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The Wildland-Urban Interface:
Sustaining Forests in a Changing
Landscape
University of Florida
Hotel and Conference Center
Gainesville, Florida
November 5-8, 2001
A
conference co-sponsored by:
University of Florida
- The Urban Forestry Institute
- School of Forest Resources and Conservation
- Florida Cooperative Extension Service
USDA Forest Service
Southern Region and Southern Research Station
Southern Group of State Foresters
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Index
Introduction
The Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI), the area where urban
lands meet and interact with rural lands, presents many challenges and
concerns for natural resource managers as well as its residents. Sustaining
forests in this rapidly changing landscape is one of the main and most
complex challenges, involving an array of issues ranging from managing
growth to managing forest health. Natural resource managers are directly
involved with land management, but with additional knowledge, skills, and
tools they can also be active players and leaders in policy-making, land-use
planning, and developing partnerships with the varied stakeholders in order
to more effectively sustain our forests.
The purpose of this conference is to provide current information
and tools to enhance natural resource management, planning, and policy-making
at the wildland-urban interface. Invited speakers will deliver overviews
of major issues in four main areas related to the wildland-urban interface:
Planning and Managing Growth, Human Dimensions, Conserving and Managing
Forests for Ecological Services and Benefits, and Conserving and Managing
Forests under Different Ownerships. Results of an on-going USDA Forest
Service assessment (Human Influences
on Forest Ecosystems: Assessing the Southern Wildland Urban Interface)
will also be presented. Contributed oral and poster presentations will
give new research results and illustrate examples of successful programs,
approaches, and case studies. In addition, the conference will provide
an opportunity for natural resource professionals and planners to share
their concerns and knowledge about WUI issues and to formulate research
and education needs.
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Conference Structure
A field trip on the first day will introduce participants to WUI issues
in Florida. In general sessions, invited speakers will provide an introduction
to the wildland-urban interface and summarize the results of the The
Southern Wildland-Urban Interface Assessment. Concurrent sessions on
WUI topics will include an overview and synthesis by an invited speaker
and more specific information by contributed presentations and posters.
The concurrent sessions will provide ample time for discussion among the
participants and their recommendations for future research, education,
and technology transfer will be summarized and presented during the final
general session.
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Who Should Attend?
The conference is designed to bring together natural resource professionals
and planners who are interested in enhancing natural resource management,
planning and policy-making for the wildland-urban interface. Participants
will include:
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State and federal forestry and natural resource agency personnel including
researchers
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University scientists and extension specialists and agents
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Urban foresters, arborists, and horticulturists employed by municipalities,
counties, or the private sector
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Industry and consulting foresters
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State, regional, county and city planners and policymakers who deal with
natural resources planning or environmental management
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Agenda
Sunday, November 4, 2001
| 6:00pm-8:00pm |
Registration
Desk Open |
| 6:00pm-8:00pm |
Poster Presenters to Set-up
Displays; Conference Center Lobby |
Monday, November 5,
2001
| 7:00am-9:00am |
Registration
Desk Open |
| 9:00am-5:00pm |
Field Trip: Issues at the Interface
Organizers: Mary
L. Duryea and Susan W. Vince
Guides: Ramesh
P. Buch, Alachua County Forever Land Conservation Program, Gainesville,
FL; Duane Durgee, Florida Division of Forestry, Gainesville,
FL; Jim Meeker, Florida Division of Forestry, Gainesville,
FL; James Weimer, Florida Department of Environment Protection,
Micanopy, FL |
| 9:00am-5:00pm |
Poster set-up; Conference
Center Lobby |
| 3:00pm-6:00pm |
Registration Desk Open |
| 5:30pm-7:30pm |
Welcome Reception and Poster
Session; Conference Center Lobby |
