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INFORMATION ON THE ENUMERATING WILDLIFE POPULATIONS WORKSHOP ASSOCIATED WITH THE 2006 ANNUAL MEETING CAN BE FOUND ON THE 2006 ANNUAL MEETING PAGE

• Wildlife and the Wildland Urban Interface
  April 18-19, 2006
  Bend, Oregon

There is a growing concern and emphasis regarding large wildfires in the western US, particularly where human lives, homes, buildings and other infrastructure are at risk. There is a parallel concern for wildlife populations and habitats in low and moderate elevations where human development has had profound detrimental effects. The Oregon Chapter of the Wildlife Society is sponsoring a workshop on integrating wildlife needs into the wildland urban interface. The two-day workshop will explore techniques for managing forests and rangelands that border human communities, while maintaining the integrity of the landscape for wildlife.

• Integrating Silviculture and Wildlife Habitat Management Symposium
  February 9-11, 2004
  Bend, Oregon

Forestry and wildlife related issues have long been debated in the Pacific Northwest and incorporating wildlife habitat needs in managed forests is critical to meeting management and conservation objectives for forest-dwelling species. The Oregon Chapter of The Wildlife Society and the Society of American Foresters are co-sponsoring a special symposium on Integrating Silviculture and Wildlife Habitat Management, 9-11 February 2004, prior to the annual meeting. This exciting symposium will provide participants with cutting-edge technology, research, and management applications for integrating wildlife habitat objectives in Pacific Northwest managed and unmanaged forests. Well known forest ecologist Dr. Jerry Franklin will lead off the symposium with a keynote address on integrating science, management, and policy to achieve multiple forest resource objectives. The symposium has brought together a diverse group of leading experts throughout the region to address a variety of topics relating to forestry-wildlife relationships, forest structure development, forest management planning, implementation of silvicultural prescriptions to achieve multiple objectives, forest policy, pathology and entomology, fire and silviculture relationships, and riparian area management. This symposium constitutes 13 contact hours toward The Wildlife Society's Professional Development Program and the Society of American Foresters Continuing Forestry Education Program.

• Wildlife Disease Workshop
  April 8, 2004
  Hood River Best Western Inn

You are invited to attend a one-day Wildlife Disease Workshop, featuring Dr. Rex Sohn, a Wildlife Disease Specialist from the U. S. Geological Survey National Wildlife Health Center in Madison, Wisconsin, and Dr. Jack Mortenson, a Wildlife Veterinarian with the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture in Salem, Oregon. The workshop is intended for wildlife and natural resource professionals, public health officials, persons who work with wild animals, and anyone interested in knowing more about wildlife diseases. The main focal diseases of the workshop will be West Nile Virus (WNV), Newcastle Disease, Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), and Deer Hair Loss. The status of one or a few other wildlife diseases that occur in the Northwest may be updated, time permitting. The Workshop will take place at the Best Western Hood River Inn, in Hood River, Oregon, right off Highway 84 in the scenic Columbia River Gorge, about an hour's drive east of Portland. The workshop is scheduled from 8:00 until 5 p.m., with two short breaks and an hour break for lunch (lunch is included in the registration fee). The $45 registration MUST be received by March 31 in order to guarantee lunch. Late registration will be $55: lunch will not be provided to late registrants.

• Managing Green Tree, Snag and Log Structures in Harvest Units - Presentations

Green Trees, Snags, Logs and Wildlife in Managed Forests: An Overview (PDF - 965 KB)

James Rochelle
Rochelle Environmental Consulting

Timber Harvesting System Selection To Meet Wildlife Goals (PDF - 2.27 MB)

Ben Spong
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Forest Engineering
Oregon State University

Bioforestry: Retention of forest structures within intensively managed forestlands (PDF - 2.06 MB)

Stuart Farber & Geoff Kaberle
Timber Products Company
130 Phillipe Lane
PO Box 766
Yreka CA 96097

Influence of Coarse Wood on Small Mammals in the Oregon Coast Range (PDF - 799 KB)

Dave Waldien
Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
Oregon State University