Research
ONRC
Projects
Big
Changes in Small Places:
Assessing Social and
Economic Trends
at the Local Level
in
Clallam
and Jefferson Counties
Elk
Populations
Forest Policy: Ready for Renaissance
Forest
Manager's Colloquim
Mill Creek
Water Quality
Olympic Region
Harmful Algal Blooms
GIS
Clearinghouse
Integrating
Biocontrol in the IPM for Spartina
in Willapa Bay
Public
Involvement in OlyPen Wolf Reintroduction
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ONRC
Projects
Forest
Management Practitioner's Workshop: A Colloquium
October 22 and 23, 1997
Workshop Theme:
Gathering information from practitioners regarding operational
experiences in implementing various aspects of ecosystem management. Various land
management agencies and forest land owners have been gaining experience implementing
various strategies to achieve objectives related to ecosystem management. in many cases
management practices of the past have been replaced almost overnight in a
revolutionary change in field practices. Many changes were instituted with minimum
operational knowledge; some worked, some did not and many need modifications to better
accomplish objectives. Forest practitioners have worked with new strategies long enough to
be able to make observations regarding the practical field application of new strategies. Conference Attendance:
The workshop will bring together, by invitation, some of the most
experienced on-the-ground forest managers in western Washington to discuss and document
their experience in implementing on-site forest practices, especially those that relate to
ecosystem management concepts. Practitioners with federal, state, private and land
management with hands on experience will be invited to share their knowledge in a
carefully organized and facilitated setting designed to elicit observations and
suggestions for better ways of achieving land management goals. A Colloquium is a meeting, usually academic in nature,
where experts convene, impart their expertise and answer questions. The Forest Management
Practitioner's Workshop will do just that. Our goal is to convene a colloquium of forest
management practitioners that can feed back to scientists, planners, and policy makers
their practical operational experiences that are relevant to ecosystem management. Steering Committee:
John M. Calhoun (ONRC), David G. Jennings (Black Hills Audubon
Society), Andy Carey (USDA Forest Service, PNW Station - Olympia Lab), Tim Bodurtha (WA
Dept. of Natural Resources), Kathy O'Halloran (Olympic National Forest), Bob Dick (NW
Forestry Association), Dan Guy (WA Dept. of Fish and Wildlife). Workshop Structure:
Plenary sessions and concurrent workshops in four components of
ecosystem management will be held. These will include: legacy management, mixed species
management, management to grow big trees, management to maintain site productivity and
riparian management. Each group will be comprised of individuals with specific, operations
expertise (practitioners) in various relevant fields such as logging engineering, wildlife
management, silviculture, forestry geology and fisheries. A leading research scientists,
member of the conservation community and regulation community will observe and support the
workshop discussion of the practitioners. Topic-specific questions will be provided to
practitioners prior to the workshop, which will focus but not confine the discussions. The
workshops will be facilitated and recorded. The recorded observations, conclusions and
suggestions will be published. |