Tuesday, November 6, 2001
| 7:30am-5:30pm |
Registration
Desk Open |
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Plenary Session: The Wildland-Urban
Interface: Sustaining Forests in a Changing Landscape
Century Ballroom - Salon
A
Session Moderator:
Mary
L. Duryea, University of Florida |
| 8:30am-9:00am |
Welcome and Opening Remarks
- Michael V. Martin, Vice President for Agriculture and Natural
Resources, University of Florida; Peter Roussopolous, Station
Director, USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station; L.Earl Peterson,
Director, Florida Division of Forestry |
| 9:00am-9:30am |
Introduction to the Wildland-Urban
Interface (WUI) - Mary L. Duryea and Susan W. Vince,
University of Florida |
| 9:30am-10:15am |
Keynote: The Challenge
of Maintaining Working Forests at the WUI
- John C. Gordon, Pinchot Professor of Forestry Emeritus,
Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies; R. Neil Sampson,
The Sampson Group; Joyce K. Berry, Colorado State University |
| 10:15am-10:45am |
Refreshment Break |
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Plenary Session: USDA Forest Service
Southern Wildland-Urban Interface Assessment
Century Ballroom - Salon
A
Session Moderator:
Edward
Macie, USDA Forest Service, Southern Region, Atlanta, GA |
| 10:45am-11:00am |
Introduction - Edward
Macie and L. Annie Hermansen, USDA Forest Service,
Atlanta and Athens, GA |
| 11:00am-12:00pm |
Panel Presentations and
Discussion:
Population and Demographic
Trends in the South - H. Ken Cordell and Edward Macie,
USDA Forest Service, Athens and Atlanta, GA
Economic and Tax Issues
in the Wildland-Urban Interface - Steverson O. Moffat
and John L. Greene, USDA Forest Service Law and Economics Research
Unit, New Orleans, LA
Land Use Planning and
Policy Issues at the Wildland-Urban Interface - James E. Kundell,
Margaret
Myszewski, and Terry DeMeo, Carl Vinson Institute of Government,
University of Georgia, Athens, GA |
| 12:00pm-1:30pm |
Lunch - Albert's Restaurant |
| 1:30pm-2:40pm |
Panel Presentations and
Discussion:
Urban Influences on Forest
Ecosystems - Wayne C. Zipperer, USDA Forest Service,
Syracuse, NY
Challenges to Forest Resource
Management and Conservation at the Interface - Mary L. Duryea,
University
of Florida, Gainesville, FL; L. Annie Hermansen,
USDA Forest
Service, Southern Research Station, Athens, GA
Social Consequences of
Change in the Wildland-Urban Interface Forest - R. Bruce Hull,
College of Natural Resources, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA; Susan I.
Stewart, North Central Research Station, USDA FS R&D, Evanston,
IL
Fire in the Wildland-Urban
Interface - Martha C. Monroe, University of Florida,
Gainesville, FL |
| 2:40pm-3:00pm |
The Wildland-Urban Interface:
Summary Observations and Research and Information Needs - Edward
Macie and L. Annie Hermansen, USDA Forest Service,
Atlanta and Athens, GA |
| 3:00pm-3:30pm |
Refreshment Break |
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Concurrent Session I: Conserving
and Managing Forests for Ecological Services and Benefits
Century Ballroom - Salon
A
Session Moderator:
Wayne
C. Zipperer, USDA Forest Service, Syracuse, NY |
| 3:30pm-4:00pm |
An Ecosystem Based Management
Approach to Land-Use Decisions in the Urban-Wildland Intermix - Wayne
C. Zipperer, USDA Forest Service, Syracuse, NY |
| 4:00pm-4:30pm |
Managing Hydrological
Impacts - Larry Korhnak and Susan Vince, School
of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville,
FL |
| 4:30pm-4:50pm |
Managing Forests in Urbanizing
Landscapes - Richard V. Pouyat
and Wayne
C. Zipperer, USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station, Syracuse,
NY |
| 4:50pm-5:10pm |
The Evaluation of Urban
Stream Corridor Reforestation Efforts - Judith A. Okayand
J.M.
Foreman, Virginia Department of Forestry, Fairfax, VA |
| 5:10pm-5:30pm |
Analysis of Two Reforestation
Methods: Direct Seeding vs. Planting Tubelings - Joy D. Klein,
Miami-Dade County Department of Environmental Resources Management; Elizabeth
Mayo, Florida International University, Miami, FL |
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Concurrent Session II: Planning
and Managing Growth - Policies and Economics
Century Ballroom - Salon
B
Session Moderator:
Janaki R.R. Alavalapati, School of Forest Resources and Conservation,
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL |
| 3:30pm-4:00pm |
Policies Influencing
Forest Conservation at the Wildland-Urban Interface - Janaki
R.R. Alavalapati, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL |
| 4:00pm-4:30pm |
Economic Values at the
Interface: Forestry as a Peri-Urban Land Use - David W. Marcouiller,
University
of British Columbia and the University of Wisconsin - Madison, WI |
| 4:30pm-4:50pm |
Influences on Public
Support for Stringent Local Timber-Harvesting Permits: Lessons from St.
