2025 WMENS Meeting
The 2025 Western Mensurationists’ meeting took place in Moscow, Idaho on June 15-17, 2025. The theme was “Advancements in Digital Forestry, Mensuration, and Biometrics Across the Forest Supply Chain.”
- In-Person Conference Registration: $295
- Virtual Conference Registration: $150 (Zoom links will be provided upon registration)
- Student Conference Registration: $150 (please reach out to Mark Kimsey to register as a student)
Society of American Foresters CFE Credits
Meeting attendees were eligible for credits through the Society of American Foresters.
Agenda
Sunday, June 15
5-7pm – Pre-conference Social + Early Check-In
University Inn Best Western – Empire/Palouse Rooms
7:30pm – Optional Steptoe Butte Sunset Tour (weather dependent)
Monday, June 16 (Day 1)
7:30am – Breakfast
8:00am – Conference Registration and Check-In
8:30am – Welcome and Housekeeping Items (Washington/Idaho Rooms)
Introduction to the University of Idaho Forest Innovations Institute
Speaker: Mark Kimsey and Dean Dennis Becker (University of Idaho)
9:00am – Differential Growth and Structural Responses of Loblolly Pine Plantations to First and Second Thinning with Fertilization and Release Treatments
Speaker: Dehai Zhao (University of Georgia)
9:30am – Comparison of Maximum Stand Density Index (SDI) in Genetically Improved and Unimproved Douglas-fir
Speaker: Sukhyun Joo (Oregon State University)
10:00am – Break
10:30am – Estimating Diameter Distributions Through Robust Small Area Estimation Methods Informed by 3D NAIP
Speaker: Jaslam Poolakkal (University of Idaho)
11:00am – Quantifying the Relative Density-Growth Relationships Across Contrasting Forest Types of the Continental United States
Speaker: Emmerson Chivhenge* (University of Maine)
11:30am – Developing a Site Productivity Map Based on Continuous Forest Inventory Data
Speaker: Dan Opalach (Forest Biometrics Research Institute)
Noon – Lunch
1:00pm – Lidar Utility for Predictive Modeling and Mapping of Fuel Load and Consumption
Speaker: Andrew Hudak (United States Forest Service)
1:30pm – Under The Hood with Finite Carbon: Challenges and Solutions in Forest Carbon Modeling
Speaker: Brian Sharer (Finite Carbon)
2:00pm – Comparison of Sampled versus Census-Level Lidar Approaches for Operational Forest Management Inventories
Speaker: Halli Hemingway (Forest Biometrics Research Institute)
2:30pm – Break
3:00pm – Comparison of Multi-Platform LiDAR Sensors for Efficient Forest Inventory
Speaker: Ergin Cankaya* (University of Alberta)
3:30pm – Tree-Level Forest Inventory From High Density Point Clouds
Speaker: Bogdan Strimbu (Oregon State University)
4:00pm – Day 1 Wrap-up
5:30pm – Evening social
6:30pm – Dinner
*Graduate Student Presentation
Tuesday, June 17 (Day 2)
7:30am – Breakfast
8:30am – Can 3D NAIP And 3DEP LiDAR Provide Useful Measures For Estimating Site Index?
Speaker: Edward Flathers (University of Idaho)
9:00am – Estimating Solar Insolation in Riparian Areas Using High Density Point Clouds
Speaker: Michael Bartczyszyn* (Oregon State University)
9:30am – Height-Diameter Models for Minor Tree Species of Elliot State Research Forest
Speaker: Avishek Hamal* (Oregon State University)
9:45am – Imputation Of Missing Heights for a Large-Scale National Forest Inventory
Speaker: Bryce Frank (USFS-PNW) Remote
10:00am – Break
10:30am – Business Meeting, Awards, Group Picture
11:30am – Lunch + Adjourn
*Graduate Student Presentation