Presentations Given By RTI Staff & Students

Presentations From the 2003Annual Review:

• Eastside Dynamic Range for Desired Pathway Assessment:
       Richard Everett, Adjunct faculty, WSU

• Coached Planning and its Relationship to RTI: Empowering Family Forest Landowners:
       Don Hanley, Program Developer, Extension
       Forester, WSU Cooperative Extension &
       UW College of Forest Resources

• Updates from the GIS Lab on the RTI Website, Streaming Video and the SFLO Database:
       Luke Rogers, GIS Scientist

• Alternate Planning in Eastern Washington:
       Elaine Oneil, Post-graduate Researcher

• Fire Scoping Tool and Site Index Calculator:
       Kevin Ceder, Forest Technology Specialist

• LMS Inventory Wizardand Economatic:
   Kevin Zobrist, RTI, Forest Management and Economic Analyst

• South Deep Fire Risk Reduction:
  Paul LaChance, Graduate Research Assistant

Presentations From 2003:

• Opportunities and Challenges for Red Alder Management on Commercial Forest Lands:
  Presented by Larry Mason at the Western Hardwood Association Meeting, October 7^th, 2003, in Portland, OR.

• Forested Riparian Buffers: Function, Management and Economic Implications for Agriculture:
  Presented by Jon D. Johnson, Associate Professor, Dept. Natural Resource Sciences (NRS), WSU-Puyallup to the RTI Federal Review Board. (September 18^th, 2003).

• Case studies examining the economic impacts of the Forest and Fish Rules on NIPF landowners in eastern Washington: Presented by Elaine Oneil at the Western Forest Economists Annual Meeting on May 7^th, 2003 in Welches, Oregon.

• Riparian Management on Family Forests:Developing Viable Alternatives:
  Presented by Kevin Zobrist at the Western Forest Economists Annual Meeting on May 7^th, 2003 in Welches, Oregon.

• Thinning and Pruning Options for Eastern Washington: Presented by Tom Brannon (WSU Cooperative Extension) at the WFFA Annual Meeting in Bellingham,WA on April 4^th, 2003.

• An Examination of Red Alder and Western Red Cedar as Alternative Plantation Choices to Douglas-fir: A comparative look at red cedar and red alder with Douglas fir and other alternative species. Presented by Larry Mason at the WFFA Annual Meeting in Bellingham,WA on April 4^th, 2003. (For a downloadable pdf copy, click here).

• Rural Technology Initiative: A pilot project to assist rural forest resource-based communities in Washington State, U.S.A. Presented by David Baumgartner on March 11, 2003 at IUFRO (International Union of Forest Research Organizations) Symposium: "Forestry and Rural Development in Industrialized Countries: Policy, Programs and Impacts" at Rotorua, New Zealand. Sponsored by IUFRO Working Group 6.11.02.

• Forest Resource Management - Moving from Neglect to Active Management: Presented by Bruce Lippke at the Public Interest Environmental Law Conference in Eugene Oregon on March 8, 2003.

• Consequences of thinning second growth Douglas-fir for timber and wildlife: simulations from the Landscape Management System (LMS): Presented by Ole T. Helgerson (WSUCE) and Jim Bottorff (WADNR) at the 2003 Annual Northwest Section and Oregon Chapter Meeting of The Wildlife Society in Eugene, OR, on February 10-14.

• All the presentations from the Rural Technology Initiative Annual Technical Review, January 30^th and 31^st, 2003. They cover what RTI has been working on in 2002, and where we will focus our direction for the year 2003.

• The Landscape Management System (LMS) from 1.0 to 3.0 - New Applications for Private Forest Owners: Presented at the 11^th annual NIPF Foresters Workshop at Coeur d'Alene ID (January 24, 2003), by Larry Mason. An informative presentation about LMS and how it applies to forest management.

• Using New Tools in the RMAP Process: Alternate Plans Support: Presented by Luke Rogers at the Cowlitz County Farm Forestry Association Meeting on January 9th, 2003. It demonstrates how two free software programs (Pegger and Flo)can be used in the RMAP process.

Presentations From 2002:

• The Small Forest Landowner Office: The SFLO serves as a resource and focal point for small forest landowner concerns and policies, with a mission to protect both the economic viability of small forest landowners and the natural resources on which they depend. During the Fall Forestry Educational Seminar at Pack Forest ( November 1^st and 2^nd, 2002), Kirk Hanson made this presentation about the SFLO and its work.

• Rural Technology Initiative (RTI): Presentation for the Washington Farm Bureau RMAP Advisory Committee (August 15, 2002). This presentation encompasses many different areas of RTI research, giving a broad overview of our work.

• Small Diameter Forests Opportunities and Trade-offs: On May 10, 2002, RTI made this presentation to the Olympic Province Advisory Committee.

• Year 2002 WFE Meeting: For over 30 years, the Western Forest Economists (WFE) have been meeting each Spring. The three-day conference offers those interested in forest economics a chance to discuss current research, issues, and trends. RTI had a number of presentations at this years Western Forest Economist annual meeting (May 6-8, 2002). Follow the link above to view them.

• Year 2002 Forest Owner's Field Day: On April 27th, 2002, nearly 200 foresters participated in this year's Forest Owner's Field Day at UW's Pack Forest. Here are the GIS and GPS presentations, presented by Phil Hurvitz. Flash Version

• Riparian Zone Management: Options for the Small Landowner, by Kevin Zobrist. Presented at the WFFA Annual Meeting, April 27th, 2002

• Environmental policy, unintended consequences, and the need for adaptive management: Presented April 18, 2002 by Bruce Lippke at Peninsula Community College, Port Angeles. It concentrates on economically grounded strategies to promote healthy forests

• The US Life Cycle Inventory Database Project: An Overview, by Wayne Trusty. Presented March 21, 2002

• The Rural Technology Initiative, by Bruce Lippke. Presented March 16, 2002.

• Consortium for Research on Renewable Industrial Materials (CORRIM), Phase I Interim Research Report. Prepared by Jim Bowyer from the University of Minnesota; David Briggs, Bruce Lippke and John Perez-Garcia from the University of Washington; and Jim Wilson from Oregon State University. March 06, 2002.

• Linking of forest and wildlife managers: wildlife habitat evaluation using the Landscape Management System, presented by Kevin Ceder and John M. Marzluff at the Silviculture Options for Sustainable Management of Pacific Northwest Forest Symposium, March 4-6, 2002, Corvallis, OR. Also, check out the poster in PDF that was up at the symposium.

Presentations From 2001:

• PEGGER & ROADVIEW - New Tools to Assist Engineers in Operations Planning, by Luke Rogers, 12/12/2001.

• Artificial Constraints Affecting Sustainable Harvest Modeling, by Bruce Lippke, 11/06/2001.

• Sustainable Resource Management: Some Observations Regarding WDNR Lands, by B. Bruce Bare, 10/24/01.

Presentations From 2000:

• Washington's Position in the Global Market, by Bruce Lippke, 7/19/2000.

• Economic Impact of Riparian Management, by Bruce Lippke, 7/19/2000.
  

• Economic Impacts of Alternative Management Schemes on the Washington State Capitol Forest, by Michelle Ludwig at the 54th annual meeting of the Forest Products Society on June 18-21, 2000.

• Lewis County Economic Impact, by Bruce Lippke, B. Bruce Bare, Scott Marshal, Michelle Ludwig, Steve Stinson, Jeffrey Moffett, and Dave Fitzpatrick, 5/10/2000.