Organized Session
Forest Technology
Kristen M. Waring, PhD (she/her/hers)
Professor
School of Forestry, Northern Arizona University
SAF Forest Science and Technology Board Chair, United States
Justin Waskiewicz
Associate Professor
Paul Smith's College
Paul Smiths, New York, United States
Mark Nabel, MS (he/him/his)
Silviculturalist
USDA Forest Service
Flagstaff, Arizona, United States
Travis Woolley
Forest and Fire Ecologist
The Nature Conservancy
Neal Maker
Forest Biometrics Research Institute
John Foppert, CF
Assistant Professor
Paul Smith's College
Paul Smiths, New York, United States
Southwestern ponderosa pine forest health depends on low severity, high frequency fire to maintain low tree densities and complex stand structures. The focus of silviculture has shifted across the decades, with today’s prescriptions meeting multiple objectives that result in conditions conducive to the historical fire regime.
