Moderator: James Lawrence, Co-Director, Western Forestry Leadership Coalition and Executive Director, Council of Western State Foresters, Lakewood, CO

Opening and Welcome

Bill Snyder, Deputy Director, Resource Management, California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection, Sacramento, CA

Words from the Administration

Jack Blackwell, Regional Forester, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region, Vallejo, CA

Keynote Address: Politics of Forest Fuel Thinning (PowerPoint not available)

Daniel R. Walters, Editor, The Sacramento Bee, Sacramento, CA

Choices for Forest Resiliency

Hal Salwasser, Dean, College of Forestry, Oregon State University, Department of Forest Resources, Corvallis, OR

Industry Perspective of Potential Uses for Small-Diameter Trees

Philip S. Aune, Vice President, Public Resources, California Forestry Association, Sacramento, CA

SESSION IA: Forest Ecology and Management

Moderator: Jean M. Livingston, Communications Specialist, Technology Marketing Unit, USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, WI

Problems and Opportunities Associated with Fire Hazard Reduction Treatments in the Rocky Mountain West

Charles E. Keegan, Director, Forest Industry Research, Bureau of Business & Economic Research, Carl E. Fiedler, Research Associate Professor of Silviculture, School of Forestry, and Todd A. Morgan, Research Forester, Bureau of Business & Economic Research, University of Montana, Missoula, MT

Market and Non-Market Values of Fuel Reductions

C. Larry Mason, Project Coordinator, Rural Technology Initiative, Kevin Ceder and Jeffrey Comnick, Forestry Technology Specialists, Bruce Lippke, Professor/Director, James McCarter, Software Development Coordinator, and Kevin Zobrist, Forest Economist, University of Washington, College of Forest Resources, Seattle, WA

How Much Smallwood Do We Have in California?

Tian-Ting Shih, Forest Economist, Fire & Resource Assessment Program, California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection, Sacramento, CA

Forest Trends and Issues in the South (PowerPoint not available)

John G. Greis, Environmental Specialist, USDA Forest Service, State & Private Forestry, Tallahassee, FL

SESSION IB: Building Community Partnerships

Moderator: Ron Saranich, Community Development Program Manager, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, Portland, OR

Leveraging Partnerships: Businesses, Communities, and Economic Developers

Craig Rawlings, Smallwood Enterprise Agent, Montana Community Development Corporation, Missoula, MT

Building Successful Partnerships to Accomplish a Rural Development and Forest Restoration Mission

Lynn Jungwirth, Executive Director, Watershed Research & Training Center, Hayfork, CA; and Ryan Temple, Program Director, Healthy Forests, Healthy Communities Partnership, Portland, OR

The Four Corners Sustainable Forests Partnership: Lessons Learned

Herbert A. Hopper III, Arizona Coordinator, Four Corners Sustainable Forests Partnership, Little Colorado River Plateau RC&D, Holbrook, AZ

Building Community Partnerships with Environmental Groups (PowerPoint not available)

Jay T. Watson, Director, Wildland Fire Program, The Wilderness Society, San Francisco, CA

Luncheon Address

Remarks of The Honorable Rebecca W. Watson

The Honorable Rebecca W. Watson, Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management, U.S. Department of Interior, Washington, DC

SESSION IIA: Stewardship Contracting

Moderator: Dan Len, Small-Diameter Utilization Project Manager, USDA Forest Service, Forest Management Service Center, Fort Collins, CO

Stewardship Contracting in the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service

Scott W. Lieurance, Forester, BLM National Stewardship Coordinator, U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Washington, DC

Stewardship Contracting on the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Carla Monismith, Timber Sales Officer, USDA Forest Service, Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, Baker City, OR

Lakeface Lamb Stewardship Project

Craig D. Savidge, Owner, Craig Savidge Consulting Service, and Project Manager, Priest River Development Corporation, Priest River, ID

SESSION IIB: Marketing Your Product (Panel Discussion)

Moderator: Diane Denenberg, Communications & Marketing Director, Western Forestry Leadership Coalition, Lakewood, CO

Value-Added Products and Niche Markets

Betty Riley, President and CEO, Sierra Economic Development District, Auburn, CA

Big Markets, Bigger Frustrations: Commercialization of Smallwood Products

James H. Dooley, P.E., President, Forest Concepts LLC / ELWd Systems, Federal Way, WA

Marketing and New Product Development

Eric Hansen, Associate Professor, Forest Products Marketing and Extension Specialist, Oregon State University, Department of Wood Science & Engineering, Corvallis, OR

SESSION IIIA: In-Woods Harvesting Technologies

Moderator: Bruce R. Hartsough, P.E., Professor and Chair, Biological & Agricultural Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA

Small-Parcel Mechanical Fuel Treatment and Utilization in the Northern Sierra Nevada, California

