Operationalizing Forestry Assisted Migration to Safeguard Resiliency and Productivity of National Forests under Changing Climates
Speaker(s): Andy Bower, Office of Sustainability and Climate, USDA Forest Service, Washington D.C.
Description: Maintaining healthy forests in the face of climate change requires use of novel management actions such as assisted migration (AM) to move seed and seedlings to areas where they will be better adapted. The presentation describes U.S. Forest Service efforts to integrate AM into climate-informed reforestation policy and management operations.

Spatial Shifts of Forest Types Outpaced Constituent Tree Species Shifts Across North America
Speaker(s): Akane Abbasi, Purdue University
Description: This study shows the geographic distribution of forest types, an ensemble of tree species, shifted substantially faster than the average of constituent tree species in the past 50 years in North America. This study developed a hypothesis based on Markowitz's portfolio theory and tested it using massive forest inventory data.

How Genetics Can Inform Assisted Migration Strategies
Speaker(s): Jeremy Johnson, Michigan State University
Description: This talk explores the ways that genetics and genomics can inform assisted migration strategies in forestry through a review and synthesis of published studies.

We Need a Set of Principles for Assisted Migration
Speaker(s): David Shaw, Oregon State University
Description: Assisted migration of forest trees is being widely adopted by land managers, planners, and the general public as a climate change adaptation strategy. However, we contend that policy makers and practitioners have not fully considered the potential of assisted migration to negatively influence the sustainability of native forests.

Vegetation-Climate Mismatch in California’s Sierra Nevada and Implications for Long-Term Forest Management
Speaker(s): Avery Hill, California Academy of Sciences
Description: The strong relationship between climate conditions and vegetation distributions is being eroded by recent climate change. We found that up to 20% of modern conifer forests in California's Sierra Nevada are mismatched to the climate, which precipitates difficult moral and practical questions about managing the forests of the future.

SAF CFE: 1.5 Category 1
ESA CEU: 0.375

Impacts of the European Renewable Energy Policy on Forest Resource Markets in the Southeastern United States: A Case of the Wood Pellet Industry
Speaker(s): Rajan Parajuli, North Carolina State University
Description: We employ quasi-experimental causal inference approaches to assess the impacts of the growing wood pellet production on forest resource markets in 39 wood basins in the southeastern United States. The findings suggest that the wood pellet industry has limited impacts on the pulpwood markets in the region.
SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1
ESA CEU: 0.125

Assessment of Factors Driving Spatiotemporal Variation in Timber Products Output (TPO) Trends
Speaker(s): Olakunle Sodiya, North Carolina State University
Description: Using a simultaneous equation approach, we estimate the supply and demand models of total large roundwood production of softwood to determine whether the observed changes in production trends after 2017 are attributable to actual market-driven events, changes in mill capacity, or changes in the TPO survey methodology.
SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1
ESA CEU: 0.125

Forest Management Incentives and Landowner Behavior: A Synthesis to Inform Discussions on Policies for Carbon
Speaker(s): Tamara Cushing, University of Florida and Stephanie Chizmar, US Forest Service
Description: Understanding landowner perceptions of incentive programs and how use of incentives impact landowner behavior may provide decisionmakers with essential information related to designing new programs for forest carbon. This study includes a review of the literature on forest incentive programs and landowner behavior, including incentives for carbon.
SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1
ESA CEU: 0.125

Planning Recreation in Florida's Undeveloped Lands to Provide Valuable Opportunities
Speaker(s): Taylor Stein, University of Florida
Description: This presentation will discuss research that examines how to creatively develop recreation opportunities in natural areas in an urbanized state to maximize the benefits offered to a wide-range of visitors.

Restored Coastal Recreation Areas: Economic Value as a Driver To Expand Coastal Areas in Florida
Speaker(s): Kotryna Klizentyte, University of Florida
Description: Restored coastal recreation areas in Southwest Florida increase property values, host high-value activities such as kayaking and wildlife viewing, and are highly valued for ecosystem services such as fish nursery and habitat and storm water protection. Our results report successful economic indicators of restoration efforts in coastal areas.

The Appalachian Geopark Project: A Forestry Geoheritage Area
Speaker(s): Robert Burns, West Virginia University
Description: The Geopark concept is relatively new, creating a great opportunity for West Virginia. Its heritage, in connection with all other aspects of the area's natural and cultural heritage, enhances awareness and understanding of key issues facing society, such as using the resources sustainably.

