Carbon credits, conservation plans, and other planning tools for forestry
Speaker: Paola Bernazzani, ICF
Description: Planning can help forest managers maximize their land base by layering carbon credits and/or ensure compliance with the Endangered Species Act. These two processes can interact but navigating the complexities of the processes can be challenging. We discuss how up-front planning can provide carbon offsets, species benefits or both. 
SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1

ESA CEU: 0.125

Integrity in Forest Carbon Markets: Tools to Evaluate Real, Credible and Additional Offset Credits
Speaker: Sandy Letzing, Forest Carbon Works
Description: Forest Carbon Works explores voluntary and compliance forest carbon market programs for small landowners, including IFM and afforestation project options. Criteria to assess credit quality and the best program fit for land management goals will be covered with examples from both foresters and landowners working within these programs.
SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1

ESA CEU: 0.125

Opportunities and Barriers for Upscaling Ecosystem-based Adaptation: Experience from Pilot Projects in Nepal
Speaker: Sushma Bhattarai, Mississippi State University
Description: This paper identifies the challenges and barriers to upscale Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) in Nepal. EbA helped to reduce the vulnerability against CC and restored the ecosystem but lack of understanding, low priority from the government, lack of budgeting created obstacles for upscaling EbA.
SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1

ESA CEU: 0.125

Using a Multidisciplinary Approach to Increase Understanding of Lowland Conifer Systems in the Upper Great Lakes
Speaker: Laura Reuling, University of Minnesota
Description: We utilized a multidisciplinary framework to increase understanding of an understudied forest system: lowland conifer forests in the Lakes States. We explored how forest stand structure and composition, hydrology, and avian communities interact with each other and develop at different points in time after active management in these unique systems.
SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1

ESA CEU: 0.125

Dendroclimatic Analysis of Sierra Nevada Mixed Conifer Species in Different Diameter Classes
Speaker: Sophan Chhin, West Virginia University
Description: The use of dendroclimatology to assess how mixed conifer species in the Sierra Nevada responded to past climate is a key methodological approach that can be used to infer how trees may respond to a future changing climate. This study contrasts the climatic response of species in different diameter classes. 
SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1 

ESA CEU: 0.125

Advance regeneration in tamarack stands: It's older than you think!
Speaker: Amy Shaunette, USDA Forest Service
Description: Tamarack (Larix laricina) is perceived as one of the most shade-intolerant conifers in North America, unable to survive in the understory. However, ring analysis on 150 tree cookies collected in 2020 and 2021 revealed understory tamarack saplings aged 9 to 83 years old, suggesting a more robust shade tolerance.
SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1 

ESA CEU: 0.125

Assessing Riparian Buffer Data Availability and Application in East Tennessee Communities
Speaker: Maddy Johnson, University of Tennessee
Description: University of Tennessee Departments of Forestry, Wildlife & Fisheries, Biosystems Engineering & Soil Science, Agriculture Leadership, Education and Communication and Civil and Environmental Engineering in partnership with Tennessee Department of Agriculture, Division of Forestry to provide students research experiences and opportunities to implement an educational program in Community Riparian Restoration. 

Gap Characteristics and Individual Tree Impacts Following Intermediate-Severity Disturbance in Mixed Oak-Pine Stands
Speaker: J. Davis Goode, University of Alabama
Description: We analyzed the impacts of intermediate-severity wind disturbance on mixed oak-shortleaf pine stands at the individual tree and stand scale. Larger canopy trees exhibited reduced survival probability. Remote sensing analysis detected a high frequency of small canopy openings (50–250 m2) and few large openings (> 250 m2). 

Health Trends and Propagation of Green Ash in Emerald Ash Borer Infested Stands in the North Carolina Piedmont
Speaker: Jonathan Kressuk, North Carolina State University
Description: Yearly canopy health assessments conducted in the North Carolina Piedmont show the potential for possible lingering ash trees even as mortality rates exceed 90%. Cuttings from these healthy trees present a possible method of genetic material conservation.

SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1 CFE for the above three presentations, all must be viewed to receive CFE

ESA CEU: 0.125

Black Cherry and Black Birch Population Dynamics Change over 30 years: the Alleghenies and Beyond
Speaker: Lance Vickers, University of Missouri
Description: Over the past three decades, black cherry in the Alleghenies has shown declines in health, productivity, and reproductive capacity. Simultaneously black birch, a common but formerly less vigorous competitor has increased in understories and young, regenerating forests. We examine the breadth and magnitude of these changes across the species' ranges. 

Using FIA Plot Data to Characterize Forest in the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Speaker: Nancy Sonti, USDA Forest Service
Description: The wildland-urban interface (WUI) is the fastest-growing land use type in the United States, with widespread impacts on forests and other natural ecosystems. In this study, we investigate effects of human development in the WUI on forest extent and structure for a 24-state region of the northern U.S.

