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Streaming Video Collection:
Meetings, Conferences, etc.

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Below are links to meetings with multiple streaming video presentations. The links with yellow backgrounds are hosted on this website (www.ruraltech.org). The links with gray backgrounds are hosted on the WSU Cooperative Extension's website.

2011 Meetings, Conferences, etc...

ITC Workshop: Branding & Marketing of Tribal Forest Products
There are 21 presentations from this workshop with topics ranging from international log exports to non-timber forest products and environmental services.
8th Annual School of Forest Resources Graduate Student Symposium
There are 21 presentations from symposium. This collection of short streaming video presentations reflects the wide array of research being done by graduate students at the School of Forest Resources.

2010 Meetings, Conferences, etc...

Northwest Environmental Forum: Changing the Game: We Need Transformative Strategies to Stop Forest Losses
Multiple presentations and discussions were recorded from this working forum held at the UW Botanic Gardens' Center for Urban Horticulture.
Washington Forest Practices Adaptive Management Science Conference
The 12 presentations from this conference were given in Olympia, Washington. The conference gives updates on the research being done by the Cooperative Monitoring Evaluation and Research Committee (CMER) of the Timber, Fish and Wildlife Program.
7th Annual School of Forest Resources Graduate Student Symposium
There are 16 presentations from symposium. This collection of short streaming video presentations reflects the wide array of research being done by graduate students at the School of Forest Resources.

2009 Meetings, Conferences, etc...

Northwest Environmental Forum: Sustaining and Restoring the Health of Washington’s Working Forestlands - Creating an Ecosystem Services Marketplace.
Multiple presentations and discussions were recorded from this working forum.
Northwest Environmental Forum: Eastside Health - Challenges and Solutions
Spokane Convention Center│ Spokane, Washington
Multiple presentations and discussions were recorded from this working forum.
6th Annual College of Forest Resources Graduate Student Symposium
There are 14 presentations from symposium. This collection of short streaming video presentations reflects the wide array of research being done by graduate students at the College of Forest Resources.
Washington Forest Practices Adaptive Management Science Conference
The 17 presentations from this conference were given in Olympia, Washington. This conference gives updates on the research being done by the Cooperative Monitoring Evaluation and Research Committee (CMER) of the Timber, Fish and Wildlife Program. The welcoming presentation was given by the new Washington State Lands Commissioner, Peter Goldmark.

2008 Meetings, Conferences, etc...

Society of American Foresters 2008 National Convention
Forestry in a Climate of Change: Tribal Forestry

RTI's Larry Mason was one of the speakers at the 2008 SAF Convention's symposium on tribal forestry. He presented along with 6 other speakers about the growing role of tribal forestry as an industry and for the protection of forestlands.
Riparian Adaptive Management Symposium -
This two day symposium was hosted at the Olympic Natural Resources Center in Forks, WA. The streaming media include audio and video segments that cover the presentations as well as the questions/discussion.
2008 Northwest Environmental Forum:
Retaining Working Forest Land and Protecting Biodiversity
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Multiple presentations and discussions were recorded from this working forum.

Symposium: Identifying, protecting and restoring thermal refuges for coldwater fishes - This symposium provides case studies, applications of new technologies, and modeling approaches for understanding thermal heterogeneity and fishes in rivers of the Pacific Northwest.
Conveners:
Christian Torgersen (USGS/UW College of Forest Resources)
Joe Ebersole (EPA)

2008 Western Division and Oregon Chapter American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting
(There are 9 streaming video presentations from this event).

College of Forest Resources Centers: Annual Research Review -
The College administers five interdisciplinary centers, two of them jointly with other UW academic units. Centers at the UW generally focus on research and outreach. Although centers do not administer academic programs, they are an important resource for graduate and undergraduate student learning and research.
(There are 9 streaming video presentations from this event).
5th Annual College of Forest Resources Graduate Student Symposium -
There are 14 presentations from symposium. This collection of short streaming video presentations reflects the wide array of research being done by graduate students at the College of Forest Resources.
Washington Forest Practices Adaptive Management Science Conference -
The 17 presentations from this conference were given in Olympia, Washington. This conference gives updates on the research being done by the Cooperative Monitoring Evaluation and Research Committee (CMER) of the Timber, Fish and Wildlife Program.

