2008 Western Mensurationists' Meeting
Eagle Crest Resort – Redmond, Oregon
June 22-24, 2008
Theme: Quantifying Productivity – Static & Dynamic Aspects
Sunday, June 22
PM Arrive Eagle Crest Resort Lodge
17:00 Registration opens at Eagle Crest Conference Center
19:00 Welcome Reception (Icebreaker) – Conference Center
Monday, June 23 – Conference Center
8:00 Welcome, Introductions & Perspective – Dr. Jim
Arney, Conference Chairman
(Mensurational Needs, Support, Available R&D)
8:15 Panel Session on Site Productivity – Dr. Kelsey
Milner (Moderator), Invited Panel
(Tree
Methods, Plantations, Silviculture, Soils, Species, Genetics)
10:00 Invited Speaker Presentation – Dr. Boris Zeide, University of Arkansas
11:00 Projecting Small-tree Growth – Dr. John
Goodburn (Moderator), Invited Panel
(Quantifying Species Dynamics, Growth Capacities, Non-tree Influences, Soils)
12:30 Lunch
1:30 Mensurational R&D 2008 &
beyond – Dr. Dave Walters (Moderator),
Panel – Dr.
Doug Maquire, Dr. Martin Ritchie, Dr. Kelsey Milner, Dr. Dave Marshall
(Sources of
Mensurational Development & Support – Past, Present, Future)
3:30 University & Experiment Station Updates – Robert Taylor (Moderator),
Volunteers
(One
Representative per Organization – faculty / student / project leader)
4:45 Adjourn
17:30 No Host Bar
18:30 Dinner Banquet
Tuesday, June 24 – Conference Center
8:00 Biometrics of Genetic Gain Forecasting – Invited
Moderator, Invited Panel
(Interface
between Genetic R&D and Mensurational Implementation)
10:00 Open Forum Panel – Dr. Jim Arney (Moderator),
Volunteer Panel
(Submit
Proposals on Monday – Majority Topic & Panel Selected Monday evening)
11:00 University & Experiment Station Updates – Robert
Taylor (Moderator), Volunteers
(One
Representative per Organization – faculty / student / project leader)
11:45 Business Meeting – Announcements, Awards, Future
12:00 Lunch
1:20 Field Trip – Warm Springs Ponderosa Pine Thinning Trials
Host: Ken Borchert – Warm Springs BIA
10m Site felled-tree methods
2.5-acre permanent plots established 1985, measured every five years.
Every tree stem-mapped and measured for dbh and height.
2008 thinning by FBRI Response Surface Mosaic single-tree design.
No-Host Transportation to field trials; Return to Eagle Crest by 5:00pm.
Meeting Format – Each Topic is the focus of this format, not the individual speakers
Three Speakers per Panel Topic (Whiteboard and Pens provided)
- 15-minute introduction each speaker (no PowerPoint presentations permitted),
- 45-minute open Q&A discussion with participation from everyone in attendance.
- Volunteers to participate on Panels are encouraged. Contact us early and directly.
Open Forum Panel Format (10:00am Tuesday)
- Topics to be submitted by written note cards on Monday afternoon from the floor.
- Panel Topic selected from note cards on Monday evening.
- Panel Members selected from attendees on Monday evening.
University & Experiment Station Updates
- 20-minute presentation maximum with 5-minute question period
- One speaker per University or Research Station only (PowerPoint not permitted)
- Speaker may be faculty, student or project leader
- Submit your best project / representative for inclusion in the Agenda
- Second tier proposals may be accepted, if time and space available.
Jim Arney, Forest Biometrics Research Institute,
541-754-1200
Kelsey Milner, Forest Biometrics Research Institute, 406-363-7555
Brian Kleinhenz, Forest Biometrics Research Institute, 541-754-1200
Dave Walters, Roseburg Resources, 541-607-1188
Kim Iles, Iles & Associates, 250-753-8095
Rob Taylor, Potlatch Forest Holdings, 208-799-4164
