Southern
Research Station

February 27, 2018

Agenda PDF

1:00 pm Welcome and Introductions - Stephanie Laseter, SRS-R8 Liaison

• Opening Comments and Updates since 2012 State Line
  • Rob Doudrick - SRS Station Director
  • George Geissler - OK State Forester
  • Joe Fox - AR State Forester
  • Tom Boggus - TX State Forester

Topics:

2:00pm Mid-south Projections: expectations for change Status and Trends of the Mid-south Forest Resource	Topic leads: John Coulston and Kerry Dooley
3:00pm Break
3:15pm Water use in a changing landscape	Topic Lead: Dave Wear
4pm Reforestation effects on water quantity	Topic lead: Chelcy Ford Miniat

5:00 pm Summary and Wrap Up for the Day Stephanie Laseter

February 28, 2018

8:00 am Review of previous day’s discussion Stephanie Laseter, ALL

Topics:

8:30am Ecological impacts of Southern Pine Beetle and Ips: Status of current outbreak, ability to implement treatments, economic concerns. Cogongrass: State-of-Knowledge	Topic lead: John T. Nowak Topic lead: Rima Lucardi
9:30am Improving Forest Conditions for Pollinators	Topic lead: Michael Ulyshen
10:15 Break
10:30 Smoke management across the landscape	Topic lead: Scott Goodrick

11:15am Confirm Follow-up Actions, Opportunities, and Next Steps ALL

11:45 Closing Comments

• Rob Doudrick - SRS Station Director
• George Geissler-OK State Forester
• Joe Fox- AR State Forester
• Tom Boggus- TX State Forester

12:00 pm Adjourn - Safe Travels!

Attendees:

AR: Joe Fox- AR State Forester

OK: George Geissler- OK State Forester

TX: Tom Boggus- TX State Forester

SRS: John Coulston - Supervisory Research Forester, Kerry Dooley - Forester, Rob Doudrick - Station Director, Scott Goodrick - Project Leader & Research Meteorologist, Stephanie Laseter - SRS-R8 Liaison (Detail), Rima Lucardi - Research Ecologist, Chelcy Ford Miniat - Project Leader, John T. Nowak - Entomologist, D. Craig Rudolph - Research Ecologist, Michael Ulyshen - Research Entomologist, David N. Wear -Project Leader