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  • Wednesday, Sep 18th
    10:30 AM – 11:00 AM MST
    Effects of silvicultural release on artificial oak regeneration in bottomland hardwood forests in northern Missouri
    Location: Embassy Suites, River Birch B
    Speaker: Isaac Hayford, n/a (he/him/his) – Lincoln University of Missouri
    Silviculture
  • Wednesday, Sep 18th
    10:30 AM – 11:00 AM MST
    Integrating assisted population migration into reforestation plantings
    Location: Embassy Suites, River Birch C
    Speaker: Katie Nigro, PhD (she/her/hers) – ORISE; USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Region
    Silviculture
  • Wednesday, Sep 18th
    11:00 AM – 11:30 AM MST
    Establishing resilient pine-hardwood mixtures in the southeastern United States
    Location: Embassy Suites, River Birch B
    Speaker: Adam Polinko (he/him/his) – Department of Forestry, Mississippi State University
    Silviculture
  • Wednesday, Sep 18th
    1:30 PM – 1:38 PM MST
    Management of White Oak-Dominated Forests: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
    Location: Embassy Suites, Snowberry
    Speaker: Lance A. Vickers, n/a – University of Kentucky
    Speaker: Benjamin O. Knapp, PhD (he/him/his) – Univeristy of Missouri
    Silviculture
  • Wednesday, Sep 18th
    1:40 PM – 1:48 PM MST
    Applying diverse silvicultural tools to guide change in Rocky Mountain forests
    Location: Embassy Suites, Snowberry
    Speaker: Neil G. Williams, PhD (he/him/his) – ORISE / US Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station
    Silviculture
  • Wednesday, Sep 18th
    4:00 PM – 4:08 PM MST
    Small Ruminant Silvopastoralism in Forest and Woodland Fuels Reduction
    Location: Embassy Suites, Snowberry
    Speaker: Ricky Satomi, MF, RPF – UC Cooperative Extension
    Silviculture
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    8:00 AM – 9:30 AM MST
    Adaptive Silviculture for Climate Change (ASCC) - Overarching Themes From Across the Network
    Location: Embassy Suites, Aspen Daisy
    Speaker: Maria Vicini, n/a (she/her/hers) – Colorado State University, Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science
    Speaker: Brian Palik, PhD – USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station
    Speaker: Peter Clark, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Vermont
    Silviculture
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    8:00 AM – 8:30 AM MST
    Soil-based Assessment of Site Productivity for Loblolly Pine Plantations in the Coastal Plain
    Location: Embassy Suites, Goldenglow
    Speaker: Dehai Zhao, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Georgia
    Silviculture
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    8:00 AM – 8:30 AM MST
    1 - From Then to Now: Lessons Learned Over the Course of the ASCC Network
    Location: Embassy Suites, Aspen Daisy
    Speaker: Maria Vicini, n/a (she/her/hers) – Colorado State University, Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science
    Co-author: Christopher Swanston – Office of Sustainability and Climate
    Co-author: Courtney L. Peterson, MS (she/her/hers) – Colorado State University
    Co-author: Linda Nagel, PhD – Utah State University
    Co-author: Maria Janowiak, M.S. – Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science, USDA Northern Forests Climate Hub
    Silviculture
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    8:30 AM – 9:00 AM MST
    Creating and Maintaining Resiliency in Mature Longleaf Pine Woodlands
    Location: Embassy Suites, Goldenglow
    Speaker: Joshua J. Puhlick – The Jones Center at Ichauway
    Silviculture
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    8:30 AM – 9:00 AM MST
    Extending Stand Density Management Concepts to Mature and Old-growth Forests Under Global Change
    Location: Embassy Suites, River Birch B
    Speaker: Christopher E. Looney, PhD – USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station
    Silviculture
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    8:30 AM – 9:00 AM MST
    2 - Operationalizing Forest Assisted Migration as Part of Climate Adaptation in the ASCC Network
    Location: Embassy Suites, Aspen Daisy
    Speaker: Brian Palik, PhD – USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station
    Co-author: Maria Janowiak, M.S. – Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science, USDA Northern Forests Climate Hub
    Co-author: Peter Clark, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Vermont
    Co-author: Anthony W. D'Amato, Ph.D, CF – University of Vermont
    Co-author: Christopher Swanston – Office of Sustainability and Climate
    Co-author: Linda Nagel, PhD – Utah State University
    Silviculture
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    9:00 AM – 9:30 AM MST
    3 - A Mechanistic Look into the ASCC Climate Change Response Framework Applied Across North American Forests
    Location: Embassy Suites, Aspen Daisy
    Speaker: Peter Clark, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Vermont
