3rd Annual Pacific Northwest Forest Vegetation Management Conference

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Wednesday, December 4, 2019

8:15   Opening Remarks – Julie Woodward, Oregon Forest Resources Institute
8:30   Personal Protective Equipment for Dermal Protection in Forestry – Carol Black, Washington State University
9:45   Break
10:15   Sustaining Site Productivity: Lessons Learned From 25 years of the North American Long-Term Soil Productivity Experiment – Debbie Dumroese, USDA Forest Service
10:45   Everything You Have Always Wanted to Know About Using Mastication for Site Prep – Terrie Jain, USDA Forest Service
11:15   The State of Fear and How it Affects your Ability to Grow Trees – Heather Hansen, WA Friends of Farm and Forests
12:00   Lunch
1:30 One Landowner is Thinning While the Adjoining Landowner is not: Which One is Losing Money? – Greg Latta, University of Idaho
2:00  Does a Liability Jury Decision Change the Toxicology of Roundup? – Alan Felsot, Washington State University
3:00   Break
3:15   Red Alder Growth Model – Andrew Bluhm, Hardwood Silvicultural Coop., Oregon State University
3:45   Herbicide Applications in Lincoln County, OR With an Aerial Spray Ban – Joe Steere & Luke Bergey, Miami Corp
4:15   Managing Troublesome Weeds North of the 45th Parallel – Branden Sirguy, Merrill & Ring
4:45   Political Issues in Oregon – Katie Fast, Oregonians for Food and Shelter
5:15   Reception

Thursday, December 5, 2019

9:00   Forest Vegetation Management Mixes Without Glyphosate in the Inland Empire – Joel Fields, Wilbur-Ellis
9:30   Forest Vegetation Management Mixes Without Glyphosate in the West Side of the Cascades – Eric Hippler, Wilbur-Ellis
10:00   Break
10:30   Beyond Aerial Applications: Alternative Herbicide Application Methods – Bonnie Covell, Weyerhaeuser
11:00   Beyond Averages: Transforming Your Regeneration Plots into Useful Information – Bruce Ripley, Hancock Forest Management
12:00   Lunch
1:00   Noxious and Invasive Weeds: Identifying and Reporting – Wyatt Williams, OR Dept of Forestry
2:00   Results of a PNW Reforestation Cost Survey – Dan Opalach, Forest Biometrics Research Institute
2:45   Break
3:00   Labels, Handling, and PPE Use Rule Updates – Andrea Sonnen, OR Dept. of Agriculture
4:00   Adjourn