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Publicly owned forestlands are being asked to provide a expanding range of services and products such as carbon sequestration; clean water; habitat for rare, threatened and endangered species; recreation; and a sustained yield of timber products for income.  Balancing these objectives within the confines of limited budgets and while meeting complex stakeholder expectations can be challenging.

This morning seminar and afternoon field tour is specificaly designed for public land managers, including: municipalities, water districts, counties, parks, and state agencies.  The seminar will introduce forest managers to the principles of ecological forestry as well as strategies for successful implementation on publicly owned lands.  Focus will be on how to increase ecosystem services and habitat complexity within working forestlands that also produce a sustained yield of forest products.

During the field tour, participants will join several seasoned practitioners for a tour of timber stands in the Cedar River Watershed that have been thinned using a variety of innovative harvesting strategies to achieve multiple objectives.
 
Although this seminar is primarily oriented to the unique qualities of public lands, information will be relevant to all types of forest owners and managers including family forests, non-profit conservation groups and professional consulting foresters.
 
Key topics will include:
•    The scientific basis for ecological forestry
•    Enhancing and restoring wildlife habitat
•    Consequences for carbon sequestration
•    Management strategies, including:
      o    Dispersed, grouped, and feature-based variable retention
      o    Group selection
      o    Variable density thinning
      o    Individual tree selection
•    Forest products and operational logistics
•    Cost and revenue projections
•    Balanced stakeholder involvement

Presenters:
Keynote: Jerry Franklin
University of Washington
College of Forest Resources

Derek Churchhill
Stewardship Forestry Alternatives

Rolf Gersonde
City of Seattle Cedar River Watershed

Amy LaBarge
City of Seattle Cedar River Watershed

Schedule:
  9:00  Keynote: Jerry Franklin
  9:30  Concepts & applications of ecological forestry
  10:30  Break
  10:45  Case studies from the Cedar River Watershed
  11:45  Break
  12:00  Stakeholder involvement
  12:30  Lunch
  1:00  Field tour
  4:00  End

LOCATION: Cedar River Watershed Education Center
                       19901 Cedar Falls Road S.E.
                       North Bend, WA 98045           
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COST: $75 ($60 for Northwest Certified Forestry members)

LUNCH: A box lunch and refreshments will be provided

REGISTRATION: Pre-registration is required as space is limited.  Click here to download a registration form.