SAF CFE: 1.5 Category 1
ESA CEU: 0.375

Artificial White Oak (Quercus alba L.) Regeneration Responses to Light and Competition Gradients
Speaker(s): Elias Gaffney, Purdue University
Description: An examination of the effects of geographical seed source, light availability, and competition presence on artificial white oak (Quercus alba L.) growth and survival in both reforestation and afforestation contexts. This study begins to fill a critical knowledge gap for the use of planted white oak in forest management treatments.
SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1
ESA CEU: 0.125

Enhancing Seedlings Survival in Harsh Environment: Effects of Drought Preconditioning on Cold Hardiness in Douglas Fir Seedlings.
Speaker(s): Vovener de Verlands Edmond, University of Idaho
Description: This study investigated the effects of drought preconditioning on the cold hardiness of two Douglas-fir genotypes in the Idaho Rocky Mountains. Seedlings subjected to extreme drought for two months and moderate stress for three months exhibited increased cold hardiness. These findings have implications for forest health, regeneration, nursery production.
SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1
ESA CEU: 0.125

From Mortality to Complexity: A Shifting Understanding of Eastern Spruce Dwarf Mistletoe in Lowland Black Spruce Forests of Minnesota
Speaker(s): Ella Gray, Oregon State University
Description: This work explores the differences in stand structure and composition between uninfected black spruce forests and areas with high mortality due to eastern spruce dwarf mistletoe, a native, biotic disturbance agent in Minnesota. We found significant differences in stand structure and composition after mortality occurred, including shifts in diameter distributions.
SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1
ESA CEU: 0.125

Growth and Yield Model Incorporating Competing Vegetation at Mid-Rotation
Speaker(s): John Young, Weyerhaeuser and Bronson Bullock, University of Georgia
Description: Stand growth and yield models are used to predict the growth of intensively managed pine plantations. Competition limits pine productivity, and models may be adjusted via competition indices. Previously defined indices have been limited in their application. A new growth and yield model is proposed which incorporates improved competition indices.
SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1
ESA CEU: 0.125

Forest Carbon Opportunities and Challenges, Climate Smart, IRA, and Beyond
Speaker(s): Zack Parisa, NCX (Moderator); Mike Smalligan, Michigan - DNR; Sarah Hall, American Forest Foundation; and Nikola Smith, USDA Forest Service
Description: The panel of experts will discuss the challenges of implementing nature-based solutions, such as adequate funding and governance structures. They will explore ways of collaborating, involving stakeholders from different sectors, and best practices essential for successful implementation.

SAF CFE: 1.5 Category 1
ESA CEU: 0.375

Hunting for Hemlocks: Locating and Restoring Eastern Hemlock in Minnesota
Speaker(s): Kira Pollack, University of Minnesota
Description: Eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carrière) is endangered in Minnesota due to low regeneration, human-facilitated destruction, and subsidence in key locations. However, hundreds of planted eastern hemlock exist in Minnesota. Combining survey data and a planting experiment, we aim to give land managers practical information for eastern hemlock restoration.

Habitat Suitability Modeling: A Tool for Restoring Butternut, Juglans cinerea L., in the Eastern US.
Speaker(s): Segun Adeyemo, Mississippi State University
Description: This study developed a robust and improved model using ensemble modeling techniques to identify suitable habitats, potential restoration sites, range shift rates, and the need for conservation for butternut, Juglans cinerea L., a valued hardwood in the eastern US and Southeast Canada hampered by habitat decline and fungal pathogen attacks.

Transitioning to Remotely-Sensed Forest Inventory: Approaches to Small Area Estimation on State Forests in Oregon
Speaker(s): Sean McKenzie, Oregon Department of Forestry
Description: The Oregon Department of Forestry's State Forest Division has been transitioning its programmatic inventory from a traditional double-sampling approach "Stand-Level Inventory" to a remotely-sensed "Enhanced Forest inventory." Here, we describe our methodology for the new inventory, it's comparison to the previous stand-level inventory, and our approach to small-area estimation.

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.

