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Satellite Conference, 20 March, 2002
(subject to change)

20 March, 2002, 9:30 - 11:30 eastern standard time
Contact Bill Cook for satellite coordinates

The satellite broadcast will last two hours.  Local hosts are encouraged to include the broadcast as part of a larger conference or forum.  Bill Cook and Robin Hatcher would be interested in receiving program agendas for these conferences and forums. 

9:30

 
 
  

9:50

 
 

10:05

10:20

10:25

   
   

 

 

 

 

11:00

 

 11:30

 Opening remarks, project background and program logistics

   - Martin Wilk, Shelter Bay Forest, Inc.
   - Robert Heyd, Michigan Department of Natural Resources
   - Al Steele, USDA Forest Service Wood Education & Resource Center

Project methodology

   - Ray Miller, Michigan State University, Upper Peninsula Tree Improvement Center
   - Jason Thompson, USDA Forest Service, Southern Forest Research Station

Demonstration video tape

Short break

Stand and site impacts

   - Ray Miller, Michigan State University, Upper Peninsula Tree Improvement Center
   - Dwight Jerome, USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service 

Equipment productivity

   - Jason Thompson, USDA Forest Service, Southern Forest Research Station 

Participant survey results

   - Bill Cook, Michigan State University Extension 

Question and answer session (interactive)

   - Peter Grieves, retired Executive Director, Michigan Association of Timbermen

 End of broadcast 

Contacts for this satellite conference are:

Bill Cook, 906-786-1575 or cookwi@msu.edu
Robin Hatcher, 304-487-1510 or rhatcher@fs.fed.us

 

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