The Intermountain Forestry Cooperative and the Inland Northwest Growth & Yield Cooperative will hold a joint annual technical meeting at the University Inn Best Western in Moscow, ID on March 26th. The joint conference will highlight silviculture and biometric research conducted by each Cooperative, illustrating potential areas for collaboration. The meeting is open to all IFC and INGY member organizations and their employees.
A Steering Committee business meeting for each Cooperative will follow on Thursday, March 27th. If you are a Steering Committee member and/or designated alternate, please register for the Thursday SC meeting.
For those unable to travel, technical and business meetings will be streamed live over Zoom. Zoom links will be provided upon registration.
View the event agenda below or click here to view and/or download a PDF of the agenda.
A guest room block and special rates are being held at the Best Western Plus University Inn.
Prior to March 11, please visit Reservations or call 208-882-0550 x 0 and mention Intermountain Forestry Cooperative.
When using the link, please confirm your arrival and departure dates at the top of the first page.
If the link is showing no availability, you are unable to book your required room type OR if making reservations after March 11, please call the hotel directly.
For information on the hotel, please visit Best Western Plus University Inn
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“Silviculture and Biometrics Research for the Intermountain West”
7:30 – 8:00 Registration – Check-in
8:00 – 8:05 Welcome and Housekeeping Items
8:05 – 8:45 James Moore Keynote Address: Introducing the University of Idaho Forest Innovations Institute – Bruce Ripley, UI College of Natural Resources Chief Forest Innovation Officer
8:45 – 9:15 SDImax Project Update #1: Regional model status & app development – Mark Kimsey, Jaslam Poolakkal, IFC
9:15 – 9:45 SDImax Project Update #2: Incorporating bark beetle outbreak hazard into pine density management thresholds – Haley Anderson, IFC
9:45 – 10:00 Coffee Break + Discussion
10:00 – 10:30 PCT Project: Projecting precommercial thinning response at the stand-level – David Affleck, INGY
10:30 – 11:00 Paired Plot Density Management Update #1: Geospatial modeling of stand response to precommercial thinning – Jaslam Poolakkal, IFC
11:00 – 11:30 FVS Project: Growing complete individual tree inventories in FVS: the impacts of spatial scale – David Affleck, INGY
11:30 – Noon Morning Review and Research Roundtable Discussion
Noon – 1:00 Plated Lunch
1:00 – 1:30 Paired Plot Density Management Update #2: Growth and Yield comparisons between FVS and FPS with long-term PPDM results – Mark Kimsey, IFC
1:30 – 2:00 Paired Plot Density Management Update #3: Utility of SLAM Lidar to capture pre-commercial thinning effects on stem taper – Noel Daugherty, IFC
2:00 – 2:30 Realized Gain Trial Update: Woods run vs improved seed by site type: 2022-2024 status report – Taylor Lantz, IFC
2:30 – 3:00 Discussion + Refreshment Break
3:00 – 3:30 Add-on Research Updates: Small Area Estimation for computing diameter distributions + Multi-temporal point cloud datasets for mapping site productivity – Ed Flathers & Jaslam Poolakkal, IFC
3:30 – 3:45 Joint Research Opportunities (IFC, INGY, SCIFRMC, FBRI, UI-FII) – Mark Kimsey, IFC; David Affleck, INGY; Bruce Ripley, UI-FII
3:45 – 4:00 2025 Work Plan + Meeting Wrap Up