Mapping the future of southern pine management in a changing world.

High school students participating in the University of Florida's Science Quest summer camp learn how carbon cycles through biological and physical systems as part of the Project Learning Tree/PINEMAP Secondary Module activity "Carbon on the Move." Photo courtesy of Jessica Ireland.
Throughfall exclusion structures at the Tier III site in Taliaferro County, Georgia. Photo courtesy of Madison Akers.
This photo shows the drainage design on the rainfall exclusion structures at the Tier III throughfall exclusion x fertilization site in Taylor County, Florida. Photo courtesy of Geoffrey Lokuta.
Aerial view of PINEMAP Tier III throughfall exclusion x fertilization site in Taylor County, Florida. Photo courtesy of Tim Martin.
Throughfall exclusion structures at Tier III site in Buckingham County, Virginia. Photo courtesy of Andy Laviner.
Maxwell Wightman, PINEMAP graduate student, shows participants how to use a homemade clinometer to measure tree height. Photo courtesy of Jessica Ireland.
High school students participating in the University of Florida's Science Quest summer camp measure trees and calculate the amount of carbon stored in trees as part of the Project Learning Tree/PINEMAP Secondary Module activity "Counting the Carbon." Photo courtesy of Martha Monroe.

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PINEMAP Forest Research and Decision Support Tool Rollout

Forest Research and Decision Support Tool Rollout

Be the first to hear about the research results that can boost your productivity and your bottom line!

This meeting is for foresters, technical advisors, TIMO's, REIT's, Forest research cooperative members and others interested in managing pines in changing times. This one day meeting will include research results, forest models and decision support tools from the six year PINEMAP project.*




	$125 Registration includes lunch and dinner reception on Tuesday and breakfast on Wednesday .Participants will receive a folder and thumbdrive with PINEMAP related research, as well as copies of the presentations. 7.0 SAF CFE Cat1 Credits will be available.

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Tuesday, May 16th State Botanic Garden of Georgia, Garden Club of Georgia Terrace Room, Athens

11 am Registration,

11:30 am Lunch,

1:00 pm meeting starts

5:30 pm dinner & reception

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Wednesday, May 17th - Warnell School of Forestry, UGA, Athens, GA

7 am breakfast

8 am start

12 pm conclusion

Travel Information:

The meeting is at the State Botanic Garden of Georgia, Garden Club of Georgia Terrace Room on the first day, starting at 11 am for registration. The botanic garden is less than a 15 minute drive away from the hotel. On the second day, we will meet at the Warnell School of Forestry, Bldgs 4 and 1, which are a short 10 minute walk from the hotel. Parking can be found a the

South Campus parking deck located next to the UGA Center for Continuing Education Hotel.

If you need a ride from the Hotel to the Botanic garden for the meeting on Tuesday, please email or call Leslie at 706-612-7875.

Tuesday May 16th- meeting is at the State Botanic Garden of Georgia, Athens

2450 S. Milledge Ave. Athens, GA 30605

Directions from the UGA hotel to the State Botanic Garden of Georgia

Shuttle from Altlanta

Shuttles from the Atlanta airport are available via Groome Transportation or other companies listed here:

Preferred directions: Atlanta to Athens area (less traffic)

Atlanta city center to Georgia Botanic Garden (day 1 of meeting)

ATL airport to Georgia Botanic Garden (day 1 of meeting)

ATL airport to UGA Georgia Center (hotel)

Atlanta city center to UGA Georgia Center (hotel)

Hotel Reservations

There is a hotel block reserved at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education, on campus, with rooms for $98 per night. Rooms are available at this rate for May 15th, 16th and 17th.

Reservations can be made by phone at: (706) 548-1311

or online at: http://www.georgiacenter.uga.edu/uga-hotel/hotel-home

Block Code is: 88707

Rooms will be: $98 per night

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PDFs of Presentations can be found here:

Dr. Tim Martin- Introduction and Context of PINEMAP presentation

Heather Aldridge- Current Climate Science, future climate projections and the PINEMAP decision support system (DSS)

Dr. Randy Wynne- Modeling Future Productivity

Dr. Jason Vogel- Plantation Carbon Storage: Distribution and Management Effects

Dr. Bob Abt- Regional Effects of Changes in Pine Plantation Growth

Dr. Puneet Dwivedi- Impact of Changing Climate on Ex-situ Carbon Storage

Dr. Thomas Fox- Increasing Efficiency of Nitrogen Fertilization in Loblolly Pine Plantations

Dr. Brooks Mendell- "What do changing forests imply for timberland owners, investments and markets?"

Dr. Steve McKeand- Refined Seedling Deployment Tools

Dr. Carol Loopstra- Association Analyses of quantitative traits and environmental variables using 2.8 million exome-wide SNPs in a clonally tested loblolly pine population

Dr. Ross Whetten- Genomic Tools in Breeding

Dr. Gary Peter- A New Chapter on Genotyping of the CClones Population and Update on Association Mapping for Disease Resistance in Loblolly Pine

Dr. Mark Megalos_Leslie Boby-Facilitation Cross-Sector Communication

Dr. Damian Adams- New Frontiers in Forest Economics and Policy

Dr. Steve McNulty- What will the future hold?

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