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Adapt, Adopt, Advance: Resiliency in Natural Resource Management

New England SAF - 97th Winter Meeting Northeastern Forest Pest Council - 79th Annual Meeting

Maine Chapter of The Wildlife Society – 41st Annual Meeting

March 8 – 10, 2017 - Bangor, Maine

Photo credit: Mark Cosmas Mead, 2014

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A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS PLATINUM

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KATAHDIN FOREST MANAGEMENT LLC

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Ken Laustsen

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Supporting

Many Thanks to our Exhibitors

American Chestnut Foundation

Crop Production Services

Forest Society of Maine

James W. Sewall Company

New England Forestry Foundation

Landmark Spatial Solutions, LLC

LandVest

Project Learning Tree

Scythe Supply

Valent Biosciences Corporation

Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies

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Dear Colleagues,

Welcome to the 97th annual meeting of the New England SAF, the 79th annual meeting of the Northeastern Forest Pest Council, and the 41st annual meeting of the Maine Chapter of The Wildlife Society. We are pleased at the opportunity to partner with each other as we explore natural resource management issues of interest to all of us in the region.

This year’s theme to “adapt, adopt, and advance” has never been more relevant in the science and management

of forest health. The Northeast Forest Pest Council has collaborated to provide foresters, entomologists, and

wildlife specialists the opportunity to learn about current issues and pests causing harm to forest habitats in the

Northeast. Maine TWS has organized a program rich in content and designed to make connections between

wildlife, forest health, and forest management. The NESAF sessions explore a diverse range of topics to help us

understand the many influences we all face as we strive for continuous improvement in the stewardship of all

the values our regional forests provide. Adapting to new problems, adopting new solutions, and advancing

healthy forests will be explored in a wide variety of presentations designed to maximize interaction between

researchers and practitioners.

We are pleased to welcome 3 keynoters and over 100 speakers throughout the course of our concurrent sessions. The depth, breadth, and diversity of expertise and experience are testament to the strength of our professions and the topics presented will provide multiple learning opportunities of interest for all.

Adapt. Adopt. Advance. Thank you all for joining us.

Jeffrey Ward Kyle Lombard Kara Moody Kristen Hoffman

NESAF Chair NEFPC Chair ME TWS Chair General Chair

WITH SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL WHO CONTRIBUTED TO ORGANIZING THE PROGRAM

& EXECUTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THIS AMAZING CONFERENCE Laura Audibert Sarah Boyden Bob Cousins Tony D’Amato Rick Dionne Gretchen Heldman Kristen Hoffman

Karl Honkonen Jen Hushaw Laura Kenefic Dale Knapp Ken Laustsen Ron Lemin Bill Livingston

Kyle Lombard Mary McDonald Emily Meacham Wil Mercier Kara Moody Steve Pelletier Carol Redelsheimer

Brian Roth Bob Seymour Tawny Simisky Jeff Ward Jen Weimer Rosa Yoo

Many, Many Thanks to our Speakers and Session Moderators, whose names appear throughout the program.

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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Our three keynote presenters will give us an historical perspective on the forests of the region and the influences that have shaped them and a look forward, speaking to how our professions will need to - and can - adapt, adopt and advance to continue our legacy of land stewardship in a rapidly urbanizing, globalizing, and diversifying environment. A moderated panel discussion, including questions from the audience will conclude the plenary.

Richard Judd is McBride Professor of History at the University of Maine and a co-author of Historical Atlas of Maine. His primary field of interest is U.S. environmental history, particularly in New England. He received a Ph.D from the University of California Irvine in 1979 and first came to Maine in 1980 as a postdoctoral fellow. Dr. Judd returned to California in 1981 and worked for the next three years as assistant/associate editor for the Journal of Forest History (later merged with Environmental History). Since rejoining the UMaine History Department in 1984, he has taught a series of courses concentrated in nineteenth and twentieth century

America, including urban history, economic/industrial history, environmental history, and Maine History. He also edits the Maine Historical Society’s quarterly journal, Maine History.

Kathy Fallon Lambert is the Science & Policy Project Director at the Harvard Forest where she serves as a principal investigator for the New England Scenarios, Services, and Society research project. She has co-authored Wildlands and Woodlands: A Vision for the New England Landscape, Changes to the Land: Four Scenarios for the Future of the Massachusetts Landscape, and dozens of peer-reviewed publications on land use, climate, and air pollution impacts on forested watersheds. Previously, Kathy was the first executive director of the Hubbard Brook Research Foundation where she developed the Science Links program to connect ecosystem science with public policy. She is a Switzer Fellow, Leopold Schepp Scholar, and recipient of

the U.S. EPA Environmental Merit Award. Kathy is a proud Maine native and currently lives with her family in Hartland, Vermont.

