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Full Schedule

  • Monday, September 16, 2024
  • 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM MST
    National Association of University Forest Resources Program (NAUFRP) Executive Committee Meeting
  • 11:00 AM – 4:30 PM MST
    Committee on Accreditation Meeting
  • 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM MST
    Exhibitor Move-in and Silent Auction Setup
  • 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM MST
    Registration Open
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM MST
    Diversity Scholars Welcome Dinner (Invite Only)
  • 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM MST
    SAF and NAUFRP Leadership Reception (Invite Only)
  • Tuesday, September 17, 2024
  • 7:00 AM – 7:00 PM MST
    Registration Open
  • 7:30 AM – 3:30 PM MST
    Committee on Accreditation Meeting
  • 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM MST
    SAF Board of Directors Meeting
  • 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM MST
    US Army Environmental Command Foresters Meeting
  • 8:00 AM – 3:30 PM MST
    USDA-NRCS Technical Service Provider Training
  • 8:00 AM – 3:30 PM MST
    Workshop: USDA–NRCS Technical Service Provider Training
  • 8:30 AM – 2:00 PM MST
    NAUFRP General Assembly
  • 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM MST
    Committee on Forest Policy Meeting
  • 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM MST
    Exhibitor Move-in, Poster Check-in, and Silent Auction Setup
  • 10:00 AM – 3:30 PM MST
    Committee on Forest Technology School Accreditation Meeting
  • 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM MST
    National Extension Forestry Meeting
  • 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM MST
    Advances in Digital Forestry
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM MST
    Plenary I
  • Wednesday, September 18, 2024
  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM MST
    Opening Ceremonies and Plenary II
  • 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM MST
    Instinct – Automated Wildlife Surveying and Real-Time EnvironmentalMonitoring
  • 9:30 AM – 10:00 AM MST
    Forest Architecture: Exploring the Terminus of Innovation
  • 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM MST
    Refreshment Break and Innovation Zones
  • 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM MST
    Carbon for the Small Woodland Owner
  • 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM MST
    Poison Ivy/Oak and Sumac, Same Poison Same Solution!
  • 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM MST
    Time Series Analysis as a Cost-Effective Species and Volume Indicator for Forest Inventories
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM MST
    A Decade of Good Neighbor Authority in NW Colorado - Successes, Challenges and Lessons Learned
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM MST
    Building Capacity with Technology
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM MST
    Conservation & Climate Corps: Building Pathways into Forestry Careers through Hands-on Training & Service
    Speaker: Bobby Tillett (he/him/his) – The Corps Network
    Speaker: Rachael Zwerin (she/her/hers) – The Corps Network
    Speaker: Scott Segerstrom (he/him/his) – Colorado Youth Corps Association
    Leadership Development
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM MST
    Leveraging the Power of Information
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM MST
    Managing our Message
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM MST
    Meeting Forest Ecology Objectives
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM MST
    Science Flashes 1
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM MST
    Scientific and Technical Sessions #1
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM MST
    The resources we manage in agroforestry: Perspectives on planning and implementation
    Speaker: Matthew M. Smith, PhD – USDA National Agroforestry Center
    Speaker: Cara Rockwell (she/her/hers) – Florida International University
    Speaker: Adam K. Downing – Virginia Cooperative Extension
    Author: Katherine Favor (she/her/hers) – USDA National Agroforestry Center
    Moderator: Mark Batcheler, PhD – National Agroforestry Center
    Agroforestry
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM MST
    Women in Forestry: Paying it Forward VIII
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM MST
    People, Policy, and Popcorn
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM MST
    Town Hall
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM MST
    Building Capacity
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM MST
    Full Circle Indigenous Fire: Past, Present, and Future
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM MST
    Innovating around implementation: New approaches to​ silviculture and restoration in the Southwest
    Speaker: Kristen M. Waring, PhD (she/her/hers) – School of Forestry, Northern Arizona University
    Speaker: Mark Nabel, MS (he/him/his) – USDA Forest Service
    Speaker: John Foppert, CF – Paul Smith's College
    Author: Travis Woolley – The Nature Conservancy
    Moderator: Justin Waskiewicz – Paul Smith's College
    Forest Technology
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM MST
    Leveraging the Power of Technology
