Agenda: Eighth Annual Northeastern Forest Mensurationist Meeting
Yale Myers Forest
October 28-29, 2004


Thursday, October 28th...

   
1:00   Welcome and Opening Remarks: Tim Gregoire

Session I: Inventory, Tim Gregoire, Moderator

1:15 Current Status and Future Biometrics Research Issues in FIA. Charles Scott
1:40 Random Thoughts on Mapped Plots.  Paul Van Deusen
2:05 Effects of Fragmentation on the Choice of Ground Plot Configuration for Continuous Population Forest Surveys. Mike Williams
2:30 On Line Analysis of FIA Data. Mike Spinney
2:55
Break
3:30 Cluster Plot Slop. Harry Valentine, Mark Ducey and Jeff Gove
3:55
Using GRASS To Map FIA data.  Jonathan Aggett
4:20
NE-FIA Tree Taper Study: Current Status and Future Work. James A. Westfall
4:45
A Review of Four Years of Research on Using Classified Satellite Imagery as the Basis for Stratification to Increase the Precision of Forest Inventory Estimates. Ronald E. McRoberts, Dale D. Gormanson, Greg C. Liknes and Mark D. Nelson
5:10
Adapting FIA Protocol to Monitor Vegetation for the Park Service's National Capital Region. David Chojnacky

    5:30-ish   Refreshments!



Friday, October 29th...


Session II: Miscellanea, Jeff Gove, Moderator

8:00
Sampling with a Profiling LiDAR to Estimate Forest Resources. Ross Nelson
8:25 Auxiliary Variables for use with Double Sampling: An Updated Look. John R. Brooks and Harry V. Wiant, Jr.
8:50
Repeated Measurements in Agroforestry Research. Susan B. Tumwebaze and Eleanor Allan.
9:15
On the Performance of Masuyama's Distance Count Sampling Strategy.  David Affleck
9:40
Two phase sampling - Results from New Hampshire's State lands. Ken Desmarais
10:05
Break
10:30
Spatial Assessment of Model Errors from Four Regression Techniques. Lianjun Zhang, and Jeff Gove
10:55 Influence of BAF on the estimation of stand structure in mixed species stands. John Kershaw and Marika Godwin
11:20
The Effect of model Specificity in Aboveground Biomass Predictions for Four Salix clones in Central New York. Eddie Bevelacqua, Carmela B. M. Arevalo and Timothy A. Volk
11:45
Benefits from Commercial Thinning in Boreal Forest may be Long Term. Michel Soucy
12:10
Lunch


Session III: Arcana, Lianjun Zhang, Moderator


1:00
Comparison of Base-Age Invariant and Base-Age Dependent Approaches to Parameter Estimation in Self-Referencing Models. Chris Cieszewski and Mike Strub
1:25
External Knot Characteristics in Black Spruce from Three Initial Spacings. Jeff Benjamin, John Kershaw, Ying Hei Chui and Tony Zhang
1:50
Using LiDAR Technology to Estimate Jack Pine Yield in Quebec. Dave Patterson, Bernie Watson and Voyteck Zakrzewski (powerpoint presentation 33MB)


Pre-Registrants

David Affleck

Yale University, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
Jonathan Aggett NCASI - SMDG
Harry Bader

Jeff Benjamin Ph.D. student, the University of New Brunswick
Eddie Bevilacqua
Faculty of Forest and Natural Resources Management
Ernest Bowling James W. Sewall Company
John R. Brooks
West Virginia University Division of Forestry
Todd Caldwell L.E. Caldwell Co.
Ian Cameron Yale University and Kamloops B.C.
David Chojnacky FIA, Enterprise Unit, USDA Forest Service
Kenneth M. Desmarais Program Forester III, NH Division of Forests and Lands, Fox Research Forest
Adam Dick
Research Technician, the University of New Brunswick
Rolland Gagnon
J.D. Irving, Limited
Jeff Gove
USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station
Tim Gregoire Yale University
Shaik Houssain Ph.D student, the University of New Brunswick
Rob Keefe
Cooperative Forestry Research Unit at the University of Maine
John Kershaw Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Management, University of New Brunswick
Diane Kiernan Graduate student, SUNY ESF
Kenneth M. Laustsen
Biometrician, Maine Forest Service
Tim Mack
Forest Biometrician, James W. Sewall Company
Elizabeth McGarrigle
Forestry and Environmental Management, University of New Brunswick
Ronald E. McRoberts
Forest Inventory and Analysis, North Central Research Station
Jason Myers
MScF student, University of New Brunswick
Ross Nelson
Code 923, Biospheric Sciences Branch NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center
Evelyn Richards
Faculty, University of New Brunswick
Charles Scott
FIA, Northeastern Research Station
Michel Soucy
Ph.D Candidate, University of New Brunswick
Michael Spinney
Quantitative Forestry Analyst, NCASI - SMDG
Mike Strub
Weyerhaeuser Company, Incorporated
Susan B. Tumwebaze
SUNY ESF, Department of Quantitative Methods in Forest Science & Management
Harry T. Valentine
USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station
Paul Van Deusen
Senior Scientist, NCASI - SMDG
Jim Westfall
FIA, Northeastern Research Station
Harry V. Wiant, Jr.
PSU School of Forest Resources
Mike Williams
USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station
W.T. Zakrzewski
Geographic Information Systems Program, Sault College of Applied Arts and Technology
Lianjun Zhang
SUNY-ESF