Current Research in Hurricane Disturbed Forests
Webinar Details
When:
Oct 7, 2024 12:00 pm US/Eastern
Length: 01:30 (hh:mm)
Advance Registration NOT required.
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Presenter(s):
- Dr. Christine Cairns Fortuin - Assistant Professor, College of Forest Resources at Mississippi State University
- Dr. Robert Chastain - Senior Remote Sensing Specialist , RedCastle Resources
- Dr. Bruno Kanieski da Silva - Assistant Professor, University of Georgia
- Dr. Adam Polinko - Assistant Professor, Department of Forestry at Mississippi State University
- Dr. Shaun Tanger - Associate Professor, Arkansas Center for Forest Business College of Forestry, Agriculture and Natural Resources University of Arkansas at Monticello
CEU Credits/Certificate Offered:
- New York Logger Training - Trained Logger Certification (NYLT-TLC) - .25 hour NYLT TLC Credit [credits applied for]
- Certificate of Participation
- Georgia Master Timber Harvester - Continuing Logger Ed. (GaMTH CLE) - 1.5 hour CLE - MTH Category B Credit
Virtual Event Format:
Group Viewing Available:
Join experts from silviculture, economics, and geospatial disciplines as they present results from recent research exploring the dynamics of hurricane-impacted forests. These include how stand and tree characteristics influence damage severity after a catastrophic hurricane disturbance, how those characteristics interact with silvicultural regimes, as well as new tools that will aid decision-makers with damage assessment and salvage efforts.
This webinar is the first of two webinars. The second webinar, Future Research Directions and Needs for Hurricane Disturbed Forests, will discuss challenges and opportunities present in this important area of study and answer questions from the audience. The second webinar is scheduled for October 21, 2024, at noon Eastern
About Our Presenter(s)
Dr. Christine Cairns Fortuin is an Assistant Professor in the College of Forest Resources at Mississippi State University. Dr. Fortuin utilizes a combination of field work, satellite data analysis and spatial modeling to characterize and predict impacts of severe wind events (hurricane, tornado and severe thunderstorm events) in southern U.S. forests, including developing predictive models of tree damage severity resulting from severe wind events at the landscape scale, determining effects of prior forest management and stand-level characteristics on damage levels at the local scale, and determining impacts of severe wind events on forest stand structure and resulting pest and pollinator invertebrate communities. Dr. Fortuin received her Ph.D from the University of Georgia in Forestry and Natural Resources in 2020.
Dr. Robert Chastain, is a Senior Remote Sensing Specialist at RedCastle Resources. Dr. Chastain leads the Trees-DIP project for RedCastle at their Geospatial Technology and Applications Center. Trees-DIP is a rapid response tool that provide initial forest damage assessments for Hurricane impacts and is used operationally by the US Forest Service. Dr. Chastain received his Ph.D from the University of Maryland in 2004.
Dr. Bruno Kanieski da Silva is an Assistant Professor at the University of Georgia, specializing in Forest Finance. He holds a Ph.D. in Forest Economics and an M.A. in Economics from North Carolina State University, as well as an M.S. in Forestry from the University of São Paulo, Brazil. His research interests include forest finance and economics, timber markets, and modelling. Dr. Silva has extensive experience in both academia and industry, having worked as a Forest Economist in multiple projects in the US South and Latin America.
Dr. Adam Polinko is an Assistant Professor of Silviculture in the Department of Forestry at Mississippi State University His research focuses on quantitative approaches to silviculture and forest stand dynamics. He holds BS and MS degrees in forestry from Northern Arizona University and a Ph.D. in forestry from the University of British Columbia.
Dr. Shaun Tanger is an Associate Professor of Forest Policy and Trade in the College of Forestry, Agriculture and Natural Resources at the University of Arkansas at Monticello. Dr. Tanger’s research program is currently focused on examining interstate carbon leakage and carbon market participation under various tax structure alternatives. Shaun received his Ph.D. from Auburn University in Forest Economics and Policy (2009).
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