Tammany Parish, Louisiana - Margaret A. Reams, Louisiana
State University, Baton Rouge, LA; James E. Granskog, USDA Forest
Service, Southern Research Station, New Orleans, LA |
| 4:50pm-5:10pm |
Value of Oak Woodland
Open Space on Private Property Values - Richard B. Standiford,
University
of California, Berkeley, CA; Thomas Scott, University of California,
Riverside, CA |
| 6:00pm |
Dinner on your own |
Wednesday, November 7, 2001
| 7:30am-5:30pm |
Registration
Desk Open |
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Concurrent Session I: Tools to
Reach, Educate and Involve People
Century Ballroom - Salon
A
Session Moderator:Martha
Monroe, School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University
of Florida, Gainesville, FL |
| 8:00am-8:30am |
Tools to Reach, Educate
and Involve People: Overview - Martha Monroe, School
of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville,
FL |
| 8:30am-8:50am |
Using Local Groups to
Inventory Forested Riparian Areas - Sally L. Butler,
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Bangor, ME |
| 8:50am-9:10am |
Georgia's Wildland/Urban
Interface Pilot Project - Camden County - Robert F. Campbell,
Georgia
Forestry Commission, Woodbine, GA |
| 9:10am-9:40am |
"The Missing Fires":
A Video Designed to Promote Understanding of Prescribed Fire Use -
Darren
McAvoy, Utah State University Extension's Forest Landowner Education
Program, Logan, UT |
| 9:40am-10:00am |
Effective Fire Education
in Florida: The Fire in Florida's Ecosystems Program - Christine
Denny and Susan Marynowski, Pandion Systems, Inc., Gainesville,
FL |
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Concurrent Session II: Conserving
and Managing Forests for Ecological Services and Benefits
Century Ballroom - Salon
B
Session Moderator:
Charles
Nilon, Fisheries and Wildlife Department, University of Missouri-Columbia,
Columbia, MO |
| 8:00am-8:30am |
Managing for Wildlife
at the Wildland-Urban Interface - Charles Nilon, University
of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO |
| 8:30am-8:50am |
Managing Coyotes in Urban/Suburban
Areas - Tommy S. Parker, University of Missouri, Columbia,
MO; Michael L. Kennedy, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN |
| 8:50am-9:10am |
Land Use, Scale, and
Bird Distributions in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area
- Mark Hostetler, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL;
Kim Knowles-Yanez, California State University, San Marcos, CA |
| 9:10am-9:40am |
The Spread of Invasive
Plants in the Wildland-Urban Interface - Sarah H. Reichard,
University
of Washington, Seattle, WA |
| 9:40am-10:00am |
Trying to Reach Consensus
on Which Non-native Plants Are Invasive in Natural Areas - Alison
M. Fox, Doria R. Gordon, and Randall K. Stocker,
University of Florida, Gainesville, F |
| 10:00am-10:30am |
Refreshment Break |
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Concurrent Session I: Tools to
Reach, Educate and Involve People, continued
Century Ballroom - Salon
A
Session
Moderator: Martha Monroe, School of Forest Resources
and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL |
| 10:30am-11:00am |
Empowering the Public
to Face Wildland Fire - Martha C. Monroe and Alison W.