SAF CFE: None

ESA CEU: None

Building Capacity for Federal Forest Management with Specialized Implementation Teams
Speaker: Emily Dolhansky, Bureau of Land Management
Description: In 2020 the Bureau of Land Management formed the National Salvage Implementation Team (NSIT) to assist field offices with the implementation of salvage projects following disturbances. This team can serve as a model for building capacity for forest management across public lands in the U.S. 
SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1

ESA CEU: 0.125

Entrepreneurship in Forestry: How Small Companies Can Solve Big Problems
Speaker: Eli Jensen, Ironwood Forestry, LLC
Description: The need for effective public land management has never been greater. However, management agencies and their partners are plagued with red tape and burdensome centralized policy. On the other hand, entrepreneurs can deliver solutions quickly and affordably. How can the advantages of entrepreneurship be harnessed for public land management?
SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1

ESA CEU: 0.125

Assessing How Fuel Treatments Are Considered During Incident Response
Speaker: Michelle Greiner, Colorado State University
Description: We are conducting ongoing research about how US Forest Service fuel treatments are considered and incorporated during wildfire incident response. We will present findings from two case studies of 2020 wildfires where existing treatments were considered in the incident management context: the Cameron Peak, Colorado and the Bighorn, Arizona.
SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1

ESA CEU: 0.125

Intraspecific Roots Trait Variability of Western Larch (Larix occidentalis) Seedlings in Response to Drought
Speaker: Vovener de Verlands Edmond, University of Idaho
Description: We examined roots in western larch seedlings in relation to drought intensity among different provenances. We sampled various roots traits monthly to understand the effect of drought on roots. At the end of the experiment, drought intensity was the only significant factor influencing roots traits. 
SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1 

ESA CEU: 0.125

Collaboratively Developed, Adaptive Management Strategies for Degraded Forests of the Unglaciated High Allegheny Plateau
Speaker: Susan Stout, US Forest Service
Description: Forest health challenges and past mismanagement in northeastern forests have yielded degraded conditions in some stands at or nearing maturity with little advance regeneration and critically limiting seed source. Foresters in the Allegheny Plateau collaboratively developed systematic silvicultural recommendations for realizing acceptable outcomes in these stands; we present that work. 
SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1 

ESA CEU: 0.125

Monitoring Disturbance in the Northern Forest: Development of a Regional Change Detection and Attribution Tool
Speaker: Madeleine Desrochers, SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry
Description: Landscape scale forest monitoring is essential for growing and sustaining forest's role as natural climate solutions, and these tools are underdeveloped for the Northern Forest. Our work seeks to create an efficient and accurate monitoring tool for identifying and attributing forest disturbance and its causal agents in the Northern Forest.
SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1 

ESA CEU: 0.125

Forest Owner Carbon and Climate Education (FOCCE) Program
Speaker: Calvin Norman, Pennsylvania State University
Description: This is an overview of the new Forest Owner Carbon and Climate Education program, a collaborative education program by extension professionals at thirteen land grant universities and three USDA climate hubs. The talk will feature program goals, educational objectives and approach and links to new resources and products. 
SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1 

ESA CEU: 0.125

Creating a Virtual Fire Science Training Opportunity for Southeastern Extension Professionals and Others
Speaker: Hope Miller, University of Florida
Description: Researchers with Southern Fire Exchange, a regional fire science exchange, conducted an interview-based needs assessment of southeastern Extension agents to identify how we can increase Extension's capacity for wildland fire outreach. This presentation explores the interview results and describes the format and initial feedback for the subsequent online training course. 
SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1 

ESA CEU: 0.125

The Role of Complexity in Life-Long Learning and Research in Silviculture
Speaker: Marcella Windmuller-Campione, University of Minnesota
Description: The discipline of silviculture is ever evolving. New technologies, broader societal goals, and impacts due to climate change will require the current and future generations of silviculturists to embrace complexity. But what does that mean? Utilizing published literature, we reviewed past thoughts on complexity and consider future trends.
SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1 

ESA CEU: 0.125

Economic impact of Expanded All-Terrain Vehicles (ATV's) in Pennsylvania's forested landscapes
Speaker: Lisa Grab, Penn State
Description: Can ATVs be a compatible multiple use that complements non-motorized recreation? Will there be trade-offs in economic benefits to the committees and businesses? Will increases in spending business activity from additional ATV riders be overwhelmed by decreases in spending and business activity if expanded riding drives other forest users away. 
SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1 

ESA CEU: 0.125

Factor Endowment and Structural Change in Kentucky Forest Industry
Speaker: Thomas Ochuodho, University of Kentucky
Description: The industry structure of an economy describes the relative shares of each industry in economic activities. The Kentucky forest industry structure has experienced reduction in the share of the forest-based manufacturing industries in the state's GDP. This study examines the linkage between factor endowment and forest-industry structure in Kentucky. 
SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1 

