[Iesaf_selkirk] Fw: INGY Winter Meeting March 9-10, 2010 in Spokane

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From: John Goodburn 
Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 8:03 PM
To: John Goodburn
Subject: INGY Winter Meeting March 9-10, 2010 in Spokane



Hello INGY Members and Friends,

Please plan to join us for the 
Annual Winter Technical meeting of the Inland Northwest Growth and Yield Coop (INGY) 

scheduled for Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at the Red Lion Hotel at the Park in Spokane, WA (303 W North River Dr). 

I have attached the agenda below and as an Attached File ("Meeting Announcement"). 
Please feel free to post or to forward on to others that might be interested in the meeting.

Please contact me via email or phone to pre-register in order to get a good count for lunch and attendance. THANKS! 


This year's Technical Meeting features presentations on alternative strategies of biomass estimation, as well as some new tools and G&Y modeling developments. The planned agenda includes the following:: 

                
Revisiting Tree Biomass Equations for the Inland Northwest 
David Affleck, Professor of Forest Mensuration & Biometrics, and Brian Turnquist, Graduate Research Assistant
College of Forestry & Conservation, The University of Montana
                
A Crown-based Forest Inventory from Remotely Sensed Data for Estimating Biomass, and Sequestered Carbon 
Mark Hanus, former Principal Biometrician of Imagetree Corporation, Ridgefield, WA
                
Using Multi-temporal Lidar to Quantify Biomass Change 
Andy Hudak, Research Forester
USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station, Moscow, ID

Estimating Biomass from Lidar-derived Tree Stems / Ground-based Lidar for Characterizing Vertical Crown Distribution
Carl Seielstad, Fire and Fuels Program Manager/ Research Professor, and Eric Rowell, Image Programmer/Remote Sensing Analyst
National Center for Landscape Fire Analysis, College of Forestry & Conservation, The University of Montana
                
Optimal Tree Bucking: A New Tool
Ellen Voth, Biometrician, Mason, Bruce & Girard, Inc., Portland, OR
                
Climate - FVS (Forest Vegetation Simulator)
Nick Crookston, Operations Research Analyst
USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station, Moscow, ID
                
Effects of Competing Understory Vegetation and Overstory Retention on Conifer Sapling Growth Rates 
John Goodburn, Professor of Silviculture; College of Forestry & Conservation, The University of Montana

The INGY Technical Meeting will begin with Registration, Coffee, Danish from 9:00-10:am, 
with Formal meeting and presentations beginning at 10:00 am (Pacific time). 
The Technical Meeting is scheduled to run from 10:00 am - ~5:00pm, with a break at noon for catered lunch.

(The INGY Steering Committee will meet the following morning, March 10, 8:30am -~11:30am.)

Registration fee of $65 will cover room rental, lunch, and breaks. 

Payment can be made at the door with cash, check or purchase order. 
If you would like to pay by credit card, we can arrange for that by phone in advance of the meeting.


HOTEL ROOM RESERVATIONS: 
The Red Lion Hotel at the Park in Spokane has established Special room rates for the group (under the name of INGY or Inland NW Growth and Yield Coop). Room reservations may be made individually by calling 1-800-RED-LION (1-800-733-5466) and requesting Inland NW Growth & Yield Conference's special rates.

Room rates at the Red Lion Hotel at the Park are shown below and include daily continental breakfast:
        $85.00 - single occupancy; $105.00 double occupancy; $125.00 triple occupancy
        Rates shown do not include applicable taxes (currently 10.4%), or a County Assessment of $1.50 per guest room per night. 

HOTEL LOCATION: 
        The Red Lion Hotel at the Park is at W. 303 North River Drive near downtown Spokane on the northern banks of the Spokane River. The hotel is located approximatley seven miles from Spokane International Airport, and complimentary shuttle service is available from the airport to the hotel and back. 


Please contact me (John Goodburn) via email or phone for further details or if you have any other questions.

Thanks,

John Goodburn
INGY Director

The Inland Northwest Growth and Yield Cooperative (INGY) was established in 1984 to address mutual technical problems and concerns regarding the growth and yield of forests in the Inland Northwest.  INGY Membership consists of several private timberland owners, government agencies, tribal ownerships and research institutions throughout the Inland Northwest.



John Goodburn
Associate Professor - Silviculture
College of Forestry & Conservation
The University of Montana
Missoula, MT 59812-0576
Office (406) 243-4295
Fax: (406)243-6656
goodburn at forestry.umt.edu

Hello INGY Members and Friends,

Please plan to join us for the 
Annual Winter Technical meeting of the Inland Northwest Growth and Yield Coop (INGY) 

scheduled for Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at the Red Lion Hotel at the Park in Spokane, WA (303 W North River Dr). 

While we typically hold our annual meeting in January, this year's 2010 INGY Meeting is set for early March. 
I hope that you can arrange to save this date and join us in Spokane. The INGY Technical Meeting will include presentation/discussion of our efforts to develop improved forest biomass equations for Inland Northwest conifer species, the ongoing project examining small tree growth under variable competition levels, as well as other topics of interest from various speakers to be confirmed. I will follow-up with a detailed agenda, as well as final arrangements with hotel lodging and meeting room information in the next few weeks. 


The INGY Technical Meeting will begin with Registration, Coffee, Danish from 9:00-10:am, 
with Formal meeting and presentations beginning at 10:00 am (Pacific time). 
The Technical Meeting is scheduled to run from 10:00 am - ~5:00pm, with a break at noon for catered lunch.
Registration fee of ~$65 will cover room rental, lunch, and breaks.

(The INGY Steering Committee will meet the following morning, March 10, 8:30am -~11:30am.)

Please contact me (John Goodburn) via email or phone for further details or if you have any other questions.


Thanks,

John Goodburn
INGY Director

The Inland Northwest Growth and Yield Cooperative (INGY) was established in 1984 to address mutual technical problems and concerns regarding the growth and yield of forests in the Inland Northwest.  INGY Membership consists of several private timberland owners, government agencies, tribal ownerships and research institutions throughout the Inland Northwest.



John Goodburn
Associate Professor - Silviculture
College of Forestry & Conservation
The University of Montana
Missoula, MT 59812-0576
Office (406) 243-4295
Fax: (406)243-6656
goodburn at forestry.umt.edu