Symposium Sponsors


AFRC
Cascade Forest Management
Cascade Hardwood
Cedar River Trucking, Inc.
Poplar Innovations
Lawton Sweitzer
Nippon Dynawave
Port Angeles Hardwood
Southwest Concrete Co
WFFA
Willis Enterprises
 





2026 Annual Symposium
Growing Value
Across the Landscape

June 4, 2026
Veterans Memorial Museum
100 SW Veterans Way
Chehalis, WA 98532

Defining Forest Sector Viability in Washington State
Sandor Toth, UW   PDF

Legislative Challenges Facing the Forest Products Industry
Representative Kristine Reeves

Applying Alder Research in the Field
Clones - Florian Deisenhofer, DNR   PDF

Weyco Prominance Trial - Callum Bell, NCGR   PDF

Soil/Site Quality, Alder Gaps, Growth & Yield, Economics of Growing Hardwoods - Glenn Ahrens, HSC   PDF

DNR's View of Hardwood On the Landscape
Seeds & Seedlings - Nabil Khadduri, DNR   PDF

Seeds & Seedlings - Daniel Ballhorn, PSU   PDF

Harvesting - Mike Sly, DNR   PDF

Competing from Washington: Hardwood Markets & Policy
Rick Barrett, Cascade Hardwood and Kyle Gitchell, WA Department of Commerce