Bowers, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL |
| 11:00am-11:20am |
Community-based Conservation
Planning for the Endangered Houston Toad in Bastrop County, TX - Stacey
Allison, Markus J. Peterson, Tarla Rai Peterson, and Neal
Wilkins, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX |
| 11:20am-11:40am |
Wildlife Road Kills at
the Interface: a Project to Reach Middle-School Students - Jeffrey
L. Kirwan, John R. Seiler, Virginia Tech College of Natural
Resources, Blacksburg, VA and Laura Zyglocke, Midlothian Middle
School, Midlothian, VA |
| 11:40am-12:00pm |
A Community-Level Process
for Adoption of Forest Restoration and Fire Mitigation Programs - David
R. Betters and Christy L. Higgason, Colorado State University,
Fort Collins, CO |
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Concurrent Session II: Conserving
and Managing Forests for Ecological Services and Benefits - Forest Health
Century Ballroom - Salon
B
Session Moderator:
George
Blakeslee, School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University
of Florida, Gainesville, FL |
| 10:30am-11:00am |
Managing for Forest Health
in the Wildland-Urban Interface - George Blakeslee, School
of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville,
FL |
| 11:00am-11:20am |
Forest Health in Florida's
Sprawling Wildland-Urban Interface - Edward L. Barnard,
James
R. Meeker, and Andrea N. Van Loan, Florida Department of Agriculture
and Consumer Services (FDACS), Division of Forestry, Forest Health Section,
Gainesville, FL |
| 11:20am-11:40am |
GIS in the Interface:
Using Spatial Analysis to Assess Risk and Accomplishment in an Oak Wilt
Management Program - Thomas Eiber and Dave Schuller,
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, St. Paul, MN |
| 11:40am-12:00pm |
Minimizing the Impacts
of Sudden Oak Death in Coastal California - Doug McCreary
and Richard Standiford, University of California, Berkeley, CA |
| 12:00pm-1:30pm |
Lunch - Albert's Restaurant |
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Concurrent
Session I: Conserving and Managing Forests under Different Ownerships -
Industrial and Public
Century Ballroom - Salon
A
Session Moderator:
John F. Dwyer, USDA Forest Service, North Central Research Station,
Evanston IL |
| 1:30pm-2:00pm |
The Challenges of Managing
Public Lands on the Urban Wildland Interface - John F. Dwyer,
USDA
Forest Service, North Central Research Station, Evanston IL and
Deborah
J. Chavez, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station,
Riverside, CA |
| 2:00pm-2:20pm |
Managing Wilderness in
an Urban County - Craig N. Huegel, Pinellas County Department
of Environmental Management, Tarpon Springs, FL |
| 2:20pm-2:50pm |
Managing Industrial Forestlands
at the Interface - Kenneth Munson and Sharon Haines,
International Paper Company, Savannah, GA |
| 2:50pm-3:10pm |
Conservation Easements
to Sustain Working Forests at the Interface - Elizabeth S. Crane,
USDA Forest Service State & Private Forestry, Atlanta, GA; Tony
Doster, International Paper Company, Bolivia, NC; Mark Megalos,
North Carolina Division of Forest Resources |
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Concurrent Session II: Planning
and Managing Growth
Century Ballroom - Salon
B
Session Moderator:
Douglas
R. Porter, The Growth Management Institute, Chevy Chase, MD |
| 1:30pm-2:00pm |
Land Use Planning and
Zoning at the Wildland-Urban Interface
- Margaret Myszewskiand James E. Kundell, Carl Vinson
Institute of Government, University of Georgia, Athens, GA |
| 2:00pm-2:20pm |
Optimizing Forestland
Allocation in East St. Louis and Urbanizing St. Clair County, Illinois
- Andrew D. Carver, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Illinois and Anthony Caselton, Hampton Roads Planning District Commission,
Chesapeake, Virginia |
| 2:20pm-2:50pm |
Developing Land While
Retaining Environmental Values: A Modern Search for the Grail - Douglas
R. Porter, The Growth Management Institute, Chevy Chase, MD; Lindell
L. Marsh, Siemon, Larsen & Marsh, Irvine, CA |
| 2:50pm-3:10pm |
Lead Discussion With
Property Rights to Minimize Land Use Conflict - Jefferson G.
