Sixteenth

Central Hardwood Forest Conference

April 8-9, 2008

Lafayette, Indiana

 

Hosted by
 the Hardwood Tree Improvement and Regeneration Center and Purdue University Department
 of Forestry & Natural Resources 

 

 

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Program

The conference will consist of a Monday evening reception with host bar. Tuesday and Wednesday will include breakfast, lunch, concurrent sessions, poster sessions, and evening host reception and banquet. Thursday morning is an optional field tour. Check Concurrent Sessions for a list of presentations. Attendance at the Tuesday and Wednesday sessions can earn 11.5 CFE credits in category 1 from the Society of American Foresters.
 
Monday, April 7    
5:30 - 7:30 pm Registration Holiday Inn Select, 2nd floor
6-8 pm Evening reception with host bar and hors d'oeuvres

Pfendler Hall 2nd floor gallery  

    (shuttle provided)
Tuesday, April 8    
7:00 am Registration 2nd floor, Holiday Inn Select
7:00 - 8:15 am Buffet breakfast 2nd floor
7:00 am - noon Poster setup Pittman Room
8:15 am Opening and Welcome, Doug Jacobs, Co-Chair Grand Ballroom
8:30  - 10:00 am Plenary Session Grand Ballroom
8:30 - 9:15 am George Parker, "The Hardwood Ecosystem Experiment: An Examination of Responses to Silvicultural Systems"  
9:15- 10:00 am Dan Dey, "Artificial Regeneration of Major Oak Species in Eastern North America - A Synthesis of the Literature"

 

10:00 -10:30 am Break  
10:30 am - Noon Four Concurrent Sessions  
  Session #1: Regeneration & Propagation
Session #2: Forest Products
Session #3: Ecology & Forest Dynamics
Session #4: Biometrics & Modeling
Spears, Shambaugh, Grand Ballrooms
12:00 - 1:30 pm Poster Session and Lunch (provided) Pittman Room
1:30 - 3:00 pm Four Concurrent Sessions  
  Session #1: Regeneration & Propagation
Session #2: Forest Products
Session #3: Ecology & Forest Dynamics
Session #4: Biometrics & Modeling
Spears, Shambaugh, Grand Ballrooms
3:00 - 3:15 pm Break  
3:15 - 4:15 pm Four Concurrent Sessions  
  Session #1: Regeneration & Propagation
Session #2: Forest Products
Session #3: Ecology & Forest Dynamics, Human Dimensions & Economics
Session #4: Biometrics & Modeling, Silviculture
Spears, Shambaugh, Grand Ballrooms
5:30 - 7:00 pm Reception and Poster Session Pittman Room
7:00 pm Banquet Grand Ballroom
  Guest Speaker: Steve Bratkovich, "The Greening of America: From Food to Forests"  
     
Wednesday, April 9    
7:00 am Registration 2nd floor, Holiday Inn Select
7:00 - 8:15 am Buffet breakfast 2nd floor
8:15 am Opening, Charles Michler, Co-Chair Grand Ballroom
8:30  - 10:00 am Plenary Session Grand Ballroom
8:30 - 9:15 am Steve Bratkovich, "The Green Movement: Challenges and Opportunities for Forest Landowners and Wood-Using Industries"  
9:15 - 10:00 am Todd Parker of the Delta Institute, "Carbon Credit Trading in the Midwest"  
10:00 -10:30 am Break  
10:30 am - 12:00 pm Four Concurrent Sessions  
  Session #5: Regeneration & Propagation, Forest Health & Protection
Session #6: Forest Products, Soils & Nutrition
Session #7 Human Dimensions & Economics
Session #8: Silviculture
Spears, Shambaugh, Grand Ballrooms
12:00 - 1:00 pm Lunch (provided) Pittman Room
1:00 - 2:30 pm Four Concurrent Sessions  
  Session #5: Forest Health & Protection
Session #6: Soils & Nutrition
Session #7 Human Dimensions & Economics
Session #8: Silviculture
Spears, Shambaugh, Grand Ballrooms
2:30 - 2:45 pm Break  
2:45 - 3:45 pm Four Concurrent Sessions  
  Session #5: Forest Health & Protection
Session #6: Soils & Nutrition
Session #7 Human Dimensions & Economics
Session #8: Silviculture
Spears, Shambaugh, Grand Ballrooms
   
Thursday, April 10 Optional field tour of Purdue University Department of Forestry & Natural Resources properties and ongoing HTIRC research breakfast and bus transportation provided
7:00 - 8:00 am Buffet breakfast (provided)  
8:00 am Load bus and depart for FNR Farm  
8:20 - 9:20 am FNR Farm: Tour and discuss research on American chestnut, figured wood, biofuels, emerald ash borer, seed orchards  
9:45 - 11:00 am Martell Forest : Tour and discuss research on Black cherry and Black walnut clone banks, Red oak progeny tests, butternut hybrids and pure butternut  
11:45 am Arrive back at Holiday Inn Select  
     
Tuesday, April 8    
Concurrent Session #1 Forest Regeneration & Propagation

Spears Room - 1st floor

Moderator Paula Pijut 10:30 - 11:00

Analysis of Riparian Afforestation Methods in the Missouri Ozarks

Steele  
 

11:00 - 11:30

Greenhouse and Field Performance of Giant Cane Propagules from Natural and Planted Stands Brendecke  
  11:30 - 12:00

The Status of Oak and Hickory Regeneration in Forests of Virginia                               

Rose  
  1:30 - 2:00

Grafting influences on early acorn production in swamp white oak (Quercus bicolor Willd.)

