Symposium Announcement
Planted Forests: Contributions to Sustainable Societies.
June 28, 29, 30 & July 1, 1995 in Portland, Oregon, USA.
Organized by College of Forestry, Oregon State University
and cooperators.
In many regions of the world, planted forests are major landscape
components. These forests contribute to the economic welfare and sustainable
development of many communities. Among other values, they provide wood and
other products, watershed protection, wildlife habitats, and recreational
settings. The Planted Forests Symposium will discuss attributes and values of
these forests in all their forms, from extensively planted forests in
mountainous wildlands to intensively cultured "fiber plantations".
With the Pacific Northwest region of the United States as a backdrop,
leaders in a number of forest-related areas will illustrate the variety, nature
and significance of planted, managed forests in our societies. Speakers will
discuss opportunities and challenges associated with managing planted forests
in landscapes of the world, forests as diverse as the cultures in which they
occur.
The symposium will emphasize planted forest systems in appropriate context
with other managed forests and with native forest systems.
Three days of paper and panel sessions as well as evening poster sessions
are scheduled. The symposium begins the evening of June 27, 1995 with
registration and a social at the Portland Convention Center in Portland, Oregon.
Who Should Attend?
Individuals interested in the management of forest and agroforestry lands
should attend. These include private, state, and federal representatives as
well as conservationists, consultants, policy makers and others involved in
planted forests and the roles they play in sustainable societies.
Day 1: Species and groups of species planted around the world. Experts will
discuss social, biological and economic significance of planted forests.
Eucalypts. Radiata Pine. Douglas-fir. Loblolly Pine. Poplars.
World view of planted forests.
Evening poster session highlighting regional and local experience with
planted forests.
Day 2: Forests planted for different primary objectives. Keynote papers and
wide-ranging discussions of the variety of types of planted forests.
Wood fiber/biomass plantations. Tree farms and plantations. Multiple-
purpose forests. Ecosystem preservation forests. Agroforestry
plantations.
Evening meal and poster session.
Day 3. Emerging technical information. Individual contributed presentations
of technical aspects of planted forest management.
Biological and Ecological Aspects. Social and Policy Aspects.
Forest Products and Economic Aspects. Silvicultural and Engineering
Aspects.
Day 4. Field trips to observe planted forests in Oregon and Washington.
Mount St. Helens. Tillamook State Forest. Poplar Plantations. Wind
River Experimental Forest.
Scheduled Speakers :
Karen Barnette, Jim Boyle, George Brown, Bob Buckman, Julian Evans, Paul
Heilman, Richard Hermann, Yara Kiemi Ikemori, Niels Elers Koch, Denis
Lavender, Rex McCullough, P. K. Nair, Bob Schultz, Wink Sutton, George
Stankey, Jack Ward Thomas, John Turnbull, Jack Walstad.
Call For Papers:
Submission of papers and posters relevant to subjects listed for Day 3 is
encouraged. Abstracts are requested by January 31, 1995.
Request further information, including presentation opportunities, from:
Planted Forests Symposium, Forestry Conference Office
College of Forestry, OSU, Corvallis, OR 97331-5707 USA.
or, via Internet e-mail: DustmanP@ccmail.orst.edu (or: boylej@ccmail.orst.edu)
Organizing Committee:
Co-Chairs, Dr. James R. Boyle & Dr. Kathleen L. Kavanagh, Forest Resources
Department, College of Forestry, Oregon State University.
Bill Atkinson, Forest Engineering, OSU; Nick Chappell, Forest Resources, U. of
Washington; Mike Cloughsey, Forestry Extension, OSU; Ray Craig, Oregon Dept of
Forestry; Dean DeBell, PNW Research Station, Forest Service, USDA;
Dave Hibbs, Forest Science, OSU; Norman E. Johnson, Weyerhaeuser Co.;
Joe Lint, Bureau of Land Management; Jerry Otto, Washington Dept. of Natural
Resources; Barte Starker, Starker Forests, Inc.; Jack Winjum, NCASI & EPA.
Bob Buckman, Ed Jensen, George Stankey and Jack Walstad, Forest Resources,
College of Forestry, Oregon State University.
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