Michael De Lasaux, Natural Resources Advisor, University of California Cooperative Extension, Quincy, CA; Raffaele Spinelli, Head, Harvesting Research Group, CNR/IVALSA, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy; Bruce R. Hartsough, P.E., Professor and Chair, Biological & Agricultural Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA; Gary Nakamura, Forestry Specialist, University of California Cooperative Extension, Redding, CA; and John R. Shelly, Extension Advisor, Biomass Utilization, University of California-Berkeley, Richmond, CA

Harvest Costs and Product Values for Small-Diameter Southwest Ponderosa Pine

Dennis R. Becker, Research Forester, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Flagstaff, AZ; Debra Larson, Professor of Engineering, Northern Arizona University, College of Engineering, Flagstaff, AZ; Robert B. Rummer, Project Leader, Forest Operations Research Unit, USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Auburn, AL; and Eini C. Lowell, Research Forest Products Technologist, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Portland, OR

Economic Feasibility of Smallwood Harvesting and Transportation in Idaho

Han-sup Han, Assistant Professor of Forest Engineering, Harry W. Lee, Emeritus Professor of Forest Engineering, and Leonard R. Johnson, Professor of Forest Engineering, University of Idaho, Department of Forest Products, Moscow, ID

Tools for Harvesting Smallwood: Lessons Learned

Tad Mason, Vice President, TSS Consultants, Red Bluff, CA

SESSION IIIB: Federal, State, and Private Financing

Moderator: Thom Dille, Loan Officer, Sierra Economic Development District, Auburn, CA

Using Community Development Financing Sources

Rosalie Sheehy Cates, Executive Director, Montana Community Development Corporation, Missoula, MT

Capital Sources for Natural Resource-Based Businesses

William Amt, Senior Program Manager, Economic Development Finance Service, National Association of Development Organizations (NADO), Washington, DC

Successful Grant Proposals – Federal Perspective

Susan K. McDonnell, Grants & Agreements Specialist, USDA Forest Service, Southwestern Region, Albuquerque, NM

Altree™: A Financial Success (PowerPoint not available)

Phil T. Archuletta, CEO, P&M Plastics, Inc., Mountainair, NM; and Tony J. Burger, Consultant, P&M Plastics and Principal, Optimization Strategies Group, LLC, Edgewood, NM

Bank – Government Guaranteed Loan Programs (PowerPoint not available)

Robin Shields, Heritage Bank of Commerce, Elk Grove, CA

SESSION IVA: Successes – Large Scale (Two Panel Discussions)

Moderators: Donn Zea, President, California Forest Products Commission, Auburn, CA, and Tad Mason, Vice President, TSS Consultants, Red Bluff, CA

Panel A – How the California Forest Products Industry Responded to the Small-Diameter Resource

The Regulatory and Resource Conundrum in California: Is it Still Possible for the Forest Industry to Compete?

Donn Zea, President, California Forest Products Commission, Auburn, CA

Conversion of a Large-Log Sawmill to a Small-Log Sawmill: Blending Operational Objectives with the Resource

Paul Harlan, Vice President, Resources, The Collins Companies, Lakeview, OR

Veneer Peeling of Small-Diameter Logs

Steve Henson, California Acquisition Manager, Roseburg Forest Products, Weed, CA

Panel B – The Role of the Biomass Power Industry in Small-Diameter Utilization

Overview of California Biomass Power Industry (PowerPoint not available)

Tad Mason, Vice President, TSS Consultants, Red Bluff, CA

Lessons Learned from the California Biomass Power Experience

Bill Carlson, Vice President, Business Development, Wheelabrator Technologies, Anderson, CA

Forest Stewardship Council Certification and the Marketing of Green Energy

Larry W. Potts, CEO, Warm Springs Forest Products Industries, Warm Springs, OR

Economic and Policy Context of Biomass Power

Mark Nechodom, Research Social Scientist, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Davis, CA

SESSION IVB: Successes – Small Scale

Moderator: Lynn Jungwirth, Executive Director, Watershed Research & Training Center, Hayfork, CA

Growing a Successful Secondary Wood Products Business (PowerPoint not available)

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

Creating Products from Small-Diameter Low-Value Logs

Gareth Mayhead, Timber Project Officer, The Mersey Forest, Birchwood, Warrington, United Kingdom; and Nigel Blandford, Operations Manager, Red Rose Forest, Salford Quays, Salford, United Kingdom

Community-Based Solutions: Using Small-Diameter Material in the Bitterroot Valley

Nan Christianson, Staff Officer, State & Private Forestry, USDA Forest Service, Northern & Intermountain Regions and Bitterroot National Forest, Hamilton, MT; Brandee Sonner, Senior, Darby High School, Darby, MT; and Rosalie Sheehy Cates, Executive Director, and Craig Rawlings, Smallwood Enterprise Agent, Montana Community Development Corporation, Missoula, MT

Community-Based Opportunities for Improved Log Markets

Scott Leavengood, Associate Professor and Wood Products Extension Agent, Oregon State University, Department of Wood Science & Engineering, Beaverton, OR

