Northwest Forest Soils Council Winter 2006 Meeting

February 3, 2006

Vancouver, WA regional office;
Gifford Pinchot National Forest Forest Headquarters
10600 N.E. 51st Circle,
Vancouver, WA 98682;
phone 360-891-5000

We have the Goat Rocks, Indian Heaven and Mt. Adams rooms reserved. There is no registration fee for this workshop

download schedule in MS Word - maps from Corvallis, OR - maps from Canada, Seattle

map and addresses of nearby hotels - Current list of people planning on attending

Workshop: Forest Health and the Montreal Protocol
Presenters (oral and poster) please send an abstract to Rob Harrison if you can

8:45  Coffee and donuts

  9:00  Jim Boyle (Oregon State University, retired), Facilitator: Indicators of “sustainable” soils and forests

  9:05  Dick Miller (PNW Research Station, retired): Introduction and background (NFMA, DeBell report)

  9:15  Tom Niemann (presented by Mike Curran) (Forest Practices Branch, B.C. Ministry of Forests): BCMF and the Montreal Process (MP)

  9:50  Mike Amacher (Rocky Mountain Research Station): USFS-Forest Health and the MP

10:20  Break

10:35  Kristiina Vogt (University of Washington): Indicators used by other certifiers - download presentation -

11:00  Tom Terry (Weyerhaeuser): Fall River results and Julian Evan’s Index

11:20  Peter Homann (Western Washington University): Maximum ecosystem C storage: Is it relevant to the Montreal Process?

11:40  Dave Morman (Oregon Department Forestry): ODF, the MP’s, and other Indicators - download presentation -

12:00  Richard Bigley (Washington State Department Natural Resources): WA DNR and indicators of soil and forest sustainability

12:15  Lunch (buffet style sandwich bar; donation of $8 for all non-students should cover food and snacks)

Posters so far: 
Jeff Hatten, George Scherer, and Darlene Zabowski. A preliminary examination of the effects of thinning and prescribed burning on soil properties in forests of Mission Creek of Central Washington. 

Karis McFarlane. Assessing Soil Organic Matter Quality in Response to Silvicultural Manipulations along a Site Quality Gradient in Northern California 

Marty Kranabetter. The contrasting response to soil disturbance between lodgepole pine and hybrid white spruce in subboreal forests

George Scherer, Jeff Hatten and Darlene Zabowski. Nitrogen pools and fluxes in an inland dry-site forest: a useful surplus? - download abstract -

AB Adams, Rob Harrison, Tim Harrington, Randall Greggs, Stephen Schoenholtz.  Preliminary results from the Matlock study of effects of organic matter retention on nitrogen cycling on a glacial outwash soil. 

D. S. Page-Dumroese, M. F. Jurgensen, W. Elliot, D. Ferguson, P. Robichaud, T. M. Rice, J. Hensiek, J.M. Tirocke. Wood Decomposition in the Forest Floor and Mineral Soil after Fire or Biomass Removal in Dry Western Ecosystems - download abstract -

J.J. Hensiek, J. M. Tirocke and Deborah S. Page-Dumroese. Monitoring Active Carbon after Forest Management. - download abstract - 

Robert Slesak, Stephen Schoenholtz, and Tim Harrington. A research approach for the assessment of soil C cycling in response to woody debris and herbicide treatments following timber harvest.

  1:30  Jim Boyle/Dick Miller: Review, comments, discussion

  2:00  Kermit Cromack (NWFSC Chairperson): Business Meeting

  2:30  Members’ Reports

  4:15  Adjourn