Forestry Change Agents
May 2–4, 2018
Cowlitz County Event Center, 1900 7th Ave, Longview, WA
The Washington State Society of American Foresters is proud to announce that it will hold its annual meeting on May 2-4 at the Cowlitz County Event Center in Longview, Wash. The Longview/Kelso area on the lower Columbia River was founded and continues to thrive on its forests, lumber and paper mills, and river ports providing access to the Pacific. Much change has occurred and more should be expected. This year’s meeting theme is “Forestry Change Agents.” We will review where we are today and look forward to where various change agents may take us.
Located in the shadow of Mount St. Helens along the Columbia River, Longview has been a hub of forestry activity for over a century. With a wide variety of private and public forestland, export facilities and some of the most advanced sawmills in the world, Longview is the perfect location for this year’s Washington State SAF Annual Meeting.
Thursday, May 3
7:00 a.m. Registration, Continental breakfast
8:00 Welcome and Introductions
8:15 Mass Timber: Changes in Forest Products – Ethan Martin, PE, Woodworks
9:15 Changes in Forest Law & Environmental Policy – Diane Meyers, NW Resource Law PLLC
9:45 Forestry Higher Education Outlook – Dr. Anthony S. Davis, Acting Dean, College of Forestry, OSU
10:15 Break
10:45 Keynote Speaker – Hilary Franz, WA Commissioner of Public Lands
11:15 How Trees Respond to Weather and What that Could Mean for the Future – Dr. Connie Harrington, Research Forester, US Forest Service
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Fires in Western WA – Dr. Daniel Donato, WDNR & University of Washington
1:30 Latest Uses of Drones in Porestry – Panel:
- UAV for Aerial Spraying – Matthew Agai, CEO, Drone Seed
- UAS applications at WA DNR – Justin Schmal, WDNR
2:30 Break
3:00 Public Perception of Forestry and What We Can Do About It – Mike Cloughesy, Director of Forestry, Oregon Forest Research Institute
3:30 Changing Purchaser-Contractor Relations – Rex Storm, Forest Policy Manager, CF, Associated Oregon Loggers, Inc.
4:00 Changes in forester Demographics – Travis Ridgeway, Region Manager, Weyerhaeuser Co.
4:30 Changes in SAF – Mike Cloughesy, SAF District 2 (Oregon) Board Member
4:45 Wrap-up – Ellie Lathrop, General Chair
5:00 Student Poster Session
6:00 Pizza & Beer Party
7:00 Jeopardy-style Quiz Bowl for all (not just students!)