SESSION VA: Economic Case Studies

Moderator: John R. Shelly, Extension Advisor, Biomass Utilization, University of California-Berkeley, Richmond, CA

Finding Utilization Opportunities in Colorado

Chris Jennings, Research Associate, Colorado State University, Department of Forest, Rangeland & Watershed Stewardship, Fort Collins, CO

The Economics of a Small-Diameter Wood Processing Pilot Project

Michael Ferris, Executive Director, Okanogan Community Development Council, Twisp, WA

Small Trees Mean Looking at Small Products

James W. Funck, C.C. Brunner, and J.W. Punches, Associate Professors, and J.B. Forrer, Faculty Research Associate, Oregon State University, Department of Wood Science & Engineering, Corvallis, OR

Cracking the Small-Diameter Nut: Emerging Technologies...New Markets

Catherine M. Mater, President, Mater Engineering, Ltd., Corvallis, OR

SESSION VB: Bioenergy Opportunities

Moderator: Richard L. Bain, Group Manager and Principal Researcher, Thermochemical Conversion Group, National Bioenergy Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO

Bioenergy Technologies: Overview and Future Trends

John W. Scahill, Senior Engineer I, National Bioenergy Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO

Lessons Learned from Forest Thinnings Utilization Feasibility Studies

Scott Haase, Program Manager, McNeil Technologies, Lakewood, CO

Lessons Learned from Wood Institutional Heating Systems

Jeffrey Forward, Program Manager, and Timothy Maker, Executive Director, Biomass Energy Resource Center, Montpelier, VT

SESSION VIA: Wood-Based Composites

Moderator: Eini C. Lowell, Research Forest Products Technologist, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Portland, OR

Feasibility of Using Small-Diameter Timber in Glued Laminated Applications

Rebecca N. Faverty, Design Engineer, KL&A, Inc., Falmouth, MA; Richard J. Schmidt, Professor, University of Wyoming, Department of Civil & Architectural Engineering, Laramie, WY; and John F. Hunt, P.E., Research Mechanical Engineer, USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, WI

Altree™: The Solution (PowerPoint not available)

Phil T. Archuletta, CEO, and John A. Youngquist, Consultant, P&M Plastics, Inc., Mountainair, NM

CROP, Biomass Supply, and Forest Restoration: A New Planned Harvest Protocol for Public Forestlands in the U.S.

Catherine M. Mater, President, Mater Engineering, Ltd., Corvallis, OR

Wood-Plastic Composites: A Viable Option for Small-Diameter Timber (PowerPoint not available)

Vikram Yadama, Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist, Washington State University, Wood Materials & Engineering Laboratory, Pullman, WA; and Steven R. Shook, Assistant Professor, Forest Products Marketing, University of Idaho, Department of Forest Products, Moscow, ID

SESSION VIB: Bioenergy Case Studies

Moderator: Bryce J. Stokes, National Program Leader for Forest Operations Research, USDA Forest Service, R&D, Washington, DC

Utilization of Forest Residues with the BioMax™ 15 Gasification-Gas Engine System

Robb R. Walt, President and CEO, Community Power Corporation, Littleton, CO

The 5 MW Skive, Denmark Biomass Gasification-Gas Engine (BGGE) Demonstration Project

Jitendra G. (Jim) Patel, President, Carbona Corporation, Napa, CA

Application of the Flex-Microturbine to Forest Residues

Edan Prabhu, President, FlexEnergy Inc., Mission Viejo, CA

SESSION VIIA: Workforce Development, Training, and Safety (Panel Discussion)

Moderator: Steve Jarvis, Director of Forestry Programs, Forest Resources Association, Inc., Rockville, MD

Comments from John J. Garland

John J. Garland, P.E., Professor and Extension Timber Harvesting Specialist, Oregon State University, Department of Forest Engineering, Corvallis, OR

Comments from Kurt H. Mackes

Kurt H. Mackes, Assistant Professor, Colorado State University, Department of Forest, Rangeland & Watershed Stewardship, Fort Collins, CO)

Comments from Tim Ard (PowerPoint not available)

Tim Ard, President, Forest Applications Training, Inc., Hiram, GA

SESSION VIIB: Roundwood Products and Markets

Moderator: Mark Knaebe, Roundwood Structures Coordinator, Technology Marketing Unit, USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, WI

Roundwood Engineered Structures: Design and Projects

Thomas R. Beaudette, P.E., Principal Project Engineer, and Bruce R. Haroldson, Project Manager, Beaudette Consulting Engineers, Inc., Missoula, MT

Expanding Business Opportunities in Using Small-Diameter Roundwood

Ron Porter, Owner and President, Porterbilt Post & Pole, Hamilton, MT

Markets and Market Trends for Western U.S. Post/Pole Industry

Darrell Miller, Co-Owner, Marks-Miller Post & Pole Inc., Clancy, MT; and Larry Swan, Forest Products & Economic Development Specialist, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, Klamath Falls, OR