6th Annual Forest and Wildlife Research Review
January 16, 2008

University of Minnesota Duluth

AGENDA

(All links below are .pdf files)

8:00 AM Registration and Poster viewing
9:00 Introduction
  Keynote presentations: Bioenergy and the Bioeconomy
9:10

An Assessment of the Potential for Bioenergy and Biochemicals Production for Forest-derived Biomass in Minnesota.

Jim Bowyer, Dovetail Partners, Inc.
9:50

Minnesota's Forest Resource and the Emerging BioEnergy Industry: Issues and Opportunities.

Bill Berguson, Natural Resources Research Institute
10:15 Questions for keynote speakers
10:30 Break
  Multiple-stakeholder research & policy initiatives
10:45

Riparian Science Technical Team report on riparian areas and timber management practices.

  • presentation (Scroll down to "Project Presentations" and click on "Riparian Science Presentation" to Forest and Wildlife Research Review.)
  • abstract

Diane Desotelle, Riparian Science Technical Committee, MN Forest Resources Council
11:05

LCCMR* Statewide Conservation and Preservation Plan

Jerry Niemi, Natural Resources Research Institute
*Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources
  Family Forests
11:25

Assessing the feasibility of cross-boundary coordination among private landowners: Implications for landscapes and policies.

Rebecca Gass, WI DNR
11:45

Why do Family Forest Landowners in Minnesota Post Their Land against Hunter Trespass?

Stephanie Snyder, US Forest Service Northern Research Station
12:05 PM Lunch - on your own.
May we suggest the Kirby Dining Area in the Kirby Plaza.  After you are done with lunch, come back to look at the posters!
  Wildlife: critters wild and winged
1:00

Minnesota GAP analysis project.

Gary Drotts, MN DNR
1:20

Riparian forest harvesting - effects on breeding birds

Anna Peterson, University of Minnesota
1:40

Designing Pest-Resistant Forest Landscapes: the Importance of Spatial Pattern.

Brian Sturtevant, US Forest Service Northern Research Station

  Land Parcelization
2:00

Assessing Forest Parcelization and Development Activity: An Itasca County Case Study

Mike Kilgore, University of Minnesota
2:20

Consequences of Corporate Timberland Ownership Change inMichigan's Upper Peninsula

Robert Froese, Michigan Technological University
2:40 BREAK – View the poster presentations and talk with the researchers. Please join us for some cake to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Sustainable Forests Education Cooperative!
  Restoration Forestry and the use of Fire
3:15

Modeling ecological restoration strategies for the forests of the Border Lakes Region.

Doug Shinneman, The Nature Conservancy
  Climate change
3:35

Simulating the Effects of Climate Change and Disturbance on Forest Composition and Rates of Change in a Northeastern Minnesota Landscape Using a Spatially Dynamic Model

Mark White, The Nature Conservancy
3:55

Climate change and forest productivity in the northern Lake States

John Bradford, US Forest Service Northern Research Station
4:15 Closing remarks
4:30 Adjourn

POSTERS

(All links below are .pdf files)

Climate Change and Dynamics of Hardwoods Forests in the Upper Great Lakes Region. Bapikee and Frelich, University of Minnesota. poster abstract

Listening to Neglected Voices: Hmong Americans and Public Lands in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Bengston, US Forest Service Northern Research Station.

Use of Minnesota GAP for Conservation Planning. Benson et al., MN DNR Wildlife.

Red Pine Thinning Revisited. Bradford and Palik, US Forest Service Northern Research Station.

Family Forest Owners in Minnesota: Findings from the National Woodland Owner Survey. Butler and Bengston, US Forest Service Northern Research Station.

Why is the Performance of the Lake States Variant of FVS so Poor? Froese and Pokharel, Michigan Technological University. poster abstract

Interpreting policy at the local level: The case of the wildland-urban interface in community wildfire protection planning. Grayzeck et al., University of Minnestoa.

Canada lynx in Minnesota. Brice Hansen, Natural Resources Research Institute and University of Minnesota Duluth.

Quantifying Cumulative Anthropogenic Stress within Great Lakes Watersheds. Hollenhorst, Natural Resources Research Institute.

A systems approach to understanding factors that inhibit oak regeneration. Knoot et al., Iowa State University.

Wood to Wire from Forest Resources in the Upper Midwest. Miller and Froese, Michigan Technological University.

Predicting Effects of Climate Change on Amphibian Communities in Prairie Pothole Wetlands. Olker et al. University of Minnesota Duluth.

Evaluating black ash decline in Minnesota at the stand-scale. Palik et al., US Forest Service Northern Research Station.

Hemlock Hardwood Forest Research. Salk, University of Minnesota.