Science Flashes 8

Friday, September 20, 2024

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM MST

Location: Embassy Suites, Snowberry

Concurrent Session Moderator(s)

Melinda Vokoun, PhD (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Plover, Wisconsin, United States

11:00 AM – 11:08 AM MST

Over 65 Years of Continuous Forest Inventory: Lessons Learned from the Cloquet Forestry Center, Minnesota
Co-Author: Tyler Gifford, n/a (he/him/his) – University of Minnesota
Speaker: John Zobel, n/a – University of Minnesota
11:10 AM – 11:18 AM MST

Establishing future foresters: The Wisconsin SAF Wheels to Woods Transportation Grant Program
Speaker: Melinda Vokoun, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
11:20 AM – 11:28 AM MST

Rethinking Productivity Evaluation in Precision Forestry Through Dominant Height and Site Index Measurements Using LiDAR
Speaker: Oscar I. Raigosa-Garcia, MS – NCSU
11:30 AM – 11:38 AM MST

Is wildfire planning evolving to support communities? 20-years of Community Wildfire Protection Plans in Colorado
Speaker: Karissa Courtney, MS – Colorado Forest Restoration Institute, Colorado State University
11:40 AM – 11:48 AM MST

The National Urban Tree Canopy Baseline
Speaker: Ian Hanou – PlanIT Geo
Submitter: Alec Sabatini, n/a – PlanIT Geo
11:50 AM – 11:58 AM MST

The True Cost of Seed: Implications on Workforce Development in the Western US
Speaker: Felicia Froton, n/a – Mast Reforestation
12:00 PM – 12:08 PM MST

Leveraging LiDAR and Machine Learning for Enhanced Forest and Land Management
Speaker: Vishnu Rama Varma Thampuran, n/a – Illinois Institute of Technology