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Forest Futures:
Science, Politics, and Policy for the Next Century
A one day conference on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2002
Willamette University, Salem, Oregon

Conference Schedule
11:00-12:30 p.m. Registration and Buffet lunch
Keynote Speaker, Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber
Introduced by Tori Haring-Smith, Dean of College of Liberal Arts, Willamette University

Cat Cavern, Putnam University Center

12:45-2 p.m. Main Session: What is Sustainable Forestry?

This session will explore the variety and variability among practices that are called “sustainable forestry." By bringing together an interdisciplinary panel, we hope to illuminate the contributions of various disciplines to the debate on whether (and how) we can manage forests for ecosystem integrity while sustaining yield of forest products. Panelists
John Beuter, President, Umpqua-Tualatin, Inc.
David Perry, Program Director, Land Restoration, Malama Kukui Cultural Learning Center (Hawaii); Professor (emeritus), Ecosystem Studies and Ecosystem Management, Department of Forest Science, Oregon State University
Roger Sedjo, Natural Resources Economist, Resources for the Future
Jack Ward Thomas, Professor of Wildlife Conservation, University of Montana; Former Head of the U.S. Forest Service

Cat Cavern, Putnam University Center

2:15-3:30 p.m. Concurrent Sessions:

Putnam University Center

1. Science and Policymaking

In this session, the increasingly fuzzy intersection of science and policy will be explored. In particular we will focus on the role of the scientist in the policymaking arena, and how science is used in the courts. Panelists include:
Deborah Brosnan, Ph.D., President of the Sustainable Ecosystems Institute
Ronald Mitchell, Professor, Department of Political Science, The University of Oregon
Dan Rohlf, Assoc. Professor, Northwestern School of Law, Lewis and Clark College
Fred Swanson, Research Geologist, USFS Pacific NW Research Station; Professor of Forest Science and Geoscience, OSU

2. Endangered Species

What is on the horizon for endangered species? In this session we will review the current status of the Endangered Species Act and Habitat Conservation Plans and explore the future for policy related to endangered species in PAW forests. Panelists include:
Steve Ackers, Wildlife Ecologist, Oregon State University
Susan Jane Brown, Executive Director of the Gifford Pinchot Task Force
Stephanie Parent, Pacific Environmental Advocacy Center, Northwestern School of Law at Lewis and Clark College
Richard Stroup, Senior Associate, PERC- The Center for Free Market Environmentalism

3:45-4:30 p.m. Closing Panel: The Future and Challenges of the Northwest Forest Plan

Former Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt and Mark Rey, USDA Under Secretary for Natural Resources and the Environment, along with former head of the USFS Jack Ward Thomas will help wrap up with a panel exploring this topic.

Cat Cavern, Putnam University Center

POST-CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES:

4:45-5:45 "People and Forests: Diverse perspectives on Sustaining Forests in the Pacific Northwest"
A presentation by Steve Mital, Service Learning Coordinator, University of Oregon Environmental Studies Program in the Alumni Lounge, Putnam University Center

8 p.m. Dempsey Lecture by Bruce Babbitt

in Smith Auditorium (no charge for lecture, seats on a first-come, first-serve basis)

Conference Schedule 11:00-12:30 p.m. Registration and Buffet lunch Keynote Speaker, Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber Introduced by Tori Haring-Smith, Dean of College of Liberal Arts, Willamette University Cat Cavern, Putnam University Center
12:45-2 p.m. Main Session: What is Sustainable Forestry? This session will explore the variety and variability among practices that are called “sustainable forestry." By bringing together an interdisciplinary panel, we hope to illuminate the contributions of various disciplines to the debate on whether (and how) we can manage forests for ecosystem integrity while sustaining yield of forest products. Panelists John Beuter, President, Umpqua-Tualatin, Inc. David Perry, Program Director, Land Restoration, Malama Kukui Cultural Learning Center (Hawaii); Professor (emeritus), Ecosystem Studies and Ecosystem Management, Department of Forest Science, Oregon State University Roger Sedjo, Natural Resources Economist, Resources for the Future Jack Ward Thomas, Professor of Wildlife Conservation, University of Montana; Former Head of the U.S. Forest Service Cat Cavern, Putnam University Center
2:15-3:30 p.m. Concurrent Sessions:	Putnam University Center
*1. Science and Policymaking* In this session, the increasingly fuzzy intersection of science and policy will be explored. In particular we will focus on the role of the scientist in the policymaking arena, and how science is used in the courts. Panelists include: Deborah Brosnan, Ph.D., President of the Sustainable Ecosystems Institute Ronald Mitchell, Professor, Department of Political Science, The University of Oregon Dan Rohlf, Assoc. Professor, Northwestern School of Law, Lewis and Clark College Fred Swanson, Research Geologist, USFS Pacific NW Research Station; Professor of Forest Science and Geoscience, OSU	*2. Endangered Species* What is on the horizon for endangered species? In this session we will review the current status of the Endangered Species Act and Habitat Conservation Plans and explore the future for policy related to endangered species in PAW forests. Panelists include: Steve Ackers, Wildlife Ecologist, Oregon State University Susan Jane Brown, Executive Director of the Gifford Pinchot Task Force Stephanie Parent, Pacific Environmental Advocacy Center, Northwestern School of Law at Lewis and Clark College Richard Stroup, Senior Associate, PERC- The Center for Free Market Environmentalism
3:45-4:30 p.m. Closing Panel: The Future and Challenges of the Northwest Forest Plan Former Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt and Mark Rey, USDA Under Secretary for Natural Resources and the Environment, along with former head of the USFS Jack Ward Thomas will help wrap up with a panel exploring this topic. Cat Cavern, Putnam University Center POST-CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES: 4:45-5:45 "People and Forests: Diverse perspectives on Sustaining Forests in the Pacific Northwest" A presentation by Steve Mital, Service Learning Coordinator, University of Oregon Environmental Studies Program in the Alumni Lounge, Putnam University Center 8 p.m. Dempsey Lecture by Bruce Babbitt in Smith Auditorium (no charge for lecture, seats on a first-come, first-serve basis)