2007 Meetings, Conferences, etc...

Northwest Environmental Forum: Retaining Threatened Working Forest Lands and Enhancing Biodiversity -
The Northwest Environmental Forum met on the University of Washington campus in Seattle on September 18, 2007, with 88 leaders in natural resources participating. The presentations and discussion was meant to keep stake holders current with progress in keeping Washington forest lands forested, and to garner input for future direction.
A report from the forum is available here .
Washington Forest Practices Adaptive Management Science Conference -
The 15 presentations from this conference were given in Olympia, Washington. This conference gives updates on the research being done by the Cooperative Monitoring Evaluation and Research Committee (CMER) of the Timber, Fish and Wildlife Program.
College of Forest Resources Graduate Student Symposium -
There are 18 presentations from symposium. This collection of short streaming video presentations reflects the wide array of research being done by graduate students at the College of Forest Resources.
Climate Change: Implications for Olympic Peninsula Forest Ecosystems Forum -
Held at the Olympic Natural Resources Center in Forks, Washington; this forum was designed to combine science with opportunities for forest managers and regulatory agencies who work on the Olympic Peninsula to discuss how they are evaluating science as it relates to proposed changes in management. The forum includes 15 presentations.
“Fall” Forestry Educational Seminar - “Trees, Shrubs, and Forest Floor Plants:
Get What You Want From Your Forest”
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The 8 presentations given at this seminar are meant primarily for new owners of private forest land to learn “How To” grow, weed, thin or manage forest vegetation, including but not limited to to trees, shrubs, and forest floor vegetation. (Scheduled in the fall, the seminar was postponed due to weather).

2006 Meetings, Conferences, etc...

Future of Washington's Forest Land Base Forum -
There are 16 presentations from this Forum that cover the findings of the five studies on timber economics, forest structure, and forest conversion authorized by the 2005 Legislature in response to the 2004 Forum. The Forum was constructed to consider the findings of the studies, as presented by the researchers and found in the reports, and propose potential policy outcomes from those findings.
Remote Sensing Workshop for Riparian Studies -
Held at the University of Washington Botanic Gardens, Center for Urban Horticulture in Seattle. The workshop includes 9 streaming video presenations.
Future of Washington's Forests Roundtable -
There are 18 presentations from this Roundtable that cover the findings of the five studies on timber economics, forest structure, and forest conversion authorized by the 2005 Legislature in response to the 2004 Forum.

Meeting the Challenge: Invasive Plants in PNW Ecosystems -
Held at the University of Washington Botanic Gardens, Center for Urban Horticulture in Seattle. This conference includes 24 streaming video presentations.

2006 Olympic Natural Resources Research Review -
April 8, 2006 at the University of Washington Husky Union Building in Seattle
Coastal Bio-Energy Forum -
April 4, 2006 at the Olympic Natural Resources Center in Forks, WA
14th Annual Family Foresters Workshop -
January 20, 2006; Spokane, WA

2005 Meetings, Conferences, etc...

2005 Fall Forestry Educational Seminar: Introduction to Small Scale Forestry Equipment -
December 3, 2005 at UW Pack Forest
Washington Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Meeting -
April 20, 2005 at Washington State University in Pullman, WA
International Symposium: Red Alder: A State of Knowledge -
March 23-25, 2005 at the UW Center for Urban Horticulture
2005 Rural Technology Initiative Annual Technical Review -
February 3, 2005 at the UW Center for Urban Horticulture
13th Annual Family Foresters Workshop -
January 2005 in Coeur d'Alene, ID

2004 Meetings, Conferences, etc...

2004 Fall Forestry Educational Seminar: Forest Technology -
November 13, 2004 at UW Pack Forest in Eatonville, WA
Rural Technology Initiative Annual Technical Review -
February 4, 2004 at the UW Husky Union Building
Coached Planning -
Filmed at various locations and dates throughout 2004-2005
*Human Dimensions of Family, Farm and Community Forestry -
An international symposium at Washington State University on March 29 - April 1, 2004

*Streaming Audio Only
Managing Red Alder Workshop -
August 28, 2004 in Mt. Vernon, Washington
Managing Your Timber Sale; Advice for Landowners before Logging -
January 31, 2004 at Mt. Vernon, Washington
Non-Industrial Private Forest (NIPF) Foresters Workshop -
12th Annual Workshop; January 2004

2003 Meetings, Conferences, etc...

Innovation for Survival of the Northwest Forest Sector: An Integrated Approach -
November 18, 2003 at the Allmendinger Center, WSU-Puyallup Research and Extension Center
Fall Forestry Educational Seminar: " Wildlife in Working Forests" -
November 15, 2003 at the UW Pack Forest Conference Center, Eatonville, WA
Rural Technology Initiative Annual Technical Review Meeting -
January 30-31, 2003 at the UW Waterfront Center
Sudden Oak Death Informational Meeting -
July 9, 2003 at the Allmendinger Center, WSU-Puyallup Research and Extension Center
 
 
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