Tribute to Paul Zinke, a longtime
support of California and NW Forest Soils Council and a legendary
forest soil scientist.
Information for
Winter meeting of the California Forest Soils council - pdf document
The NWFSC charter is
available - view online - MSWord document -
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check status) (click here
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Washington State Soil Scientsts...here
is a message on state certification of soil scientists from Toby
Rogers, Wash. Society of Professional Soil Scientists past president.
This website is maintained by Rob
Harrison. Please send emails to
robh@u.washington.edu for corrections, additions, etc.
Winter, 2009 meeting of the Northwest
Forest Soils Council.
Click here to download
word file with meeting Agenda
Click for directions from: Seattle Corvallis
FOREST PRACTICES AND ECOSYSTEM PROCESSES AFFECTING
SOIL CARBON STORAGE AND ORGANIC MATTER TURNOVER
Northwest Forest Soils Council – Winter Technical Meeting 2009
March 9, 2009 9:00 am (Pacific Time Zone)
Gifford Pinchot National Forest Headquarters – Goat Rocks Room
10600 N.E. 51st Circle, Vancouver, WA 98682 USA
Videoconference locations are listed at the bottom of the
announcement.
REGISTRATION IS REQUESTED (no charge)-Contact:
scott.holub@weyerhaeuser.com
Schedule
8:00–9:00 am Pre-Meeting Socializing
9:00–9:10 Meeting Overview and Introduction
Dick Miller, USFS retired, NWFSC
chair
Scott Holub, Weyerhaeuser, NWFSC
vice-chair – meeting moderator
9:10–9:35 Forest carbon – an introduction
Mark E. Harmon, Richardson Chair
and Professor in Forest Science,
Department of Forest Science,
Oregon State University
9:40–10:05 Biomass removals and soil C at British
Columbia Long Term Soil Productivity (LTSP) study sites.
Shannon M. Berch and Kirsten Hannam, Research Scientists,
Research Branch, BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
10:10–10:20 BREAK
10:20–10:45 Carryover effects of nitrogen
fertilization on above and below ground carbon storage on second
rotation Douglas-fir plantations in the Pacific Northwest.
Paul Footen, Graduate Student
University of Washington College
of Forest Resources
10:50–11:15 Considering spatial-temporal trends in
soil C; data from plantations after 20 years post harvest and along
productivity gradients of old-growth forests.
J. Marty Kranabetter, Coast
Region Soil Scientist
British Columbia Ministry of
Forests and Range
11:20–11:45 Fire effects on soil – the 2002 Biscuit
Fire
Bernard Bormann, Principal Forest
Ecologist and Team Leader,
USDA Forest Service, Pacific
Northwest Research Station, Corvallis, OR
Peter S. Homann, Professor,
Department of Environmental Sciences
Western Washington University,
Bellingham, WA
11:45–Noon DISCUSSION / STUDENT POSTER SESSION
INTRODUCTION
END of TECHNICAL SESSION
Noon–1:30 LUNCH – on your own (Brown Bags Welcome)
1:30–2:30 NWFSC Business Meeting
Elect new vice-chair
Other Business- TBD
2:30–4:00 Team Member Reports (2-5 minutes each)
Videoconference locations (North to South) as of 2/24/2009
NOTE: These are subject to change, so verify with site coordinator
before you attend.
For updates check: http://soilslab.cfr.washington.edu/nwfsc/ OR see
this link for a map:
Prince George, BC
Ministry of Forests and Range, NIFR
1011 4th Avenue, Dogwood Boardroom. Notes: Meet in Lobby
Site coordinator: Stephane Dube
(250) 565-4363
Stephane.Dube@gov.bc.ca
Kamloops, BC (tentative)
Southern Interior Forest Region Office
515 Columbia St
Site coordinator: Graeme Hope
(250) 828-4166
Graeme.Hope@gov.bc.ca
Vancouver, BC
University of British Columbia - TBD
Site coordinator: Cindy Prescott
(604) 822-4701
Cindy.Prescott@ubc.ca
Victoria, BC (very tentative)
Ministry of Forests offices - Room 601
1483 Douglas
Site coordinator: Maija Finvers
(250) 387-9474
Maija.Finvers@gov.bc.ca
Newport, WA – 45 miles northeast of Spokane on US Hwy 2
Newport Ranger Station - USFS
315 North Warren Ave (intersection of State Hwy 20 and North Warren
Avenue)
Directions: Driving into town from the south, you turn left (west) at
SR 20 and go about 3 blocks. The office is on the left
(south).
