2019 Inland Empire Reforestation Council Meeting

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8:00   Welcome and Introduction – Patrick Whalen, 2019 IERC Chair and Inland Empire Paper

8:05   Lessons Learned from Ten Years of Tending the Woodrat – Tyler Nelson, Idaho Dept of Lands

8:45   Cone Collection: Timing and Selection of Crop Trees – Rich Schaefer, Alpha Services

9:30   Break

10:00   Gallons Per Acre: How Much Does it Really Matter? The Ins and Outs of Aerial Application Rates – Corey Fransen, Wilbur Ellis

10:45   2019 Silvicultural and Harvesting Cost Survey Results – Dan Opalach, Forest Biometrics Research Institute

11:15   Competition and Site Interactions Experiment: Understanding Vegetation Management Treatment Responses – Maxwell Wightman, Vegetation Management Research Cooperative, Oregon State University

Noon   Lunch

1:00   Beyond Averages, Transforming Your Regen Plots into Useful Information – Bruce Ripley, Hancock Forest Management

1:45   Incorporating Competing Vegetation and Seedling Quality Into an Early Seedling Performance Model – Andrew Nelson, University of Idaho

2:15   Break

2:30   Using UAVs to Conduct Surveys, Herbicide Applications, and Aerial Seed Deployment in Forests and Rangelands – Matthew Aghai, DroneSeed

3:00   Panel Discussion: The Real Life Nuts and Bolts of Forestry Operations:

• Bill Pittman, Stimson
• Ben Rost, Hancock
• Chance Brumley, Potlatch Deltic
• Phil Anderson, WA State Dept of Natural Resources
• Julie Donohoe, Idaho Dept. of Lands

4:30   Adjourn and reception

46th Annual Meeting
From Science to Seed
Wednesday, March 6, 2019
Coeur d’Alene Resort

The meeting agenda and registration information can be found at: https://www.webpages.uidaho.edu/ietic/2meetings.htm.

The IETIC Steering Committee will meet on 3/7/19. You can register for both IETIC meetings using the link above.