How Do We Know the Carbon in Our Forest Soils? Measurement, Theory, and Management
Speaker(s): Michael Culbertson, Yale Forest School, Yale School of the Environment
Description: Carbon is crucial for many ecosystem services. However, it is difficult to determine the impact of forest management activities on forest soil organic carbon stocks and fluxes. This short presentation discusses interesting questions on sampling design, measurement, and analysis of the impact of management activities on forest soil organic carbon.

Fire Reintroduction in Oak-Pine Mixedwoods Following an Extended Period of Fire Exclusion
Speaker(s): J. Davis Goode, USDA Forest Service
Description: We monitored woody plant community dynamics and abiotic stand conditions in an upland mixed oak-shortleaf pine stand treated with two prescribed fires following an extended period of fire exclusion. Positive fire effects were initially documented, but continued monitoring will be required to ensure desired management objectives are achieved.

Managing Forest for Carbon in California – Current Trends, Risks and Opportunities
Speaker(s): Lilli Kaarakka, California Polytechnic State University
Description: The last half-century has proven challenging for forests across California: large-scale, destructive disturbances have resulted in loss of 1 million acres of tree cover in the State. This session will focus on discussing recent and practical developments in the forest carbon offset market in across the state of California.

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.

Decision-Making Tool Combining the Science of Forest Management and the Methodology of Lean Six Sigma.
Speaker(s): Joseph Roush, Forest & Habitat Professionals LLC
Description: This presentation will teach practicing foresters how to use a 2x2 decision matrix (i.e., PICK Chart) to help less-traditional forest landowners identify and prioritize their management objectives. The method demonstrated in this presentation is borrowed from the discipline of LEAN Six Sigma.

Ecosystem Services Beyond Carbon
Speaker(s): Thomas Kain, Forest Stewardship Council US
Description: The Ecosystem Service Procedure is a new area for Forest Stewardship Council Forest Management Certificate Holders to potentially generate revenue. In the presentation, we will define what is a claim, and what types of claims can be made, and briefly examine two claims that have been successfully made.

Mentoring our Natural Resource Leaders of Tomorrow
Speaker(s): Allyson Henson, SUNY - ESF and Ryan Clarke, SUNY - ESF
Description: NYSAF mentoring, our journey, our basic principles, contacts and next steps to collaborate with other states. Problem Statement: How do we develop a process for students to connect with mentors in regions out of their home state or the state they attend school?

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.

Evolution of the Debate Over Old-Growth Forest Management - From SAF's Old-Growth Forest Task Force Report to the Northwest Forest Plan
Speaker(s): Jim Lyons, Conservation Strategies
Description: A brief overview and history of the issue, from SAF's task force report, "Scheduling the Harvest of Old-Growth Timber" to the Congress' debate of federal timber management policies and failed attempts to legislate a solution to the "timber crisis", which ultimately led to President Clinton's Northwest Forest Plan.

The Evolving Debate Over Old-Growth Forest Management - From SAF's Task Force to NWForest Plan
Speaker(s): Jerry Franklin, University of Washington
Description: Jim provides a brief overview and history of the issue, from SAF's "Scheduling the Harvest of Old-Growth Timber" task force report, to the Congress' debate over federal timber management policy and failed attempts to legislate a solution to the "timber crisis", which ultimately led to President Clinton's NW Forest Plan.

Implementing the Northwest Forest Plan Over the Last 30 Years
Speaker(s): Cheryl Friesen, USDA USFS
Description: Cheryl discusses her past and current challenges in managing old-growth ecosystems on the Williamette National Forest, Oregon.

SAF CFE: 1.5 Category 1
ESA CEU: 0.375

Sustainability and Drivers of Aspen Regeneration and Recruitment Near the Southwestern Edge of Its Range
Speaker(s): Kristen Waring, Northern Arizona University
Description: Aspen (Populus tremuloides) populations have experienced extensive mortality in Arizona, and many areas lack adequate regeneration and recruitment to replace dying overstory trees. In this presentation, we identify which biotic and abiotic factors drive regeneration and recruitment and discuss which strategies are appropriate for managing aspen in an uncertain future.
SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1
ESA CEU: 0.125

Monitoring Targets and Triggers: North Yuba CFLRP
Speaker(s): Kristen Wilson, The Nature Conservancy, Worldwide Office - CA
Description: The North Yuba Forest Partnership CFLRP is the largest forest resilience project in the USFS Region 5. We will describe how we set monitoring targets and triggers for adaptive management based on science. With large funding and ambitious implementation there is a clear need to monitor the impacts.
SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1
ESA CEU: 0.125

