Date/Time
Sep 22, 2026
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Maine Forest and Logging Museum
Penobscot Experimental Forest
Bradley , Maine
Join the Maine Division of SAF on the PEF’s Diamond Anniversary (1950-2025) to discuss lessons learned in silviculture and operations – along with wildlife habitat and economic implications – from long-term U.S. Forest Service and University of Maine research in northern conifers and hardwoods in central Maine.
Presenters include some of the authors of the Northern Conifer Silviculture Guide: Laura Kenefic and Skylar Roach, Nicole Rogers (Maine Forest Service), Keith Kanoti, Erin Simons-Legaard (University of Maine), Sarah Spencer (Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife), Cameron McIntire (Forest Service), and Christina Murphy (USGS Maine Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit).
Agenda
9:00 Meet at Maine Forest & Logging Museum, Introductions
9:30 Lowland cedar ecology & management
10:15 American beech: beech bark disease & beech leaf disease
11:10 Biomass harvesting & prescribed burning
12:00-1:00 Lunch & Anniversary Celebration (Lunch Provided!)
1:10 Natural disturbances and stand dynamics
1:40 Selection system, exploitation, & rehabilitation (including updates on new Maine Forest Service cost-share programs)
2:40 Regular and irregular shelterwood, pre-commercial & commercial thinning
3:40 Irregular shelterwood & ecological forestry
4:30 Conclusion & Adjourn
Approved for 4.5 SAF CFEs