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Meeting Title:
Managing forest resources in the 21st century: An integrated approach
Keynote
Speaker: Ann
Bartuska, Deputy Chief of Research & Development - USDA Forest
Service
Tentative title: "Vision for Forestry
Science in
the 21st Century"
Conference Agenda
(subject to revision)
| Meeting
themes: |
- I.
Forest and water resources of the Upper Midwest and Canada
- 1.
Landforms, climate, forest and aquatic ecosystems
- Natural
disturbance regimes
- 2.
Past industrial exploitation
- Mining
and logging history of the region
- 3.
Ecosystem recovery
- Reforestration
- Restoration
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4. Overview: The role of Upper Midwest forests in
global carbon and hydrologic cycles, and preservation
of biodiversity
- II.
North temperate forests and demands of the 21st century
- 1.
Forest hydrology and the Great Lakes
- Global
exploitation of local fresh water
- Lake
levels, forests and climate
- Forested
wetlands
- 2.
Forest responses to a changing environment
- Elevated
CO2 and O3
- Productivity,
carbon and nutrient cycling, carbon sequestration
- Exotic,
invasive species
- 3.
Development pressure
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Great Lakes real-estate"The best deal on
the Internet?"
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Human population, recreation, and effects on forest
environments
- 4.
Macroeconomics of pulp and paper industry
- Micro-ecomonmic
implications for maintaining a forested landscape
- 5.
Biological legacies of past forest management
- III.
Forest science and challenges of the future
- 1.
Integrated landscape management
- Remote
sensing and GIS information management
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Coordinated planning
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Federal, state, local, industry, individuals,
conservation groups
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Planning at the scale of the landscape or
region
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International collaboration
- 2.
Silviculture
- Restoration
- Maintaining
productivity
- Biodiversity
and non-timber values
- Recreation
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3. Tree improvement
- Traditional
- Genetic
modification
- Species
trials
- 4.
Global change research
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FACTS-II FACE
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Michigan Gradient Study
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Isle Royale
- Others
- 5.
Fire as an integral component of forest management
- 6.Sustainable
forestry initiative(s)
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18th
North American Forest Biology Workshop
Managing forest resources in the 21st
Century: An integrated approach
Program
Sunday,
July 11
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7:00
a.m.
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Registration
open
Meet in SFRES parking lot for early field trips |
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7:30
a.m.
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Depart
for Porcupine Mountains field trip
The FACTS-II field trip and the Ford Center
field trip have been canceled due to lack of interest -
update! |
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1:00
p.m.
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Depart
for Atlantic Mine carbon cycling field trip -
updated departure time! |
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5:00
p.m.
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Registration
closed |
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Monday, July 12
| 7:00 |
Registration
open - SFRES Atrium |
| 7:30 |
Welcome
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| 8:00 |
Keynote - Dr. Ann Bartuska, Deputy
Chief of Research & Development - USDA Forest Service.
"
A Vision for Forestry Science in the 21st Century" |
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Plenary
Session 1 - Setting the Stage
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| 9:00 |
Dr.
Dennis Albert, "An overview of the forested ecosystems
of the northern Lake States" |
| 9:40 |
Dr.
Lee Frelich, "Natural disturbance regimes in Great Lakes
Forests" |
| 10:20 |
Coffee
break |
| 10:30 |
Dr.
Kurt Pregitzer, "Exploiting the pre-European settlement
forests: Michigan's enduring ecological legacy" |
| 11:10 |
Dr.
Larry Lankton, "Copper mining industry use of forest
and aquatic resources of the Keweenaw" |
| 11:45 |
Dr.
George Ice, "A century of watershed lessons and emerging
information needs" |
| 12:30 |
Lunch |
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Plenary
Session 2 - Environmental Challenges
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| 1:30 |
Dr. Knute Nadelhoffer, "Nitrogen deposition and forest
function" |
| 2:10 |
Dr.
Richard Norby, "Forest productivity in a CO2 enriched
atmosphere" |
| 2:50 |
Dr. Kevin Percy, "Ozone and Forest Productivity: State
of Science and Risk" |
| 3:30 |
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| 5:30 |
Social
Mixer aboard
the Keweenaw Star
- Tour the waterways of Lake Superior and the Houghton Canal
on this sightseeing, early evening cruise aboard the 110'
Keweenaw Star. Enjoy light snacks a cash bar while relaxing
after Monday's sessions. Click
here for a link to the Keweenaw Star website. Afterwards,
explore Houghton and enjoy dinner on your own. |
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Tuesday, July
13
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Plenary
Session 3 - Physiology and Genetics in Forest Management
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| 7:30 |
Dr.
Peter Reich, "Ecophysiology based analysis of integrated
forest responses to changing environmental conditions" |
| 8:10 |
Dr. Robert Teskey, "CO2 recycling
in trees" |
| 8:50 |
Dr.
Charles Michler, "Fine hardwood tree improvement - an
approach to single tree selection" |
| 9:30 |
Dr.
Chung-Jui Tsai, "Functional genomics and tree improvement:
A case study on resource allocation" |
| 10:10 |
Coffee
break |
| 10:30 |
Contributed
paper sessions
Promise of Genetics/Forest Physiology
- Click here for schedule
Forest Physiology I - Click
here for schedule |
| 12:30 |
Lunch
and Break |
| 1:00-9:30 |
Trip to Keweenaw and banquet |
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Wednesday, July
14
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Plenary
Session 4 - Integrated Forest Management
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| 7:30 |
Dr.
Donald Riemenschneider, "Tree improvement in the Lake
States: Current status, future opportunities" |
| 8:10 |
Dr. Brian Palik, "Silvicultural
approaches for the matrix: balancing ecological and production
goals at multiple scales" |
| 8:50 |
Wayne
Bell, "Gradients of management intensity in the context
of natural disturbance regimes" |
| 9:30 |
Dr.
Richard Birdsey, "Forest management opportunities for
increasing carbon sequestration" |
| 10:10 |
Coffee
break |
| 10:30 |
Dr.
Eric Gustafson, "Integrated assessment of two decades
of land cover, forest, and socio-economic change in the Midwest" |
| 11:10 |
Dr.
Thomas Crow, "The case for contextual forest management
in the 21st Century" |
| 12:00 |
Lunch
and Break |
| 1:00-2:40 |
Contributed paper sessions
Forest Physiology
II -
Click here for schedule
Integrated Forest Management -
Click here for schedule
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| 3:00
- 5:00 |
Poster
session |
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Thursday, July 15
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Plenary
Session 4 - Integrated Forest Management
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| 7:30 |
Meeting
synopsis and adjournment |
| 8:30-12:30 |
Physiology and Genetics Working Group business meetings
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