Regional Resource Kits - Landscape Assessment and Treatment Planning
Speaker(s): John Battles, UC Berkeley; Peter Stine, Climate and Wildfire Institute; and Patricia Manley, USFS Pacific Southwest Research Station
Description: The California Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force created Regional Resource Kits, a set of data and tools to guide regional collaboratives in their efforts to improve the conditions of forested and shrub landscapes. This presentation will offer a tour of the data, analyses, and tools available in the Kits.
SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1
ESA CEU: 0.125

Pollinator Habitat in Log Landings (PHiLL) Project
Speaker(s): Sloane Scott, University of Missouri Columbia
Description: The PHiLL project investigates the establishment of ephemeral pollinator habitat on the Hoosier, Shawnee, and Mark Twain National Forests of Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri. Four treatments including biochar, soil ripping, ripping and biochar, and control were applied to improve soil conditions, along with the seeding of pollinator-friendly native plants.
SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1
ESA CEU: 0.125

3DForests: Quantifying Aboveground Carbon Stocks and Fire Fuels to Inform Forest Management
Speaker(s): Lisa Bentley, Sonoma State University
Description: The 3DForests Project aims to evaluate the use of remote sensing techniques to rapidly and more accurately estimate aboveground biomass (AGB) for a range of tree species and estimate crucial fuels parameters to help validate or refine fuel treatment tools and fire behavior models across diverse California forests.
SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1
ESA CEU: 0.125

Evaluating Indicators for Forest Recovery on Disturbed Eastern Hardwood Sites
Speaker(s): Ian Kennedy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Description: This presentation examines 7 factors of ecosystem structure and function, including, but not limited to, overstory regeneration, canopy cover, and decomposition rate. Each factor was examined for potential use as a metric for ecosystem health, function, and recovery on heavily disturbed eastern hardwood sites.
SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1
ESA CEU: 0.125

Family Forest Owner Behavior, in Theory
Speaker(s): Emily Huff, Michigan State University
Description: Millions of forested acres are owned by private individuals and families, or Family Forest Owners (FFO). This presentation will share results on a systematic review of what behavioral theories may help us predict, understand, and influence FFO decision-making and actions that impact forest ecosystem services nationwide.

Aboveground Carbon Comparisons Between Old-Growth and Second-Growth Maple-Basswood Stands in Southern Minnesota
Speaker(s): Nick Partington, University of Minnesota
Description: This study compared aboveground carbon storage between old-growth and second-growth maple-basswood stands in southern Minnesota and found no significant difference between the old-growth and second-growth stands studied. Besides being informative for management, results highlight the importance of clearly defining old-growth forest.

Modeling Wood Product Carbon Flows in Southern US Pine Plantations: Implications for Carbon Storage
Speaker(s): Sarah Puls, NC State University
Description: Understanding the flow of carbon in wood products is essential to develop effective land- and bioproduct-based mitigation strategies. We performed detailed modeling of carbon in harvested wood products from loblolly pine to understand how changes in forest management and product flow affect carbon storage and emissions over time.

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.

Evaluating the Economic Feasibility of Hybrid Poplar for Veneer Wood in North Carolina
Speaker(s): Samuel Blumenfeld, NC State University
Description: Fast-growing, veneer-quality hybrid poplar is evaluated as an emergent market in western North Carolina where knowledge of short-rotation silviculture already exists. Accessible productivity and profitability models are needed to support decision-making for hybrid poplar's cultivation for landowners, mills, and Christmas tree producers.

Managing Appalachian Forests for Both Timber and Carbon Sequestration: Economic Concerns on Rotation Length and Products Output
Speaker(s): Jareth Beeler, University of Tennessee Knoxville
Description: The dual management of forests for both timber and carbon sequestrations adds dynamic to the economic assessment of forested land. The present value of timber must be compared against the future value of timber and carbon combined. This presentation addresses the timber and carbon trade off dynamic for Appalachian forests.

Assessing Timber Procurement Practices and the Relationship Between Mills and Logging Businesses in the Southern US Wood Supply Chain
Speaker(s): Joe Conrad, University of Georgia
Description: The number of logging businesses in the US has been declining. Forest products mills in the US South reported having positive relationships with the independent logging businesses but a loss of logging businesses and lack of recruitment of new businesses is a long term concern for the forest products industry.

