Join the Intermountain Forestry Cooperative for its annual spring technical meeting on March 24, 2026, at the Best Western Plus University Inn in Moscow, Idaho. Presentations will feature the latest silviculture research, data analytics, and tool development by IFC, its members, and collaborators.
This year’s theme – “Operational Silviculture and Collaborative Research for the Intermountain West”. Full PDF agenda can be found here.
The IFC Steering Committee business meeting will follow on March 25. Steering Committee members and designated alternates should register for this session separately.
Both meetings will be live streamed via Zoom for remote participants. Links will be provided upon registration.
Continuing Education Credits
This event will offer 5.5 Cat 1 Society of American Foresters CFE credits.
Registration is now open!
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Questions? Contact Erin at (503) 226‑4562
Best Western Plus University Inn
1516 PULLMAN ROAD, MOSCOW, ID
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Lodging
A room block is available at the Best Western Plus University Inn for $119/night (pre‑tax).
Reserve by February 26, 2026 through the Reservations Link or call 208‑882‑0550 ext. 0 and mention Intermountain Forestry Cooperative.
If you encounter booking issues, call the hotel directly.
Registration – Check-in
Welcome and Housekeeping Items
James Moore Keynote Address: A DF/WH seedling mortality model for the Pacific Northwest
Carlos Gonzalez-Benecke, Director, Vegetation Management Research Cooperative, Oregon State University
From hardwood forests to high country: A research journey toward forest health in the Intermountain West
Kelsey Tobin, Assistant Professor of Forest Health, University of Idaho
Tree growth response to growing season frost and drought is shaped by species traits and competition in temperate-boreal transition zone forests
Josh Beisel, PhD Graduate Student, University of Montana
Coffee Break + Discussion
Causal factors of thinning response across North American commercial conifer forests
Mike Premer, Assistant Professor of Forest Management, University of Maine
Paired Plot Density Management: Differential species response to thinning intensity and site types within the Inland Northwest
Terry Shaw, Forest Research Scientist, IFC
Introducing XGRIDS PortalCam: Potential for PPDM stem mapping and non-destructive tree taper acquisition
Ed Flathers, Research Scientist, IFC + Digital Forest Lab
Plated Lunch
Intensity down sampling may improve stem diameter detection in mobile LiDAR
Noel Daugherty, MS Graduate Student, IFC
A workflow for extracting periodic height growth increments from paired, temporal point clouds: LiDAR + LiDAR & LiDAR + 3D NAIP
Steevensen Alcius, PhD Graduate Student, IFC
Leveraging Small Area Estimation, remote sensing, and machine learning for computing stand diameter distributions
Jaslam Poolakkal, Lead Data Scientist, IFC
Coffee Break + Discussion
Realized Gain Trial Update: Douglas-fir seedling growth and mortality response to varying site and physiographic factors
Taylor Lantz, MS Graduate Student, IFC
SDImax Update: Regional SDImax model status & app development update
Mark Kimsey, Director and Jaslam Poolakkal, Lead Data Scientist, IFC
2026 Work Plan + Meeting Wrap Up