Coggeshall  
  2:00 - 2:30

Single-Tree Harvesting Reduces Survival and Growth of Oak Stump Sprouts in the Missouri Ozark Highlands  

Dey  
  2:30 - 3:00

Disking and Mid- and Understory Removal Following an Above-Average Acorn Crop in Three Mature Oak Forests in Southern Indiana.

Rathfon  
  3:15 - 3:45

Response of northern red oak, black walnut, and white ash seedlings to various levels of simulated summer deer browsing

Morrissey  
  3:45 - 4:15

Effects Of Deer Exclosures On Oak Regeneration In Closed-Canopy Stands

Steiner  
Concurrent Session #2 Forest Products

Shambaugh Room - 1st floor

Moderator Matt Bumgardner 10:30 - 11:00

U.S. Hardwood Lumber Production: 1963 to 2003

Bumgardner  
 

11:00 - 11:30

Defect Reduction in Low-Value White Oak Lumber Using Restrained Drying

Grushecky  
  11:30 - 12:00

Effect of Curve Sawing on Lumber Recovery and Warp of Short Cherry Logs Containing Sweep

Bond  
  1:30 - 2:00

Sources of Indiana Hardwood Industry’s Competitiveness

Tora  
  2:00 - 2:30

The Amish furniture cluster in Ohio: competitive factors and wood use estimates

Bumgardner  
  2:30 - 3:00

Preliminary silvicultural recommendations and an updated annotated bibliography for birdseye sugar maple

Bragg  
  3:15 - 3:45

Stress Wave Velocity and Dynamic MOE of Yellow-Poplar Ranging from 100 to 10 Percent Moisture Content

Gray  
  3:45 - 4:15

Consumer Ring Count and Grain Texture Preferences of Selected Eastern United States Hardwoods

Bumgardner  
Concurrent Session #3 Ecology & Forest Dynamics Grand Ballroom A - 2nd floor
Moderator Steve Shifley 10:30 - 11:00

Shifts in Relative Stocking of Common Tree Species in Kentucky from 1975 to 2004

Oswalt  
 

11:00 - 11:30

Forty-two Years of Change in an Old-Growth and Second-Growth Beech-Maple Forest of North-Central Ohio

Pinheiro  
  11:30 - 12:00

Long-term Leaf Fall Mass from 3 Watersheds on the Fernow Experimental Forest, West Virginia

Adams  
  1:30 - 2:00

Twenty-Year-Old Results From A Bottomland Oak Species Comparison Trial In Western Kentucky

Rousseau  
  2:00 - 2:30

Current Forest Conditions of Older Stands of the Mixed Mesophytic Forest Region on the Appalachian Plateaus Province of Eastern Kentucky

Rosson  
  2:30 - 3:00

Contribution of Stumps to Carbon and Nitrogen Pools in Southern Appalachian Hardwood Forests

Sucre  
  3:15 - 3:45

Distribution and Dynamics of Hayscented Fern Following Stand Harvest

Fei  
  Human Dimensions & Economics  
  3:45 - 4:15

Sustainable Bioenergy Production from Missouri's Ozark Forests

Stelzer  
Concurrent Session #4 Forest Biometrics & Modeling Grand Ballroom B - 2nd floor
Moderator Mike Saunders 10:30 - 11:00

A Whole Stand Basal Area Projection Model for Appalachian Hardwoods

Brooks  
 

11:00 - 11:30

Dominant Height-Based Height-Diameter Equations for Trees in Southern Indiana

Kershaw  
  11:30 - 12:00

Stand level height-diameter mixed effects models: parameters fitted using loblolly pine but calibrated for sweetgum

Vanderschaaf  
  1:30 - 2:00

A GIS-based approach to stand visualization and spatial pattern analysis in a mixed hardwood forest in West Virginia

Sharma  
  2:00 - 2:30

Using LiDAR and Color Infrared Imagery to Successfully Measure Stand Characteristics on the William B. Bankhead National Forest, Alabama

Tadesse  
  2:30 - 3:00

Ecological Modeling for Forest Management in the Shawnee National Forest

Thurau  
  3:15 - 3:45

Adaptation Of The QBR Index For Use In Riparian Forests Of Central Ohio

Colwell  
  Silviculture & Genetics  
  3:45 - 4:15

Different Histories but Similar Genetic Diversity and Structure for Black Walnut in Indiana and Missouri

Woeste  
Wednesday, April 9        
Concurrent Session #5 Regeneration & Propagation Grand Ballroom A - 2nd floor
Moderator Matt Ginzel 10:30 - 11:00

