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  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    10:30am - 10:38am EDT
    Forest Carbon Asset Management - Carbon Stewardship and Alternative Silvicultural Approaches
    Location: 14
    Speaker: Katie Krejsa
    Silviculture
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    10:50am - 10:58am EDT
    Evaluating and Designing Silvicultural Practices around Canopy Complexity Outcomes
    Location: 14
    Speaker: Robert T. Fahey, PhD – University of Connecticut, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment
    Silviculture
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    11:00am - 11:08am EDT
    DIVERSE: Canada-wide Silviculture Trials for Adapting Forests to Global Change
    Location: 14
    Speaker: Brad Pinno, n/a – University of Alberta
    Silviculture
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    1:30pm - 2:00pm EDT
    Shortleaf Pine: Management Challenges and Opportunities for an Unsung Species
    Location: 27
    Speaker: Benjamin O. Knapp, n/a (he/him/his) – University of Missouri
    Silviculture
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    2:00pm - 2:30pm EDT
    Evaluating Forest Management Strategies for Carbon Sequestration, Fire Dynamics, and Resilience in California’s Working Forests
    Location: 26
    Speaker: Lilli M. Kaarakka, PhD (she/her/hers) – CalPoly, San Luis Obispo, CA
    Speaker: Jonathan Garcia, n/a – CalPoly, San Luis Obispo
    Co-Author: Alaina Bensching – CalPoly, San Luis Obispo
    Co-Author: Audrey Rose, MS – CalPoly, San Luis Obispo
    Co-Author: Christopher E. Looney, PhD – USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station
    Silviculture
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    2:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
    The Timing of Hardwood Harvests Following Prescribed Fires on the Monongahela National Forest, WV
    Location: 26
    Speaker: T Adam Coates, n/a – Virginia Tech
    Silviculture
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    4:10pm - 4:18pm EDT
    Estimating the Effect of Silvicultural and Environmental Co-variables on Longleaf Pine Productivity
    Location: 14
    Speaker: Olivia Reed, n/a – Warnell School/UGA - Athens, GA
    Silviculture
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    4:30pm - 5:00pm EDT
    Morticulture: Standing Dead Wood Dynamics and Longevity in Pine Ecosystems in Northern Minnesota
    Location: 25
    Speaker: Gregory Harris, M.F. – University of Minnesota
    Silviculture
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    4:50pm - 4:58pm EDT
    Restoring Oak-Shortleaf Pine Woodlands: Combining Fire and Thinning to Reduce Stem Density
    Location: 14
    Speaker: Lucy T. McGuire (she/her/hers) – University of Alabama
    Silviculture
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    5:00pm - 5:30pm EDT
    Assessing management strategies to develop Integrated Pest Management System for an invasive insect in aspen
    Location: 27
    Speaker: Abiral Acharya, n/a – Northern Arizona University
    Silviculture
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    8:00am - 9:30am EDT
    New Approaches to Assessing Forest Harvest Practices and Conditions Part 1
    Location: 15
    Submitter: Susan L. Stout, D.F. (she/her/hers) – James C. Finley Center for Private Forests
    Speaker: Mark J. Ducey, PhD, FICFor (he/him/his) – University of New Hampshire
    Speaker: Allyson Muth, Ed.D. (she/her/hers) – The Pennsylvania State University
    Speaker: Steven Roberge (he/him/his) – University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension
    Speaker: Jim Julian (he/him/his) – PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
    Speaker: Michael C. Thompson, M.S. (he/him/his) – University of New Hampshire, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment
    Silviculture
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    8:00am - 8:30am EDT
    1 - Silviculture in the Northern Forest: Are We Moving Forward?