Ingrid C. “Indy” Burke is the Carl W. Knobloch, Jr. Dean at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (F&ES), an internationally recognized professional school that trains tomorrow’s environmental leaders and creates new knowledge to sustain and restore the long-term health of the planet and the wellbeing of its people. Dr. Burke is an ecosystem ecologist whose research has focused on carbon and nitrogen cycling in semi-arid rangeland ecosystems. Her work with graduate students, postdoctoral associates, and colleagues has addressed the influence of land use management, climatic variability, and regional variability on these systems. A respected educator and intellectual leader in the U.S. and internationally,

she is particularly interested in fostering interdisciplinary scholarship. She came to F&ES in 2016 from the University of Wyoming, where she was the dean of the Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources, one of the leading institutions in the western U.S. for research, teaching, and outreach on natural resource issues.

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TUESDAY - MARCH 7TH

1:00–5:00 NESAF Executive Committee Meeting – Residence Inn conference room

6:00–8:00 NEFPC Executive Committee Meeting – Residence Inn conference room

WEDNESDAY - MARCH 8TH

8:00–5:00 Registration – Exhibitors’ Foyer

9:30–12:00 - OPENING PLENARY – Ballrooms 1-4

9:30 Welcome! - Kyle Lombard, NEFPC Chair; Kara Moody METWS President; Jeff Ward, NESAF Chair

Announcements and Housekeeping – Kristen Hoffman, Conference General Chair

Silviculture Institute Training – Charlie Levesque, Innovative Natural Resource Solutions LLC

Mollie Beattie Visiting Scholar in Forest Policy Program – Jane Difley, SPNHF and John Barnwell, SAF

ADAPT, ADOPT, ADVANCE: PAST AND FUTURE LEGACIES OF LAND STEWARDSHIP

Moderator: Kara D. Moody, CWB®, TRC Solutions

10:00 Mast Trade to Modern Times: Markets and Resiliency in the Maine Logging Industry – Richard Judd, University of Maine

10:30 Exploring Potential Futures of the New England Forest Landscape – Kathy Fallon Lambert, Harvard Forest

11:00 Educating Environmental Leaders in an Interdisciplinary, Global Future – Ingrid Burke, Yale University School of Forestry & Environmental Studies

11:30 Panel Discussion and Q&A

12:00–1:30 Box Lunch and Business Meetings

Ballroom 7 NESAF Business Meeting – Jeff Ward, Chair Ballroom 5 NEFPC Business Meeting – Kyle Lombard, Chair Ballroom 6 METWS Business Meeting – Kara Moody, President

1:30–2:00 Break and Visit with Exhibitors – Exhibitors’ Foyer

2:00–3:30 CONCURRENT SESSIONS 1:

NEFPC 1 – Ballroom 5 - Gerald N. Lanier Graduate Student Forum Moderator: Dr. William H. Livingston, University of Maine

2:00 Tree and Fungus Interactions: Determining How the Native Fungal Pathogen, Caliciopsis pinea, is Altering Eastern White Pine Compartmentalization - Savannah L. Haines, University of Maine

2:15 Northern Forest DroughtNet: Initial Results from a Multi-Year Throughfall Manipulation Experiment in New Hampshire – Cameron McIntire, University of New Hampshire

2:30 Economic Impact and Fungal Communities Associated with Canker Damage on White Pine (Pinus strobus) in New England, U.S.A.- Kara K. L. Costanza, University of Maine

2:45 Pre-Commercial Thinning in Even-Aged Forest Management of Northern Hardwoods: Case Studies from the Bartlett Experimental Forest – Meghan Thornton, University of New Hampshire

3:00 Capacity for Recovery: Influence of Commercial Thinning on Resistance to and Recovery from Defoliation in Spruce-fir Forests – CJ Langley, University of Maine

3:15 Shelterwood and Multicohort Show Limited Recovery of Ground Beetle Assemblages After 9 Years – Simon Harrison, Université du Québec à Montréal

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METWS 1 – Ballroom 6 - Rare Species / Rare Natural Communities Moderator: Steve Walker, Maine Coast Heritage Trust