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.

CR Nature Park: A Hub for Innovative Learning
Speaker(s): Valerie Elder, College of the Redwoods
Description: College of the Redwoods Forestry, and Construction students collaborate with campus gardeners collaborate to create a functional outdoor classroom. This new hub for innovate learning connects the forest to campus and serve as a model for collaborative process and innovative learning.

Reviewing a Sustainable Biomass Value-added Product System in the Mid-Atlantic Region of the U.S.
Speaker(s): Robert Burns, West Virginia University
Description: This project delivers a sustainable and economically feasible biomass for value-added product system in the Mid-Atlantic region of the U.S. through implementation of the Mid-Atlantic Sustainable Biomass Consortium (MASBio). This integrated and transdisciplinary research, extension project will facilitate and foster development of the bioeconomy and rural prosperity in the region.

Forest Stewards Perceptions of Climate Adaptation Across Tribal Nations and State Agencies in Present-Day Maine
Speaker(s): Rachel Swanwick, University of Vermont
Description: This study furthers an understanding of perceived institutional barriers to climate change adaptation and diverse knowledge systems among state agencies and Tribal Nations in present-day Maine's forestry community. Through semi-structured interviews, this study amplifies participant voices to support cross cultural dialogue around climate change adaptation and social justice.

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.

Urban Forestry in a Changing Climate
Speaker(s): Zhu Ning, Southern University & A&M College (Moderator); Janette Thompson, Iowa State University; Thomas Worthley, University of Connecticut; Rachelle Hedges, University of California Berkeley; and Mysha Clarke, University of Florida
Description: This session highlights 5 institutions' urban forestry programs that conduct cross-boundary work in the forestry and natural resources profession. The 5 - member panel will share knowledge on recent research related to urban forest/forest ecosystems, convey strategies for urban forest/forest management with special consideration of climate change mitigation, report on efforts to communicate urban forest/forest science to the public, and explain how urban forestry/forestry discipline can bridge society and ecosystems.

SAF CFE: 1.5 Category 1
ESA CEU: 0.375

Challenges and Opportunities for Integrating Ecological Connectivity into U.S Forest Service Planning and Management
Speaker(s): Braden Hance, Center for Large Landscape Conservation
Description: We conducted research on integrating ecological connectivity into U.S Forest Service planning and management. Our findings address science, planning, management, partnerships, and regional coordination drawn from interviews with individuals from across levels of the agency and partner organizations, and an analysis of 17 forest plans revised under the 2012 Rule.
SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1
ESA CEU: 0.125

Global Forest Visualization: From Green Marbles to Storyworlds
Speaker(s): Lynda Olman, University of Nevada Reno
Description: Global Forest Watch (GFW) is the premier open-source platform used to monitor both global and regional deforestation in near-real time. We collaborated with GFW developers and users to study the way GFW visualizes forests and to suggest ways to better incorporate the views of the people living in them.
SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1
ESA CEU: 0.125

Products, Management, and Institutions: a Systems Approach to Mitigating Climate Change with Forestry
Speaker(s): Robert Alec Giffen, New England Forestry Foundation and Clean Air Task Force
Description: Because forestry is embedded within complex biological, social, and economic systems, any approach to harnessing forests to address climate change must consider multiple aspects of these systems. This presentation will focus on three crucial arenas that impact forests' effects on climate change: forest management, harvested wood products, and institutional change.
SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1
ESA CEU: 0.125

Why Foresters and Soil Scientists Should Be BFFs
Speaker(s): Stephanie Connolly, USDA Forest Service
Description: We explain the important relationship that foresters and soil scientists must maintain to sustainably manage forests.

Clarity Through Conflict and Cooperation: The Relationship Between Foresters and Soil Scientists on National Forests
Speaker(s): Claudia Cotton, USDA Forest Service, Daniel Boone National Forest
Description: The relationship between foresters and soil scientists on national forest lands can be many things, but it is never dull. How we develop and nurture this relationship is critical to the sustainable management of our natural resources, especially in the face of climate change.