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM MST
    Managing our Message
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM MST
    Meeting Landowner Objectives
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM MST
    Protecting Ecosystem Services: Leveraging Conservation Easements for Sustainable Land Management in the Wildland Urban Interface
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM MST
    Putting the Wild in Wildlife through Active Forest Management
    Speaker: Patricia D. Dorsey, n/a (she/her/hers) – National Wild Turkey Federation
    Speaker: Doug Little, CWB – National Wild Turkey Federation
    Speaker: Jared McJunkin, CWB – National Wild Turkey Federation
    Moderator: Mike Mitchener, n/a – National Wild Turkey Federation
    Forest Ecology
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM MST
    Science Flashes 2
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM MST
    Scientific and Technical Sessions #2
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM MST
    Student Meetup
  • 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM MST
    A Practical Biocontrol Agent for Control of Aphids on Lindens
  • 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM MST
    Making History Together: A Conversation with the Forest History Society Staff About Preserving Your Historical Records
  • 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM MST
    Turning a Corner: Mobile digital data capture techniques using laser scanners to enhance mensuration accuracy, detail and coverage
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM MST
    People, Policy, and Popcorn
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM MST
    Refreshment Break and Innovation Zones
  • 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM MST
    Forsite’s Individual Tree Inventories Using TreeID: An Introduction to its Process and Practical Application
  • 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM MST
    Improving Conservation Efforts Using the Climate-Enhanced Topographic Wetness Index
  • 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM MST
    Intro to LandYield's Forest Carbon Program
  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM MST
    Building Capacity - Boots on the Ground
  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM MST
    Building Capacity - Forest Product Matters
  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM MST
    Community forestry for sustainability: An international perspective
  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM MST
    Diversify Your Forest Based Revenues: Forest Carbon Project from a Land Manager's Perspective
    Speaker: Jeremy Koslowski (he/him/his) – The Climate Trust
    Speaker: Madeline Montague (she/her/hers) – The Climate Trust
    Speaker: Pawan Gautam (he/him/his) – The Climate Trust
    Bioenergy, Climate Change, and Carbon
  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM MST
    Implementing strategies to foster old-growth forest conditions that serve diverse local and national communities.
  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM MST
    Leveraging the Power of Information
  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM MST
    Meeting Objectives with Science and Research
  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM MST
    Science Flashes 3
  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM MST
    Scientific and Technical Sessions #3
  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM MST
    Use of ecophysiology and genomics to improve reforestation strategies and outcomes
    Author: Aalap Dixit, PhD (he/him/his) – New Mexico Highlands University
    Speaker: Joshua L. Sloan, Ph.D., C.F. – New Mexico Highlands University
    Speaker: Sean M. Collins, MS (he/him/his) – Northern Arizona University
    Speaker: Dillon M. Alexander (he/him/his) – New Mexico Highlands University
    Forest Health and Genetics
  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM MST
    Young Professional Meetup
  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM MST
    Student Social
  • 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM MST
    Alumni Receptions
  • 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM MST
    Donor Gratitude Reception (Invite Only)
  • Thursday, September 19, 2024
  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM MST
    Fellows Breakfast
  • 7:00 AM – 4:00 PM MST
    Speaker Ready Room
  • 7:00 AM – 7:00 PM MST
    Registration Open
  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM MST
    Actively managing invasive species for forest restoration and resilience
    Speaker: Kristen M. Waring, PhD (she/her/hers) – School of Forestry, Northern Arizona University
    Speaker: Lauren Pile Knapp, PhD (she/her/hers) – USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station
    Speaker: Connor Crouch, PhD – USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station
    Forest Health and Genetics
  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM MST
    Adaptive Silviculture for Climate Change (ASCC) - Overarching Themes From Across the Network
    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
  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM MST
    Building Workforce Capacity
  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM MST
    Community Forestry – An Approach to Forest Management for a Variety of Local Priorities.
