NCASI Forestry Technical Session
SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY AND GLOBAL CHANGE ISSUES IN THE NORTHEAST
in conjunction with the
1997 NORTHEAST REGIONAL MEETING
October 22
Portland, Maine
NCASI will hold its Northeast Regional Meeting October 21-23 1997, at
the Sheraton Tara Hotel in Portland, Maine. A Forestry Technical
Session entitled "Sustainable Forestry and Global Change Issues in the
Northeast" is scheduled for October 22. This day-long session was
organized by Dr. Paul Van Deusen and Dr. Eric Vance. Key researchers
and managers from industry, government, and universities will give a
variety of technical presentations and updates on current topics.
Participants can obtain 6 hours of Society of American Foresters
Category 1 CFE credit.
MEETING AGENDA
Morning Moderator: Dr. Paul Van Deusen, NCASI
8:00 Dr. Alan Lucier, NCASI,
"Global Climate Change - Science Issues of Concern to
the Forest Products Industry".
8:30 Mitch Dubensky, American Forest and Paper Association,
"Policy Issues of Concern to the Forest Products Industry"
9:00 Dr. Richard Birdsey, USDA Forest Service,
"Forests and the Global Carbon Budget"
9:30 Dr. George Hendry, Brookhaven National Laboratory,
"Response of Forest Stands to Elevated CO2 Using the Face System".
10:00 Break
10:30 Dr. George Jacobson, Dept. of Quaternary Science, U of Maine.
"Paleo-Ecological History of the Acadian Forest."
11:00 Dr. Bill Leak, USDA Forest Service.
"Evidence for Red Spruce Migration Over the Last 60 Years"
11:30 Dr. Mike Greenwood and Dr. Keith Hutchison, Department of Forest
Ecosystem Science and Department of Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology U of Maine,
"Environmental After-effects of Temperature on Conifer Growth"
12:00 Lunch
Afternoon Moderator: Dr. Eric Vance, NCASI
1:00 John McNulty, Seven Islands Land Co.
"Forest Certification"
1:30 Mike Lester and TBA, Proctor and Gamble, Audubon Society.
"Responses of plants and animals to timber harvesting on
non-industrial private lands in Northeastern Pennsylvania"
2:00 Ed Baum, Maine Atlantic Salmon Authority,
"Current Status of Atlantic Salmon"
2:30 Sarah Smith, Cooperative Extension Forestry and Wildlife Program, UNH"
"Logger Education and the Sustainable Forestry Initiative for a Diverse
Logger Population,"
3:00 Don Merski, Mead Paper Co.
"Forest Sustainability in the Granite State".
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