2:00 Topic Intro – Steve Walker 2:05 Natural Communities at Risk in a Warmer Maine - Don Cameron, Maine Natural Areas Program 2:20 Maine’s Wildlife Action Plan: A Statewide Approach for Conserving Maine’s Rare and Declining Fish

and Wildlife Species - Amanda Shearin, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife Habitat Outreach Coordinator

2:35 Applied Local Adaptation, Action, Implementation of Local Shellfish Resources - Dan Devereaux, Town of Brunswick, ME

2:50 The Tidelands of Maine - A Unique Intertidal Ecosystem: Overview of Challenges and Potential Solutions at a Local Scale - Darcie Couture, Resource Access International, LLC

3:05 Q&A and Session Summary

NESAF 1A – Ballroom 7 - Mixedwood Silviculture Moderator: Tony D’Amato, University of Vermont

2:00 A Cross-border Examination of the Silviculture of Northern Hardwoods - Tony D'Amato, University of Vermont and Steve Bedard, Quebec Ministry of Forests, Wildlife, and Parks

2:45 A Cross-border Examination of the Silviculture of Spruce Mixedwoods - Laura Kenefic, USFS Northern Research Station and Patricia Raymond, Quebec Ministry of Forests, Wildlife, and Parks

NESAF 1B – Meeting Rooms A-B - Outreach Tools for Working with Small Woodland Owners Moderator: Jessica Leahy, University of Maine

2:00 Increasing Forest Resiliency – Paul Catanzaro, University of Massachusetts – Amherst 2:30 MyLandPlan for Beginning Landowners - Ian Anderson, University of Maine 3:00 Lessons Learned Engaging Tree Farmers with Forestry for the Birds – Jessica Leahy, University of

Maine

NESAF 1C – Meeting Rooms C-D - Evolutions in Remote Sensing for Forestry Moderator: Wil Mercier, J.W. Sewall Company

2:00 A Forester’s Guide to Advancements in Remote Sensing Technology - Wil Mercier, Sewall 2:30 Aerial Platforms and the Use of Photogrammetric Structure from Motion Products, Point Clouds

and Lidar to Assist in Landscape Level Management - Carter Stone, Barbara Wheatland Geospatial Programs, University of Maine

3:00 From Strategic to Operational: An Enhanced Forest Inventory for New Brunswick - Adam Dick, New Brunswick Department of Energy and Resource Development

3:30-4:00 Break in Exhibitors’ Foyer

4:00–5:30 CONCURRENT SESSIONS 2:

NEFPC 2 – Ballroom 5 – Emerald Ash Borer Management in the Northeast Moderator: Kyle Lombard, New Hampshire Division of Forests and Lands

4:00 EAB Update: Latest Insights on Risk, Management, and Aftermath Forests - Nate Siegert, US Forest Service

4:45 New Hampshire’s Statewide EAB Management Concepts - Bill Davidson, NH Division of Forests and Lands

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METWS 2 – Ballroom 6 - Mammals Moderator: Cory Mosby, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife

4:00 Topic Intro – Cory Mosby 4:05 Detecting Northern Bog Lemming in ME Using Non-Invasive Genetics - Zachary Olson, PhD, University

of New England 4:20 An Economic Evaluation of Alternative Silvicultural Systems for Managing Deer Wintering Areas in

Northern Maine - Karin N. Bothwell, University of Maine Orono 4:35 Unprecedented Change in Northeastern Bats: Acoustic Evidence of the Widespread Effects of White-

nose Syndrome - Trevor Peterson, Stantec Consulting 4:50 Moose, Winter Ticks and Climate: Evolution of a Predator-Prey Dynamic and What It May Mean for the

Future of Moose - Lee Kantar, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife 5:05 Q&A and Session Summary

NESAF 2A – Ballroom 7 - Tribal Forestry Moderator: Ben Stevens, University of Maine

4:00 Integrating Harvesting, Sugaring, and Hunting on Passamaquoddy Trust Lands in Maine - Ernest Carle, Passamaquoddy Forestry Department

4:30 Mapping Wabanaki TEK: Identifying Basket Quality Brown Ash Habitat in Northern Maine - Suzanne Greenlaw, University of Maine and member of the Maliseet Tribe

5:00 Wabanaki Youth in Science: WaYS Forward - tish carr, University of Maine Wabanaki Center

NESAF 2B – Meeting Rooms A-B - Larch in New England Moderator: Lloyd Irland, The Irland Group