Site coordinator: Nancy Glines
(509) 447-7360
nglines@fs.fed.us
Olympia, WA
Olympia Forest Sciences Laboratory – USFS
3625 93rd Ave. SW
Site coordinator: Connie Harrington
(360) 753-7670
charrington@fs.fed.us
***Vancouver, WA – Main conference location***
Gifford Pinchot National Forest Headquarters – Goat Rocks Room
10600 N.E. 51st Circle
Site coordinator: Scott Holub
scott.holub@weyerhaeuser.com
Pendleton, OR
Umatilla National Forest Office
2517 SW Hailey Avenue
Site coordinator: Craig R. Busskohl
(541) 278-3817
cbusskohl@fs.fed.us
Boise, ID (1 hour later)
Boise National Forest Supervisor's Office - Sunset Mountain Room
1249 S. Vinnell Way, STE 200
Site Coordinator: Terry Hardy
(208) 373-4235
thardy@fs.fed.us
Gold Beach, OR
Gold Beach Ranger Station, "Silviculture" Building
29279 Ellensburg Ave.,
Notes: park on the street or in the parking lot behind the main
buildings (not the lot in front of the office for short-term
parking).
Site coordinator: Robyn Darbyshire
(541) 247-3838
rdarbyshire@fs.fed.us
Arcata, CA
Humboldt State University
Gist Hall room 225
Site coordinator: Joe Seney
(707) 826 3550
jps47@humboldt.edu
About the Northwest Forest Soils Council
Mailing Address:
Northwest Forest Soil Council
c/o Western Forestry and Conservation Assoc.
4033 SW Canyon Road
Portland, OR 97221
http://soilslab.cfr.washington.edu/nwfsc/
Phone: 503-226-4562
Fax: 503-226-2515
Council Officers:
Dick Miller, Chair
Scott Holub, Chair Elect
Rob Harrison, Secretary / Treasurer
Meeting Organizing Committee:
Dick Miller (millersoils@aol.com)
Tom Terry (tom.terry@weyerhaeuser.com)
Scott Holub (scott.holub@weyerhaeuser.com)
and others.
The Northwest Forest Soils Council, a council of the Western Forestry
and Conservation Association, is organized to facilitate exchange of
forest soils information and ideas among interested professionals in
the Northwest, and to encourage a more widespread understanding that
soil is the basis for production of forest wealth—timber, forage,
water, wildlife, and recreation. Among technically trained people and
laymen alike, the Council fosters the following concepts:
1. Soil is an integral part of the forest---no crop
can be managed sustainably without considering the soil that supports
it. Forest practices can enhance, impair, or have no consequence on the
productive capacity of the soil.
2. Surveys of our forest soil resource provide a
useful basis for better understanding the interactions between forest
practices and soils, and for extending knowledge gained from research.
3. Forest soils research is vitally necessary, if we
are to maintain production of substantial values from forests and
rangelands. Research should be accelerated by studies of the soil
itself and by including soils investigations in other pertinent
research.
4. Soil science and its application should be
strongly emphasized in forestry school curricula. Students of forestry
and allied subjects should be impressed early in their training to be
concerned about soil productivity.
5. Education of the public in soil conservation and
enhancement is necessary to encourage sound management and sustained
productivity of lands.
Membership: Any person attending Council meetings and interested in
advancing and using soils knowledge shall, upon payment of dues
($10/year), be a member in good standing with full privileges.
Membership includes representatives of public, private and educational
organizations from the northwestern United States and Canada. Dues
payments will be accepted at the meeting or remit a check (payable to
NWFSC) to the mailing address above.
