Western Forest Economists 43nd Meeting
May 5 - May 7, 2008
AGENDA
Monday, May 5
2:00 - 7:00 PM
Registration
7:30 PM
Fluid Sessions
AGENDA - DAY 1 Tuesday, May 6
7:00 - 8:30 AM Breakfast
7:30 AM Registration
8:30 - 10:00 AM
General Session Economic Outlook Panel Moderator: Mark Rasmussen Mason Bruce and Girard
Keith Balter Forest Capital Partners The Market For Timber
Kevin Binam Western Wood Products Association The Market For Lumber
Rick Williams Boise White Paper LLC The Market For Chips
10:00 - 10:30 AM
Coffee Break
10:30 - 12:00 AM
Concurrent Session 1 Biomass Utilization Moderator: Jean Daniels U.S.D.A. Forest Service
Blair Moody Bureau of Land Management An Update on the BLM/FS Biomass Strategy for Southwestern Oregon
Elaine O’Neil University of Washington Biomass Removal: An Economic Endeavor
Dennis Dykstra, Kenneth Skog and Patricia Lebow U.S.D.A. Forest Service Revising The Fuel Reduction Cost Simulator For Use In Updating The National “Billion Tons Of Biomass” Study
Concurrent Session 2 The Coastal Forest Sector From the View of the State Moderator: William Wagner Canadian Forest Service
Phil Aust Washington DNR: Protecting Working Forests
Gary Lettman Oregon Department of Forestry: Growing Forest Clusters in Western Oregon
David Morel BC Ministry of Forests Situation on BC's Coast and Government's Response
Concurrent Session 3 Alaska’s and BC‘s Forest Sector Moderator: OPEN
Susan Alexander U.S.D.A. Forest Service The Wood Products Industry In Southeast Alaska, Past and Present
Allen Brackley and Lisa K Crone U.S.D.A. Forest Service An Updated View Of The Demand For Forest Products In Alaska - A Better Understanding Of The Products And Markets For The Alaska Producers.
Lili Sun Canadian Forest Service An Empirical Examination Of Growth In BC Value Added Wood Processing Since 1990
12:00 - 1:30 PM
Lunch
Luncheon Speaker Adrian Miller Washington Forest Protection Association Forestry’s Role in Climate Change Policy: the Economics, Science and Agenda
1:30 - 3:00 PM
Concurrent Session 1 Timber Valuation Panel Moderator: Pam Overhulser Oregon Department of Revenue
Vic Musselman Musselman and Associates The Connection Between Timber And Timberland Prices And Their The Buyers
Bret Vicary James W. Sewall Company Discount Rates In Timberland Appraisals
Jack Lutz Forest Research Group Timberland Models And HBU
Concurrent Session 2 Wildland Urban Interface Moderator: OPEN
Kevin W Zobrist WSU Extension Small Forest Landowner Attitudes Towards Timber Harvesting And Financial Return
Tyler Prante University of New Mexico Encouraging Homeowners Living In The WUI To Engage In Wildfire Risk Mitigating Behaviors
Tom Hobby Royal Roads University Reducing Wildfire Hazards in the WUI: Potential for Biomass Energy in BC Rocky Mt. Trenches
Concurrent Session 3 Sawmill Sector Economics Moderator: Bruce Glass The Campbell Group
Kurt Niquidet University of Victoria Forest-Mill Integration: A Transaction Cost Perspective
Jean Daniels U.S.D.A. Forest Service An Economic Assessment of the Lumber Manufacturing Sector in Western Washington
Dorian Smith and Phil Aust Washington Department of Natural Resources Washington 2006 Mill Survey
3:00 - 3:30 PM
Coffee Break
3:30 - 5:00 PM
Concurrent Session 1 Non-timber Session Moderator: Ivan Eastin University of Washington
Sinclair Tedder B.C. Ministry of Forestry Going Beyond Ntfps State Intervention In Common Pool Resource Markets, With An NTFP Perspective.
Geoffrey H Donovan U.S.D.A. Forest Service Valuing Portland's Street Trees
Eric M. White USDA Forest Service Estimating National Forest Recreation Visitor Spending
Concurrent Session 2 Fire, Carbon and Climate Change Moderator: Ralph Alig U.S.D.A. Forest Service
Eun Ho Im, Darius Adams, and Greg Latta Oregon State University Potential Trade-Offs Between Carbon Sequestration And Timber Harvest On U.S. Public Forestlands
Gary Snider Northern Arizona University The Implementation Of Large-Scale Restoration-Based Fire Hazard Reduction Treatments: A Tale Of Two Forests
Xiaoping Zhou and Jeremy Fried U.S.D.A. Forest Service Above-Ground Live Tree Carbon Calculation Comparison Using Jenkins And Local Equations
Concurrent Session 3 Public Research Moderator: OPEN
Alec McBeath Canadian Forest Service The Role Of Research In Canada’s Forest Sector
Guy Robertson U.S.D.A. Forest Service Why Forestry Should be Put Under the Carbon Cap
5:30 - 7:30
PM Posters, Social & Barbeque
7:30 PM Fluid Session held in the Braemer Suite. Carbon and Other Chemical Processes.
AGENDA - DAY 2 Wednesday May 7
7:00 - 8:30 AM
Breakfast
8:30 - 10:00 AM
General Session Understanding Biofuels Moderator: Darius Adams, Oregon State University
John Martin Pacific Energy Systems, Inc. Biomass Energy Conversion Economics
Jonathan Yoder Washington State University Policy Design for Biofuel Markets: Fueling Change and Changing Fuels
Jack Lutz Forest Research Group High Energy Timberland Investments: What Does It Means To the Land Owner
10:00 - 10:30 AM
Coffee Break
10:30 - 12:00 AM
Concurrent Session 1 Extension Tools Moderator: Kevin W Zobrist WSU Extension
Kevin W Zobrist WSU Extension The "Economagic" Forest Finance Web Learning Module
Sandor Toth University of Washington Multi-Objective Optimization To Auction Forest Ecosystem Services
Xiaoping Zhou, Jeremy Fried and Jamie Barbour U.S.D.A. Forest Service The Economic Analysis Of Biomass Utilization using BioSum
Concurrent Session 2 Regional and International Studies Moderator: OPEN
Kurt Niquidet University of Victoria Regional Integration in the New Zealand Log Market
Ivan Eastin University of Washington Trade Issues and Trends: What’s Changing
Lisa K. Crone Sitka Wood Utilization Center Changes in International Markets for Red Alder
Concurrent Session 3 Maintaining the Forest Landbase in Oregon Moderator: Elaine O’Neil University of Washington
Gary Lettman Oregon Department of Forestry Land Use Policy And Change In Oregon: Updated Study Results
Jeff Kline U.S.D.A. Forest Service Modeling Land Use Change And Carbon
Jim Cathcart Oregon Department of Forestry Links To Forest Legacy And Other Broadscale Programs And Policies
12:00 - 1:00 PM
Lunch & Business Meeting