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2-4 February 1997. Forest Vegetation Simulator (FVS) Conference. Fort Collins, Colorado, USA. The USDA Forest Management Service Center, together with the Intermountain Research Station and the Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team are organizing a conference to synthesize the knowledge gained from twenty years of using the Forest Vegetation Simulator for project-level planning, landscape analysis, forest health assessments, forest plan revision, inventory updates, habitat evaluation, and other types of ecosystem analysis. Sponsors include the Intermountain Research Station, State & Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection, Washington Office Forest Management, Rocky Mountain Station, IUFRO Research Group 4.02.00 Forest Resource Inventory and Monitoring, IUFRO Research Group 4.02.03 Forest Inventory on Successive Occasions. The Society of American Foresters Inventory Working Group has also been invited to participate. Purpose: This conference is designed to provide a forum to bring together the FVS community in order to (1) exchange ideas and analytical techniques associated with the methods and approaches for using FVS, (2) review the procedures used for incorporating forest vegetation simulation into project-level, landscape-level, and strategic planning, and (3) identify current gaps in knowledge, research priorities, and future system development needs. The conference will consist of general sessions, panel discussions, a poster session, and concurrent breakout sessions. Who Should Attend: This conference is designed for resource analysts and decision makers concerned with evaluating the future effects of proposed forest management activities. Federal and state land managers, private industrial resource managers, and natural resource consultants involved with project-level, watershed, and strategic planning should find this program useful. Resource specialists concerned with forest health, ecosystem classification and wildlife habitat analysis will hear about state of the art analytical techniques for addressing each of these issues. Forest Inventory specialists will hear about sophisticated techniques for analyzing, updating, and interpreting inventory data. Public affairs specialists will learn about latest state of the art visualization tools integrated with vegetation simulation. Date and Location: The conference will be held February 4-6, 1997 at the Forest Management Service Center in Fort Collins, CO. An optional pre-conference workshop is scheduled for February 3rd, and a post-conference technical meeting is scheduled for February 7th. Subject Areas: Subject areas include the use of FVS for (1) project level planning, (2) watershed analysis, (3) forest planning, (4) regional assessments, (5) habitat modeling, (6) forest health assessments, (7) forest inventory, (8) visualization, GIS, and other special tools. Presentation Contents: Papers presented at this conference will highlight (1) the reasons for the analysis, ie. what questions were being asked and how was FVS used to provide information for responding to those questions, (2) what data were used in the analysis, (3) what was unique and interesting about how FVS was applied to the problem at hand, (4) what other "tools" were utilized and how were they linked with the simulation results, (5) use of keywords for simulating management options, (6) use of the Event Monitor for creating custom variables, (7) use of the insect and disease extensions, (8) challenges overcome, and (9) lessons learned. Proceedings: A conference proceedings will be published. Registration: Registration materials will be distributed in late summer, 1996. Registration will be limited to 200 participants on a first come first served basis. There is a S75.00 conference fee and a S25 refreshment fee. These fees include registration materials, mailings, an icebreaker, admission to the general sessions, poster session, conference proceedings and scheduled refreshment breaks. Questions: For further information regarding the conference, contact Richard Teck. tel: 970-498-1772, fax: 970-498-1660. Data General: R.TECK:W04A email: /S=R.TECK/OU1=W04A@MHS-FSWA.ATTMAIL.COM
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