Soil Impacts and Recovery from East and Westside Harvest Operations
Location: Coeur d'Alene Resort, Coeur d'Alene, ID
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8:00 AM Introduction and Highlights from the North American Long-Term Soil Productivity Program – Deborah Page-Dumroese, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station
8:15 AM Matching Harvesting Equipment to Your Site – Rob Keefe, University of Idaho Experimental Forest
8:45 AM Using Lidar Data to Select the Most Appropriate Harvesting System for Inland NW Sites – Ryer Becker, University of Idaho
9:15 AM A Review: Resource Aids to Determine Potential Harvest Impacts to Dry Soil Productivity – Mark Kimsey, University of Idaho
9:45 AM Break
10:00 AM New Skidding Equipment for the Intermountain Area – Rob Keefe, University of Idaho Experimental Forest
10:30 AM Using Drones to Evaluate Postfire Slash Treatments for Reducing Erosion – Sarah Lewis, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station
11:00 AM The Lasting Effects of Pile Burning on Dry Soils and Forest Recovery in Lodgepole Pine Ecosystems – Chuck Rhoades, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station
11:30 AM How Far Does Dirty Water Go? Effectiveness of Stream Buffers and Skid Trail Mitigation During Postfire Salvage Logging – Pete Robichaud, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station
12:00 PM Lunch (included with registration)
1:00 PM When is Soil Too Wet for Harvesting Operations or When is it Dry Enough? – Vince Archer, USDA Forest Service, Region 1
1:30 PM Assessing Compaction and Recovery on Wet Soils – John Gier, USDA Forest Service, Kootenai National Forest
2:00 PM Break
2:15 PM Soil Disturbance Associated with Tethered Logging in Westside Washington and Oregon – Chris Chase, Weyerhaeuser
2:45 PM Assessing Compaction and Recovery on Dry Soils – Leslee Crawford, USDA Forest Service, Malheur National Forest
3:15 PM Putting it all Together: Understanding the Big Picture of Timber Harvesting Impacts on Soils – Marty Jurgensen, Michigan Tech University, presented by Deborah Page-Dumroese
4:00 PM Adjourn
The in-person segment of this conference is limited to 50 people due to Covid-19 restrictions. A streaming virtual option is also available under registration. If the streaming option does not fit your schedule, the session will be recorded and available after the event. Both streaming and recordings require a registration to receive the necessary link or password.