UCCE Humboldt - Del Norte Counties

Agenda and Presentations Given at FFII

Future Forests II:
Maintaining Healthy and Productive
Working Forests on the North Coast
February 11-12, 2009
Art Building, Ferndale Fairgrounds

AGENDA

*Note: Click name of hyperlinked presentation to view the PDF of their presentation.

Wednesday February 11th

Registration

Welcome (with Buckeye, Institute for Sustainable Forestry, UC Cooperative Extension)

Global, National and Regional Outlook for the Timber Industry 
 Trends in the Forest Products Industry - Russ Forsburg (PDF 1.54MB)  (American AgCredit)
Searching for hidden opportunities in a depressed market? - Bill Stewart (PDF 539KB)  (UC Berkeley)

Break

Traditional Log Market Assessment and Opportunities with Mike Atkins (Able Forestry) moderator

Round table discussion of current operations, view of the next 10-20 years, advice for timberland owners with Bob Britt (Mad River Lumber), Jim Able (Able Forestry), Gary Rynearson (Green Diamond), Bob Marino (DG Power), Eric Almquist (ERA Wood Products)

Small table discussion

Lunch

Emerging Markets Assessment and Opportunities with John Rogers (Institute for Sustainable Forestry) moderator

Environmental Values and Ecosystem Services - Kim Bonine (PDF 1.2MB)  (Conservation Strategies Fund)

Meeting Conservation Goals: Cost and Benefits to Northcoast Landowners - Greg Blomstrom (PDF 6.12KB)  (Institute for Sustainable Forestry, President)

CA Climate Action Registry - Forestry Protocols Update - John Nickerson (PDF 223KB)  (CA Climate Action Registry and Dogwood Springs Forestry)

Break 

Forest Carbon Offsets on the Garcia River Forest – Chris Kelley (PDF 2.01MB)  (The Conservation Fund)

Working Forest Easements – Tim Metz (PDF 737KB)  (Restoration Forestry Inc.)

Biomass Energy Opportunities and Our Local Forests Biomass Energy markets – Jim Zoelick (PDF 606KB)  (Schatz Energy Research Center)

Small table discussion about what was learned/ observed today
Closing: Next Steps, How Day Two will work...   

Informal Reception, Discussion, Evaluation
Dinner and Evening speaker

Collaborative Community Processes - Art Harwood (PDF 755KB)  (Redwood Forest Foundation Inc.)

Thursday February 12th      

Check-in, Refreshments
 
Welcome, review of first day, how today will work.        
 
Resources and strategies for landowners to maintain working forest in today’s markets with Ruthann Schulte - (Buckeye Conservancy) moderator
 
 
 
Tools for getting the most value for your logs – Jim Able (Able Forestry)
 
Integrated Ranch Approach: Non-industrial landowner perspective on getting income in innovative ways and keeping costs low – George Brightman (Rancher)
 
 
 
Break
 
Resources and strategies for the region with Kathy Moxon (Humboldt Area Foundation and Redwood Coast Rural Action) moderator
If you Log it – Will they buy it? – Jim Little (Humboldt Redwood Company)
 
Future of wood products in LEED construction – Steve Salzman (PDF 473KB)  (Plan It Green)
 
Using Headwaters loan program to fund NTMPs and THPs – Dawn Elsbree (Headwaters Fund)
 
New ownership models- RFFI a community working forest approach – Art Harwood (PDF 275KB)  (Redwood Forest Foundation Inc.)
                           
Transfer of Development Rights: Another tool for maintaining functional forestlands?–  Shane Green (PDF 72KB)  (Northcoast Regional Land Trust )
                   
Ag, nature, and heritage tourism – Deborah Giraud (PDF 4MB)  (UC Cooperative Extension)
 
Lunch
 
Organize small group discussion topics- Under the themes of actions and strategies
 
 Small Group Discussions
Break outs: Strategies to keep open space and working forests in the north coast
 
Report back from each group                                                    
 
Large Group Discussion: Where do we go from here?                  
 
Closing comments, evaluations