Edgens and Lorraine E. Garkovich, University of Kentucky
- Lexington, KY |
| 3:10pm-3:30pm |
Refreshment Break |
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Concurrent
Session I: Conserving and Managing Forests for Ecological Services and
Benefits - Fire
Century Ballroom - Salon
A
Session Moderator:
Alan J. Long, School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University
of Florida, Gainesville, FL |
| 3:30pm-4:00pm |
Managing for Fire in
the Interface: Challenges and Opportunities - Alan J. Long,
School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville,
FL; Dale Wade, U.S. Forest Service, Athens, GA; Frank C. Beall,
University of California Forest Products Lab, Richmond, CA |
| 4:00pm-4:20pm |
Florida Firewise Communities
Program - James B. Harrell, Wildfire Mitigation Coordinator,
Florida Division of Forestry, Tallahassee, FL |
| 4:20pm-4:40pm |
Wildland Arson: A Time-Series
Perspective - Jeffrey Prestemon and David T. Butry,
Disturbance Economics Research Team, USDA Forest Service, Southern Research
Station, RTP, NC |
| 4:40pm-5:00pm |
A Tool to Facilitate
Prescribed Burning at the Wildland-Urban Interface - Charles
A. Gresham, Belle Baruch Institute of Coastal Ecology and Forest
Science, Georgetown, SC |
| 5:00pm-5:20pm |
Homeowner Acceptance
Of Fuel Treatments At The Wildland-Urban Interface - Christine
Vogt, Michigan State University, E. Lansing, MI; Greg Winter,
Paul Schissler and Associates, Bellingham, WA; Jeremy S. Fried,
USDA Forest Service PNW Research Station, Portland, OR |
| 5:20pm-5:40pm |
Fire Management in the
Wildland Urban Interface of Florida's Chaparral - Mary R. Huffman
and Rick Anderson, The Nature Conservancy, Babson Park, FL; Mark
Hebb, Florida Division of Forestry, Lakeland, FL |
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Concurrent Session II: Planning
and Managing Growth, continued
Century Ballroom - Salon
B
Session Moderator:
Taylor
V. Stein, School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University
of Florida, Gainesville, FL |
| 3:30pm-4:00pm |
Planning and Managing
for Recreation in the Wildland-Urban Interface - Taylor V. Stein,
School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville,
FL and Christine B. Denny, Pandion Systems, Inc.,
Gainesville, FL |
| 4:00pm-4:20pm |
Seasonal Homes, Amenity
Migration, and Attitudes Toward Growth in the Interface: A Case Study of
Walworth County, WI - Susan I. Stewart, North Central
Research Station, USDA FS R&D, Evanston IL; Kenneth M. Johnson,
Dept. of Sociology, Loyola University, Chicago IL; Gareth Betts,
University of Wisconsin-Extension, Elkhorn, WI |
| 4:20pm-4:40pm |
Managing Growth Through
the Georgia Community Greenspace Program - Laurie FowlerandRaysun
Goergen, University of Georgia Institute of Ecology, Athens, GA |
| 4:40pm-5:00pm |
Sustainable Partnerships
for WUI Conservation: New Solutions and Resources for
WUI Management in Florida's Most Densely Populated County -
Jacob
F. Stowers and William Davis, Environmental Management,
Pinellas County, FL |
| 5:00pm-5:20pm |
Gaining Ground: Natural
Resource Professionals Exploring Land Use Solutions in Indiana - Ronald
A. Rathfon and William L. Hoover, Purdue University, Department
of Forestry & Natural Resources; Joe Tutterrow, Indiana Land
Resources Council |
| 5:20pm-5:40pm |
The Importance of Leader's
and Resident's Attitudes Towards Open Space Conservation in Developing
a Pennsylvania Watershed - Bill Elmendorf, Penn
State School of Forest Resources, University Park, PA |
| 6:00pm |
Posters Dismantled |
| 6:30pm-10:00pm |
Cookout at the Interface;
Austin
Cary Forest
- Buses leave the
UF Hotel at 6:30 p.m. and return by 10:00 p.m. |
Thursday, November 8, 2001
| 7:30am-12:00pm |
Registration
Desk Open |
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Concurrent Session I: Conserving
and Managing Forests under Different Ownerships - Non-Industrial Private
Forestlands
Century Ballroom - Salon
A
Session Moderator:
William
Hubbard, Cooperative Extension Service Southern Region, Athens,
GA |
| 8:00am-8:30am |
Managing Private Nonindustrial
Forestlands at the Interface - William Hubbard, Cooperative
Extension Service Southern Region, Athens, GA |
| 8:30am-8:50am |
Parcelization of Non-industrial
Private Forestland in Oneida County, New York - Kevin P. Brazilland
René
Germain, State University of New York College of Environmental
Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY |
| 8:50am-9:10am |
Resource Manager Certification:
Facilitating Enhanced Management of Non-Industrial Private Forests
- Susan E. Moore, North Carolina State University, Raleigh,
NC; Mary Chapman, The Forest Stewards Guild, Santa Fe, NM |
| 9:10am-9:30am |
Sustaining Natural Resources
on Private Lands in the Central Hardwood Region -
William B.