4:00 Hybrid Larch: A Proven Winner That Can Get Even Better – Brian Roth, University of Maine 4:25 Growth/Yield and Stand Table Projections – David Maass, Consultant 4:45 Market Experience – TBD 4:55 Economics of Exotic Larches – James Anderson III, Ph.D. Student, University of Maine 5:15 Long-term Studies – Justin Waskiewicz, University of Vermont

NESAF 2C – Meeting Rooms C-D - Tech Café Facilitator: Jennifer Hushaw, Manomet

4:00 Bring your favorite gadget (i.e. handheld, tablet, smartphone, apps, pens & pencils) to share. An informal gathering to network with others, share what works for you & maybe learn a new tip or two.

NESAF 212 – Meeting Rooms 1-2 - The Future of Forests and Forest Science Facilitator: John Barnwell and Carol Redelsheimer, SAF

4:00 SAF recently hosted a series of dialogues around the country, including a group in Concord, NH, to get a sense of the challenges facing America’s private and public forests in the coming decades. Seeking a diversity of ideas, we wanted to gain a clearer awareness of how SAF might work with others to build a stronger, broader community of interests about sustainable management of forests and the science needed to do so. This 90-minute session will share preliminary results, explain how the information will be utilized, what will come next, and offer the opportunity for comments and further dialogue.

5:30–7:00 Student Quiz Bowl – Ballrooms 1-4

5:30–7:00 Icebreaker Reception, Poster Session, Visit with Exhibitors

7:00 Dinner on your own

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THURSDAY - MARCH 9TH

7:00–5:00 Registration – Exhibitors’ Foyer

7:00-8:00 Continental Breakfast – Exhibitors’ Foyer

7:00-8:00 Working Group Meetings – Ballrooms 1-4

7:00-8:00 Student Meeting Cross-disciplinary – All are welcome – Ballrooms 1-4

8:00–9:30 CONCURRENT SESSIONS 3:

NEFPC 3 – Ballroom 5 - Spruce Budworm (SBW) Moderator: Allison Kanoti, Maine Forest Service

8:00 Spruce Budworm around the Region & Lessons from Quebec – tba 8:30 Mass Moth Dispersal: The Achilles Heel to a Spruce Budworm Containment Program? – Rob Johns,

Natural Resources Canada 9:00 Landscape Level Forest Management and Spruce Budworm Outbreak Severity – Daniel Kneeshaw,

Université du Québec à Montréal

METWS 3 – Ballroom 6 - Avian Moderator: Linda Welch, United States Fish & Wildlife Service

8:00 Topic Intro – Linda Welch 8:05 Determining Trends and Threats to Maine’s Great Blue Herons, within and beyond State Borders -

Danielle Diauria, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife, Bird Group 8:20 Forestry for Maine Birds - Susan Gallo, Maine Audubon 8:35 Trends in Bird/Bat Nocturnal Migration - Adam Gravel, CWB, Stantec Consulting 8:50 Using Physiological Condition of Migrant Bird Communities to Inform Conservation Site Priorities and

Management Practices - Adrienne Lepold, University of Maine Orono 9:05 Q&A and Session Summary

NESAF 3A – Ballroom 7 - Understanding and Managing Drought Impacts in Northeastern Forests Moderator: Jennifer Hushaw, Manomet

8:00 The1960s Drought in Perspective - Ray Bradley, Ambarish Karmalkar, Dan Miller, University of Massachusetts

8:30 Northeastern Forest Response to Drought at Multiple Scales - Adam Coble, University of New Hampshire

9:00 Strategies for Managing Forests to Increase Drought Tolerance - Tony D’Amato, University of Vermont

NESAF 3B – Meeting Rooms A-B - Mini-Tools for Engaging Landowners – TELE Case Studies Facilitators: Mary Tyrrell and Katherine Hollins, Yale F&ES

8:00 Presenting the basics of TELE and a few case studies of how projects and partnerships are using the tools.

