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  • Wednesday, Sep 18th
    11:00 AM – 11:30 AM MST
    Predicting Time-to-Mortality After Disturbances for Southern Temperate Forests Using Random Survival Forests
    Location: Embassy Suites, River Birch C
    Speaker: Dinuka M. Senevirathne, MS (he/him/his) – University of Georgia, Athens
    Inventory and Biometrics
  • Wednesday, Sep 18th
    11:10 AM – 11:18 AM MST
    Estimating longleaf pine productivity in planted stands across the southeast US to support restoration efforts
    Location: Embassy Suites, Snowberry
    Speaker: Hyatt Tripp – University of Georgia, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
    Inventory and Biometrics
  • Wednesday, Sep 18th
    2:00 PM – 2:30 PM MST
    Providing Field-based Monitoring Guidance to Build Capacity for Peer Learning and Science-based Forest Management
    Location: Embassy Suites, Elderberry
    Speaker: Andrew W. Slack, n/a (he/him/his) – Colorado Forest Restoration Institute
    Speaker: Kat Morici, MS (she/her/hers) – Colorado Forest Restoration Institute
    Author: Kevin J. Barrett, MF (he/him/his) – Colorado Forest Restoration Institute
    Inventory and Biometrics
  • Wednesday, Sep 18th
    2:20 PM – 2:28 PM MST
    Leveraging the Power of ArcGIS as a Platform for Timber Inventory
    Location: Embassy Suites, Snowberry
    Speaker: Kerry Halligan, Ph.D. (he/him/his) – Woodland Solutions Group
    Inventory and Biometrics
  • Wednesday, Sep 18th
    2:30 PM – 3:00 PM MST
    Forest Consulting: Full of BS (Biometric Services)
    Location: Embassy Suites, Elderberry
    Speaker: Nate Herring (he/him/his) – American Forest Management
    Speaker: Scott Hillard, PhD (he/him/his) – American Forest Management
    Inventory and Biometrics
  • Wednesday, Sep 18th
    2:30 PM – 3:00 PM MST
    Reaching Private Landowners through Lidar Derived Forest Inventory
    Location: Embassy Suites, River Birch C
    Speaker: Jennifer Corcoran Corcoran, PhD (she/her/hers) – Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
    Speaker: Keb Guralski (he/him/his) – Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
    Speaker: Will Bartsch – Natural Resources Research Institute (NRRI)
    Inventory and Biometrics
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    9:00 AM – 9:30 AM MST
    An Evaluation of Extent and Opportunities for Idaho’s Old Growth and Mature Forests
    Location: Embassy Suites, River Birch B
    Speaker: Greg S. Latta, n/a – University of Idaho
    Inventory and Biometrics
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    9:20 AM – 9:28 AM MST
    Developing species-specific height-diameter relationship models for Caribbean forests
    Location: Embassy Suites, Snowberry
    Inventory and Biometrics
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    9:30 AM – 10:30 AM MST
    Crown Ratio Model for Intensively Managed Loblolly Pine Plantation
    Location: McKee Hall
    Speaker: Kamana Parajuli, n/a – Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
    Inventory and Biometrics
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    9:30 AM – 10:30 AM MST
    Diameter Distribution Model of Loblolly Pine Stands Subjected to Different Mid-Rotation Thinning Intensities
    Location: McKee Hall
    Poster Presenter: Pragya Rijal, N/A, n/a – Stephen F. Austin State University
    Inventory and Biometrics
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    9:30 AM – 10:30 AM MST
    Estimating Site Index Using Repeated Airborne Laser Scanning Data
    Location: McKee Hall
    Poster Presenter: Suchana Aryal – Oregon State University
    Inventory and Biometrics
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    9:30 AM – 10:30 AM MST
    Evaluating the Performance of Supervised Machine Learning Algorithms for Extracting Tree Canopy Cover
    Location: McKee Hall
    Poster Presenter: Prajwol Babu Subedi, n/a – University of Arkansas
    Submitter: Hamdi Zurqani, n/a – University of Arkansas at Monticello - Monticello, AR
    Inventory and Biometrics
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    9:30 AM – 10:30 AM MST
    Invasive plant species cover and site characteristics across select United States cities
    Location: McKee Hall
    Speaker: Tonya Lister, MS (she/her/hers) – USDA Forest Service
    Speaker: Laura Hanna, MS (she/her/hers) – Colorado State University
    Co-Author: Andrew Lister, PhD (he/him/his) – USDA Forest Service
    Inventory and Biometrics
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    9:30 AM – 10:30 AM MST
    Site Index and Planting Density Influence on Biomass of Improved Loblolly Pine in Southeastern US
    Location: McKee Hall
    Poster Presenter: Chioma E. Ogbuka, n/a – University of Arkansas at Monticello
    Inventory and Biometrics
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    9:30 AM – 10:30 AM MST
    Using Climatic Data to Improve our Understanding of Pine Plantation Development over Time.