Kurtz, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO; J. Mark
Fly, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Knoxville, TN;
Robert K.
Swihart, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN |
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Concurrent
Session II: Planning and Managing Growth - Landscape Assessment
Century Ballroom - Salon
B
Session Moderator:
Elizabeth
Kramer, Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA |
| 8:00am-8:30am |
Landscape Assessment
for Sustaining Forests - Elizabeth Kramer, Institute
of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA |
| 8:30am-8:50am |
Development of Biological
Assessment Criteria for Florida Depressional Wetlands - Chuck
Lane and Mark Brown, Center for Wetlands, University of
Florida, Gainesville, FL |
| 8:50am-9:10am |
Extrapolating National
Forest Field Plot Inventories onto Private Lands Using Remotely Sensed
Data - John G. Bartlett, USDA Forest Service - Southern
Global Change Program, Raleigh, North Carolina |
| 9:10am-9:30am |
The Relationships between
Ownership Fragmentation and Landscape Fragmentation in Bastrop County,
Texas - Jason Engle and Neal Wilkins, Texas A&M
University, College Station, TX |
| 9:30am-9:50am |
Land Ownership Fragmentation
within the New York City Watershed - Seth LaPierre,
René
Germain, and Christopher Nowak, State University of New
York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY |
| 10:00am-10:30am |
Refreshment Break |
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Plenary Session: The Wildland-Urban
Interface - Conclusions
Century Ballroom - Salon
A
Session Moderator:
Susan
W. Vince, School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University
of Florida, Gainesville, FL |
| 10:30am-11:30am |
Reports from Concurrent
Sessions - Concurrent session moderators |
| 11:30am-12:00pm |
Conference Wrap-up
- Wayne H. Smith, Director, School of Natural Resources and
Conservation, University of Florida |
| 12:00pm |
Conference Adjourns |
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Poster Directory
| Full-year
and Seasonal Residents Living in the Interface: Considerations for Fuel
Treatment Programs - Stan Cindrityand
Christine A. Vogt, Dept. of Park, Recreation and Tourism Resources,
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Does Construction Fill
Affect Existing Trees During Land Development?: A Study Using White Oak
and Sweetgum - Susan D. Day,
John R. Seiler, Richard E. Kreh and David Wm. Smith, Department of
Forestry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg,
VA
Effective Fire Education
in Florida: The Fire in Florida's Ecosystems Program - Christine
Dennyand
Susan Marynowski, Pandion Systems, Inc., Gainesville, FL
Forest Fuels Evaluation
and Mitigation in Camden County, Georgia to Insure a Safe Wildland-Urban
Interface - M. Boyd Edwards,
Southern
Research Station, Athens, GA and Terry S. Price, Georgia Forestry
Commission, Macon, GA
Wetland Restoration on
State Forests - Bud R. Goldsby,
Jeff Vowell and Earl Peterson, Division for Forestry, Tallahassee,
FL; Charles H. Bronson, Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services,
Tallahassee, FL
Local Government Planning
for Wildfire Hazard Mitigation - Kathleen Walston Paganand
Melissa Norman, Alachua County Growth Management Department, Gainesville,
FL
The Effect of Habitat
Management on Gopher Tortoise Populations in Southeast Georgia: Native
Soil Fertility, Forage Nutrient Values of Wiregrass and Vegetation Composition
- Virginia K. Perdue¹,²and
David C. Rostal¹; ¹Dept. of Biology, Georgia Southern
University, Statesboro, Ga, 30460 USA. ²UGA Cooperative Extension
Service, Long County, Ludowici, Ga, 31316 USA
Equipment and Methods
to Plant Pines and to Reduce Fuel Loads on Small Land Tracts - Paul
Still,
Florida
Recycling and Composting Consulting Services, Inc.,
Starke, FL
Coupling Urban and Rural
Forest Stewardship for Water Quality Enhancement in a Rapidly Urbanizing
Watershed - Jan R. Thompson,
Iowa
State University, Ames, IA and Carole Teator, Trees Forever, Marion,
IA
The Florida Black Bear
Festival: Using Partnerships to Address the Educational and Economic
Needs of a Forest Community - Carolyn Sekerak, Jim Thorsenand
Katherine Bronson, USDA Forest Service, Ocala National Forest, Umatilla,
FL
Burning
around the Edges: Challenges to Restoring Fire to Wildland-urban
Interface Pine Forests in the Southeast - J. Morgan Varner, III,
Univ.