  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM MST
    Engaging Students, Early-Career Professionals, and Diverse Communities in SAF: A World Café Discussion
  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM MST
    Leveraging the Power of Information
  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM MST
    Meeting Mature Old-growth Forest Objectives
  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM MST
    Meeting Silviculture Objectives
  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM MST
    Science Flashes 4
  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM MST
    Scientific and Technical Sessions #4
  • 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM MST
    Exhibit Hall, Silent Auction, SAF Hub, and SAF Store Open
  • 9:30 AM – 10:00 AM MST
    Forest Technology Updates in GPS, GIS, Forest Measurement, Drones, and Forest Inventory
  • 9:30 AM – 10:00 AM MST
    Harnessing Technology for Early Wildfire Detection in Forest Environments
  • 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM MST
    People, Policy, and Popcorn
  • 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM MST
    Poster Symposium
  • 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM MST
    Refreshment Break, Innovation Zones, and Poster Symposium
  • 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM MST
    Use Cases and Implementation Patterns for Timber Cruise using an ArcGIS-Based Inventory Management System
  • 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM MST
    Using the stochastic growth effect option in FVS for projecting stand level carbon estimates
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM MST
    Awards Parade and Plenary III
  • 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM MST
    Lunch
  • 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM MST
    Career Fair
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM MST
    SAF Journals Editorial Board Meeting
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM MST
    Bridging the Gap: Communication for Forestry Professionals
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM MST
    Leveraging the Power of Information
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM MST
    Meeting Diverse Objectives
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM MST
    Meeting Forest Health Objectives
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM MST
    Meeting Urban and Community Forest Objectives
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM MST
    Next-Level Forestry: Scaling Collective Capacity in the Face of Climate Change
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM MST
    Science Flashes 5
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM MST
    Scientific and Technical Sessions #5
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM MST
    Strategies to advance agroforestry implementation through advocacy, partnership building, and research.
    Speaker: Judith Bross – San Diego State- Geography Department
    Speaker: Devon Brock-Montgomery (she/her/hers) – Savanna Institute
    Speaker: Arohi Sharma – Natural Resources Defense Council
    Moderator: Donna H. Davis, ISA-CA/MS/TRAQ (she/her/hers) – Colorado State Forest Service, Colorado State University
    Submitter: Mark Batcheler, PhD – National Agroforestry Center
    Agroforestry
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM MST
    Understanding and Managing Needle Disease Epidemics in Southern Pine Forests Part 1
    Speaker: Kier Klepzig, PhD (he/him/his) – Jones Center at Ichauway
    Speaker: Caterina Villari, PhD (she/her/hers) – Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources, University of Georgia
    Speaker: Nicolas Anger, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Florida
    Forest Health and Genetics
  • 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM MST
    Breaking Point: Tribal Forestry Today
  • 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM MST
    Integrating Equipment Simulation to Support Education and Training
  • 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM MST
    Taking a New Look at Diversification of the U.S. Forest Service Workforce
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM MST
    Refreshment Break and Innovation Zones
  • 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM MST
    California Forestry Sector Jobs Initiative (SFSJI)
  • 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM MST
    Online and mobile GIS solution providing natural resource management tools for Everyone!
  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM MST
    A Discussion on Community Perceived Barriers and Opportunities in Establishing and Maintaining Long-term Studies
  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM MST
    Building Capacity - Forest Product Matters
  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM MST
    Estimating carbon stocks, emissions, and forest product life cycles under multiple management scenarios in Minnesota
    Speaker: John Zobel, n/a – University of Minnesota
    Speaker: Matt Russell, PhD – Arbor Custom Analytics LLC
    Speaker: Elaine Oneil
    Speaker: Maureen Puettmann, PhD – Consortium for Research on Renewable Industrial Materials (CORRIM)
    Bioenergy, Climate Change, and Carbon
  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM MST
    Meeting Diverse Objectives
  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM MST
    Meeting Urban and Community Forest Objectives
  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM MST
    Meeting Wildlife and Recreation Objectives
  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM MST
    Science Flashes 6
  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM MST
    Scientific and Technical Sessions #6
  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM MST
    State Agencies approaches and ROI implementing advanced technologies to support inventory data collection and management.
