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Forest Issues Conference
Pennsylvania's Forest Resources: Assessing Its Condition
April 26 and 27, 2005
The Pennsylvania State University
Nittany Lion Inn
University Park, PA
The 2005 Penn State School of Forest Resources Issues Conference will explore the state of Pennsylvania's forests based on the recently completed field inventory by the U.S. Forest Service.
The U.S. Forest Service started collecting and reporting data on the condition of Pennsylvania forests in the 1950s. Fifty-five years later it is time to review timber and data trends regarding forest overstory, understory, regeneration, and health. Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) data is a useful guide when practitioners understand its practical limits. What do forest resource managers, landowners, and the forest products industry need to know to manage Pennsylvania's forest resources?
Below is a list of speakers and their presentations. Highlighted presentations are available online and require Acrobat Reader to view. You can download Acrobat Reader 6.0 for free at: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html.
| Tuesday, April 26, 2005 | ||
| Panel: What are the Issues? | Dylan Jenkins | The Nature Conservancy |
| What are the Issues? | Ken Kane | Keith Horn, Inc. |
| Marc Lewis | Dwight Lewis Lumber | |
Setting the Big Picture for PA: Past, Present, and Future - 1950 to 2005 |
Will McWilliams | US Forest Service |
| What's Happening to the Overstory | Rich Widmann | US Forest Service |
| The Shifting Species | Jim Finley, | Penn State |
| Monitoring Forest Health | Randy Morin | US Forest Service |
| Harvesting and Who is Cutting | Eric Wharton | US Forest Service |
| Regeneration and Understory Conditions Presentation notes |
Will McWilliams | US Forest Service |
| Forest Ownership in Pennsylvania | Brett Butler | US Forest Service |
| Synthesis and Perspective: What Does the Forest Look Like? | Mike Lester | PA DCNR Bureau of Forestry |
| Wednesday, April 27, 2005 | ||
| Private Lands | Lloyd Casey | Casey Forestry Concepts |
| Wildlife | Rich Yahner | Penn State |
| Biodiversity | Sue Thompson | Pennsylvania Biodiversity Partnership |
| Risk Mapping for Forest Pests | Kurt Gottschalk | US Forest Service |
| Regional Impact Analysis | Bruce Lord | Penn State |
| Applications of FIA Data in the Western US | Steve Fairweather | Mason, Bruce and Girard, Inc. |
| Using Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) and Data Confidentiality: Its Practical Limits | Michael Hoppus | US Forest Service |
| Collaborations between Conservation and Forestry in PA Today: A mile long but an inch deep? | Jacquelyn Bonomo | Western Pennsylvania Conservancy |
| Creating a Community around Forests | James Grace | Pennsylvania DCNR, Bureau of Forestry |
| Deer License Allocations | ||