ESA CEU: 0.125

Contribution of the forest sector to Ghana's economy
Speaker: Joshua Uzu, University of Georgia
Description: The presentation seeks to quantify the economic contribution of the forest sector to Ghana's national economy using the social accounting matrix approach, identify the sector linkages and illustrate the paths through which the forest sector interacts with other sectors of the economy.
SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1 

ESA CEU: 0.125

Strengthening The Mosaic By Weaving Indigenous Knowledge and Western Science
Speaker: tish carr, Wabanaki Youth in Science
Description: Continued research plus ten years of student development through the Wabanaki Youth in Science (WaYS) program have indicated three key factors that increase Native American student success in post-secondary education: Mentorships, strong community connection for Indigenous students, and inclusion of Native American cultural values and science in the college curriculum.
SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1

ESA CEU: 0.125

Environmental Justice Mapping in the United States Forest Service
Speaker: Mark Adams, USDA Forest Service
Description: The U.S. Forest Service's Office of Sustainability and Climate is developing an environmental justice mapping effort to provide agency decision-makers with information about potentially underserved populations that are affected by operational decisions of specific programs and land management units.
SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1

ESA CEU: 0.125

Modeling Growth and Establishment of Plantation and Converted Agroforestry Silvopasture Systems in the Missouri Ozarks
Speaker: Bailee Suedmeyer, Missouri State University
Description: Key points include usefulness of UAS multispectral data for predicting growth and climate stress on trees, monitoring canopy closure and tree growth rates following conversion to silvopasture, establishment and success for black walnut plantation silvopasture, and using developed methods for planning and management for silvopasture in the long-term. 
SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1

ESA CEU: 0.125

Household Incentives to Establish Tree Cover on Agricultural Lands in Andhra Pradesh, India
Speaker: Stella Schons, Virginia Tech
Description: The incentives of farming households in tropical developing countries to establish tree plantations on private land (often called 'trees outside of forests' or TOF) is a relatively understudied topic. This paper presents the incentives of farmers to establish forest cover on agricultural land in Andhra Pradesh, India.
SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1

ESA CEU: 0.125

Identifying Hotspots to Establish Mass Timber Processing Facilities and their Impacts on Local Economy in Michigan
Speaker: Naresh Khanal, Michigan State University
Description: Mass timber is gaining popularity for its environmental and engineering benefits over concrete structures. I run network analysis in ArcGIS to identify economically feasible supply regions and market extents for mass timber in Michigan. Based on it, the optimal locations for establishing mass timber processing facilities in Michigan were recommended. 
SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1

ESA CEU: 0.125

Understanding unsold timber offerings from the U.S. National Forest System
Speaker: Gregory Frey, USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station
Description: Unsold ('no-bid') timber offerings from the National Forest System can result in delays, additional cost, and missed targets. Over 2007-2020, the timber volume not sold at first offering was 11.9% nationally. We developed a framework for understanding the causes. 
SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1 

ESA CEU: 0.125

Woodshed Maps for Industry, Extension, and Woodland Owners in the Great Lakes States
Speaker: Raju Pokharel, Michigan State University
Description: This project uses economic modeling to create a woodshed of the great lakes forested region using delivered wood prices for major wood products. The goal is to map procurement zones and competitiveness index to allow end-users to determine if their forested region is suitable for forest product markets.
SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1 

ESA CEU: 0.125

Inland Northwest Active Management Field Tour: An Annual Event Connecting SAF Students and Forestry Professionals
Speaker: John Riling, US Forest Service
Description: The Inland Northwest Active Management Tour highlights active management in the region to SAF students, for students to make connections with professional SAF members, and provide continuing education. Typical management activities include prescribed burning, harvesting, and reforestation. Participation remains strong and this presentation will discuss the tour model and outcomes. 
SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1

ESA CEU: 0.125

Empowering Outreach Techniques to Reach Diverse Audiences
Speaker: Candra Burns, Talking Forests
Description: There is a better way to engage with others and our communities. Our growing forestry sector needs to build a social license to be the voice. Sensitive topics need addressing. This session, by Candra Burns from Talking Forests, will discuss lessons from across the globe.
SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1

ESA CEU: 0.125

Competing vegetation treatments provide little short-term benefit in northcentral Appalachian forests
Speaker: Autumn Sabo, Penn State Beaver
Description: Across five commercial stands in central Pennsylvania, mowing and spraying herbicide were effective at reducing competing vegetation but did not stimulate tree seedling regeneration or increase understory species richness over two to four years. We will monitor for longer-term effects but may need to consider other limiting factors. 
SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1

