|
| Program |
Tuesday,
December 14, 2004
|
|
| Red
Lion at the Park, Spokane, WA |
|
| 6:30
am |
Registration |
Open |
|
| Plenary
Sessions - Riverfront Ballroom A |
| Time |
Presenter |
Program |
|
| 6:30
am |
Continental
Breakfast |
Ballroom
B |
|
| 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 |
|
| 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 |
|
| 9:50
am |
Break |
|
|
| 10:15
am |
Todd
Brinkmeyer,
President
Plummer Forest Products
Plummer, ID |
Sawing
Technology - where it is now and what is needed? |
|
| 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 |
|
| 11:30
am |
Lunch |
Ballroom
B |
|
| 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 |
|
| 1:35
pm |
Moderator:
Don Bender
Director and Professor
WSU Wood Materials and Engineering Laboratory
Pullman, WA |
Discussion
Session |
|
| 1:45
pm |
Break |
|
|
| 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 |
|
| 2:15
pm |
Larry
W. Potts,
CEO
Warm Springs Forest Products Industries
Warm Springs, OR |
Bio-Mass
Energy Plant |
|
| 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 |
|
| 2:55
pm |
Moderator:
Don Bender
Director and Professor
WSU Wood Materials and Engineering Laboratory
Pullman, WA |
Discussion
Session |
|
| 3:05
pm |
Break |
|
|
| 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 |
|
| 3:35
pm |
David
Schmidt, Program Associate
Sustainable Northwest
Portland, OR |
Success
Through Collaboration: The Healthy Forests, Healthy
Communities Partnership |
|
| 3:55
pm |
Frederick
J. Deneke
USDA
Forest Service
Cooperative Forestry
Washington, DC |
National
Biomass Policy |
|
| 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 |
|
| 5:10
pm |
Cynthia
D. West
Deputy Station Director
USDA Forest Service
Pacific Northwest Research Station
Portland, OR |
Wrap-up |
|
| 6:00
pm |
Reception,
Cash Bar |
Ballroom
B |
|
Wednesday,
December 15, 2004
|
|
| WSU
Wood Materials & Engineering Laboratory, Pullman,
WA |
|
| Wheatland
Express Charter |
| 8:00
am - Leave Red Lion, Spokane and travel to WSU WMEL,
Pullman, WA |
|
|
Time |
Presenter |
Program |
Status |
| 9:30
am |
Dave
Briggs
WSU
Wood Materials & Engineering Laboratory
Pullman, WA
|
Director
demonstration for log segregation |
|
| 12:00
pm |
Buffet
Lunch |
CUB |
|
| Wheatland
Express Charter to Spokane Airport and Red Lion at the
Park |
|
| 1:00
pm - Return to Spokane, WA |
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