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Full Schedule

  • 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