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The
Winter, 2008 meeting was held by phone. Weather didn't allow us to
travel to Bellingham
We
will keep the same technical session schedule (8:45 to 1:45) as on the
agenda except voice will be by telephone/conference and the
presentation slides will run on a computer at your physical location.
Here's the procedure:
1.
Today: Coordinate local conference rooms if needed - OSU, Weyerhaeuser
Centralia, Olympia FS, UW, UBC all have multiple participants and/or
speakers. We might even pick up some participants, so please
advertise locally as well. Reply to this email with your room
numbers, so we can have local satellite mini-conferences. If
weather is bad, you can call in from home on Tuesday.
2. Tuesday pre-meeting: One person from each location (or if you are on
your own) download the talks from the NWFSC website onto a computer
with Microsoft PowerPoint to be used for viewing. The talks ARE
NOT ALL ONLINE as of 1:00 pm today, but they should be first thing
Tuesday morning if not later today. Some presentations are big so
allow lots of time to download them:
http://soilslab.cfr.washington.edu/nwfsc/
3. Tuesday 8:30: Dial the teleconference access number: 866-799-2363
Enter numeric passcode: 5264775#
(Please call in at 8:30, so we can resolve problems if needed. My
cell phone is: (541) 206 9964)
4. Tuesday 8:35: Open talks 0_, 1_, 2_, and 3_.
5. Tuesday 8:45: Display talk 0_ Tom Terry will explain his
slides, announcing when to switch to the next slide.
6. Tuesday 9:00: Display talk 1_ Tom Hinckley will explain his
slides, announcing when to switch to the next slide.
The rest of the talks will go the same: individuals or locations will
control the display and progression of local copies of presentation
slides and speakers' voices will come over phone lines. Comments
and questions will be done through phone lines. We will take
breaks/lunch as scheduled. You may opt to have onsite coffee and
pastries, but I haven't worked that part out virtually yet. :)
Find the latest Agenda at:
http://soilslab.cfr.washington.edu/nwfsc/NWFSC-08Winter/NWFSC-2008-Winter-Meeting.pdf
I'm looking forward to a great meeting, as we make the best of the
weather situation.
Be safe on the roads. Stay home if you need to.
Any questions let me know.
Scott
________________________________
Scott M. Holub, Ph.D.
Weyerhaeuser Company
Silviculture Research Scientist
Albany, OR
scott.holub@weyerhaeuser.com
Tel (541) 924 5265
Fax (541) 924 5371
Cell (541) 206 9964
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Speakers and Topics with
ppt downloads:
Talk 0 ppt: Tom Terry,
Weyerhaeuser Company - Meeting organizing committee member
Talk 1 ppt: 9:00–9:30
“Effects of moisture stress on Douglas-fir physiology and growth” Tom
Hinckley, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
Talk 2 ppt: 9:30–10:00 “Climatic gradients
and Douglas-fir growth: Water limits growth from stand to region”
Jeremy Littell, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; David L.
Peterson USFS PWFSL; Michael Tjoelker, UW College of Forest Resources
Talk 3 ppt: 10:00–10:30 “Hydraulic
redistribution of soil water within the soil profile—physical
mechanisms
and implications to the amount of water available for tree
growth” Rick Meinzer, USDA, Forest Service, Corvallis, OR; J.
Renée Brooks, Western Ecology Division US EPA, Corvallis, OR;
Jeff Warren, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Talk 4 ppt:
10:45–11:15 “Landform and topographic
effects on soil moisture delivery / supply”
Jeffrey McDonnell, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
Talk 5 ppt: 11:15–11:45
“Assessing Douglas-fir water-use history using stable isotope (13C and
18O)
composition of tree rings—principles and potential”. J.
Renée Brooks, Western Ecology Division US EPA, Corvallis,
OR
Talk 6 ppt: 11:45–12:15
“Water-use efficiency of Douglas-fir: Effects of seasonal and
interannual climate variability, stand age and nitrogen fertilization.