    Location: 15
    Speaker: Mark J. Ducey, PhD, FICFor (he/him/his) – University of New Hampshire
    Co-author: Ethan P. Belair, MSF, CF (he/him/his) – The Nature Conservancy
    Co-author: John Gunn – The Nature Conservancy
    Silviculture
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    8:10am - 8:18am EDT
    Longleaf Pine Plantations after Hurricane Helene and Pine Straw Raking Treatments in South Georgia
    Location: 14
    Speaker: Olivia Reed, n/a – Warnell School/UGA - Athens, GA
    Co-Author: Noah Shephard, n/a – University of Georgia
    Silviculture
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    8:30am - 9:00am EDT
    Oak Regeneration Outcomes Following Natural Disturbance-Based Silvicultural Treatments in the southern Appalachians
    Location: 25
    Speaker: David K. Schnake, CF – The Nature Conservancy
    Silviculture
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    8:30am - 9:00am EDT
    3 - Rehabilitating the Northern Forest One Property at a Time: Tools for Engaging Landowners
    Location: 15
    Speaker: Steven Roberge (he/him/his) – University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension
    Silviculture
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    9:00am - 9:30am EDT
    Responses of Pin Oak Reproduction to Silvicultural Release in Bottomland Hardwood Forests in Southern Missouri
    Location: 25
    Speaker: Isaac Hayford, PhD (he/him/his) – Lincoln University od Missouri
    Silviculture
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    9:00am - 9:30am EDT
    3 - Impacts of Economic Forest Degradation on Avian Functional Diversity
    Location: 15
    Speaker: Michael C. Thompson, M.S. (he/him/his) – University of New Hampshire, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment
    Co-author: Mark J. Ducey, PhD, FICFor (he/him/his) – University of New Hampshire
    Co-author: Rebecca Rowe – University of New Hampshire
    Co-author: John Gunn – The Nature Conservancy
    Silviculture
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    1:30pm - 2:00pm EDT
    2 - Community Engagement in the PA Forest Assessment Project
    Location: 15
    Speaker: Allyson Muth, Ed.D. (she/her/hers) – The Pennsylvania State University
    Co-author: Thomas Albright – USDA For Serv Forest Inventory & Analysis
    Co-author: Jim Julian (he/him/his) – PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
    Co-author: Shawn Lehman – PA Dept. of Cons. & Nat. Res. Bur. of Forestry
    Co-author: Paul Roth – James C. Finley Center for Private Forests at Penn State
    Co-author: Susan L. Stout, D.F. (she/her/hers) – James C. Finley Center for Private Forests
    Silviculture
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    9:30am - 10:30am EDT
    Advancing Forest Growth and Yield Models to Inform Adaptive Management
    Location: Expo Hall
    Poster Presenter: Malcolm Itter, PhD – University of Massachusetts Amherst
    Silviculture
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    9:30am - 10:30am EDT
    Assessing Early Effectiveness of Silvicultural Treatments in Quaking Aspen Exclosures Affected by Oystershell Scale
    Location: Expo Hall
    Poster Presenter: Jackson Bledsoe (he/him/his) – Northern Arizona University
    Silviculture
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    9:30am - 10:30am EDT
    Comparing White (Quercus alba) and Northern Red Oak (Quercus rubra) Physiology Responses to Varied Environments
    Location: Expo Hall
    Poster Presenter: Elias Gaffney, MS – University of Minnesota
    Silviculture
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    9:30am - 10:30am EDT
    Competition and Environmental Stress Shapes Growth and Functioning in Bottomland Tree Species
    Location: Expo Hall
    Poster Presenter: Zhongqian Cheng, n/a – Stephen F. Austin State University
    Silviculture
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    9:30am - 10:30am EDT
    Conventional Silviculture and Climate Adaptivity: Outcomes from 70 Years of Data in Northern Conifer Forests
    Location: Expo Hall
    Poster Presenter: Dustin McCloskey, n/a – University of Maine
    Silviculture
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    9:30am - 10:30am EDT
    Deer Exclosure Three Decades of Results from Oak/hickory Forest
    Location: Expo Hall
    Poster Presenter: Jim Gillespie, B.S. Forestry – Consulting
    Silviculture
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    9:30am - 10:30am EDT