of Florida College of Natural Resources & Environment, Gainesville,
FL; John S. Kush, Auburn University School of Forestry & Wildlife
Sciences, Auburn, AL; J. Kevin Hiers, Eglin Air Force Base Jackson
Guard, Niceville, FL
Relative Flammability
of WUI Vegetation - Robert H. White,USDA,
Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, WI; David R. Weise,
USDA,
Forest Service, Forest Fire Laboratory, Riverside, CA; Kurt Mackes,
Department
of Forest Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO |
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Field Trip: Issues at the Interface
This one-day field trip in and around Gainesville will introduce participants
to some of the region’s most pressing wildland-urban interface issues,
including fire, invasive plants and animals, wildland conservation and
management, and recreation. Representatives of local and state agencies
will guide the trip, and at various stops they will illustrate the challenges,
constraints, and opportunities in implementing solutions. Stops will
include Payne’s Prairie State Preserve and a Gainesville subdivision hit
hard by pine bark beetle infestation. Additionally, participants will view
interface forests burned by wildfires in 1998 and learn of new approaches
to fire risk management being implemented by Florida’s Division of Forestry.
The field trip will take place on Monday November 5, from 9 a.m. to
5 p.m. The fee for the trip includes bus transportation, refreshments,
and box lunch.
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Call for Abstracts
The sponsors and organizers of the Wildland-Urban Interface Conference
invite you to submit abstracts for oral and poster presentations. We encourage
natural resource professionals and planners to present new research results
and examples of successful approaches and case studies from the interface.
Presentations focusing on innovative ideas and programs for sustaining
forests at the interface are especially welcome.
Oral sessions will be organized by the topics listed above and individual
talks will be limited to 15 minutes with an additional 5 minutes for questions
and discussion. Posters also provide a valuable opportunity for scientific
interaction. They will be displayed throughout the conference and an evening
reception will highlight the posters and exhibits. Posters will be
limited to a space of 4’ high x 8’ wide. CLICK HERE
for detailed Poster Specifications - which may be printed to your printer
for future reference. (You will need Adobe
Acrobat Reader to open and print the PDF file.)
If you wish to make an oral or poster presentation, please submit an
abstract no later than August 1, 2001. Abstracts MUST be submitted
electronically via this web site. CLICK HERE for abstract
instructions and submission.
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Registration Information
The registration fee includes a conference packet,
an abstract booklet, one copy of the USDA Forest Service Southern WUI Assessment,
a reception, a cookout, refreshment breaks and two lunches. The field trip
has an additional fee ($50 including lunch and bus transportation) as noted
on the registration form. Payment must accompany the registration form
to qualify for the reduced registration fee.
Participant Registration
| Early Registration (On or before September
24, 2001) |
$295 |
| Regular Registration (After September 24,
2001) |
$350 |
Student Registration
| (Student ID must be presented at conference) |
$185 |
Field Trip Registration
Exhibitor Registration
Includes one registration fee and 6’ table with two chairs.
Space is limited, so it is first come, first served. |
$500 |
NOTE: Payment must accompany your registration and be postmarked
by the deadline to qualify for the early registration fee.
To register, you can click here to register
with a credit card online.
(via our Secured Server) [Online Registration
has closed]
OR, click
here to load a form that can be printed to your printer, then return
the form with payment to the Office of Conferences and Institutes. (You
will need Adobe
Acrobat Reader to open and print the PDF form file.)
Refund Policy: Requests for registration
refunds will be honored if the Office of Conferences and Institutes (OCI)
receives a written notification of cancellation on or before October 1,
2001. A $50.00 processing fee will be deducted from all registration refunds.
Sorry, no refunds will be honored for cancellations after October 1, 2001.
In compliance with requirements of the Americans with Disabilities
Act (ADA), participants with special needs can be reasonably accommodated
by contacting the Office of Conferences and Institutes (OCI) at least 10
working days prior to the conference. We can be reached by phone at 1-352-392-5930,
by fax at 1-352-392-9734, or by calling 1-800-955-8771 (TDD).