NESAF 3C – Meeting Rooms C-D - Rehabilitation Silviculture Moderator: Brian Roth, Cooperative Forestry Research Unit

8:00 Rehabilitation Silviculture: Someone Ate the 'Seed Corn' - Now What? - Lloyd Irland, The Irland Group 8:20 A Case for Patient, Conservation-minded Investment in Forest Lands in Maine: Can Long-term

Silviculture Pay? - Alec Giffen, New England Forestry Foundation 8:40 Industrial Perspective: Operational Experience with Rehabilitation of Diseased Beech Stands - Nick

Baser, Seven Islands Land Co. 9:00 Early Stand Tending in Degraded Northern Conifers: Long-term Outcomes - Laura Kenefic, USFS

Northern Research Station

9:30-10:00 Break in Exhibitors’ Foyer

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10:00–11:30 CONCURRENT SESSIONS 4

NEFPC 4 – Ballroom 5 - State and Province Updates Moderator: Colleen Teerling, Maine Forest Service

10:00 State/Provincial Reports

METWS 4 – Ballroom 6 - Herptiles Moderator: Derek Yorks, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife

10:00 Topic Intro – Derek Yorks 10:05 Priority Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Areas (PARCAs) - Cynthia Loftin, PhD, USGS ME

Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit 10:20 Comparison of Two Wood Turtle Research Sites on a Northern Maine River - Gannon Pratt, University

of Maine at Presque Isle

10:35 Landscape Connectivity as a Guide for Mitigating the Impacts of Roads and Highways on Amphibians and Reptiles - Scott Jackson, PhD, University of Massachusetts- Amherst

10:50 Habitat Use of Unisexual Salamanders and Their Sperm-Hosts, Blue-Spotted Salamanders (Ambystoma laterale) - Kristine Hoffmann, University of Maine Orono

11:05 Q&A and Session Summary

NESAF 4A – Ballroom 7 - Tackling the Climate Conversation: Tips & Tricks for Talking with Landowners, Clients, and Colleagues

Moderator: Jennifer Hushaw, Manomet

10:00 Panelists: Maria Janowiak, Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science; Richard Carbonetti, LandVest; Christine Cadigan, American Forest Foundation; Karrah Kwasnik, USDA Northeast Climate Hub; Jared Nunery, Vermont Dept. of Forests, Parks and Recreation

NESAF 4B – Meeting Rooms A-B - Northeast Logging Capacity & Markets: Present and Future Moderator: Mindy Crandall, University of Maine

10:00 Loggers of the Northeast: Are They Thriving, Striving or Just Surviving? – René H. Germain, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

10:45 What's Happened to Low Grade Wood Markets in New England? – Charles A. Levesque, Innovative Natural Resource Solutions, LLC

NESAF 4C – Meeting Rooms C-D - Northern Forest Regeneration Moderator: Laura Kenefic, US Forest Service

10:00 Long-term Regeneration Dynamics in Tolerant Forests of the Northeast - Nicole Rogers, University of Vermont

10:30 Red Spruce Regeneration in a Managed Mixedwood Forest: 15-year Research Overview and Future Prospects - Daniel Dumais, Quebec Ministry of Forests, Wildlife, and Parks

11:00 How Does the FIA Regeneration Indicator Inform Forest Regeneration Management in New England? - Will McWilliams, USFS Forest Inventory and Analysis

11:30–1:30 NESAF, NEFPC, METWS AWARDS LUNCHEON – Ballrooms 1-4

1:30-2:00 Break in Exhibitors’ Foyer

2:00–3:30 CONCURRENT SESSIONS 5:

NEFPC 5 – Ballroom 5 - State and Province Updates (continued) and Other Defoliators Moderator: Rosa Yoo, New Jersey Forest Service

2:00 State/Provincial Reports continued 2:50 Gypsy Moth Explosion in New England: What to Do? – Ken Gooch, MA Department of Conservation

and Recreation 3:10 Bioclimatic Envelope-based Suitability Mapping of a Bark Beetle Vectored Exotic Blue-stain Pathogen,

Endoconidiophora polonica – Kishan Sambaraju, Canadian Forest Service

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ME TWS 5 – Ballroom 6 - Invertebrates Moderator: Susan Davies, Midwest Biodiversity Institute

2:00 Topic Intro – Susan Davies 2:05 Birds, Bats & Plants: Using Biological Control to Minimize Human Exposure to Emerging Mosquito-

Borne Viruses in ME - Noah Perlut, PhD, University of New England 2:20 Native Bees of Maine and Their Relationships to Forests - Alison Dibble, PhD, University of Maine

Orono 2:35 Do Environmental Stresses Alter the Resilience of Freshwater Invertebrate Communities to Climate

Change? - Hamish Greig, PhD, University of Maine Orono 2:50 Potential Spruce Budworm Impacts on Northern Maine Wildlife and Their Habitats - Barry Burgason,

