Keynote Address – Small Tree Utilization: Challenge and Opportunity

Dale N. Bosworth, Forest Service Chief, USDA Forest Service, Washington, DC

Industry Perspective

Yves Lévesque, Manager, Lumber Manufacturing Technology, Forintek Canada Corp., Quebec City, QC, Canada

Track A: Supply Overview

The Smallwood Resource: What is it and Where is it? Part 1 and Part 2

Krista Gebert, Economist, and Ervin G. Schuster, Project Leader, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Missoula, MT; Sharon W. Woudenberg, Supervisory Forester, Interior West Resource Inventory, Monitoring, and Evaluation Program, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Ogden, UT

Characteristics and Volume of Wood Removed from the Residential-Wildland Interface

R. James Barbour, Team Leader, Roger D. Fight, Principal Economist, and Jeremy Fried, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Portland, OR

Using FIA BioSum to Evaluate Financial Viability of Alternative Biomass-to-Energy Processing Sites

Jeremy Fried, R. James Barbour, Team Leader, Roger D. Fight, Principal Economist, Glenn Christensen, Guy Pinjuv, and others at the USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest, Rocky Mountain, and Southern Research Stations.

Fort Valley Project Small Wood – A Case Study

John Gerritsma, Applegate Adaptive Management Area Coordinator, USDA Forest Service, Rogue River National Forest, Medford, OR

North Idaho’ Lakeface-Lamb Stewardship Project: Developing “Turn Key” Local Enterprises

Craig D. Savidge, Consulting Forester, Craig Savidge Consulting Service, Priest River, ID

Track A: Stewardship Contracts

USDA Forest Service Stewardship End Result Contracting Demonstration Project

Laurie Tippin, Litigation Coordinator, USDA Forest Service, Forest Management, Washington, DC

Vegetation Management Projects Using Combined Service/Timber Sale Contracts

Bill Wickman, Section Head, Timber Sales Programs, USDA Forest Service, Region 5, Vallejo, CA

Antelope Pilot Project: An Effort to Understand Harvest Dynamics of Small-Diameter Stands Through a National End-Result Contract Pilot

Jerry Smith, Co-Owner, Forest Resource Enterprises, and Forest Products Specialist, USDA Forest Service, Region 6, Winema National Forest, Chemult, OR; Ed Brown, District Silviculturist, USDA Forest Service, Region 6, Winema National Forest, Chemult, OR

Stewardship Blocks Utilizing Agreements with Local Community Members

Henry Lopez, Forestry Technician, USDA Forest Service, Region 3, Camino Real Ranger District, Carson National Forest, Penasco, NM

Kitkatkee Restoration and Fuels Reduction Project

Barry Wynsma, Forestry Technician, USDA Forest Service, Region 1, Bonners Ferry, ID

Track A: Harvesting Equipment, Economics, and Impacts

Harvesting Systems for Forest Restoration Programs in the Wildland Urban Interface of Colorado

Stefan J. Reinold, Graduate Research Assistant, Dept. of Forest Sciences, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO

Using ATV’s to Harvest Small-Diameter Material in Forest Thinning Operations

Wayne D. Shepperd, Research Silviculturist, and Kelly Elder, Research Hydrologist, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Collins, CO

An Overview of Small-Scale Logging Systems for Smallwood Harvesting in the Western U.S. – What’s Working, What’s Coming

Harold L. Osborne, Extension Professor of Forest Resources, Dept. of Forest Products, Univ. of Idaho, Moscow, ID

Thinning and Fuels Reduction with Cable Harvesting Systems

Loren D. Kellogg, Professor, Dept. of Forest Engineering, and Director, International Programs, Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR

Small-Parcel Mechanical Fuel Treatment and Utilization in the Sierra Nevada Region of California

Michael De Lasaux, Natural Resources Advisor, Univ. of California Cooperative Extension, Quincy, CA; Ken Blonski, Fire Mitigation Advisor, Forest Products Lab, Univ. of California Cooperative Extension, Richmond, CA; Stuart Chalmers, Post-Graduate Researcher, and Bruce Hartsough, Professor, Biological & Agricultural Engineering, Univ. of California, Davis, CA; Glenn Nader, Livestock, Range & Natural Resources Advisor, Univ. of California Cooperative Extension, Oroville, CA; Gary Nakamura, Forestry Specialist, Univ. of California Cooperative Extension, Redding, CA; John R. Shelly, Cooperative Extension Advisor, Forest Products & Biomass Utilization, Univ. of California Cooperative Extension, Richmond, CA

Smallwood Harvesting by Conventional Chainsawing

Debra Larson, Professor, and Richard Mirth, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Northern Arizona Univ., Flagstaff, AZ

Track B: Partnerships at the Local Level

Community-Based Forest Stewardship in Wallowa County, Oregon

Diane Snyder, Executive Director, Wallowa Resources, Inc., Enterprise, OR

Worker Cooperatives as a Tool for Sustaining Local Economics Through Smallwood Utilization

Charles W. Sperry, President and CEO, Rocky Mountain Center for Economic Democracy, Florence, MT

Track B: Primary Processing

A Decision Analysis Tool to Improve Profitability of Log Allocation in a Small Roundwood Products Manufacturing Facility

Roger D. Fight, Principal Economist, and Guy L. Pinjuv, Forester, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Portland, OR; Peter J. Daugherty, Associate Professor, School of Forestry, Northern Arizona Univ., Flagstaff, AZ

So You Want to Build a Sawmill

Terry Mace, Forest Products Specialist, Wisconsin DNR Division of Forestry, Madison, WI; John M. Higgs, Forester, USDA Forest Service, Washington, DC

Small Log Sawmilling 101

John “Rusty” Dramm, Forest Products Utilization Specialist, USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Lab, Madison, WI