Building Effective Relationships with Foresters: Lessons from the Mark Twain and Ottawa National Forests
Speaker(s): Kyle Steele, USDA Forest Service, Mark Twain National Forest
Description: It may sound cliché, but everything that you need to know about developing effective working relationships with foresters we learned in kindergarten. Here we describe what successful relationships look like and provide tips on how to establish them.

SAF CFE: 1.5 Category 1
ESA CEU: 0.375

Urban Wood Utilization
Speaker(s): Jeff Carroll, Urban Wood Economy and Kayla Stuart, Urban Wood Economy & Univ. of TN
Description: Urban wood is currently not harvested and sold in appreciable volume because of a fragmented supply chain. Disaggregated, smaller operations create a partial, hyper-local demand for urban wood. Ready access to the necessary quantity, quality, and species of wood is critical for high-volume buyers and bringing the market to scale.
SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1
ESA CEU: 0.125

Got Seeds? Strengthening the Reforestation Pipeline in the Western United States
Speaker(s): Matthew Aghai, Mast Reforestation - Seattle, WA
Description: It all starts with seed! This presentation will focus on the past, present, and future of seed collection in the western US on a path to scaling reforestation.
SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1
ESA CEU: 0.125

Projected Market-Based Feedstock Supply Analysis for Mass Timber Manufacturing in Michigan
Speaker(s): Ichchha Thapa, Michigan State University
Description: The study provides insights into the economic feasibility of prospective mass timber manufacturing in Michigan through a comprehensive analysis of current and future feedstock supply and its pathways. The results will help decision-makers decide, plan, and prioritize investment and funding assistance for emerging mass timber momentum in Michigan.
SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1
ESA CEU: 0.125

Protecting Beaver and Restoring Wetlands: The Ksik Stakii Project
Speaker(s): Joshua Smith, Heritage Forestry and Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation; and Termaine Edmo, Blackfeet Environmental Office
Description: The Ksik Stakii (Beaver) Project bridges Western Sciences and Traditional Ecological Knowledge through place based knowledge by utilizing a beaver mimicry restoration technique that involved building beaver dam analogs to create floodplains that improve water quality, enhance habitat for birds, and reduce the risk of flood damage to man-made structures.
SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1
ESA CEU: 0.125

Street Tree Diversity Across Varying Spatial Scales: A Case Study of New Haven CT
Speaker(s): Michael Freiburger, Yale
Description: The widely accepted "10-20-30 rule" provides guidance for increasing urban street tree planting diversity, but is not rooted in ecological theory and does not consider spatial scales. We suggest a more comprehensive approach, incorporating alpha, beta, gamma diversity, to understand diversity patterns of urban street trees at different spatial scales.
SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1
ESA CEU: 0.125

NRCS Engagement in Urban Agroforestry
Speaker(s): Laurie Schoonhoven, Natural Resources Conservation Service and Susan Stein, USDA NRCS
Description: The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is exploring opportunities for integrating trees into urban agriculture efforts, through urban agroforestry. This presentation will review opportunities and challenges, based on discussions with experts from inside and outside NRCS. Discussion will elicit meeting participant questions, interests, ideas, and experiences in this area.
SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1
ESA CEU: 0.125

Implementing the Wildfire Crisis: Building and Riding the Bike (at the Same Time)
Speaker(s): Patricia Dorsey, National Wild Turkey Federation (Moderator); Marcus Neiman, Forestry First LLC; Diana Craig, USDA Forest Service - Region 5; Dale MacDougall, California Deer Association; Kelle Reynolds, USDA Forest Service; and Molly Pitts, National Wild Turkey Federation
Description: Panelists from the USFS, National Wild Turkey Federation, the California Deer Association and Industry will discuss a novel pilot project aimed at helping implement the Wildfire Crisis Strategy, while providing a number of ancillary benefits.

SAF CFE: 1.5 Category 1
ESA CEU: 0.375

Responding to EO 14072 to Classify and Inventory Mature and Old-Growth Forests
Speaker(s): Marin Palmer, United States Forest Service
Description: Executive Order 14072 instructed the Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service to define and inventory old-growth and mature forest for lands managed by the agencies. The old-growth and mature definition, identification criteria, and resulting inventory reported met this direction and identify where these forests currently occur.