Stump Sprouting of Oak Species in Three Silvicultural Treatments In the Southern Appalachians

Atwood  
 

11:00 - 11:30

Comparing Single-tree Selection, Group Selection, and Clearcutting for Regenerating Oaks and Pines in the Missouri Ozarks            

Jensen  
  Forest Health & Protection  
  11:30 - 12:00

The extent of selected non-native invasive plants on Missouri forestland

Moser  
  1:00 - 1:30

Status of Oak Seedlings and Saplings in the Northern United States: Implications for Sustainability of Oak Forests

Woodall  
  1:30 - 2:00

Investigating the Relationship Between Bole Scorch Height and Fire Intensity Variables in the Ridge and Valley Physiographic Province, West Virginia

Pomp  
  2:00 - 2:30

Fire Scars and Tree Vigor Following Prescribed Fires in Missouri Ozark Upland Forests

Stevenson  
  2:45 - 3:15 Seed Bank Emergence Following Prescribed Burning in the Ozark Highlands Schuler  
  3:15 - 3:45

Fungi Associated with Stem Cankers and Coincidental Scolytid Beetles on Declining Hickory in the Upper Midwest

Juzwik  
Concurrent Session #6 Forest Products Shambaugh Room - 1st floor
Moderator Ron Rathfon 10:30 - 11:00

Synthetic Rope Applications in Appalachian Logging

Spong  
 

11:00 - 11:30

Non-Timber Forest Products in Daniel Boone National Forest Region – Economic Significance and Potential for Sustainability

Hoover  
  Soils & Nutrition  
  11:30 - 12:00

Early Understory Biomass Response to Organic Matter Removal and Soil Compaction

Ponder, Jr.  
  1:00 - 1:30

Black Walnut Suitability Index: A Natural Resources Conservation Service National Soil Information System Based Interpretive Model

Wallace  
  1:30 - 2:00

Effects of Moisture and Nitrogen Stress on Gas Exchange and Nutrient Resorption in Quercus Rubra Seedlings

Salifu  
  2:00 - 2:30

Growth and Foliar Nitrogen Concentrations of Interplanted Native Woody Legumes and Pecan

Van Sambeek  
  2:45 - 3:15

Influence of Microtopography on Soil Chemistry and Understory Riparian Vegetation

Unger  
  3:15 - 3:45

Effect of Fertilizer Treatments on an Alkaline Soil and on Early Performance of Two Bottomland Oak Species

Kramer  
Concurrent Session #7 Human Dimensions & Economics Spears Room - 1st floor
Moderator Susan Stewart 10:30 - 11:00

Exploring the Optimal Economic Timing for Crop Tree Release Treatments in Hardwoods:  Results From Simulation

LeDoux  
 

11:00 - 11:30

Modeling Landowner Behavior Regarding Forest Certification

Mercker  
  11:30 - 12:00

User group attitudes toward forest management treatments on the Shawnee National Forest: Application of a photo-evaluation technique

Cohen  
  1:00 - 1:30 West Virginia Forest Industry Transportation Network Analysis Using GIS Grushecky  
  1:30 - 2:00

Effectiveness of the Forest Stewardship Program in Conserving Natural Resources on Private Lands in Indiana

Zhalnin  
  2:00 - 2:30

Landowner Attitudes and Perceptions of Forest and Wildlife Management in Rural Northern Missouri

Schweiss  
  2:45 - 3:15

A Method for Quantifying and Comparing the Costs and Benefits of Alternative Riparian Zone Buffer Widths

LeDoux  
  Forest Health & Protection  
  3:15 - 3:45

Managing Japanese Stiltgrass Dominated Communities in the Ridge and Valley Physiographic Province in Eastern West Virginia

McGill  
Concurrent Session #8 Silviculture Grand Ballroom B - 2nd floor
Moderator Keith Woeste 10:30 - 11:00

Deferred Rotation Harvests in Central Appalachia - 20 and 25 Year Results

Thomas-Van Gundy  
 

11:00 - 11:30

Stand Development of Trembling Aspen in Canaan Valley, West Virginia

Rentch  
  11:30 - 12:00

Variation in Flood Tolerance of Container-Grown Seedlings of Swamp White Oak, Bur Oak, and White Oak

Van Sambeek  
  1:00 - 1:30

Grapevine dynamics after manual tending of juvenile stands on the Hoosier National Forest, Indiana

Morrissey  
  1:30 - 2:00

Thinning Results from a Mixed Upland Hardwood Stand after Thirty-five Years

Myers  
  2:00 - 2:30

Crop Tree Release Increases Growth Of Red Oak Sawtimber in Southern New England: 12 Year Results

Ward  
  2:45 - 3:15

Species Composition, Diameter Distribution, and Crown Class at Initiation of a Thinning Study of Pole-Size Hardwood Stands in the Hoosier National Forest

Woods  
  3:15 - 3:45

Hardwood Corridor Thinning as an Intermediate Stand Treatment

Mercker  
     
  For program questions, please contact Liz Jackson or call 765-583-3501.