    Effects of Prescribed Burning on Quercus rubra Regeneration Near Its Northern Range Limit
    Location: Expo Hall
    Poster Presenter: Heidi Asbjornsen, PhD – University of New Hampshire
    Silviculture
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    9:30am - 10:30am EDT
    Evaluating Effects of Protective Grazing Shelters on the Survival of Ponderosa Seedlings in Northern Arizona
    Location: Expo Hall
    Poster Presenter: Chandler Craft, BA - Env. Studies – Northern Arizona University
    Silviculture
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    9:30am - 10:30am EDT
    Growing Warm Trees with Cold Feet
    Location: Expo Hall
    Poster Presenter: Maxwell Schrimpf, CCF – University of Alberta
    Silviculture
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    9:30am - 10:30am EDT
    Growth and Yield Model Accuracy When Simulating Thinning in Western Canadian Boreal and Mountain forests
    Location: Expo Hall
    Poster Presenter: Santosh Ayer, n/a – Growth and Yield Lab, Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
    Silviculture
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    9:30am - 10:30am EDT
    Impacts of Stand Structure on Eastern Wild Turkey Habitat Selection in Longleaf Pine Woodlands
    Location: Expo Hall
    Poster Presenter: Tegan Waugh, n/a – University of Alabama - No City Available
    Silviculture
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    9:30am - 10:30am EDT
    Linking Landscape Change and Forest Carbon Dynamics in Southern Bahia, Brazil
    Location: Expo Hall
    Poster Presenter: Thomas B. Harris, MS, MPhil, – The University of the South
    Silviculture
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    9:30am - 10:30am EDT
    Natural Regeneration Dynamics of Shortleaf Pine (Pinus echinata) in the Cumberland Plateau Region
    Location: Expo Hall
    Poster Presenter: Cory Null, n/a – Alabama A&M University
    Silviculture
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    9:30am - 10:30am EDT
    Northern Lowland Hardwood Forests: Learning from Experience, Managing for Change
    Location: Expo Hall
    Poster Presenter: Martha Sample, n/a (she/her/hers) – University of Minnesota
    Silviculture
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    9:30am - 10:30am EDT
    Old Growth in Ozarks and Ouachitas: Characterizing Structure of Shortleaf Pine-oak Forests across Spatial Scales
    Location: Expo Hall
    Poster Presenter: Jacob Vitale, n/a – University of Missouri
    Silviculture
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    9:30am - 10:30am EDT
    Silviculture Intensity Impacts Understory Plant Dynamics and Diversity Across Eastern Canada
    Location: Expo Hall
    Poster Presenter: Kyle Dues, n/a – University of Alberta
    Silviculture
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    9:30am - 10:30am EDT
    Thinning from Above or Below: Evaluating Thinning Strategies in Sierra Nevada Planted Stands
    Location: Expo Hall
    Poster Presenter: Emily Cieslewitz – University of California, Berkeley
    Silviculture
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    9:30am - 10:30am EDT
    Tree-Related Microhabitats for Wildlife in Managed Northern Conifer Forests
    Location: Expo Hall
    Co-Author: Laura S. Kenefic, n/a (she/her/hers) – USDA Forest Service
    Poster Presenter: David King – University of Massachusetts
    Silviculture
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    9:30am - 10:30am EDT
    Updates on Throughfall Exclusion and Potential Thinning Effects on Loblolly Pine in the Southeast US
    Location: Expo Hall
    Poster Presenter: Lainey Paulus, n/a – Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia
    Silviculture
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    9:30am - 10:30am EDT
    Utilizing FVS for Sustainable Harvest Planning on US Military Lands
    Location: Expo Hall
    Poster Presenter: Joseph B. Beierle, n/a – Colorado State University
    Silviculture
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    9:30am - 10:30am EDT
    Variation in the Growth Response and Survival of Longleaf Pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) Families
    Location: Expo Hall
    Poster Presenter: Rabina Phuyal, n/a – University of Arkansas at Monticello
    Silviculture
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    9:30am - 10:30am EDT
    Would building biohubs offset costs of fire-resistance focused management in Arizona’s ponderosa pine forests?
