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Incorporating Elements of Old Growth Forests in Timber Sales

Three Lakes, Wis.

Incorporating Elements of Old Growth Forests in Timber Sales

Oct. 30, 2024 | 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.

Join a team of researchers and practitioners as we explore the Argonne Experimental Forest and discuss incorporating elements of old growth forest into forest management. Through a combination of presentations and field tours we will cover:

  • Elements of old growth habitat and silvicultural treatments to obtain them
  • Enhancing vertical and horizontal structure
  • Forest regeneration consideration
  • Importance and application at a landscape level

WORKSHOP DETAILS

Registration Closed.

Cancellation Policy

If you are unable to attend the workshop, please let us know as soon as possible by emailing wfc@uwsp.edu. Requests received prior to the registration deadline will be granted a full refund. No refunds will be granted after the registration deadline.

Target Audience

This workshop is designed for foresters and natural resource professionals, but is open to everyone. It counts toward the Forest Management for Wildlife Certificate.

2024 Workshop Agenda

The training will be a mixture of indoors and outdoors and participants can expect to walk a fair distance over uneven terrain or off-trail. We encourage you to wear long pants and sturdy, waterproof footwear, as the ground may be muddy, icy, wet, or slippery. Please dress appropriately as we will be heading outside rain or shine.

Continuing Education Credit

The workshop counts towards the Forest Management for Wildlife Certificate program and has been pre-approved for the following:

                

WORKSHOP INSTRUCTORS

Mike Demchik, Ph.D.

Professor of Silviculture, UW-Stevens Point

Michael Demchik is a professor of forestry at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. He teaches a wide range of courses at UWSP and is involved in research that addresses using silviculture to reach landowner goals. He is particularly obsessed with developing methods to teach students to mark timber better, faster, and with more confidence in their decisions. He has had several jobs across federal, state, and private natural resource management in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.

Christel Kern, Ph.D.

Team Leader/Research Forester, U.S. Forest Service, Northern Research Station

Christel Kern is a Research Forester at the U.S. Forest Service, Northern Research Station in Rhinelander, WI USA. She received both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and her Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. Her work includes leading and developing research-management partnerships to address critical knowledge gaps in sustainable forest management. Outside of work, Christel enjoys family time and coaching Nordic ski.

Amanda McGraw, Ph.D.

Research Scientist, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Amanda is a research scientist at the WI Department of Natural Resources where her research focus is on forest ecology and sustainable forest management. She received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and her master’s and Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota.

Sitka Pence

Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest Deputy Forest Supervisor, U.S. Forest Service

Sitka currently on an extended assignment with the Forest Service’s Eastern Regional Office as the Old Growth Coordinator. She has been working for the Forest Service for 22 years. While putting herself through two Bachelor of Sciences (Conservation Ecology and Forest Resources) at the University of Idaho, Sitka worked as wildland fire fighter and spent most of her twenties on helicopter crews in the western US. She holds a master’s in environmental planning from the University of Wollongong, Wollongong Australia and her field work focused on fuels and fire ecology. The past decade Sitka has focused on compliance with environmental laws and typically is the Deputy Forest Supervisor for the Chequamegon-Nicolet in Rhinelander, WI.