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Updated 16 January, 2002

DRAFT AGENDA
Red Pine Management SAF Region V Technical Conference
March 26-27, 2002 Cloquet Forestry Center

Tuesday, March 26

8:00    Registration, lobby of CFC auditorium
9:00    Welcome and Introduction
               – Tom Crow, USFS NCFES
9:10     Current Inventory
               – Tom Schmidt, USFS NCFES
9:30    Red Pine Management: Where have we been? Where should we go?
               - Al Lundgren, retired, UMN CNR

10:00  Break

10:30   Long-term Studies, including Growth and Yield, of Red Pine
              – Bob Buckman, retired, courtesy faculty Oregon State University 

12:00   Lunch

1:00     Integrating Biophysical System Products with the Management of Red Pine
             – Garrett Ous, Itasca County Land Dept, and Donald Prettyman
1:30     Land Type Associations and their utility for Red Pine Management
             – Matt Sands, USFS Manistee National Forest
2:00    Small group discussions
2:30    Report to large group from discussions

3:00    Break

3:30    Regeneration
             – Dan Farnsworth, Michigan
4:00    Multiple species and Multiple Cohorts
             – Brian Palik and John Zasada, USFS NCFES
             - Marty Christensen and Kelly Cable Chippewa NF
4:30    Small group discussion

5:00    SAF reception

6:30    Dinner – CFC

7:30    Evening session for small private landowners. Speakers TBD, from workshop presenters or participants

Wednesday, March 27

8:00 – 8:40   Concurrent Sessions

·        Improving Genetic Gain and Genetic Diversity in Red Pine Seedling Seed Orchards
       – Andy David, UMN CNR Dept of FR

·        Wildlife – Ron Eckstein, WI DNR, Rhinelander

·        Application of a Stand Density Management Diagram to Red Pine Management
       – Tom Burk and Tim Mack, UofM FR 

8:45 – 9:30 am Concurrent Sessions

·        Improving Genetic Gain and Genetic Diversity in Red Pine Seedling Seed Orchards
      – Andy David, UMN CNR Dept of FR

·        Wildlife – Ron Eckstein, WI DNR, Rhinelander

·        Application of a Stand Density Management Diagram to Red Pine Management
       – Tom Burk and Tim Mack, UofM FR 

9:30 – 10:00 am           Break 

10:00 – 10:40 am         Concurrent Sessions

·        Insects and Pathogens
      – Steve Katovich and Mike Ostry, USFS NCFES

·        Economics & Price Trends – Mike Kilgore, UMN Dept of FR

·        Utilization and Markets – Jim Bowyer, UMN Dept of WPS

10:45 – 11:30   Concurrent Sessions

·        Insects and Pathogens
      – Steve Katovich and Mike Ostry, USFSNCFES

·        Economics & Price Trends – Mike Kilgore, UMN Dept of FR

·        Utilization and Markets – Jim Bowyer, UMN Dept of WPS

11:30 – 12:15    Small group discussion

12:15    Lunch

1:30    Synthesis of reports from Technical sessions and breakout groups
2:15    Feedback from audience
3:30    Conclusion and Synthesis of Workshop
             – Bob Buckman, John Tappeiner (tentative) Oregon State University, Tom Crow

4:30 pm                        Adjourn

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