Humboldt State University
Arcata, California
About the Conference
The coast redwood forest type is unique to California and extreme southwest Oregon. Society values a broad spectrum of resources inherent in the coast redwood forest, including natural history, wood products, aesthetics, and the variety of plants and animals. However, the amount of published work on coast redwood has not matched the interest in its resources.
The Conference on Coast Redwood Forest Ecology and Management is the first of its kind for the region. In the plenary sessions, invited speakers will address the paleohistory of redwood, dynamic processes that influence redwood forests, the current status of the redwood type, wildlife, the human perspective, and the history of the redwood preservation movement.
Contributed technical papers and posters will present the latest research on watershed processes, forest management, silvicultural systems, terrestrial and aquatic organisms associated with the type, forest products, coast redwood biology, park management, and restoration.
Published Proceedings will follow shortly after the conference.
Who Should Attend?
Anyone interested in the resources of the coast redwood forest, including resource professionals from private industry, state and federal agencies, universities, landowners, and the public.
Call for Papers
Prospective participants should provide the program coordinator with technical paper or poster title and an abstract of 250 words or less by October 2, 1995. Submissions will be reviewed and authors will be invited to speak or present a poster. Submission of technical papers and posters on the following or other topics specifically related to the Redwood Region is encouraged:
- Sustainable ecosystems
- Watershed processes (hydrology, geomorphology)
- Forest management
- Silviculture
- Wildlife - terrestrial
- Wildlife - aquatic
- Stand dynamics and succession
- Fire ecology and management
- Utilization and products
- Genetics
- Physiology
- Insects and disease
- Autecology
- Park management
- Restoration and rehabilitation
- Forest protection
Schedule of Events
The first two days of the conference will include plenary sessions, concurrent technical sessions, and poster sessions. The third day of the conference will include concurrent field trips organized for those who sign up in advance.
Field trips are anticipated to be hosted by representatives from local forest landowners, Redwood National Park, and Humboldt Redwoods State Park. Optional fourth day field trips are available to those who are interested in traveling to Jackson Demonstration State Forest in Mendocino County, or to Cal Poly School Forest property in Santa Cruz County.
For More information contact:
Kim Rodrigues UCCE at 707-445-7351 cdhumboldt@ucdavis.edu
Bill Baxter CDF at 707-964-5674 hal_slack@fire.ca.gov
John LeBlanc UCCE at 510-642-6678 jleblanc@nature.berkeley.edu
Doug Piirto Calpoly at 805-756-2968 dpiirto@oboe.calpoly.edu
Please Tell Us The Type of Participation You Prefer
´ Speaker or Poster Presenter -Speakers or poster presenters should provide the program coordinator with technical paper or poster title and an abstract of 250 words or less by October 2, 1995.
´ Attendee- contact us and we will send you a registration brochure in January 1996.
´ Sponsor or committee member - If you or your organization want to help shape the conferences's direction, let us know!
Also, be sure we have your name, address, phone, organization, e-mail address, and fax number.
Copyright Mendocino Environmental Center 1995