Science Flashes 4

Concurrent Session Moderator(s)

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  Jennifer Gagnon, MS

  Senior Extension Specialist
  Virginia Tech
  Blacksburg, Virginia, United States

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM – 8:08 AM MST

  Longleaf pine damage from extreme winds
  

  Speaker: Andrew W. Whelan, MS Ecology – The Jones Center at Ichauway
• 8:10 AM – 8:18 AM MST

  Improving Access to Harvesting & Wood Pricing Information for Landowners, Loggers, and Professionals in Michigan
  

  Speaker: Tara Allohverdi, n/a (she/her/hers) – Michigan State University
• 8:20 AM – 8:28 AM MST

  Prescribed fire as a management tool for wild insect pollinators in southern pine forests
  

  Speaker: Elise B. McDonald, n/a (she/her/hers) – University of Georgia
• 8:30 AM – 8:38 AM MST

  UAS classification of conifer drought status – identifying target trees for forest management
  

  Speaker: Lauren Lad (she/her/hers) – Colorado State University

  Co-Author: Wade Tinkham, n/a (he/him/his) – Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station

  Co-Author: Camille Stevens-Rumann
• 8:40 AM – 8:48 AM MST

  The logging sector in Texas: The past, the present, and the future
  

  Speaker: Anusha Shrestha, Ph.D. – Stephen F. Austin State University

  Co-Author: Matthew McBroom, Ph.D. – Stephen F. Austin State University
• 8:50 AM – 8:58 AM MST

  Tourists' Preference for Colors of Forest Landscapes
  

  Speaker: Wan-Yu Liu, n/a – National Chung Hsing University
• 9:00 AM – 9:08 AM MST

  UAV-based detection and assessment of Brown Spot Needle Blight severity .
  

  Speaker: Swati Singh – Auburn university
• 9:10 AM – 9:18 AM MST

  Artificial Intelligence in Urban Forestry
  

  Speaker: Lee Mueller, CF – Davey Resource Group, Inc.
• 9:20 AM – 9:28 AM MST

  Developing species-specific height-diameter relationship models for Caribbean forests
  

  Speaker: Samjhana Wagle (she/her/hers)