash Replacement Species Along a Climate Gradient
Speaker(s): Holly Francart, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Description: Black ash wetlands are threatened by Emerald ash borer ((EAB) Agrilus planipennis), resulting in overstory mortality and limited regeneration of other species. Replacement species are being considered, but climate change should be considered. This study evaluates effects of flooding on growth and survival of replacement species along a climate gradient.

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.

Be an Upstander Not a Bystander
Speaker(s): Cindy Schwab, The Davey Tree Expert Company and Natalie McNeill, The Davey Tree Expert Company
Description: Research has shown that a more diverse workplace leads to increased productivity and profitability. How can we as leaders in our space contribute to fostering a diverse workforce, lead with empathy and improve psychological safety.

Considerations for Outplanting Practices in the Western U.S.: Accounting its Past, Present, and Future
Speaker(s): Gabriel Altieri, Mast Reforestation and Tiffani Manteuffel-Ross, Mast Restoration
Description: To meet current goals for reforestation, improvements in equipment innovation, infrastructure, and incentives for outplanting labor pools are required. We examined historical and existing outplanting practices using literature reviews, on-site interviews with foresters and planters, and field observations during planting events throughout the Pacific Northwest.

Conjuring the Phoenix: A Forester's Ride on the Pendulum of Destruction
Speaker(s): William Keye, Communications Chair, Cal SAF
Description: California's national forests blanket 20% of the Golden State and contain approximately half of its productive timberland. Their ecological condition is deteriorating due to unnaturally hot wildfires and subsequent type conversions. The author will share his unique perspective on why this is happening and how foresters can reclaim social license.

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.