Events

Adrian Miller Senior Director Environmental Affairs - Weyerhaeuser Speaker Biography Adrian Miller currently serves as the Senior Director of Environmental Affairs at Weyerhaeuser where he is responsible for managing environmental regulatory risk for the US timberlands business. Prior to joining Weyerhaeuser, Miller served as the Director of Public Affairs for Rayonier where he was responsible […]

Join FHS Historian Jamie Lewis as he engages in Conversations in Forest History with leading historians, artists, researchers, policy makers, and newsmakers as they apply their historical knowledge to current topics. Each conversation opens with a short presentation before Jamie and his guest take questions from the audience. Topics include the decline of the majestic American […]

Celebrate National Forest Products Week with the SCIENCEx team and learn how agency scientists pioneer new and better uses — from skyscrapers to energy to plastics — for products from sustainably managed forests. Speakers: Consuelo Brandeis: Wood Pellets in Bioenergy William Gould: Salvaged Wood Products Andrew Groover: Tree Genetics and Forest Products Moderator: Cherie Fisher […]

Operationalizing Assisted Migration Putting plans into practice often comes results in unexpected challenges and circumstances. This set of presentations will showcase real examples of implementing assisted migration under a variety of circumstances, covering what needed to be considered and what was learned in the process. Presenters: Bryce Adams, Northern Research Station Marcella Windmuller-Campione, University of […]

Forest lands in the United States are owned primarily by private forest landowners who have a wide variety of forest management objectives and reasons for owning forests. Mature and old growth forests can be rare in the parts of the nation, yet some private landowners may wish to manage for this forest type. In this talk, Heather […]

Integrating Assisted Migration in National Forest Planning The Superior National Forest recently incorporated assisted migration into its forest plan. In this panel discussion, we will hear from a climate adaptation specialist, a silviculturist, a tribal forester, and a researcher who were all involved in planning and implementing assisted migration in this context. Presenters: Katie Frerker, […]

Description: In 1863, more than 400 Shoshone were massacred by settlers and volunteers led by the U.S. Cavalry at their traditional winter camp in southeastern Idaho. After more than 160 years of dispossession, the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation (NWBSN) acquired this land along the Bear River. The NWBSN’s goal was to “restore the site […]