CWB, Huber Resources Corporation 3:05 Q&A and Session Summary

NESAF 5A – Ballroom 7 - Climate-informed Management - Real World Climate Adaptation Stories Moderator: Maria Janowiak, Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science & US Forest Service

2:00 200 Years and Still Adapting: Forest Management at Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park - Kyle Jones, Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park

2:30 Planting Future-adapted Species: Challenges and Opportunities - Christopher Riely, Providence Water 3:00 Forest Adaptation in Action: Climate Change Adaptation Projects in Northern Forests - Todd Ontl,

Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science & USDA Northern Forests Climate Hub

NESAF 5B – Meeting Rooms A-B - Invasive Plants: Rules and Standards, Tools for Mapping Moderator: Ronald Lemin, CPS

2 :00 SFI/FSC Certification Standards for Invasive Plant Management - Charles Levesque, Innovative Natural Resource Solutions, LLC ; Kyle Burdick, Baskahegan Company, Ronald Lemin, Crop Production Services

2 :30 Rules to Control the Sale of Terrestrial Invasive Plants in Maine and Other States - Gary Fish, Maine State Horticulturalist

3:00 iMapInvasives: A Tool for Invasive Plant Mapping and Management - Nancy Olmstead, Maine Natural Areas Program

NESAF 5C – Meeting Rooms C-D - Considerations for GIS Mapping Moderator: Wil Mercier, J.W. Sewall Company

2:00 Tools for Assessing and Designing Color Maps for the Growing Population of Color Impaired Viewers - Dave Hobbins, University of Maine at Fort Kent

2:30 Building Custom Maps with QGIS for Avenza Maps - Lance Case, Huber Resources Corp. (60 minute presentation)

3:30–4:00 Break in Exhibitors’ Foyer

4:00–5:30 CONCURRENT SESSIONS 6:

NEFPC 6 – Ballroom 5 - White Pine Issues Moderator: Dr. William H. Livingston, University of Maine

4:00 Current Health Status of Pinus strobus (Eastern White Pine) across Eastern North America – Kara Costanza, University of Maine and Thomas Whitney, University of Georgia

4:30 Soil and Stocking Effects on Caliciopsis Canker of Pinus strobus L. – Isabel Munck, US Forest Service 4:50 Impacts of White Pine Needle Damage in New England and Response to Silvicultural Thinning

Treatments – Cameron McIntire, University of New Hampshire 5:10 History and Current Conditions of Pine Leaf Adelgid in Maine – Allison Kanoti, Maine Forest Service

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METWS 6 – Ballroom 6 - Effects of Forest Practices on Wildlife Moderator: Henning Stabins, CWB, Weyerhaeuser

4:00 Topic Intro – Henning Stabins, CWB 4:05 Can Commercial/Industrial Forestry Contribute to Lynx Resiliency? - Jennifer Vashon, Maine

Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife 4:20 Opportunities for Bicknell Thrush Conservation in Maine's Commercial Forest - John Lloyd, PhD, VT

Center for Ecostudies 4:35 Implications of Forest Management Practices for Rusty Blackbird Habitat Use in the Acadian Spruce-fir

Forest - Carol Foss, PhD, Audubon Society of New Hampshire 4:50 Spruce Grouse Habitat Ecology in ME’s Commercially Managed Acadian Forest - Stephen Dunham,

University of Maine Orono 5:05 Q&A and Session Summary

NESAF 6A – Ballroom 7 - Vermont Local and Regional Innovation within the Forest Products Industry Moderator: Emily Meacham, Vermont Department of Forests, Parks & Recreation

4:00 Vermont’s Forest Economy – Building a Networked Approach to Forest Products Innovation - Christine

McGowan, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund

4:30 Adapting to the Changing Northern Forest Economy: Regional and Local Approaches to Creating Jobs and Stewarding Forests - Rob Riley, Northern Forest Center

5:00 Discussion

NESAF 6B – Meeting Rooms A-B - Invasive Plants: Additional Factors, Integrating Control into Your Business

Moderator: Nancy Olmstead, Maine Dept. of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry

4:00 Weeds and Whitetails : Invasive Plants and Deer - Tom Rawinski, USFS 4:30 Integrating Invasive Plant Management into Your Business or Wood Lot - Lincoln Fish, Bay State

Forestry 5:00 Invasive Plant Control Methods and Strategies - Ronald Lemin, CPS

NESAF 6C – Meeting Rooms C-D – Flash Talks Moderator: Bob Seymour, University of Maine

4:00 Hear a range of speakers and topics from around the region in this eclectic collection of short presentations.

