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Agenda

Start Date: December 14, 2011
Location: Portland, OR

8:30	What is an Ecologically Diverse Forest? Defining Your Stand Composition and Characteristics — Jerry Franklin, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
9:30	Stand Development in Natural and Planted Doug-fir Forests — Tom Spies, Forestry Sciences Laboratory, PNW Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Corvallis, OR
10:30	Break
11:00	Managing Doug-fir Stands for Structural Complexity — Derek Churchill, School of Forest Resources, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
11:30	Growing Older Stands to Mitigate Climate Change: Pros and Cons of Carbon Sequestration in Trees — Olga Krankina, Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society, College of Forestry, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
Noon
1:00	Silvicultural Approaches for Variable Retention Harvesting and Uneven-aged Management: What Have We Learned From Research? — Tim Harrington, PNW Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Olympia, WA
2:00	Ecologically Diverse Stands: Fisheries Habitat and Water Quality —Gordon Reeves, Forestry Sciences Laboratory, PNW Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Corvallis, OR
2:30	Break
2:45	Case History A: Implemented Prescriptions for Acceleration – Lessons Learned and New Ideas —Bill Lecture, The Nature Conservancy, Astoria, OR
3:15	Case History B: Enhancing Structural Complexity in Douglas-fir Production Forests — Florian Deisenhofer, Washington State Department of Natural Resources, Castle Rock, WA
3:45	Adjourn