ESA CEU: 0.125

Digitization of Genetic and Tree Improvement Trials Data
Speaker: Rebekah Shupe, Purdue University
Description: Thousands of genetic and tree improvement trials established in the mid-to-late twentieth century have been abandoned and forgotten, however, some still exist along with physical data. Our online database and data management suggestions can aid researchers with their projects and protect the integrity of future plantings.
SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1

ESA CEU: 0.125

Incorporating Competing Vegetation Metrics within Whole-Stand Growth and Yield Models
Speaker: John Young, Plantation Management Research Cooperative
Description: Loblolly pine production is often limited by the presence of competing vegetation (CV). Incorporation of CV growth information into whole-stand growth and yield model systems is pertinent for increasing the precision of loblolly pine growth estimates. Possible methods for updating current models to account for CV growth are illustrated.
SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1

ESA CEU: 0.125

Modeling Potential Changes in Forest Wildlife Habitat from Planned Timber Harvesting on Minnesota DNR Lands
Speaker: Tyler Gifford, University of Minnesota
Description: This presentation details the use of a large simulation effort to quantify the effects of planned sustainable timber harvesting by the Minnesota DNR over a 10-year horizon on forest wildlife habitat for 172 wildlife species in Minnesota. 
SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1

ESA CEU: 0.125

Burn Severity in Mexican Spotted Owl PACs and Potential Habitat across the American Southwest
Speaker: Michael Daugherty, Northern Arizona University
Description: The increasing frequency and extent of high-severity wildfires is a growing threat to Mexican spotted owls. Our research shows burn severity trends within Mexican spotted owl PACs and compares it to modeled potential Mexican spotted owl habitat to provide land and wildlife managers with additional tools for their decision process. 
SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1

ESA CEU: 0.125

Evaluation of Environmental DNA and Physical Sampling Methods to Identify Salamander Populations in Kentucky
Speaker: Jill Fisk, Kentucky State University
Description: This presentation will cover two methods of sampling stream-breeding salamanders in forest ecosystems: physical sampling and sampling environmental DNA. Both sampling methods have advantages and disadvantages that should be considered based on project objectives, habitat stability and vulnerability of the target species.
SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1

ESA CEU: 0.125

Fungal Degradation of the Woody By-products of Forest Management Activities
Speaker: Jeffrey Ravage, Coalition for the Upper South Platte
Description: Fungal decay of cellulosic materials is natures method of recycling recalcitrant forest waste. The use of these same organisms, in a targeted manner may offer a solution for many of our on-site waste material issues. The study demonstrates the plausibility of new techniques of myco-restoration and their application to forestry. 
SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1

ESA CEU: 0.125

Defining Forest Types from Modeled Habitat Suitability and Analyzing Future Departure
Speaker: Matthew Peters, USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station
Description: We used a text mining algorithm to classify forest types from species distribution models. The classified forest types were then analyzed to determine future potential departures resulting from climate change and habitat suitability. 
SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1

ESA CEU: 0.125

Recent Advances in UAV Monitoring of Dry Conifer Forest Structure from Tree to Stand Scales
Speaker: Wade Tinkham, Colorado State University
Description: The presentation will review recent successes and limitations in unmanned aerial vehicle monitoring of forest structure in dry conifer forests.
SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1

ESA CEU: 0.125

When Economically Optimal Is Ecologically Complicated: Investment, Sequestration, and Biodiversity Implications of Neighborhood-based, Tree-by-tree Harvest Optimization in Structurally Complex Stands
Speaker: John Foppert, Paul Smith's College
Description: Financially optimal individual-tree harvest and retention decisions were modeled for a complex northern hardwood stand using high-resolution timber valuation, tree-growth, and mortality functions and advanced mathematical programming methods. Along with generating higher returns, the prescribed cutting schedule increased carbon stocking and structural complexity compared to other recommended or observed approaches.
SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1

ESA CEU: 0.125

Biomass Feedstock Availability and Economic Contribution of Biomass Power Facilities in the Lake States Region
Speaker: Jagdish Poudel, Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Description: We employ IMPLAN to estimate the economic contribution of biomass power generation in lake states region under five demand scenarios with capacity conversion and ten supply scenarios with biomass availability calculated using procurement cost-based service area around each facility. 
SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1

ESA CEU: 0.125

Carbon Offsets and Credits are Not the Best Way to Promote Carbon-Smart Forestry
Speaker: Marc McDill, Penn State University, Department of Ecosystem Science and Mgmt
Description: Our presentation will review how forest carbon offset and crediting markets work. It will discuss how effective carbon offset and crediting programs must satisfy conditions that are unlikely to be achieved with forest projects. Alternative ways to promote carbon-smart forestry should be considered.
SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1

ESA CEU: 0.125