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Midwest Jack Pine Symposium
August 25-26, 2009

Tuesday, August 25
7:30 - 8:00 Registration and Coffee
8:00 - 8:15 Welcome and Introductions
Charles Mentzel, WI Society of American Foresters
8:15 - 8:45 Pre-European distribution of jack pine and related disturbance ecology
Dr. Dave Cleland, U.S. Forest Service
8:45 - 9:15 Historic structure of jack pine and present day changes
Dr. Lisa Schulte Moore, University of Iowa
9:15 – 9:45 Jack pine community overview, plants and animals
Ryan Magana, Wisconsin DNR
9:45 – 10:10 BREAK
10:10 – 10:15 RAFFLE
10:15 – 10:40 Jack pine's role in fire, fuels management and the Cottonville Fire
Steve Courtney, Wisconsin DNR
10:40 – 11:05 Jack Pine Reforestation and Kirtland's Warbler Habitat on the Hiawatha National Forest
Jean Perkins, U.S. Forest Service
11:05 – 11:30 Jack Pine Reforestation and Kirtland's Warbler Habitat on the Hiawatha National Forest
Jean Perkins, U.S. Forest Service
11:30 – 11:55 Jack pine diseases and pathogens
Dr. Bob Heyd, Michigan DNR
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch/Poster Session
1:00 – 1:05 RAFFLE
Afternoon Session Facilitator Dr. Greg Corace, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Seney NWR
1:05 – 1:30 Wisconsin’s Biomass Harvest Guidelines
Dr. Eunice Padley, Wisconsin DNR
1:30 - 1:55 Harvesting intensity and rotation length on carbon and nutrient cycling
Dr. David Rothstein, Michigan State University
1:55 – 2:20 Economic markets for jack pine
Dr. Scott Bowe, University of Wisconsin
2:20 – 2:45 BREAK
2:45 – 2:50 RAFFLE
2:50 – 3:15 Multi-species barrens management
Scott Hull, Wisconsin DNR and Steve Sjogren, U.S. Forest Service
3:15 – 3:40 Planning for barrens management-from Kirtland's to Karner Blues
Armund Bartz, Wisconsin DNR
3:40 – 4:05 Kirtland’s warbler ecology and management
Dr. John Probst, U.S. Forest Service, retired
4:05 – 4:20 Wrap-up
Andy Paulios, Wisconsin DNR
5:00 – 6:00 Social/Poster Session
6:00 – 7:00 Dinner/Awards/Raffle
7:00 – 10:00 Music/Social

Wednesday, August 26
6:30 - 7:30 SAF Business Meeting
7:30 – 8:00 Registration and Coffee
8:00 – 8:05 RAFFLE
8:05 – 8:15 Welcome and Introductions
Christie Deloria, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
8:20 – 9:45 Panel Discussion
Representatives from Bayfield County WI, Fort McCoy, Marquette County MI, Michigan DNR, Plum Creek Timber Company, Wisconsin DNR, Hiawatha National Forest, Seney National Wildlife Refuge
9:45 – 10:10 BREAK
10:10 – 10:15 RAFFLE
10:15 – 10:40 Climate Change Discussion
Dr. Kim Hall, Michigan State University
10:40 – 11:05 Use of model to help plan jack pine management for multiple benefits
Eric Henderson, U.S. Forest Service
11:05 – 11:40 Moving Forward and Wrap-up
Darrell Zastrow, Wisconsin DNR
12:00 - 4:30 Field Trip: Regeneration trials in jack pine (lunch on the road)