Wicked Problems and Sticky Wickets: Defining and Inventorying Mature and Old-Growth Forests
Speaker(s): Andrew Gray, USFS - Research and Development
Description: Mature and old-growth forests are valued for many ecosystem services but defining such forests is complex and involves values, science, and management perspectives and may require multiple disciplines. Identification will likely require ground and remotely sensed measurements, local criteria, and use of social and traditional knowledge.

Estimating Old-Growth Forests Using Regional Guidance
Speaker(s): Kristen Pelz, United States Forest Service, Forest Inventory and Analysis
Description: The USFS and BLM chose to apply existing structural definitions for old-growth in each region and for each forest type in response to EO 14072. Retaining existing definitions allows for consistency with publicly vetted land management planning. These definitions were then applied to the national FIA database for public lands.

Classifying Mature Federal Forests in the United States: The Forest Inventory Growth Stage System
Speaker(s): Andrew Gray, USFS - Research and Development and Christopher Woodall, USFS - Research and Development
Description: We developed an inverse modeling approach to define mature forests based on long-established and recognized old-growth structural attributes. This approach uses a variety of components that can be refined across future versions of the model using emerging technology, refined relative length of growth stages, and incorporation of other social/cultural values.

Defining and Inventorying Mature and Old-Growth Forests based on Carbon Accumulation
Speaker(s): Gregory Aplet, The Wilderness Society
Description: As opposed to the more common structural definition of old growth, we employed FIA plot data in a functional approach based on objectively identified points along modeled carbon accumulation curves of developing stands to classify and inventory old growth and mature forests in all forest type-groups nationwide.

Summary and Next Steps in the Stewardship of Mature and Old-Growth Forests
Speaker(s): Jamie Barbour, United States Forest Service
Description: The United States Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management have completed their first ever inventory of mature and old-growth forests after considering input from Tribes, the public, stakeholders, partners, and employees. Ongoing work includes risk and threat assessments as outlined by other provisions of the Executive Order.

SAF CFE: 1.5 Category 1
ESA CEU: 0.375

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.

Are your Tree Planting Specifications Killing Your Trees?
Speaker(s): Rebecca Johnson, Arborholic, LLC
Description: How a tree is planted and cared for during the establishment phase will be a prime indicator of how the tree thrives long term. Many tree planting specifications have not been updated to follow the current BMPs and trees are not being set up for long term health and success.
SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1
ESA CEU: 0.125

Hazard Tree Selection near Power Facilities
Speaker(s): Donald Dukleth, Southern Calif Edison
Description: Ensuring Southern California Edison powerline safety and reliability by selecting the right trees for prune or removal.
SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1
ESA CEU: 0.125

iSeaTree: Developing an Open-Source Mobile Application and Community Science Tool for Quantifying and Tracking Urban Forestry Assets
Speaker(s): Arielle Simmons-Steffen, Treemama.Org (iSeaTree Mobile App)
Description: iSeaTree is an application for identifying and tracking urban trees. It works with the USFS's 'iTree' API to calculate the CO2, H2O, and pollution benefits of trees within the United States and Canada. This presentation will discuss how we built the app and what we have learned since its launch.
SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1
ESA CEU: 0.125

Common Ground-Getting to the Root of Forest Productivity
Speaker(s): Jacquie Foss, Tongass National Forest
Description: Forest productivity is directly related to soil productivity. When we take care of our soils, we invest in the long term health of our forest lands. Starting from this place of mutual understanding, Tongass soil scientists have built strong relationships with the Tongass foresters.

Finding Common Ground: How Soil Scientists and Silviculturists Can Develop a Common Understanding of Site Resilience
Speaker(s): Erik Anderson, Custer-Gallatin National Forest
Description: Understanding how soil forming factors and climatic variables influence site recovery can help address concerns for regeneration and long-term site productivity in a changing climate. By working together, soil scientists and silviculturists can arrive at a common understanding of site resilience.

Insights, Tips, and Suggestions for Building Relationships Between Soil Scientists and Foresters
Speaker(s): Derek Pierson, Rocky Mountain Research Station, US Forest Service
Description: Collaboration between professionals specializing in diverse environmental science disciplines improves forest management strategies and our understanding of forest health and productivity. Here, we will specifically focus on the importance of collaboration between soil scientists and foresters, demonstrating advantages for forest health and land practice.

SAF CFE: 1.5 Category 1
ESA CEU: 0.375