SYMPOSIUM: Understanding the impacts of disturbance and salvaging on forest regeneration and sustainability. Organizers: Walter Carson, Alejandro Royo, John Wenzel, and Daniel Bain. Powdermill Nature Reserve, Pennsylvania (http://www.carnegiemnh.org/powdermill/) Friday, May 29 Sunday, May 31, 2015 Sponsored by Mascaro Center for Sustainable Initiatives at the University of Pittsburgh, the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, and the USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station
Join us for an international symposium on the impacts of disturbance and salvage logging in forest ecosystems at the Powdermill Nature Reserve, Pennsylvania on Friday, May 29 Sunday, May 31, 2015. The meeting will bring together leading international disturbance and salvage logging research teams and forest managers to share their experiences on the ecological and economic costs and benefits from a diverse set of forest biomes and disturbances in North America, Europe, and Asia. On Saturday afternoon, a Poster Session Social will be held and we welcome all registrants share their current research with the group. We encourage any submissions in the broader theme of forest ecology so as to enrich and diversify the meeting. Immediately following the formal meeting on Sunday, we will offer an optional afternoon field trip to visit ongoing forestry research in the region, including a new landscape-scale field experiment designed to evaluate the sustainability of salvaging in the context of white-tailed deer overbrowsing and competition by dense recalcitrant understory herbaceous layers. Registration: Registration is now available at: http://www.carnegiemnh.org/powdermill/symposium/. Space is limited and we will close registration once we reach capacity. Cost: $35 for Students, $55 for others and covers food and beverages beginning from Saturday lunch through Sunday Breakfast. If youll be attending the optional field trip and would like a boxed lunch, please add $10. Lodging: A block of rooms is being held at the Ligonier Ramada Inn under the Powdermill Nature Reserve name. Their discount rate is $109 + tax. (724-238-9545; http://www.ramadaligonier.com/) Please call the hotel directly for reservations. The conference rate is being held only until May 1st for 20 rooms so call early to reserve. Alternatively, we have also have limited cabins at the nearby Linn Run State Park (http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/findapark/linnrun/; 20 beds total). The maximum cost is $40 (total for Friday Sunday), but may be less depending on occupancy. These are rustic accommodations and each person is responsible for providing their own linens, towels, personal items, etc.   Symposiums speakers include: Walter Carson University of Pittsburgh Jorge Castro Universidad de Granada, Spain Michael Chips University of Pittsburgh Anthony D'Amato University of Vermont Daniel Donato Washington State Dept. of Natural Resources Magda Edwards CzechGlobe - Global Change Research Center, Czech Republic Rob Fallon Allegheny National Forest Joe Gomola Allegheny National Forest David Greene Humboldt University Christian Hebert Canadian Forest Service, Laurentian Forestry Centre Dan Herms Ohio State University Ned Karger Collins Pine Company Barbara Kishchuk Canadian Forest Service, Science Branch Alexander Leverkus Universidad de Granada, Spain Erynn Maynard Penn State University Jonathan McGrath Landvest Co. Junko Morimoto Hokkaido University, Japan Rose-Marie Muzika University of Missouri Martin Ritchie US Forest Service, Pacific SW Research Station Josep Rost Universitat de Vic, Spain Alejandro Royo US Forest Service, Northern Research Station Victoria Saab US Forest Service, Rocky Mtn. Research Station Tadeusz Splawinski Université du Québec à Montréal Floortje Vodde Estonian Univ. of Life Sciences Kaysandra Waldron Canadian Forest Service, Laurentian Forestry Centre Kimberly Wallin University of Vermont If you have any questions on the symposium, please contact Walter Carson ([email protected]) or Alejandro Royo ([email protected]).
