Agenda and Presentations Given at FFII

Future Forests II:
Maintaining Healthy and Productive
Working Forests on the North Coast
February 11-12, 2009
Art Building, Ferndale Fairgrounds

AGENDA

*Note: Click on presenters names that are underlined to view a PDF of their presentation.

Wednesday February 11th

8:00-8:30              Registration
9:30-9:00              Welcome (with Buckeye, Institute for Sustainable Forestry, UC Cooperative Extension)
9:00-10:15            Global, National and Regional Outlook for the Timber Industry
                     Trends in the Forest Products Industry - Russ Forsburg-1.54MB (American AgCredit)
                             Searching for hidden opportunities in a depressed market? - Bill Stewart-539KB (UC Berkeley)
10:15-10:30          Break
10:30-12:00          Traditional Log Market Assessment and Opportunities witH Mike Atkins (Able Forestry) moderator
                             Round table discussion of current operations, view of the next 10-20 years, advice for timberland
                             owners with Bob Britt (Mad River Lumber), Jim Able (Able Forestry), Gary Rynearson
                             (Green Diamond), Bob Marino (DG Power), Eric Almquist (ERA Wood Products)
12:00-12:30       Small table discussion
12:30-1:30           Lunch
1:30-4:00             Emerging Markets Assessment and Opportunities with John Rogers (Institute for Sustainable Forestry)
                     moderator
                            Environmental Values and Ecosystem Services - Kim Bonine-1.2MB (Conservation Strategies Fund)
                            Meeting Conservation Goals: Cost and Benefits to Northcoast Landowners - Greg Blomstrom-6.12KB
                           (Institute for Sustainable Forestry, President)
                           CA Climate Action Registry - Forestry Protocols Update - John Nickerson-223KB
                           (CA Climate Action Registry and Dogwood Springs Foresry)
2:30-2:45             Break
                           Forest Carbon Offsets on the Garcia River Forest – Chris Kelley-2.01MB (The Conservation Fund)
                           Working Forest Easements – Tim Metz-737KB (Restoration Forestry Inc.)
                           Biomass Energy Opportunities and Our Local Forests Biomass Energy markets – Jim Zoelick-606KB
                           (Schatz Energy Research Center)
4:00-4:45             Small table discussion about what was learned/ observed today
4:45-5:00             Closing: Next Steps, How Day Two will work...
5:00                      Informal Reception, Discussion, Evaluation
6:00                     Dinner and Evening speaker
                            Collaborative Community Processes - Art Harwood-755KB (Redwood Forest Foundation Inc.)

Thursday February 12th

8:00-8:30 Check-in, Refreshments

8:30-8:40 Welcome, review of first day, how today will work.

8:45-10:15 Resources and strategies for landowners to maintain working forest in today’s markets
with Ruthann Schulte - (Buckeye Conservancy) moderator

Success through ranchland business planning – Alan Bower-1.95MB (UC Cooperative Extension)

Improving wood quality – James Robbins-1.86MB (CAL FIRE)

Tools for getting the most value for your logs – Jim Able (Able Forestry)

Integrated Ranch Approach: Non-industrial landowner perspective on getting income in
innovative ways and keeping costs low – George Brightman (Rancher)

State and Federal landowner assistance programs – Yana Valachovic-1.02MB (UC Cooperative Extension)

The other 92 percent: forest restoration and community engagement in the Mattole-
Seth Zuckerman-1.47MB (Mattole Restoration Council)

10:15-10:30 Break

10:30-12:00 Resources and strategies for the region with Kathy Moxon (Humboldt Area Foundation and
Redwood Coast Rural Action) moderator

If you Log it – Will they buy it? – Jim Little (Humboldt Redwood Company)

Future of wood products in LEED construction – Steve Salzman-473KB (Plan It Green)

Using Headwaters loan program to fund NTMPs and THPs – Dawn Elsbree(Headwaters Fund)

New ownership models- RFFI a community working forest approach – Art Harwood-275KB
(Redwood Forest Foundation Inc.)

Transfer of Development Rights: Another tool for maintaining functional forestlands?–
Shane Green-72.5KB (Northcoast Regional Land Trust )

Ag, nature, and heritage tourism – Deborah Giraud-3.98MB (UC Cooperative Extension)

12:00-1:00 Lunch

1:00-1:15 Organize small group discussion topics- Under the themes of actions and strategies

1:15-2:15 Small Group Discussions

Break outs: Strategies to keep open space and working forests in the north coast

2:15-3:00 Report back from each group

3:00-3:30 Large Group Discussion: Where do we go from here?

3:30 Closing comments, evaluations