2002 Summer Tour

Utah Chapter SAF Summer Tour and
IMSAF Annual Meeting

New Directions in Silviculture and Watershed Management

June 27-28, 2002

A highly successful and informative summer tour was hosted by the Utah Chapter and organized by Mark Brunson, Utah Chapter Chair. The meeting was held at Utah State University's Bear Lake Training Center in Garden City, Utah. Linked pages detail Thursday afternoon's and Friday morning's tours.

Meeting Organizer	Dr. Mark Brunson, SAF Utah Chapter Chair, USU Department of Forest, Range, and Wildlife Sciences
Thursday noon	IMSAF Business Meeting
Thursday afternoon details	Dr. Jeffrey Kershner, USDA Forest Service research scientist, USU Dept. of Aquatic, Watershed and Earth Resources St. Charles Creek, Idaho, stream research sites, historical impacts and fisheries habitat restoration.
Thursday evening	Dr. Renzo Motta, professor of silviculture and forest ecology, University of Turin, Italy New directions in silviculture in the mountain forests of Italy. View Dr. Motta's web page.
Friday morning details	Dr. James N. Long, professor of silviculture and forest ecology, USU Department of Forest, Range, and Wildlife Sciences T.W. Daniel Experimental Forest research/politics of alternative silvicultural approaches for Central Rockies lodgepole pine forests.
Friday morning	Dr. John Shaw, research scientist, USU Department of Forest, Range, and Wildlife Sciences T.W. Daniel Experimental Forest research of alternative silvicultural methods for the management of wildlife habitat.