2024 Inland Empire Reforestation Council (IERC) Meeting

8:00    Introduction and Welcome – Joel Fields, IERC Chair and Technical Sales Representative, Wilbur-Ellis Company

8:15    MaxSDI and Site-Species Relationships across the Pacific Northwest: Implications for Future Forest Carrying Capacity – Mark Kimsey, Research Associate Professor of Forestry Resources, University of Idaho

9:00    Protect your seedling investment with Trico Pro – Mark Boardman CF, Western Region Technical Field Expert, Kwizda North America

9:45   Forest regeneration and development patterns in the Mt. St. Helens blast zone: recent observations from the Uplands Permanent Sample Plot system – Mark Swanson, Associate Director, WSU School of the Environment

10:30   Break

11:00   Regen Mapper web based tool and how it can help reforestation efforts – Zachary Holden, Research scientist, Rocky Mountain Research Station (RMRS)

11:30   Glyphosate Environmental Chemistry & Exposure Assessment – Allan Felsot, Washington State University

12:15    Lunch

1:30    Fungal Foes: confronting root disease in the Northern Region– Sean Wright, Plant Pathologist, Forest Service

2:15   Seedling stocking types for hot dry sites – Steven C. Grossnickle, PhD, NurseryToForest Solutions

3:15  New Innovations in Chemical Forest Vegetation Management – Ed Fredrickson, Thunder Road Resources

4:00   Adjourn

4:00 – 5:00    IESAF Annual Meeting – adjacent room after IERC meeting concludes – more details to come

5:00    Reception