    Location: McKee Hall
    Speaker: Túlio B. Queiroz, Sr., n/a – Plantation Management Research Cooperative (PMRC) - University of Georgia
    Co-Author: Bronson Bullock, PhD – University of Georgia
    Co-Author: Stephen Kinane, PhD – University of Georgia
    Co-Author: Dehai Zhao, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Georgia
    Co-Author: Mingliang Wang
    Co-Author: Yang Sheng-I
    Inventory and Biometrics
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    2:50 PM – 2:58 PM MST
    Diameter distributions for loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) in the Western Gulf region including environmental covariables
    Location: Embassy Suites, Snowberry
    Speaker: Gabriel Maciel – Univ. of Georgia, Warnell School of Forestry & Nat. Res.
    Author: Gabriel Maciel – Univ. of Georgia, Warnell School of Forestry & Nat. Res.
    Co-Author: Bronson Bullock, PhD – University of Georgia
    Co-Author: Stephen Kinane, PhD – University of Georgia
    Co-Author: Bruno Silva, PhD – University of Georgia
    Inventory and Biometrics
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    4:00 PM – 4:08 PM MST
    Potential Climate Change Impacts via Throughfall Exclusion on Loblolly Pine Plantations in the Southeast US
    Location: Embassy Suites, Snowberry
    Speaker: Lainey Paulus, BSFR – University of Georgia, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
    Inventory and Biometrics
  • Friday, Sep 20th
    11:00 AM – 11:08 AM MST
    Over 65 Years of Continuous Forest Inventory: Lessons Learned from the Cloquet Forestry Center, Minnesota
    Location: Embassy Suites, Snowberry
    Co-Author: Tyler Gifford, n/a (he/him/his) – University of Minnesota
    Speaker: John Zobel, n/a – University of Minnesota
    Inventory and Biometrics
  • Friday, Sep 20th
    11:20 AM – 11:28 AM MST
    Rethinking Productivity Evaluation in Precision Forestry Through Dominant Height and Site Index Measurements Using LiDAR
    Location: Embassy Suites, Snowberry
    Speaker: Oscar I. Raigosa-Garcia, MS – NCSU
    Inventory and Biometrics
  • Friday, Sep 20th
    11:30 AM – 12:00 PM MST
    Assessing Coarse Woody Debris in Arizona's Forests Using Mobile Terrestrial, Piloted, and Remotely-piloted Airborne Lidar
    Location: Embassy Suites, River Birch C
    Speaker: Andrew Sanchez Meador, PhD (he/him/his) – Ecological Restoration Institute & School of Forestry, NAU
    Inventory and Biometrics
  • Friday, Sep 20th
    1:00 PM – 4:00 PM MST
    Data Science for Forestry Applications with FIA
    Location: Embassy Suites, Canyon Maple C
    Speaker: Robert Froese, PhD RPF CF – University of Alberta
    Speaker: Jim McCarter, PhD, MF – Rayonier
    Speaker: Nan Pond, PhD – Rubicon Carbon
    Inventory and Biometrics