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Spring Conference 2011

31 March - 1 April 2011
Little Bear East Arena, St. Ignace, Michigan
8 Category 1 CFE credits

Conference Brochure
Conference Agenda

Presentation format is a PowerPoint PDF    


31 March

Conference Schedule

8:00
 


Registration
     CFE credit information - terrymanty@grossmanforestry.com
9:30

Welcome & Introductory Remarks
   - Terry Manty, Upper Peninsula Chapter Chair
     terrymanty@grossmanforestry.com
   
    
9:45

Forest Health Update
   - Bob Heyd, DNR Forestry    
     PowerPoint 8.8 mb, heydr@michigan.gov


10:30

SL.A.M. EAB Pilot Project
   - Brenda Owen, SLAM EAB Project Coordinator   
     PowerPoint 1.1 mb, bowen@up.net
  

11:00
Maple Decline
   - Tara Bal, Michigan Technological University
     PowerPoint 4.6 mb, tlbal@mtu.edu
   
   


11:30


Lunch
    

12:30
  
 Legal Issues for Timber Sale Access
   - Prentiss Brown, Attorney  
      906-943-7704
   
1:30

Panel Discussion:  Timber Sale Access    [click here]
   - Bill Cook, Moderator, MSU Extension
   - Bill O'Neill, Michigan DNR
   - Ken Guillard, Hiawatha National Forest
   - Dean Reid, D&S Forestry Services
   - Bill Hasse, Verso Paper
   - Shawn Hagan, The Forestland Group      
   

2:30
   
Break
  
2:45
Technology Update
   - Terry Porter, ForesTech Resource Solutions      
     PowerPoint 7.5 mb, tporter@forestechresourcesolutions.com
     www.forestechresourcesolutions.com
    

4:00
  
MSAF Chapter Business Meetings
MSAF State Business Meeting

5:30
  

Social Hour, Banquet, Raffle, and Awards
Village Inn, St. Ignace

1 April
   
  
Conference Schedule
7:45

Morning Welcome
   - Joyce Angel-Ling, MSAF State Chair
     angellingj@michigan.gov
8:00
 Timber Assessment for an Eastern UP Cellulosic Ethanol Facility
   - Larry Leefers, Michigan State University   
     PowerPoint 1.2 mb, leefers@msu.edu
     www.michiganforestbiofuels.org
   
4:00
 Carbon Markets
   - Scott Nissenbaum, President, Finite Carbon    
     PowerPoint 2.0 mb, snissenbaum@finitecarbon.com
     www.finitecarbon.com

9:30
   
Break
  
6:00
LiDAR: Remote Sensing in Support of Forest Inventory and Assessment
   - Mike Falkowski, Michigan Technological University
     PowerPoint 3.5 mb, mjfalkow@mtu.edu   
  
  
8:00
Two-Hearted River Forest Reserve
   - Matt Kleitch, The Nature Conservancy
     PowerPoint 3.0 mb, mkleitch@tnc.org
     www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/northamerica/unitedstates/michigan/index.htm
 

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