Presentation Themes
The Carbon Cycle and the Role of the Ecosystem
The Global Carbon Cycle
Chris Swanston
Forests and Carbon: Trends and Data for the U.S.
Christopher Woodall
Ecosystem Carbon Fluxes and Storage
Christian Giardina
Grasslands and Carbon: Processes and Trends
Rebecca McCulley
Disturbance Effects on Forest Carbon Dynamics
Mike Ryan
Carbon and Wildland Management
An Introduction to Forest Carbon Management
Maria Janowiak
Forest Management Options for Carbon Sequestration: Considerations in the Eastern U.S.
Richard Birdsey
Forest Management Options for Carbon Sequestration: a Western U.S. Perspective
Bernard Bormann
Bioenergy from Wood and Forest Carbon Dynamics
Kenneth Skog
The Potential for Soil Carbon Sequestration
Luke Nave
Urban Forestry
David Nowak
Carbon Assessments and Markets
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation
Andrea Tuttle
Forest Carbon for the Private Landowner: Basics of Carbon Offsets, Markets, and Trading
Sarah Hines
Forest Carbon for the Private Landowner: Protocols, Project Examples and Opportunities
Andrea Tuttle
U.S. Forest Service Tools for Forest Carbon Estimation
Coeli Hoover
The Global Carbon Cycle
Presented by Chris Swanston
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Some topics include:
- Carbon Terms and Units
- Live Above and Below Vegetation
- Global Carbon Stocks
- Fluxes to / from Atmosphere
- Fate of Anthropogenic Carbon Dioxide
Ecosystem Carbon Fluxes and Storage
Presented by Christian Giardina
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Some topics include:
- Gross Primary Production
- Belowground Carbon Allocation
- Subalpine Confier Forests
- Subtropical Montane Rainforests
- Nutrient impacts on C fluxes and storage
Forests and Carbon: Trends and Data for the U.S.
Presented by Christopher Woodall
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Some topics include:
- Flux Related to U.S. Emissions
- Forest Carbon Since 1700
- How Do We Track US Forest Carbon?
- Sources of Error
- From the Nation to Your Project
Grasslands and Carbon: Processes and Trends
Presented by Rebecca McCulley
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Some topics include:
- Weather Regions
- Precipitation and Drought
- Belowground Carbon Pools
- Soil Carbon Pools
- Climate, Fire, and Grazing
Disturbance Effects on Forest Carbon Dynamics
Presented by Mike Ryan
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Some topics include:
- How Does Fire Change Forest Carbon
- How about insects?
- Big Fire Years
- Temperature Projection in Northern Rockies
- It gets worse after 2050
An Introduction to Forest Carbon Management
Presented by Maria Janowiak
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Some topics include:
- Forest Sector Carbon Cycle
- Mitigation
- Avoided Deforestation or Conversion
- Biomass vs. Fossil Fuels
- Forest Mitigation Complexity
Forest Management Options for Carbon Sequestration: Considerations in the Eastern U.S.
Presented by Richard Birdsey
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Some topics include:
- Activities in the Forest Sector
- Estimating Land Mitigation Potential
- Activities to Increase Carbon Stocks
- Spatial Scale and Disturbance Frequency
- Strategies for Carbon Sequestration
Forest Management Options for Carbon Sequestration: a Western
U.S. Perspective
Presented by Bernard Bormann
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Some topics include:
- High Severity Wildfire
- Eleven Year Change in Soil
- Nitrogen Fixers
- LTEP Treatments
- Prescribed Fire Every 20 Years
Bioenergy from Wood and Forest Carbon Dynamics
Presented by Kenneth Skog
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Some topics include:
- Carbon Neutrality Number
- Example estimates of CN(t)
- Additional harvest from a managed forest
- Logging residues from a managed forest
- New plantations on agricultural land
The Potential for Soil Carbon Sequestration
Presented by Luke Nave
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Some topics include:
- Terrestrial carbon sequestration
- What is soil carbon and where does it originate?
- How does carbon become sequestered in soil?
- Can management increase soil carbon sequestration?
- Managing to avoid reductions in soil carbon
Urban Forestry
Presented by David Nowak
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Some topics include:
- Percent Urban (2000)
- Percent Urban (2050)
- Individual Tree Storage
- Carbon Release -Waste Wood Utilization
- Tree Maintenance
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation
Presented by Andrea Tuttle
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Some topics include:
- Global Forest Loss = Significant GHG Emission Source
- What Causes Deforestation?
- Drivers of Deforestation- Fuelwood and Cattle Ranching
- Developing Countries
- Milestones for Forests in UNFCCC Climate Negotiation
Forest Carbon for the Private Landowner: Basics of Carbon Offsets, Markets, and Trading
Presented by Sarah Hines
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Some topics include:
- Land Ownership Patterns
- Private Forestland Conversion in the US
- Offsets and Credits
- Why use (forestry) offsets
- Global GHG Abatement Cost Curve v2.1
Forest Carbon for the Private Landowner: Protocols, Project Examples and Opportunities
Presented by Andrea Tuttle
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Some topics include:
- Sector vs. Project Accounting
- Defining the Forest Carbon Credit
- Traditional Industrial Management
- Business As Usual Projection
- Harvested Wood Products
US Forest Service Tools for Forest Carbon Estimation
Presented by Coeli Hoover
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Some topics include:
- Tools with output at various scales
- Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) Overview
- COLE: Carbon OnLine Estimator
- Carbon Calculation Tool (CCT)
- FORCARB2