Rachhpal “Paul” S. Jassal, T. Andrew “Andy” Black, Baozhang Chen, Zoran
Nesic, Praveena Krishnan; Biometeorology & Soil Physics Group,
University of BC; David Spittlehouse, Research Climatologist, BC
Ministry of Forests and Range
12:15–1:15 Lunch
Talk 7 ppt:
1:15–1:45 “Long-term climatic change and potential effects on
Douglas-fir growth”. Dave Spittlehouse, Research Climatologist, BC
Ministry of Forests and Range
End of Technical Session
download meeting
Agenda
download abstracts - Hinkley A
B - Littell - Meinzer - Brooks - Jassal - Spittlehouse
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2007
NWFSC
Summer Meeting:
July 31-August 1, 2007
Diamond Lake Ranger District, Umpqua National Forest
Agenda
from the meeting:
2007 NWFSC
Winter Meeting:
January 23, 2007
Weyerhaeuser Tech Center
Federal Way, WA
Agenda from the meeting
9:00-9:10 House-keeping instructions (Bill Scott, WTC)
9:10-9:15 Welcome to
WTC (Christine Dean, VP Timberlands Technology R & D)
START OF TECH SESSION (How various forestry organizations use soils
information)
9:15-9:20 Background and purpose (Dick Miller,
coordinator)
9:20-9:40 WA DNR: Soils / Forest Practices
program (Laura Vaugeois, geologist/GIS)
9:40-9:55 WA DNR: Soils/Northwest Region (Noel
Wolff, Sedro Wolly),
9:55-10:00 Q and
A
10:00-10:20 BIA, Yakima Agency ( Steve Wangerman,
Soil Scientist)
10:20-10:45 B.C. Ministries of Forests (Marty
Kranabetter, Linking soil fertility to management- the power of BEC
(Biogeoclimatic Ecosystem Classification))
10:45-11:00 BREAK
11:00-11:20 USFS (Steve Howes )
11:20-11:35 Weyerhaeuser Co.: Soil management
decision-support tools and their application (Ron Heninger )
11:35-11:50 Weyerhaeuser Co.:Environmental forestry
soil data applications (Ted Turner, Geologist)
12:00-1:15 LUNCH and Graduate Student Poster
Session
1:15-2:00 Discussion: NWFSC Charter, mission, and
future options; Summer field meeting (Miller, chair –elect)
2:00-3:00 Business meeting to formalize
decisions ( Dick Miller, Chair-elect)
• Secretary/Treasury Reports, Mailing lists and
procedures (Rob Harrison)
• Committee report-Soil disturbance and
classification ( TBA)
• Nominating Committee and volunteers (elect next
Chair- elect)
• Summer meeting location(options and choice)
• New business (donation to Smithsonian Soils
exhibit, expanded mailings, promotional letters)
• Other
3:00-4:00 Member updates (who is doing what)
CLOSE of MEETING
The
2006 newsletter of the California Forest Soils Coucil is available here (pdf file)
2006
NWFSC
Summer Meeting:
August 7-9, 2006, Omak/Okanogan/Methow Area, WA
From: Millersoils@aol.com [mailto:Millersoils@aol.com]
Subject: NWFSC, summer meeting
Here is the general schedule for our August 2006 meeting: Steve Howes
and
Annie Greene have led this effort.
AUG 7. (Mon.) Travel to Omak ( advise making motel reservations ASP: The
STAMPEDE starts on Thursday !!)
7- 9:30 PM at the USFS , Okanogan Valley Offfice: Brad Flatten(
Winter logging), Toby Rogers (Landscape stratification for the
recent soil
survey), Steve Campbell( how to use the new soil survey)
AUG 8. Visit several field sites: local practices and problems,
classification of soil disturbance, definitions (standards) of
detrimental
soil disturbance (Annie Greene, Steve Howes, Mike Curran, others )
AUG 9. Drive about 45 minutes to Methow Valley research site (
"Birds and
Burns". Learn of sampling procedures for vegetation, downwood, snags and
birds. Review prescribed burning and consequences to wildlife ( John
Lehmkuhl and others) and soils ( Darlene Zabowski and others). Lunch in
field: End session about 2 PM. Depart for home or the Stampede !
