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Tuesday, December 14, 2004

Program
Tuesday, December 14, 2004
Red Lion at the Park, Spokane, WA
Time
Presenter
Program
8:00 am Eini C. Lowell
Research Scientist
PNW Research Station
Ecologically Sustainable Production of Forest Resources Team
Vikram Yadama, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor & Extension Specialist
Wood Materials & Engineering Laboratory
Washington State University
Welcome
Session I: Resource Availability
AM Moderator: Richard Haynes, USDA Forest Service
8:10 am Russ Graham, Research Silviculturist
USDA Forest Service
Rocky Mountain Research Station
Moscow, ID
Silvicultural Application in Small-Diameter in the Inland Northwest
8:35 am

Jamie Barbour, Program Manager
Focused Science Delivery Program
USDA Forest Service
Pacific Northwest Research Station
Portland, OR
Jeremy Fried, Team Leader
Forest Inventory and Analysis
Pacific Northwest Research Station
USDA Forest Service
Portland, OR
Roger Fight, Team Leader
Human and Natural Resource Interaction Program
USDA Forest Service
Pacific Northwest Research Station
Portland, OR

Resource Characteristics and Inventory

PowerPoint
Session II: Technology Solutions
Lumber Production
9:05 am Dan Seale, Professor
Department of Forest Products
Mississippi State University
Starkville, MS
Return to Log
9:25 am David Briggs, Professor and Director
Stand Management Cooperative
College of Forest Resources
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
A hand held tool for determining wood quality and log segregation

PowerPoint
10:15 am Todd Brinkmeyer, President
Plummer Forest Products
Plummer, ID
Sawing Technology - where it is now and what is needed?

PowerPoint
10:35 am Russ Vaagen
Vaagen Bros. Lumber Inc.
Colville, WA
Portable Hew-Saw Technology
10:55 pm Ben Hershey, President
Imperial Group
Phoenix, AZ
Laminated Material from Small Diameter
11:15 am Moderator: Richard Haynes
Program Manager
Human and Natural Resource Interaction Program
USDA Forest Service
Pacific Northwest Research Station
Portland, OR
Discussion Session
Engineered Wood Products
PM Moderator: Don Bender, WSU Wood Materials and Engineering Laboratory
12:45 pm Dan Seale, Professor
Department of Forest Products
Mississippi State University
Starkville, MS
TimTek Technology
1:15 pm Michael Wolcott, Professor
Wood Materials & Engineering Lab.
Washington State University
Pullman, WA
Natural Fiber Thermoplastic Composites

PowerPoint
1:35 pm Moderator: Don Bender
Director and Professor
WSU Wood Materials and Engineering Laboratory
Pullman, WA
Discussion Session
Energy Solutions
1:55 pm James Loux
Loux Engineering Services and Bio Energy Systems, Inc.
Spokane, WA
Rick Jarvis,
President
Larry Terpstra,
Sales Manager
Bio Energy Systems, Inc.
Spokane, WA
Small Scale Gasifier

PowerPoint
2:15 pm Larry W. Potts, CEO
Warm Springs Forest Products Industries
Warm Springs, OR
Bio-Mass Energy Plant

PowerPoint
2:35 pm Mark Knaebe, Roundwood Coordinator
Forest Products Conservation and Recycling Technology Marketing Unit
USDA Forest Products Laboratory
Madison, WI
Small Scale Biomass Energy Technology

PowerPoint
2:55 pm Moderator: Don Bender
Director and Professor
WSU Wood Materials and Engineering Laboratory
Pullman, WA
Discussion Session
Session III: What Does It Take To Make It Happen?
PM Moderator: Jamie Barbour, USDA Forest Service
3:15 pm Barry Wynsma, Project Planner
Bonners Ferry Ranger District
Idaho Panhandle National Forests
Bonners Ferry, ID
Making it happen on National Forests

PowerPoint
3:35 pm David Schmidt, Program Associate
Sustainable Northwest
Portland, OR
Success Through Collaboration: The Healthy Forests, Healthy Communities Partnership

PowerPoint
3:55 pm Frederick J. Deneke
USDA Forest Service
Cooperative Forestry
Washington, DC
National Biomass Policy

PowerPoint
4:15 pm Moderator: Jamie Barbour
Program Manager
Focused Science Delivery Program
USDA Forest Service
Pacific Northwest Research Station
Portland, OR
Discussion Session
4:25 pm David Wingate, Finance Specialist
Community Development Finance
Dept. of Community, Trade and Economic
Development, State of Washington
Olympia, WA
Financing a business and the Forest Products Revolving Loan Fund Program

PowerPoint
5:10 pm
Cynthia D. West
Deputy Station Director
USDA Forest Service
Pacific Northwest Research Station
Portland, OR
Wrap-up



 
         
                         
                         
                         
 

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