5:45 Alumni Receptions – Ballrooms 1-4

UMaine School of Forest Resources & Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Conservation Biology

UVM Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources

Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies

(Check the message board for gatherings that may be held off site.)

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FRIDAY – MARCH 10TH

7:00–12:00 Registration – Exhibitors’ Foyer

7:00-8:00 Continental Breakfast – Exhibitors Foyer

7:30 Box Lunch pickup for field tours – Exhibitors’ Foyer

Sign up for field tours and workshops online: goo.gl/xiqN0E

FIELD TOURS – departing the Cross Center at 8:00; transportation on your own.

J.D. Irving, Limited Sawmill - Ashland, ME 2 hours and 45 minutes north of Bangor. Limited to 20.

Host: Nate Whitney

Experience one of the most modern sawmills in North America, operating the fastest trim line on the continent. J.D. Irving, Limited is focused on delivering quality products through continuous investment in people and technology. Over the past 5 years, the Sawmill Division has invested $70 Million in ensuring the most up to date technology in its operations. This is an excellent opportunity for those who are travelling north for home.

White Pine Silviculture: Research and Practice – UMaine Demeritt Forest 825 College Avenue, Old Town, ME 8:30-12:00 30 minutes north of Bangor.

Hosts: Keith Kanoti and Bob Seymour

Join UMaine Forest Manager Keith Kanoti and Silviculture Professor Bob Seymour for a tour of the School of Forest Resources’ Demeritt Forest focusing on silviculture of eastern white pine. Attendees will visit three sites: (1) a white pine weevil resistance trial, now in its ninth year; (2) a low-density thinning trial, also with 9-year results; and (3) operational irregular shelterwood silviculture.

Advanced Structures and Composites Center/Forest BioProducts Research Institute – Orono, ME 30 minutes north of Bangor. Limited to 60.

Hosts: Russell Edgar (ASCC) and Amy Luce (FBRI)

See first-hand the latest research in wood science from Cross Laminated Timbers for wooden skyscrapers, Structural Testing, and Bridge in a Backpack, to Nanocellulose applications, which are revolutionizing the composites industry. Park in the CCA Lot on the UMaine campus. Parking passes will be provided.

UMaine Campus Map: https://umaine.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/08/2015-16-Campus-Map.pdf Google link to CCA Parking Lot on Campus: https://goo.gl/maps/XRu6Zz9KYbK2

Eastern White Pine Health and Responses to Environmental Changes – 204 Nutting Hall, University of Maine, Orono, ME 30 minutes north of Bangor. Limited to 20.

Host: Bill Livingston, University of Maine

Cooperators from the USDA Multistate Research Project report on recent work, plans for a management guide, and priorities for future work. Contact: Bill Livingston (207-581-2990). Parking passes will be provided.

UMaine Campus Map: https://umaine.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/08/2015-16-Campus-Map.pdf

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Pride Manufacturing - 10 N Main St, Burnham, ME 04922 45 minutes southwest of Bangor. Limited to 20.

Host: Randy Dicker

Pride Manufacturing Company was founded in 1930 for the purpose of specialized wood products production. Today Pride is the world’s largest manufacturer of wooden golf tees, thanks to a state-of-the-art technology that enables Pride to produce and sell more tees than all of its competitors combined. Pride Manufacturing Company has expanded to become a full line supplier of quality golf accessories as well as Lincoln Log wooden toys. Easy on and off I-95.

Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge – 321 Port Rd. Wells, ME 04090 10:30-12:00 2 hours and 30 minutes southwest of Bangor.

Limited to 15.

This field trip presents a unique opportunity for those traveling south home from the conference. Join us for an interactive morning with USFWS Staff and the chance to observe the goings-on at Rachel Carson. USFWS staff will lead us through a broad variety of coastal habitats within the refuge, including points of seasonal interest. The refuge’s namesake, Rachel Carson, was a world-renowned marine biologist, author, and environmentalist who served as an aquatic biologist and editor-in-chief for the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. She has been credited with launching the contemporary environmental movement and awakening the concern of Americans for the environment.

Wildlife in the Woodlot – UMaine Demeritt Forest 825 College Avenue, Old Town, ME 8:30-12:00 30 minutes north of Bangor. Limited to 20.

