All events take place in Construction & Engineering Hall and all meals and breaks will take place in the Giustina Gallery.
| WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28 SCHEDULE | |
| 7:30am | Registration Opens and Continental Breakfast is available in the Giustina Gallery |
| 8:15 | Welcome and Opening Remarks: What is Forest Health Anyway?
David Shaw, FNR Extension, Oregon State University |
| WILDLIFE
Moderator: Fran Cafferata Coe |
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| 8:30 | Ecology of Bees in Oregon Forest Plantations
Jim Rivers, Oregon State University |
| 9:00 | Elk in Forest Plantations in Oregon Coast Range, Results of Recent Studies using Exclosures
Thomas Stokely, Oregon State University |
| 9:30 | Retention and Recruitment of Coarse Woody Debris as Measurable Management Targets
AJ Kroll, Weyerhaeuser |
| 10:00 | BREAK |
| INSECTS
Moderator: Dave Shaw |
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| 10:30 | Climate Change and Bark Beetles in Oregon: What Might the Future Bring?
Jeff Hicke, University of Idaho |
| 11:30 | Major Insect Activity in Oregon, Especially Bark Beetles
Christine Buhl, Oregon Department of Forestry |
| 12:00pm | LUNCH (provided) in the Giustina Gallery |
| Moderator: Danny Norlander | |
| 1:00 | Flat-headed fir borer in Southern Oregon Douglas-fir: Is the Insect Responsible for all die-off?
Bill Schaupp, US Forest Service |
| 1:30 | Forest Pathology from Nursery to Harvest
Anna Leon, Weyerhaeuser |
| NON-NATIVE INVASIVE SPECIES | |
| 2:00 | Invasive Forest Pests: Threats to Oregon
Wyatt Williams, Oregon Department of Forestry |
| 2:30 | BREAK |
| 2:45 | Port Orford Cedar Root Disease and other Phytophthora diseases in Oregon (not SOD)
Ellen Goheen, US Forest Service |
| 3:15 | Sudden Oak Death in Oregon
Sarah Navarro, Oregon Department of Forestry |
| DOUGLAS-FIR ISSUES | |
| 3:45 | Swiss Needle Cast
Gabriela Ritokova, Oregon State University /Swiss Needle Cast Cooperative |
| 4:15 | Interactions of Major Insect and Disease Pests and Climate Change in Westside Douglas-fir
Michelle Agne, University of Washington |
| 4:45 | SUMMARY |
| 4:55 | ADJOURN: Dinner on your own |
| THURSDAY, MARCH 1 SCHEDULE | |
| 8:00am | Continental Breakfast is available in the Giustina Gallery |
| 8:20 | Welcome Day 2 – Dave Shaw |
| FIRE IN OREGON: SHOWCASE OF OSU RESEARCH
Moderator: Carrie Berger |
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| 8:30am | A Westside Story: 2017 Year in Review
Chris Dunn and Garrett Meigs, Oregon State University |
| SHOWCASE OF OSU RESEARCH | |
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9:00am
9:15 9:30
9:45 |
EASTSIDE FIRE
Andrew Merschel: Landscape-scale recontructions of historical fire regimes in Oregon’s dry forests James Johnston: Collaborative Forest Restoration on the Malheur National Forest Kayla Johnston: Fire Exclusion: Destroying Forests for Over a Century – A Look at The Metolius Research Natural Area (invited) Will Downing: Conifer Regeneration Following Stand Replacement Wildfire in Oregon’s Blue Mountains |
| 10:00 | BREAK |
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10:30 10:45
11:00 11:15 |
WESTSIDE FIRE
Garrett Meigs: Fire Refugia in Late-successional Forests Lisa Ellsworth: Fuel Conditions in Unburned, Burned, and Salvaged Forests of Oregon’s western Cascades Chris Dunn: Fire Severity across Ownership Boundaries in the 2013 Douglas Complex Sara Galbraith: Fire and Management Effects on Insect Pollinators |
| 11:30 | Forest Industry Perspective on Fire
Speaker TBA |
| 12:00pm | LUNCH (provided) in the Giustina Gallery |
| FOREST HEALTH IN OREGON
Moderator: Mike Cloughesy |
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| 1:00 | Assessing the Effectiveness of Fuel Treatments in Improving Tree/Stand/Forest Health
Nancy Grulke, WWETAC, US Forest Service |
| 1:30 | Is Tree Mortality Increasing in Oregon Forests?
Andy Gray, Pacific Northwest Research Station, US Forest Service |
| 2:00 | Observing Tree Mortality from Above and Below: Long-term Remote Sensing and Field Observations at Wind River Experimental Forest
Dave Bell, Pacific Northwest Research Station, US Forest Service |
| 2:30 | BREAK |
| SILVICULTURE AND FOREST HEALTH | |
| 2:45 | Industry Perspective on Managing for Healthy Forests in Oregon
Austin Himes, GreenWood Resources |
| 3:15 | Thinning to Prevent Bark Beetle Attack: Does It Work?
Beth Willhite, Forest Health Protection, US Forest Service |
| 3:45 | Performance of Mixed Species Stands: Relative Productivity and Response to Disturbances
Douglas Maguire, Oregon State University |
| 4:15 | Moderated discussion on the Future of Forest Health
Mike Cloughesy, OFRI |
| 4:45 | Adjourn and Safe Travels! |
