Location: Cloquet Forestry Center, with an online option for those who require it
Join us for SFEC's flagship event! The purpose of this symposium is to present new applied research, knowledge gained through practice, and case study findings relevant to regional natural resource managers, with a focus on silviculture, forest management, and forest-associated wildlife. This focus includes topics related to policy, economics, inventory, remote sensing, and other topics pertaining to forests and associated with natural resources stewardship.
The audience is professional natural resource managers. Presentations and posters will emphasize results and management implications. We encourage folks to join us in-person, but we do have an online option available for those who need it.
CEs: 6 CEs; 3.5 SAF CFEs
Cost: SFEC members: $75, nonmembers $140, students $40. Registration cost is the same for in-person and remote attendance. All registrants will have access to recordings and other content.
Accessibility: We will be indoors for the duration of the symposium. A nursing mother's room with supplies is available; reach out to Lane Moser at [email protected] for this and any other accommodations.
Lodging: We have lodging available at the CFC; for questions and reservations please contact Rylee Cyr at [email protected].
Agenda
8:30 am - Welcome
8:35 am - Speaker Block 1
- Developing a resilient wildfire workforce in the Great Lakes region using an Indigenous model of sustainability
Bonnie Horgos, UMN-Forest Resources Department - A mechanical alternative to FDn33 acceleration strategies
Dan Wiley, MN DNR Forestry - Stand 57: A stand-level climate adaptation silviculture demonstration
Kyle Gill, UMN-Cloquet Forestry Center - Morticulture: Snag dynamics and longevity in red pine dominated stands of Minnesota
Gregory Harris, UMN-Natural Resources Science and Management Graduate Program
9:35 am - Poster session and break
10:05 am - Speaker Block 2
- Wildlife responses to alternative harvesting in black spruce forests of northern Minnesota
Josh Bednar, Natural Resources Research Institute - An ecological framework: Combining high-density LiDAR and ecological surveys to characterize structural complexity in black spruce peatlands
Josh Kolasch, Natural Resources Research Institute - State of Minnesota's black spruce: A birds-eye view
Steve Kolbe, Natural Resources Research Institute - Chronic Wasting Disease environmental research in Minnesota
Diana Karwan, UMN-Forest Resources Department
10:55 am - Break
11:10 am - Speaker Block 3
- Aitkin County group selection harvests
Ryan Mackey, Aitkin County - Northern red oak 10-year recovery from logging damage
Brian Schwingle, MN DNR Forest Health - Quaking aspen potential in the Agassiz Lowlands Ecological Subsection: Gustafson Camp SNA
Michael North, MN DNR Wildlife - Aspen nest tree selection by woodpeckers in the Agassiz Lowlands
Michael North, MN DNR Wildlife
12:00 pm - Lunch
1:00 pm - Speaker Block 4
- Minnesota's future forests
Brian Huberty, Minnesota Forestry Association - How will a changing climate affect Minnesota's trees and forests
John Du Plissis, Natural Resources Research Institute - Hydrologic changes following EAB and pre-disturbance management in black ash wetlands
Erin Clark, UMN-Natural Resources Science and Management Graduate Program - Golden-wing warbler breeding ecology
Stephen Nelson, Natural Resources Research Institute
2:00 pm - Break
2:25 pm - Speaker Block 5
- Can deer repellent help floodplain hardwoods succeed? A demonstration study
Caleb Redick, US Army Corps of Engineers - Does source of native mycorrhizal fungi matter to eastern white pine (Pinus strobus) seedlings?
Mikayla Haynes, UMD - Five-year seedling performance in a floodplain forest underplanting along the Upper Mississippi River
Lydia Voth Rurup, UMN-Forest Resources Department - Northern lowland hardwood forests: Learning from experience, managing for change
Martha Sample, UMN / Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science (NIACS) - How loggers identify and protect sensitive soils during their operations
Lane Moser, UMN-Sustainable Forests Education Cooperative
3:25 pm - Closing