Hosts: Dan Hansche & Amy Beal

Participants will head out on a tracking excursion with expert naturalists & wildlife trackers from White Pine Programs. Learn methods for better observation of commonly observed wildlife tracks as well as the less obvious signs including nesting, foraging, scat, & scent marking. This workshop is appropriate for both seasoned trackers and beginners. Those who wish to participate are asked to reserve a spot ahead of time, bundle up, and be ready to head out for an expertly led naturalist learning opportunity. If conditions warrant, bring your snowshoes.

WORKSHOPS at the CROSS CENTER

Box lunches will be available for workshop attendees to pick up at 10:00 in the Exhibitors’ Foyer.

Practical Ethics Workshop – Meeting Room A - 8:00–10:00 Limited to 32.

Leader: Marianne Patinelli-Dubay, SUNY-ESF Northern Forest Institute

This workshop will introduce a variety of approaches to ethical problem solving. Learn about six of the primary methods that we employ every day when faced with ethically weighted situations. Following a discussion about each approach, its central ideas, and an overview of how the method works, use those techniques to reach consensus on a series of case studies/project situations provided by participants. With greater awareness of how you “intuitively” navigate a fraught or conflicted situation, comes a heightened ability to “interrogate” your own thinking for bias and to reflect more ably on your decision making process.

Professional Forester Training – Meeting Room B and in the field - 8:00–4:00 Limited to 45.

Leaders: Dan Jacobs, MFS District Forester; Thomas Gilbert, MFS Water Resources Forester; and Ted Shina, Huber Corporation, Senior Operations Forester

This session will be roughly split into equal indoor and outdoor components. Primary focus is to review Maine Forestry Laws, BMPs, and other regulations (e.g., Shoreland Zoning) that a Maine Licensed Forester needs to understand and implement. The intent of the session is to provide the knowledge needed to pass the Maine-specific portion of the Maine Licensed Forester exam. An additional fee ($25) will be required to offset the cost

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of rulebooks, other handouts, and group bus transportation to field sites. Contact Kenneth Laustsen for additional information and the draft agenda - call (207-287-3135) or e-mail ken.laustsen@maine.gov.

Forest Technology Demonstrations – Meeting Room C 8:00-12:00 Limited to 38.

An overview of a variety of tools and technologies available to add to a natural resource professional’s toolkit will be presented. The demonstration will cover devices and applications for forest inventory, remote sensing and mapping, as well as a look at opportunities for additional technology training.

8:00 SilviaTerra will provide insights on how on-the-ground inventory can be integrated with remote sensing. 8:30 Staff from Barbara Wheatland Geospatial Programs at the University of Maine will discuss how they are

using innovative small platform imaging systems for forestry, including how some of those data are processed in the office and converted into information to be used by foresters.

10:20 LandMark Spatial Solutions will present technology updates and integrations in GPS, GIS, forest inventory, and load ticketing and show how these can aide in field and office operations.

Bioacoustics Song Meter Workshop – Meeting Room D - 8:00-12:00

Limited to 20.

Leader: Mona Doss, Wildlife Acoustics

Acoustic recorders provide a non-invasive and cost-effective technique to assess species biodiversity within a region. This will be a hands-on workshop based on the Song Meter SM4 family. Topics covered will include how to deploy a passive recorder, power considerations, site selection (where to put a detector and things to avoid; optimizing post-field analysis), data management, how to create programs with the appropriate settings and data analysis (time permitting). Recorders will be available to allow a very hands-on training experience. We recommend you download the free Song Meter SM4 Configurator at https://www.wildlifeacoustics.com/download/song-meter-configurators and a 15-day free trial of Kaleidoscope Pro at https://www.wildlifeacoustics.com/products/kaleidoscope-software-ultrasonic/free-trial.

NESAF Leadership Training Seminar – Meeting Room 1 - 8:00–12:00 Limited to 20.

Leader: Kenneth Laustsen, Maine Division Representative to NESAF

A NESAF Leadership Training Seminar is being held for invited members from the representative New England divisions and chapters, and is provided at no cost. A waiting list will be offered to all other interested SAF members on a first come – first served basis to fill in any remaining slots. Kenneth Laustsen can be contacted for additional information - call (207-287-3135) or e-mail ken.laustsen@maine.gov.

Adapt, Adopt, Advance: Resiliency in Natural Resource Management New England SAF - 97th Winter Meeting

Northeastern Forest Pest Council - 79th Annual Meeting Maine Chapter of The Wildlife Society – 41st Annual Meeting

March 8 – 10, 2017 - Bangor, Maine