Appendix Symposium Program
Tuesday, June 23, 1992
8:00
Introductions and Welcome of Keynote Speakers .......................................Andrew Leven
USFS, Pacific Southwest Region
8:05
Welcome to the Visalia Area .......................................................................Peter Carey
Mayor of Visalia
8:25
Keynote Speech .............................................................................................Douglas Leisz
Former Associate Chief, USFS
Panel: Natural Values, Public Values, and Public Perceptions ....................Bob Jasperson
Save-the-Redwoods League, Moderator
8:55
A Botanist's View of the Big Trees ............................................................Robert Ornduff
University of California
Sequoia Grove Preservation: Natural or Humanistic? ................................William A. Croft
University of Michigan
Public Perceptions of Giant Sequoia Over Time .........................................William Tweed
Sequoia National Park
10:15 Break
10:40 Panel: Natural Perspectives, Genetic Characteristics,
and Ecological Considerations ...............................................................Bill Libby,
University of California, Moderator
Perspectives on the Giant Sequoia Groves ..................................................Dwight Willard
Author and Attorney
Paleohistory of Giant Sequoia in the Sierra Nevada ...................................Scott Anderson
Northern Arizona University
Genetics of Giant Sequoia ...........................................................................Lauren Fins
University of Idaho
Giant Sequoia in the Mixed-Conifer Ecosystem .........................................Philip Rundel
UCLA
12:00 Lunch
Lee Stetson will present his dramatic interpretation of John Muir: Giant Sequoia in the Sierra Nevada
1:30 Panel: Giant Sequoia in a Disturbance-Driven Environment .......................Dave Parsons,
Sequoia National Park, Moderator
Giant Sequoia in a Disturbance-Driven Environment:
Integrating Science and Mgt ..................................................................Norman Christensen
Duke University
Fire and Climate History in Giant Sequoia Stands .....................................Thomas Swetnam
University of Arizona
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Long-Term Stand Dynamics of Sequoia Groves .................................. Nathan Stephenson
Sequoia National
Park
3:15
3:45
Fire Ecology: Implication for Managing
Giant Sequoia Ecosystems....................................................................Jan van Wagtendonk
Yosemite National
Park
Air Pollution Effects on Giant Sequoia Ecosystems ................................. Paul Miller
USFS, PSW Riverside
Break
4:45
Panel: Management Strategies .................................................................... Joseph Fontaine,
Sierra Club, Moderator
US Forest Service ....................................................................................... Sandra Key
Sequoia National Park
US Park Service ......................................................................................... David Parsons
Sequoia National Park
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection ............................. Dave Dulitz
Mt. Home State Forest
Poster Session
6:00
End of Poster Session
7:00
Banquet
Giant Sequoia in Europe ............................................................................. Prof. Wolfgang Knigge
University of Göttingen, Germany
Wednesday, June 24, 1992
All day field trips
Thursday, June 25, 1992
8:00
Announcements
8:05
Panel: Influences on Grove Development ................................................. Julie Allen,
USFS Sequoia National Forest, Moderator
Soils and Nutrients Relationships in the Development
of Giant Sequoia Groves ...................................................................... Paul Zinke
University of California
Microbiology: The Spice of Life in Mixed-Conifer Forests .................... Randy Molina
USFS, PNW Corvallis, Oregon
Faunal Relationships in Sequoia /Mixed-Conifer Forests ........................ David Graber
Sequoia National Park
Insect and Disease Relationships .............................................................. Douglas Piirto
Cal Poly State University
San Luis Obispo
Visual Ecology in Giant Sequoia .............................................................. Kerry Dawson
University of California, Davis
9:45
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Break
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10:15 Panel: Native Values and Public Agency
Management Strategies ................................................................................Janet Wold,
Stanislaus National Forest, Moderator
Native American Views and Values of Giant Sequoia ................................Floyd Franco, Jr.
Chairman, Tule River Tribal Council
Management Strategies by the Tule Indian Reservation .............................Brian Rueger
Consulting Forester
Tule River Indian Reservation
Management Strategies by California Department of
Parks and Recreation ................................................................................Wayne Harrison Calaveras
State Park
Management Strategies by the Bureau of Land Management .....................Russell Lewis
Caliente Resource Area, BLM
Private Land Management ............................................................................Dave Reed,
Owner, Dillionwood Company
Young Growth Management ........................................................................Donald Gasser
University of California
Mitigating Some Consequences of Giant Sequoia Management ................. William Libby
University of California
12:00 Lunch
1:15
2:15
3:30
Panel: Reflections on Management Strategies .............................................Kenneth Delfino,
California Dept. of Forestry and Fire
Protection, Moderator
The Mediated Settlement ..............................................................................Julie McDonald
Sierra Club
Perspectives of the Forest Products Industry ................................................Glen Duysen
Sequoia Forest Products, Inc.
A Grassroots View .......................................................................................Carla A. Cloer
Sequoia Forest Alliance and Involved
Citizen
Audience Response: What Should the Future Be? ......................................Alana Knaster,
Mediation Institute, Moderator
Break
3:50
Symposium Results: Views from the Agency Leadership .........................Philip Aune,
USFS, Pacific Southwest Research Station,
Moderator
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection ...............................Richard Wilson
Director
Sequoia Kings Canyon National Park...........................................................Thomas Ritter
Superintendent
US Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region .............................................Ronald Stewart
Regional Forester
4:40
California Congressional Delegation ...........................................................To Be Announced
4:55
Final Comments and Future Actions ............................................................Ronald Stewart
5:00
Close of Symposium
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