Track B: Secondary Processing

Challenges in Drying Lumber from Small-Diameter Trees

Robert L. Little, Consultant, Winston-Salem, NC

Secondary Manufacturing of Small-Diameter Softwood and Underutilized Species

Jim Jungwirth, Owner and CEO, Jefferson State Forest Products, Hayfork, CA

Finger Jointing Green Low-Grade Lumber and Waste to Produce High-Value Products

Philip H. Steele, Professor, Dept. of Forest Products, Mississippi State Univ., Starkville, MS

Small-Diameter Timber as a Secondary Manufacturing Raw Material: Opportunities and Constraints

John W. Punches, Associate Professor & Extension Agent, James W. Funck and Charles C. Brunner, Associate Professors, and Johan B. Forrer, Faculty Research Associate, Dept. of Wood Science & Engineering, Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR; Robert J. Ross, Project Leader, and Xiping Wang, Post-Doctoral Research Scientist, USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Lab, Madison, WI; John R. Erickson, Research Scientist, and John W. Forsman, Assistant Research Scientist, School of Forestry & Wood Products, Michigan Tech Univ., Houghton, MI; R. James Barbour, Team Leader, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Portland, OR; Terry Black, Community Development Consultant, Terry Black Consulting, Gold Beach, OR

Track B: Residuals for Products

Small Modular Biomass Power Systems: Transforming Forest Residues to Energy for Small Businesses

Robb R. Walt, President, Community Power Corp., Littleton, CO

Utilizing Wood Resources: From Community to Forest

Stephen M. Bratkovich, Forest Products Specialist, USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Area State & Private Forestry, St. Paul, MN

Altree – A Durable Composite from Wood Fiber and Recycled Plastic

Phil T. Archuletta, CEO, and Larry Archuleta, Manager, P&M Plastics, Inc., Mountainair, NM; John Youngquist, Consultant, John Youngquist & Associates, Fountain Hills, AZ

Wood Pellets for Heat and Power

Rob Davis, President, Forest Energy Corp., Show Low, AZ

Track B: Sorting and Grading

Is it Time to Revisit the Log-Sort Yard?

John “Rusty” Dramm, Forest Products Utilization Specialist, and Gerry Jackson, Forest Products Marketing Specialist, USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Lab, Madison, WI

Structural Lumber from Small-Diameter Logs

Thomas M. Gorman, Professor and Head, Dept. of Forest Products, Univ. of Idaho, Moscow, ID

Matching Resource Characteristics to Final Product

Eini C. Lowell, Research Scientist, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Portland, OR

Options for Using Logs in the Round

Clifford L. Eddington, Treating Manager, Western Division, Timber Products Inspection, Inc., Vancouver, WA

Track C: Developing New Market Channels

Marketing Forest Products to Developers and Construction Companies

Steven R. Shook, Assistant Professor of Forest Products Marketing, Dept. of Forest Products, Univ. of Idaho, Moscow, ID

Markets for Small-Diameter Wood Products in the Intermountain West

Kurt H. Mackes, Assistant Professor, and D.L. Lynch, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Forest Sciences, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO

Track C: Internet Marketing for Wood Products

Seven Steps to Web Success

Jan Zimmerman, President, Watermelon Mountain Web Marketing and author of “Marketing on the Internet,” Albuquerque, NM

Track C: Existing End Users of Small-Diameter Timber

Utilization of Small-Diameter Wood Products for the Southwestern Adobe Home Building Markets

Ralph L. Barela, President and Owner, Barela Timber Management Co., Inc., Las Vegas, NM

Track D: Markets for Roundwood

Collaborative Marketing and Product Development in the Pacific Northwest

Ryan Temple, Marketing Manager, Healthy Forests, Healthy Communities (HFHC) Partnership/Sustainable Northwest, Portland, OR

Designing with Small-Diameter Logs

Tom Beaudette, Senior Engineer and Owner, Beaudette Consulting Engineers, Missoula, MT

Powder-Driven-Nail Connections for Round Timber

Ronald W. Wolfe, Research Engineer, Kugbo Shim, Visiting Scientist (Korean Forest Research Inst., Seoul, Korea), and Marshall Begel, General Engineering Technician, USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Lab, Madison, WI

Establishing a Roundwood Manufacturing Facility in Cameron, Arizona

Brett KenCairn, Director, Indigenous Community Enterprises, Flagstaff, AZ

Innovation and Collaboration in Small Roundwood Marketing in Northeastern Oregon

Nils D. Christoffersen, Program Manager, Wallowa Resources, Inc., Enterprise, OR; Dean Himes, Co-Owner and Vice President, Bronson Log Homes, Inc., Enterprise, OR

Roundwood Market Potential for Outdoor Structures

Dorothy A. Paun, Associate Professor, and Randy Cantrell, Ph.D. Student in Forest Products Marketing, College of Forest Resources, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA

Track E (1): Biomass Renewable Energy

Biomass as a Renewable Energy Source

Richard L. Bain, Group Manager, Chemistry for Bioenergy Systems Division, National Renewable Energy Lab, Golden, CO

Community and Institutional Heating with Wood Chips – Policy and Practice

Timothy Maker, Director, Biomass Energy Resource Center, Montpelier, VT

Track E (2): Biomass Energy Generation

The McNeil Generating Station

John M. Irving, Manager of Power Supply, McNeil Generating Station, Burlington Electric Dept., Burlington, VT

Small Modular Biomass Generating Units

Robb R. Walt, President, Community Power Corp., Littleton, CO

Wood-Derived Crude Oil

Donn G. Duncan, Chairman, Biomass Transformation Industries LLC, Santa Fe, NM; Don H. White, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