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Meeting Site
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The conference will be held at The
University of Florida Hotel and Conference Center (1714 Southwest
34th Street, Gainesville, Florida 32607). Facilities include a complete
business service center and all hotel rooms have a large desk with lamp
for working after-hours, WebTV, ethernet ports, dual-line telephones and
analog ports for modem access. A block of rooms has been reserved at a
special per night rate of $99 single or double occupancy (plus 9% tax—Federal
and State employees will be exempt with proper documentation presented
at check-in). Rooms may not be available after October 1, 2001.
The
group rate will be honored 3 days following the conference, but not before,
and the hotel requires a 2-night minimum stay. Call the hotel directly
at (352) 371-3600 to make a reservation and identify yourself as a participant
of the Wildland-Urban Interface Conference.
Air service is provided through the Gainesville Regional Airport, just
north of Gainesville, and The University of Florida Hotel provides daytime
shuttle service. Additional airports within a 2 - 3 hour drive of
the University of Florida are located in Jacksonville, Orlando, and Tampa.
A map and hotel information will be mailed to you with your registration
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Exhibitors
This conference provides an excellent opportunity
to showcase your company or agency’s services and products to a large audience
of natural resource professionals and planners. A securable exhibit area
will be open throughout the conference and an evening reception will highlight
the exhibits and posters. For more information, contact Mary
Duryea or Susan Vince, the conference organizers. To secure a space,
each exhibitor must fill out a registration form and check the exhibitor
fee (includes one registration and a 6’ table with two chairs).
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Area Information
& Related Sites
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Conference
Committees
Steering Committee (Southern Wildland-Urban Interface Council)
Bill Carothers, USDA Forest Service, Asheville,
NC
Sharon Dolliver, Georgia Forestry Commission,
Macon, GA
Mary Duryea, School of Forest Resources &
Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
John Giedraites, Texas Forest Service, College
Station, TX
James Harrell, Florida Division of Forestry, Tallahassee,
FL
Annie Hermansen, USDA Forest Service, Southern
Research Station, Athens, GA
Bill Hubbard, CES Southern Region, University
of Georgia, Athens, GA
Bruce Hull, College of Natural Resources, Virginia
Tech, Blacksburg, VA
Marsha Kearney, USDA Forest Service, Tallahassee,
FL
Ed Macie, USDA Forest Service, State and Private
Forestry, Atlanta, GA
Pat McDowell, State of Oklahoma Department of
Agriculture, Oklahoma City, OK
Martha Monroe, School of Forest Resources &
Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Bettina Ring, Virginia Department of Forestry,
Charlottesville, VA
Jill Schwartz, American Farmland Trust, Washington,
DC
Phillip Schwolert, Colorado State Forest Service,
Fort Collins, CO
Pete Smith, Texas Forest Service, College Station,
TX
Sue Stewart, USDA Forest Service, North Central
Research Station, Evanston, IL
Bill Sweet, USDA Forest Service, Southern Region,
Birmingham, AL
Dave Wear, USDA Forest Service, Southern Research
Station, Research Triangle Park, NC
Wayne Zipperer, USDA Forest Service, Northeast
Forest Experiment Station, Syracuse, NY
Field Trip Committee
Ramesh P. Buch, Alachua County Forever
Land Conservation Program, Gainesville, FL
Duane Durgee, Florida Division of Forestry, Gainesville,
FL
Jim Meeker, Florida Division of Forestry, Gainesville,
FL
James Weimer, Florida Department of Environment
Protection, Micanopy, FL
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For Further Information
Conference Information:
Dr. Mary Duryea -- Conference Organizer
Dr. Susan Vince -- Conference Organizer
School of Forest Resources and Conservation
University of Florida
PO Box 110410
Gainesville, FL 32611-0410
Phone: (352) 846-0896, 846-0886 / Fax: (352) 846-1277
Email: mlduryea@ufl.edu ; svince@ufl.edu
Registration Information:
Ms. Dianne Powers -- Conference Coordinator
Office of Conferences and Institutes (OCI)
University of Florida Leadership and Education Foundation, Inc. (UFLEF)
Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS)
PO Box 110750
Building 639, Mowry Road
Gainesville, FL 32611-0750
Phone: 352-392-5930 / Fax: 352-392-9734
Email: dwpowers@mail.ifas.ufl.edu
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