  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM MST
    Understanding and Managing Needle Disease Epidemics in Southern Pine Forests Part 2
    Speaker: Jane E. Stewart, PhD (she/her/hers) – Colorado State University
    Speaker: Ian Scadden, MS (he/him/his) – Texas A&M Forest Service
    Speaker: Simone Lim-Hing, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Georgia
    Forest Health and Genetics
  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM MST
    Women in Natural Resources Meetup
  • 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM MST
    Certification Social
  • 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM MST
    Past Presidents Reception
  • 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM MST
    Young Professional Social
  • 5:45 PM – 6:45 PM MST
    Science, Technology, and Policy Social
  • 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM MST
    SAFter Party and Passing of the Torch
  • Friday, September 20, 2024
  • 7:00 AM – 11:00 AM MST
    Speaker Ready Room
  • 7:00 AM – 12:00 PM MST
    Registration Open
  • 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM MST
    Biomass data under the USDOE Billion-Ton 2023
    Moderator: Maggie Davis (she/her/hers) – ORNL
    Speaker: Jeremy S. Fried, PhD – USDA Forest Service PNW Research Station
    Speaker: Maggie Davis (she/her/hers) – ORNL
    Bioenergy, Climate Change, and Carbon
  • 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM MST
    Building Capacity in Urban and Community Forests
  • 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM MST
    Empowering Family Forest Owners to Create Lasting Legacies and Sustain their Forest Resources Part 1
    Speaker: Jennifer L. Gagnon, MS – Virginia Tech
    Speaker: Ed Zimmer – Virginia Department of Forestry
    Speaker: Adam K. Downing – Virginia Cooperative Extension
    Moderator: Karen Snape (she/her/hers) – Virginia Tech
    Family Forests
  • 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM MST
    Hidden Histories of Forestry: Rethinking the Founding, Education, and Impact within American Forestry
  • 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM MST
    Leveraging the Power of Information
  • 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM MST
    Managing our Message
  • 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM MST
    Meeting Landowner Objectives
  • 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM MST
    National Assessment of Forest Pathology
  • 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM MST
    Science Flashes 7
  • 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM MST
    Refreshment Break
  • 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM MST
    Building Capacity for Harvesting Operations
  • 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM MST
    Building Capacity: Equipping Early Career Forestry Professionals for Resource Management
  • 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM MST
    Empowering Family Forest Owners to Create Lasting Legacies and Sustain their Forest Resources Part 2
    Speaker: Jennifer L. Gagnon, MS – Virginia Tech
    Speaker: Karen Snape (she/her/hers) – Virginia Tech
    Speaker: Asija Rice, MF, CCF – Center For Heirs' Property
    Moderator: Adam K. Downing – Virginia Cooperative Extension
  • 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM MST
    Forest Service Community Navigator Initiative Panel
  • 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM MST
    Integrating Uncrewed Aerial Systems to Advance Forest Monitoring
    Submitter: Wade Tinkham, n/a (he/him/his) – Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station
    Speaker: Lauren Lad (she/her/hers) – Colorado State University
    Speaker: George Woolsey (he/him/his) – USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station
    Speaker: Neal Swayze (he/him/his) – Colorado State University
    Speaker: Nic Kotlinski (he/him/his) – Colorado State University
    Forest Technology
  • 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM MST
    Leveraging the Power of Information
  • 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM MST
    Leveraging the Power of Technology
  • 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM MST
    Managing our Message
  • 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM MST
    Science Flashes 8
  • 11:30 AM – 5:15 PM MST
    Tour: Urban and Community Forestry – Managing the Resources
  • 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM MST
    Explore ways to improve your leadership abilities and foster inclusive teams
  • 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM MST
    Forestry to the People: Best Practices for Public Communication
  • 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM MST
    Data Science for Forestry Applications with FIA