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Ponderosa Pine: Issues, Trends, and Management - October 18-21, 2004 at the Shilo Inn in Klamath Falls, Oregon
 
 

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Monday, October 18, 2004

6:00 pm Registration and Reception


Tuesday, October 19, 2004

8:00 am Welcome and Introductory Remarks - Martin Ritchie, Pacific Southwest Research Station, USDA-Forest Service, Redding, CA.

8:15-9:00 Keynote - Resources of Ponderosa Pine Ecosystems - Issues, Policies, Future - Hal Salwasser, Dean, College of Forestry, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR.

9:00-9:45 Keynote - Overview of Ponderosa Pine Ecosystems - Russ Graham, Rocky Mountain Research Station, USDA-Forest Service, Moscow, ID.

9:45-10:30 Keynote - An Overview of Key Silvicultural Information (no PowerPoint presentation) - John Fiske, retired, USDA-Forest Service, Vallejo, CA; John Tappeiner, Department of Forest Resources, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR.

10:30-11:00 Break

11:00-12:00 Context of Symposium

Moderator: Doug Maguire, Department of Forest Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR.

11:00-11:30 Past and Future Research at Pringle Falls Experimental Forest - Andy Youngblood, Pacific Northwest Research Station, USDA-Forest Service, La Grande, OR.

11:30-12:00 Accelerating Development of Late-seral Features in Second-growth Pine Stands: The Goosenest Adaptive Management Area - Martin Ritchie, Pacific Southwest Research Station, USDA-Forest Service, Redding, CA.

12:00-1:00 Lunch, on-site

1:00-3:00 Silviculture/Ecosystem Management

Moderator: Stephen Fitzgerald, Forestry Extension, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR.

1:00-1:30 Silvicultural Systems for Ponderosa Pine (no PowerPoint presentation)- Andy Youngblood, Pacific Northwest Research Station, USDA-Forest Service, La Grande, OR.

1:30-2:00 Multiaged Silviculture of Ponderosa Pine - Kevin O'Hara, University of California, Berkeley, CA.

2:00-2:30 The West-wide Ponderosa Pine Levels-of-growing-stock Study at Age 40 - Bill Oliver, retired, Pacific Southwest Research Station, USDA-Forest Service, Redding, CA.

2:30-3:00 Natural Regeneration of Ponderosa Pine - Chris Keyes, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA.

3:00-3:30 Break

3:30-5:00 Projects and Case Studies I

Moderator: Stephen Fitzgerald, Forestry Extension, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR.

3:30-4:00 Lessons Learned on 50,000 Acres of Pine Plantations - Jeff Webster, Total Forestry, Medford, OR.

4:00-4:30 Ponderosa Pine Management in the Klamath Basin - Norm Michaels, Fremont/Winema National Forests, Lakeview, OR.

4:30-5:00 Aspects of Ponderosa Pine Wood Quality Important for Manufactured Products (no PowerPoint presentation)- Kim Murillo, Jeld-Wen, Klamath Falls, OR.


Wednesday, October 20, 2004

8:00 - 5:00 Field Trips

Goose Nest Adaptive Management Area - Tour Leader: Martin Ritchie, Pacific Southwest Research Station, USDA-Forest Service, Redding, CA.

Pringle Falls Experimental Forest - Tour Leader: Andy Youngblood, Pacific Northwest Research Station, USDA-Forest Service, La Grande, OR.

Winema/Fremont National Forests - Tour Leader: Norm Michaels, Fremont/Winema National Forests, Lakeview, OR.

Sun Pass State Forest - Tour Leader: Ed DeBlander, Management Unit Forester, ODF - Klamath Falls, OR.


Thursday, October 21, 2004

8:00-10:00 Range and Wildlife Issues and Management

Moderator: Doug Maguire, Department of Forest Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR.

8:00-8:30 Songbird and Small Mammal Responses to Experimental Forest Treatments of Thinning and Prescribed Fire in Ponderosa Pine Forests of Northern California - Luke George, Department of Wildlife, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA.

8:30-9:00 Ungulate Ecology of Ponderosa Pine Ecosystems - Marty Vavra, USDA-Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, La Grande, OR.

9:00-9:30 Effects of Site and Scale on the Demographics of Standing Dead Trees [Snags] in Eastside Pine Forests - Bill Laudenslayer, USDA-Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Fresno, CA.

9:30-10:00 Woodpecker and Snag Interactions: an Overview of Current Knowledge in Ponderosa Pine Systems - Kerry Farris, Wildlife Conservation Society, Pacific West Program, Portland, OR.

10:00-10:30 Break

10:30-12:00 Soils and Productivity

Moderator: Gary Nakamura, University of California, The Center for Forestry Cooperative, Redding, CA.

10:30-11:00 Will Ponderosa Pine Plantations Respond to Intensive Management? Long-term Case Studies from California - Bob Powers, USDA-Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Stations, Redding, CA.

11:00-11:30 Management of Ponderosa Pine Nutrition through Fertilization - Terry Shaw, Intermountain Forest Tree Nutrition Cooperative, Forest Resources Department, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID.

11:30-12:00 Long-term Trends in Soil Productivity: Who Will Speak for the Soil? - Matt Busse, USDA-Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Redding , CA.

12:00-1:00 Lunch, on-site

1:00-1:30 Soils and Productivity (continued)

Moderator: Andy Youngblood, Pacific Northwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service, La Grande, OR.

1:00-1:30 Coarse Woody Debris: Is There a Nutritional Legacy? - Debbie Page-Dumroese, USDA-Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Moscow, ID.

1:30-4:00 Forest Disturbance

Moderator: Andy Youngblood, Pacific Northwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service, La Grande, OR.

1:30-2:00 Disease as an Agent of Disturbance in Ponderosa Pine - Greg Filip, USDA-Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, Portland, OR.

2:00-2:30 Bugs in the System: New Research Focuses on the Development of Tools to Minimize Ponderosa Pine Losses from Western Pine Beetle - Chris Fettig, USDA-Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Davis, CA.

2:30-3:00 Fire Ecology of Ponderosa Pine Ecosystems - Steve Fitzgerald, Forestry Extension, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR.

3:00-3:30 Break

3:30-4:00 Managing Antelope Bitterbrush in Ponderosa Pine Forests: Who Will Speak for the Understory Vegetation? - Gregg Riegel, USDA-Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, Central Oregon Interagency Ecology Program, Bend, OR.

4:00-5:00 Projects and Case Studies II

Moderator: Martin Ritchie, Pacific Southwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Redding, CA.

4:00-4:30 Reintroducing Fire in the Blacks Mountain Research Natural Area - Carl Skinner, USDA-Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Redding, CA.

4:30-5:00 Determining the Levels of Growing Stock for Uneven-aged Management - John Arena, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Branch of Forestry, Warm Springs, OR.

5:00-5:15 Closing Remarks - Martin Ritchie, Pacific Southwest Research Station, USDA-Forest Service, Redding, CA.

 
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