From: Schnepf, Christopher [mailto:cschnepf@uidaho.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 3:58 PM
Cc: lharwood@uidaho.edu
Subject: 2012 Family Foresters Workshop - call before December 29 to get reduced hotel rate at the Mirabeau

Hi all,

Most of you should be getting a paper copy of the registration flyer for the 2012 Family Foresters Workshop (Friday January 20, 2012 in Spokane Valley, WA) soon. But just to give you plenty of heads-up, a small block of rooms at the Mirabeau Park Hotel has been reserved at a special rate of $87 (single occupancy) for participants in this program. To make a room reservation, call 1-866-584-4674. To get the special rate, say you are with the “UI/WSU Family Foresters Workshop” by December 29, 2011 (after December 29, reservations will still be taken at the lower rate, based on availability). For registration questions, contact the UI Extension Office in Kootenai County at (208) 446-1680.

The agenda for this year’s program is as follows:
8:30 a.m. Registration Opens
9:00 a.m. Standards for Logging & Trucking Cost Assessment on Family Forest Ownerships: Chuck Keegan, Bureau of Business & Economic Research, University of Montana
9:45 a.m. Prescribed Burner Certification to Reduce Liability: Dale Swedberg, Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife
10:15 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m. Results of the Pacific Northwest Family Forest Landowners Climate Change Needs Assessment: Chris Schnepf, University of Idaho Extension
11:15 p.m. An Orientation to Climate Models and an Overview of Tools Being Created for Landowners and Managers: John Stevenson, PNW Climate Decision Support Consortium, Oregon State University
12:15 p.m. Lunch
1:30 p.m. The Future of Markets for Wood Products from Inland Northwest Family Forests: Doug Bradetich, Idaho Forests Group
2:00 p.m. Freely Available Mapping Software - Using Google Earth and Other Applications: Amy Grotta, Oregon State University Extension Service
2:45 p.m. Break
3:00 p.m. Balancing Wildfire Risk Reduction with Wildlife Habitat Needs: Mike Rule, Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge
3:45 p.m. Family Forest Economics/Policy Update: Charlie McKetta, University of Idaho (Emeritus)
4:30 p.m. Close

The program flyer/agenda is also available online at: http://www.uidaho.edu/extension/forestry/content/stewardship. Click on the title of the program and a PDF of the flyer should download.

Feel free to pass this along to anyone you think might be interested, and have a happy Holiday season!
Chris