Here is a link to local places to stay.
http://www.omakchronicle.com/omakvic/stay.htm
Sincerely yours, Dick Miller
3625 93rd Avenue SW
Olympia, WA 98512-9193
360-753-7684
FAX: 360-753-7737
millersoils@aol.com
2006
NWFSC
Winter Meeting:
February 3 , Vancouver, WA
The 2006 Winter Technical Meeting will be held at the USFS office in
Vancouver, WA. The subject is "Forest Health and the Montreal
Protocol"
organized by Dick Miller and Jim Boyle. Click
here to view
the agenda and results of this workshop.
2005
NWFSC
Winter Meeting:
January 28 , Vancouver, WA
The 2005 Winter Technical Meeting was held at the USFS office in
Vancouver, WA. The subject was "predicting response to fertilization"
organized by Rob Harrison. Click here to view
the agenda and results of this workshop.
Click here to download the 2005 Newsletter
of the California Forest Soils Council (MS Word format).
2004 Winter Meeting,
Western Washington University
The 2004 Winter Technical Meeting was held at the Western Washington
University. The subject was field instrumentation organized by Connie
Harrington.
2003
NWFSC
Winter Meeting at
Weyerhaeuser Technology Center Jan 24, 2003
The 2003 Winter Technical Meeting was held at the Weyerhaeuser
Technology Center (WTC) on January 24, 2003. The theme for the
technical session is Soil Disturbance Management: Assessment /
Risk-rating Impacts / and Strategic Database. Dick Miller
organized and facilitated the session.
2002 NWFSC
Summer Field
Trip
The 2002 Summer Meeting was held July 17-19, 2002 near
Florence, Oregon. Click here to
download the agenda for the field trip (MS Word format).
2001 NWFSC Summer
Meeting
The 2001 Summer Meeting was held July 8-11, 2001 from
Fairbanks, Alaska. Click here to see
images
from the field trip.
Spring, 2001
Newsletter
Click here to read the Spring, 2001
Newsletter from Tom Terry. Click here
download a MS Word
copy of it.
2001 Winter Meeting
We held our annual winter meeting at the Bellingham Public
Library
on January 26th, 2001. A total of 38 people registered (click here for list) and a
great program on soil organisms was presented. A copy of the program
and agenda is available (click here).
We now have 131 people on our email list (click here for names and emails).
If you would like to join the list, please contact Rob Harrison (robh@u.washington.edu). Please
contact Richard Zabel (richard@westernforestry.org)
to join the NWFSC.
You can download audio (.mp3) versions of the presentations by
clicking on the persons name or title.
Bob Edmonds moderated the session on soil organisms.
1) Dave Myrold, Soil Organisms:
Is it who you are or what you do that matters?
2) Bob Edmonds and Grace Sparks:
Forest clearcut edges and fungi.
3) Shannon Hagerman: Effects
of different clearcut sizes on the diversity and persistence of
ectomycorrhizae.
4) Andy Moldenke: Forest soils
and invertebrates. An outline of his talk is also available.
5) Jim Marra: Effects of forest
management on soil invertebrates on the Olympic Peninsula
6) Bob Gitzen and Steve West:
Small mammals and forest soils
7) Graeme Hope: Current research
in BC on soil organisms: is it making any difference to forest
management?
8) Poster session included several current research projects.
The Business meeting (click
here for mp3 file) was run by Darlene Zabowski, past president.
Mike Curran was
elected as new President, to succeed Tom Terry starting 2003.
Rob Harrison was elected
secretary/email/web person
Individual Investigator reports followed..an mp3 file is available by clicking here.
For old stuff below, click below
FieldTrip1999
Presentations from 2000 Winter meeting
WinterMeeting2000
Newsletter2000.doc
Newsletter2001.doc
Newsletter2001.html