    Co-author: Linda Nagel, PhD – Utah State University
    Co-author: Brian Palik, PhD – USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station
    Co-author: Maria Janowiak, M.S. – Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science, USDA Northern Forests Climate Hub
    Co-author: Anthony W. D'Amato, Ph.D, CF – University of Vermont
    Co-author: Christopher Swanston – Office of Sustainability and Climate
    Co-author: Mike Battaglia, PhD (he/him/his) – USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station
    Silviculture
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    9:30 AM – 10:30 AM MST
    Assessing Combinations of Nucleation Size and Planting Density to Improve Performance of Ponderosa Pine Seedlings
    Location: McKee Hall
    Poster Presenter: Dilshad Safiullah, n/a (he/him/his) – New Mexico Highlands University
    Silviculture
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    9:30 AM – 10:30 AM MST
    Assessing Early Effectiveness of Silvicultural Treatments in Quaking Aspen Exclosures Affected by Oystershell Scale
    Location: McKee Hall
    Poster Presenter: Jackson Bledsoe, n/a – Northern Arizona University
    Silviculture
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    9:30 AM – 10:30 AM MST
    Comparing size inequality, growth dominance and growth between thinned and unthinned loblolly pine plantations
    Location: McKee Hall
    Speaker: Yuhui Weng, n/a – Stephen F. Austin State University
    Silviculture
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    9:30 AM – 10:30 AM MST
    Documenting 60 Years of Structural and Compositional Change in an Oak-hickory Forest in Southern Illinois
    Location: McKee Hall
    Poster Presenter: Morgan E. Silanskis, n/a – US Forest Service
    Silviculture
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    9:30 AM – 10:30 AM MST
    Effect of Interspecific Competition on Water Stress in Conifer Seedlings
    Location: McKee Hall
    Poster Presenter: David Akowuah, n/a – University of Idaho
    Co-Author: Andrew Nelson, Ph.D (he/him/his) – University of Idaho
    Silviculture
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    9:30 AM – 10:30 AM MST
    Evaluating Drought Resistance of Loblolly, Longleaf and Longleaf-Loblolly Pine Hybrid Seedlings
    Location: McKee Hall
    Speaker: Daniel F. Grebner, N/A, n/a – Mississippi State University
    Silviculture
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    9:30 AM – 10:30 AM MST
    FSVeg Spatial Data Analyzer and FVS: Analyzing Carbon Outputs
    Location: McKee Hall
    Speaker: Brenda Bowen, n/a – USFS
    Speaker: Jonathan Marston – Management and Engineering Technologies International, Inc. (METI)
    Silviculture
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    9:30 AM – 10:30 AM MST
    Glyphosate persistence and vegetation response following herbicide application for reforestation in the Rocky Mountain foothills
    Location: McKee Hall
    Poster Presenter: Sydney J. Bobey, n/a – University of Alberta
    Silviculture
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    9:30 AM – 10:30 AM MST
    Long-Term Recoveries of Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda.) from Stem Breakage Under Thinning and Damage Severities
    Location: McKee Hall
    Speaker: Kyungrok Hwang, n/a – Oklahoma State University
    Silviculture
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    9:30 AM – 10:30 AM MST
    Managing Urban Floodplain Forests in a Changing Climate.
    Location: McKee Hall
    Speaker: Nicholas Parrott, n/a – University of Minnesota
    Silviculture
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    9:30 AM – 10:30 AM MST
    Mixedwood Management: New Guidance for Silviculture in Hardwood - Softwood Mixtures
    Location: McKee Hall
    Speaker: Laura S. Kenefic, PhD (she/her/hers) – U.S. Forest Service
    Silviculture
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    9:30 AM – 10:30 AM MST
    Patching Up the Gap: Sapling Dynamics of Longleaf Pine Patches in a Southwest Georgia Forest
    Location: McKee Hall
    Speaker: Ian M. Goldberg, n/a – School of Natural Resources, University of Missouri
    Silviculture
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    9:30 AM – 10:30 AM MST
    Post-fire Carbon Dynamics in a Coastal Redwood Stand
    Location: McKee Hall
    Poster Presenter: Jonathan Garcia, n/a – California Polytechnic State University, SLO
    Author: Audrey M. Rose, n/a – California Polytechnic State University, SLO
    Co-Author: Lilli Kaarakka, PhD – California Polytechnic State University
    Silviculture
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    9:30 AM – 10:30 AM MST
    Quantifying Longevity of Standing Dead Trees in Northern Minnesota
    Location: McKee Hall
    Speaker: Gregory Harris, M.F. – University of Minnesota
    Silviculture
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    9:30 AM – 10:30 AM MST
    Silvicultural Framework for Cross-Boundary Wildfire Risk Reduction
