3 - Results and Reflections from the Walker Hill Demonstration Project

Wednesday, September 18, 2024

2:30 PM – 3:00 PM MST

Location: Embassy Suites, River Birch A

Speaker(s)

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John Foppert, CF

Assistant Professor
Paul Smith's College
Paul Smiths, New York, United States

Co-author(s)

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Travis Woolley

Forest and Fire Ecologist
The Nature Conservancy
Mark Nabel, MS (he/him/his)

Silviculturalist
USDA Forest Service
Flagstaff, Arizona, United States
Kristen M. Waring, PhD (she/her/hers)

Professor
School of Forestry, Northern Arizona University
SAF Forest Science and Technology Board Chair, United States
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Justin Waskiewicz

Associate Professor
Paul Smith's College
Paul Smiths, New York, United States

Remote sensing technologies and digital support tools have the potential to change the way forest managers develop, implement, and assess complex silvicultural prescriptions. The Walker Hill Demonstration Project offers insights and ideas to build on as innovative foresters around the country continue to develop new tools and approaches.

Learning Objectives:

Understand the implications for preparation cost, harvesting productivity, and silvicultural outcomes across different tree designation methods
Identify the opportunities and challenges around expanding the use of digitized prescription implementation approaches in the Southwest and beyond