Day 1
Day 1
8:00 - 9:00
Breakfast & Registration at Pack Forest (Provided)
9:00 - 9:45
Kickoff & Introductions - Grant Canary, Matthew Aghai, & Rolf Gersonde
2022 Tree Seed Summit Report & Readout - Shanna Hobbs
9:45 - 10:15
Presentation: Mind the Gap
Matthew Aghai and Dr. Solomon Dobrowski (remote)
Mast Reforestation and University of Montana
10:15 - 10:45
Presentation: It all Starts with Seed: Strengthening the Reforestation Pipeline
Dr. Olga Kildisheva
The Nature Conservancy
10:45 - 11:00
Break
11:00 - 11:45
Working Group Session: Planting the Seed
12:00 - 1:00
Lunch at Pack Forest (Provided)
1:00 - 1:30
Presentation: Beyond Assisted Migration: Sourcing habitat restoration seeds that are adapted and adaptable to a shifting climate
Dr. Tom Kaye
   Institute for Applied Ecology
1:30 - 2:15
Working Group Session: Seed Considerations & Perceptions
2:15 - 2:30
Break
2:30 - 3:15
Presentation: Identification of seed and cone pests
Dr. Melissa Fischer
US Forest Service
3:15 - 4:00
Working Group Session: Partners in Seed
4:05 - 4:20
Forest Service, REPLANT Act, and the connection with seed
Kayla Herriman
USDA Forest Service
4:20 - 5:20
Moderated Panel Discussion: All Day 1 Speakers
5:20 - 5:45
Cone People Documentary Screening
Mast Reforestation
5:45 - 6:00
Closing Remarks - Matthew Aghai
6:00 - 7:00
Dinner at Pack Forest (Provided)
TBD
Optional: Campfire and Night Hike
Day 2
8:00 - 8:55
Breakfast & Networking at Pack Forest (Provided)
8:55 - 9:00
Day Kick-Off
Matthew Aghai
9:00 - 9:45
Presentation: Bridging seed science and application for a stronger reforestation pipeline
Dave Kolotelo
BC Forest Service Tree Seed Centre, British Columbia Canada
9:45 - 10:30
Presentation: Seed Inventory Management
Jeff deGraan
WA Department of Natural Resources, Webster Nursery
10:30 - 11:15
Working Group Session: The Seed Supply Chain
11:15 - 11:30
Break
11:30-11:45
Film Screening: A View into the Extraction Process
11:45 - 12:15
Presentation: Cone & Seed Maturity Guidelines, Survey and Collection Strategies
Richard Schaefer IV
Alpha Services, LLC
12:15 - 1:15
Lunch at Pack Forest (Provided)
1:15 - 1:45
Presentation: Staging collection & climbing strategies at scale
Robert Beauchamp
Sierra Cone, LLC
1:45 - 2:15
Presentation: Game of Cones - Connecting Collections & Outplanting
Steen Christensen
SEGI Consulting LLC
2:15 - 2:45
Presentation: Organizing a Community Collections
Oak Rankin
Executive Director, Glacier Peak Institute
2:45 - 3:00
Break
3:00 - 4:00
Working Group Session: Seed Solutions
4:00 - 5:00
Moderated Panel Discussion: All Day 2 Speakers
5:00 - 5:30
Closing & Forecast - Matthew Aghai & Rolf Gersonde
5:45 - 6:45
Dinner at Pack Forest (Provided)
TBD
Optional: Campfire / Night hike
Day 3: Field Day
7:30 - 8:30
Breakfast at Pack Forest (Provided)
8:30 - 9:00
Check out of rooms (if staying on site)
9:30 - 12:00
Field Demonstrations:
Extraction, Scouting & Collections 101
Mast Reforestation
Silvaseed Company
Climbing Demonstration Station #1Â
Robert Beauchamp
Sierra Cone LLC
Climbing Demonstration Station #2
Steen Christensen
SEGI Consulting LLC
12:30 - 1:30
Lunch & Social at Pack Forest (Provided)