    Location: Expo Hall
    Poster Presenter: Daniel Swann – ORISE
    Poster Presenter: Cat E. Ducat, MS – ORISE @ U.S. Forest Service
    Silviculture
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
    New Approaches to Assessing Forest Harvest Practices and Conditions Part 2
    Location: 15
    Submitter: Susan L. Stout, D.F. (she/her/hers) – James C. Finley Center for Private Forests
    Speaker: Mark J. Ducey, PhD, FICFor (he/him/his) – University of New Hampshire
    Speaker: Allyson Muth, Ed.D. (she/her/hers) – The Pennsylvania State University
    Speaker: Steven Roberge (he/him/his) – University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension
    Speaker: Jim Julian (he/him/his) – PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
    Speaker: Michael C. Thompson, M.S. (he/him/his) – University of New Hampshire, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment
    Silviculture
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    2:00pm - 2:30pm EDT
    1 - Forest Condition Analysis and Harvest Classification Results from the Pennsylvania Forest Assessment Project
    Location: 15
    Speaker: Jim Julian (he/him/his) – PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
    Co-author: Thomas Albright – USDA For Serv Forest Inventory & Analysis
    Co-author: Jim Julian (he/him/his) – PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
    Co-author: Shawn Lehman – PA Dept. of Cons. & Nat. Res. Bur. of Forestry
    Silviculture
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    4:00pm - 5:30pm EDT
    A New Agenda for Sugarbush Silviculture Research
    Location: 15
    Speaker: Jessica Wikle, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Vermont
    Speaker: David B. Moore, n/a – University of New Hampshire
    Speaker: John Foppert, CF – Paul Smith's College
    Moderator: Emily Cieslewitz – University of California, Berkeley
    Silviculture
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    4:00pm - 4:30pm EDT
    1 - Sugarbush Silviculture: Past, Present, and Future
    Location: 15
    Speaker: Jessica Wikle, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Vermont
    Co-author: Emily Cieslewitz – University of California, Berkeley
    Co-author: John Foppert, CF – Paul Smith's College
    Co-author: David B. Moore, n/a – University of New Hampshire
    Co-author: Neal Maker – Forest Biometrics Research Institute
    Co-author: Tim Rademacher – University of Vermont
    Silviculture
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    4:30pm - 5:00pm EDT
    2 - Quantitative Sugarbush Silviculture: An Analytical Framework and Preliminary Results
    Location: 15
    Speaker: David B. Moore, n/a – University of New Hampshire
    Co-author: John Foppert, CF – Paul Smith's College
    Co-author: Neal Maker – Forest Biometrics Research Institute
    Co-author: Tim Rademacher – University of Vermont
    Silviculture
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    5:00pm - 5:30pm EDT
    3 - Sugarbush Silviculture Research: Prospects and Opportunities Panel Discussion
    Location: 15
    Speaker: John Foppert, CF – Paul Smith's College
    Co-author: Jessica Wikle, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Vermont
    Co-author: David B. Moore, n/a – University of New Hampshire
    Silviculture
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    9:30am - 10:00am EDT
    Forest Development Fifteen Years after Surface Mine Reclamation in Virginia
    Location: 26
    Silviculture
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    11:00am - 12:30pm EDT
    Creating Forests for the Future through Climate-adaptive Management
    Location: 13
    Moderator: Maria Vicini, n/a (she/her/hers) – Colorado State University, Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science
    Speaker: Christopher Riely, CF – University of Rhode Island
    Speaker: Joshua J. Puhlick – The Jones Center at Ichauway
    Speaker: Kristen M. Waring, PhD (she/her/hers) – School of Forestry Northern Arizona University
    Speaker: Peter Clark – Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Vermont
    Silviculture