Workshops

W1 - Adding Value to North American Forests Workshop THIS WORKSHOP IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE
Sponsored by the North American Forest Commission, Silviculture Working Group
Saturday, October 30, 8:45 am – 4:30 pm
Pre-registration required (Limit 60)

Forestry is a global business. The diversity of North American forests challenges forest managers to develop the right mix of wood fiber attributes to anticipate near and longer-term market demands. This workshop will examine opportunities to develop an integrated forest management approach to foster the competitiveness of the North American forest sector. Presentations and facilitated discussions will consider the influences of ecological, economic and climatic dynamics on the forest resource at the upstream end of the value chain. Join colleagues from Canada, Mexico and the United States in this innovative workshop.

Contact: Mary Ann Fajvan, Northern Research Station, US Forest Service (mfajvan@fs.fed.us)

W2 - Sampling and Sample Size Estimation
Saturday, October 30, 2010
1:00 pm -3:00 pm

Registration: Pre-registration required, Maximum 50 participants
Fee: $10 includes course materials

This is a hands-on workshop designed to refresh and explain basic concepts in sampling, sample size estimation, and the calculation and interpretation of confidence intervals. Participants will quickly see ready application of the concepts to cruise design, and are encouraged to bring calculators or laptop computers to work through examples.

Steve Fairweather, Principal, Mason, Bruce & Girard

W3 - Changing Roles: WUI Professional Development Program
Saturday, October 30
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

No Charge

Natural resource agencies must solve increasingly complex challenges at the wildland-urban interface (WUI). Communities are growing rapidly, landowners’ management goals often conflict, residents may not understand the benefits of resource management. The resulting risks to environmental quality and human quality of life are becoming more apparent. To help meet these needs, the Southern Group of State Foresters led a partnership with the USDA Forest Service, InterfaceSouth, the University of Florida, and the US Fish and Wildlife Service. They created a WUI professional development program that provides state and federal natural resource agencies with a set of flexible resources to conduct their own training programs aimed toward building skills and tools to successfully tackle WUI issues.

Participants will have the opportunity to work with:

• Wildland-Urban Interface Issues and Connections
• Managing Interface Forests
• Land-Use Planning and Policy
• Communicating with Interface Residents and Leaders