    Location: McKee Hall
    Poster Presenter: John E. Riling, n/a – USDA Forest Service
    Silviculture
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    9:30 AM – 10:30 AM MST
    Silviculture for coastal forest resilience: promoting regeneration and managing invasive species
    Location: McKee Hall
    Author: Ryan Bohannon (he/him/his) – Clemson University
    Poster Presenter: Lauren Pile Knapp, PhD (she/her/hers) – USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station
    Co-Author: G. Geoff Wang, PhD – Clemson University
    Silviculture
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    9:30 AM – 10:30 AM MST
    Snag Density and Dynamics of Eastern Forests
    Location: McKee Hall
    Speaker: Marcella A. Windmuller-Campione, n/a (she/her/hers) – University of Minnesota
    Silviculture
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    9:30 AM – 10:30 AM MST
    Streamlining Vegetation Data Management and Analysis in the Forest Service
    Location: McKee Hall
    Speaker: Brenda Bowen, n/a – USFS
    Speaker: Jonathan Marston – Management and Engineering Technologies International, Inc. (METI)
    Poster Presenter: Roy Mita
    Silviculture
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    9:30 AM – 10:30 AM MST
    The Evaluation of Biotic and Abiotic Damaging Agents Across Different Treatments in Sub-Boreal Forests
    Location: McKee Hall
    Speaker: Lila B. O'Dowd, n/a – Northern Arizona University
    Silviculture
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    9:30 AM – 10:30 AM MST
    Whitebark Pine Resilience Network: Engaging a network of managers and researchers across the western US
    Location: McKee Hall
    Speaker: Hannah Farrell, n/a – US Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station
    Silviculture
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    1:30 PM – 2:00 PM MST
    Unmanaged Lodgepole Pine Stands Do Not Recover After Mountain Pine Beetle Attack
    Location: Embassy Suites, River Birch C
    Speaker: Sarita Bassil, PhD (she/her/hers) – Forest Growth & Yield Lab, University of Alberta
    Co-Author: Robert Froese, PhD RPF CF – University of Alberta
    Co-Author: Bradley Pinno, PhD – University of Alberta
    Silviculture
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    2:00 PM – 2:30 PM MST
    Rings, Resin, and Resilience: Decoding How Silvicultural Practices Affect Southwestern Forest Resilience to Bark Beetles
    Location: Embassy Suites, River Birch C
    Speaker: Tyler W. Gardner, n/a (he/him/his) – Northern Arizona University
    Silviculture
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    2:00 PM – 2:30 PM MST
    Tree Regeneration Response After Spruce Bark Beetle and Salvage Harvesting
    Location: Embassy Suites, Goldenglow
    Speaker: Mike Battaglia, PhD (he/him/his) – USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station
    Author: Kevin J. Barrett, MF (he/him/his) – Colorado Forest Restoration Institute
    Author: Jason Sibold, PhD – Colorado State University
    Co-Author: Vausha Snyder
    Silviculture
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    2:30 PM – 3:00 PM MST
    Vegetation Management Effects on Soil Water, Seedling Performance and Early Seral Vegetation Abundance and Diversity
    Location: Embassy Suites, River Birch C
    Speaker: Carlos Gonzalez-Benecke, PhD – Oregon State University
    Speaker: Emily Von Blon, MS – Oregon State University
    Silviculture
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    4:30 PM – 4:38 PM MST
    Environmental conditions influence fertilization response within slash pine plantations on the Lower Coastal Plain, USA
    Location: Embassy Suites, Snowberry
    Co-Author: Noah Shephard, n/a – University of Georgia
    Speaker: Stephen Kinane, PhD – University of Georgia
    Silviculture
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    4:30 PM – 5:00 PM MST
    Adapting Silviculture When Wildlife Habitat Objectives are Primary
    Location: Embassy Suites, Goldenglow
    Speaker: Sarah Wurzbacher, n/a – Pennsylvania Game Commission
    Silviculture
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    4:40 PM – 4:48 PM MST
    Impact of Prescribed Fire on Loblolly Pine Growth: A Dendrochronological Analysis
    Location: Embassy Suites, Snowberry
    Speaker: John C. Jacobson, n/a – Mississippi State Department of Forestry
    Silviculture
  • Thursday, Sep 19th
    5:00 PM – 5:30 PM MST
    Desired Forest Conditions for Wildlife: A Management Strategy for Southern Bottomland Forests
    Location: Embassy Suites, Goldenglow
    Speaker: Brian R. Lockhart, CF – Hardwood Silviculture LLC
    Silviculture
  • Friday, Sep 20th
    10:00 AM – 10:08 AM MST
    Interspecific competition effects on biomass allocation in a young, fertilized longleaf pine stand.
    Location: Embassy Suites, Snowberry
    Co-Author: Adam Polinko (he/him/his) – Department of Forestry, Mississippi State University
    Speaker: Baylor Doughty
    Silviculture