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Friday, October 24, 2025
7:00am - 8:00am EDT
Fellows Breakfast (invite only)

7:45am - 3:30pm EDT
Managing Habitat at the McLean Game Refuge

8:00am - 9:30am EDT
Building a Legacy: Developing Sector Workforce

8:00am - 9:30am EDT
Building local wood economies for rural resiliency

8:00am - 9:30am EDT
Forests for the Future: Innovations for Healthy Hardwoods

8:00am - 9:30am EDT
New Approaches to Assessing Forest Harvest Practices and Conditions Part 1
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

8:00am - 9:30am EDT
Science Flashes 4
Moderator: Amanda Sullivan-Astor, CF – Associated Oregon Loggers

8:00am - 9:30am EDT
Stories from the Land: Trends and Opportunities in Agroforestry
Submitter: Mark Batcheler, Ph.D – USDA Forest Service, National Agroforestry Center
Speaker: Ryan T. Smith, MF (he/him/his) – University of New Hampshire
Speaker: Devon Brock-Montgomery (she/her/hers) – Savanna Institute
Author: Matthew M. Smith, PhD – USDA Forest Service, National Agroforestry Center
Author: Katherine Favor, MS (she/her/hers) – USDA National Agroforestry Center
Moderator: Mark Batcheler, Ph.D – USDA Forest Service, National Agroforestry Center
Agroforestry

8:00am - 9:30am EDT
Sustaining Growth with Family Forests
Moderator: Luke Kelleher

8:00am - 9:30am EDT
Sustaining Growth: Technologically Speaking about Fire and Fuels
Moderator: Nicholas Brokaw, PhD – University of Puerto Rico

8:00am - 9:30am EDT
Sustaining Growth
Moderator: Christoph A. Anderson, n/a – Oregon State University

9:30am - 10:00am EDT
LandYield's IFM Carbon Program

9:30am - 10:00am EDT
Marking American Forestry History: Celebrating the Milestone Anniversaries of SAF, the Weyerhaeuser Company, and American Forests

9:30am - 10:30am EDT
People, Policy, and Popcorn

9:30am - 10:30am EDT
Poster Symposium

10:00am - 10:30am EDT
Harvesting and Active Forest Management While Enrolled in a Carbon Program

10:00am - 10:30am EDT
Social ecological monitoring with the Ecosystem Workforce Program, University of Oregon

10:00am - 10:30am EDT
We Speak Forests

10:30am - 12:15pm EDT
Plenary III and Awards Parade

1:00pm - 2:30pm EDT
Forest Stewardship and the Future of the Forest Service

1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
Building a Legacy: Developing Sector Workforce
Moderator: Caitlyn Castleberry

1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
Forestry's Next Frontier: Forest Product Innovation

1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
Maximizing biodiversity co-benefits through collaborative forestry for wildlife conservation
Speaker: Suzanne Treyger (she/her/hers) – National Audubon Society
Speaker: Rosa Goldman – National Audubon Society
Speaker: Claire Mann – National Audubon Society
Speaker: Sally Stockwell – Maine Audubon
Speaker: Jeffrey Ritterson – Mass Audubon
Speaker: Fen Levy – National Audubon Society
Moderator: Jillian Liner – National Audubon Society
Wildlife Management

1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
Money Does Grow On Trees

1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
New Approaches to Assessing Forest Harvest Practices and Conditions Part 2
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

1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
Science Flashes 5

1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
Student Meetup

1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
Sustaining Growth throughout History

1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
Sustaining Growth with Family Forests

1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
Unlocking Opportunities: Seeking Out the Right Resources to Grow Your Career

3:00pm - 3:30pm EDT
Forest Metrix PRO and AI Tools to Streamline Your Workflow

3:00pm - 3:30pm EDT
SAF Credentialing and You

3:00pm - 3:30pm EDT
Sticks and Stones VS Lasers and Drones

3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
Keeping Watersheds Working for People and Nature

3:15pm - 4:30pm EDT
SAF Student Scholarship Reunion

3:30pm - 4:00pm EDT
Find the Right Trees Faster: Early Warning and Targeted Surveys with Canopy

3:30pm - 4:00pm EDT
Forest Carrying Capacity Model & Web Application Demonstration

3:30pm - 4:00pm EDT
Sticks and Stones VS Lasers and Drones

4:00pm - 5:30pm EDT
A New Agenda for Sugarbush Silviculture Research
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

4:00pm - 5:30pm EDT
Building a Legacy in Communities

4:00pm - 5:30pm EDT
Community Forestry Can Further Equality: Integrating Environmental Justice, Human Needs, and Generational Visioning into Forestry

4:00pm - 5:30pm EDT
Forestry's Next Frontier: Innovations for Healthy Forests

4:00pm - 5:30pm EDT
Forests for the Future: Innovations for Healthy Forests

4:00pm - 5:30pm EDT
Rethinking Skillsets for Innovation in Forestry: Technology, Data, and AI

4:00pm - 5:30pm EDT
Science Flashes 6

4:00pm - 5:30pm EDT
Species perspectives in managed fire influenced landscapes across Massachusetts
Moderator: Fletcher Clark – MassWildlife
Speaker: Chris Buelow – MassWildlife
Speaker: Joan Milam – Umass Amherst
Speaker: Evan Dalton – Manomet Conservation Sciences
Wildlife Management

4:00pm - 5:30pm EDT
Sustaining Growth in Communities

4:00pm - 5:30pm EDT
Women in Natural Resources Meetup

5:30pm - 6:30pm EDT
Past Presidents Reception (invite only)

6:00pm - 7:00pm EDT
Communities of Interest Social

6:00pm - 7:00pm EDT
Young Professionals Social

7:00pm - 9:00pm EDT
125th Anniversary Celebration