the Colorado Bark Beetle Cooperative
invites you to its
Annual Stakeholder Meeting![beetle killed forest](http://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs025/1102073656630/img/28.jpg?a=1102710327119)
Friday, November 6th, 2009
9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Vail, Colorado
Registration Fee: $10/person - includes lunch
Payment can be made the day of the meeting. Please bring cash or check (made out to NWCCOG).
To register, email your name, organization, email address and phone number to
Agenda:
9:30 a.m. - Mission, Scope, Objectives & Strategy for the CBBC
v align="left">Gary Severson, Executive Director, NWCCOG
9:45 a.m. - "Forests in Change": The State of our Scientific Knowledge Regarding Lodgepole Pine, Mountain Pine Beetle, and Fire Behavior
Merrill R. Kaufmann, USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station (emeritus) and The Nature Conservancy
10:15 a.m. - Forest Health Panel
"State of the State" - Jeff Jahnke, State Forester, CSFS
Evolution of the Future Forests - Tony Dixon, Deputy Regional Forester, Rocky Mtn Region, USFS
Bridging the Gap: Local Collaborations - Tony Cheng, Director, Colorado Forest Restoration Institute at CSU
11:15 a.m. - Safety Issues and Secondary Impacts of the Mountain Pine Beetle Panel
Power - Ron Turley, Special Programs Manager, Western Area Power Administration
Water - Brad Piehl, JW Associates, Inc.
Falling Trees - Private & Public Land: Vince Urbina, Asst. Staff Forester for Community Forestry, South Area, CSFS
Fire - Tim Foley, CSFS
12:15 p.m. - LUNCH
1:15 p.m. - Current & Upcoming Legislation
Senator Dan Gibbs
1:45 p.m. - "What's Happening Out There?": Mapping Project Revisited
Jeff Kitchens, BLM, CO Forestry & ES&R Program Lead
Chuck Dennis, CSFS, Staff Forester, Forest Management Division
3:15 p.m. - Wrap Up
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