Hello,
Abstract submission is still open for the IUFRO Conference Reforestation Under Drought,
scheduled for 7-10 July 2026 in Independence, Oregon, USA
Abstract submission will close 30 November 2025.
The conference is organized by IUFRO 1.01.03 Temperate Forest Regeneration Working Group
in collaboration with Western Forestry and Conservation Association.
Drought affects forests from the boreal to the tropics and is increasingly becoming a
major concern for successfully establishing new trees through reforestation and
afforestation as water limitations are the new normal. Ensuring success of new
regeneration is critical for meeting forestry objectives, yet many of the areas committed
to management are or have experienced recent droughts hindering regeneration and
threatening forest sustainability.
The inaugural IUFRO International Conference on Reforestation Under Drought brings
together forest managers, researchers, graduate students, nursery professionals, and
policy makers to interact and learn about cutting-edge research spanning seed to
post-planting success, mechanistic responses to drought, modeling and advanced inventory
techniques, and regeneration methods following natural disturbances. Participants will
leave with an understanding of the state of knowledge, practical information and takeaways
that they can implement on the ground in their region, and contacts for future
collaboration. The conference will feature a mix of plenary talks, oral and poster
presentations, field tours, and socializing opportunities.
The themes of the conference include:
1. Reforestation pipeline under drought: seed, seedling production, outplanting, and
post-planting management
2. Basic regeneration responses to drought: genetics, physiology, anatomy, biochemical,
phenological
3. Modeling & advanced inventory techniques: traditional growth & yield,
process-based modeling, incorporation of genetics, climate, biophysical factors, and
silviculture; Remote sensing/GIS/sensor use in reforestation
4. Intensive/precision silviculture: site specific prescriptions, within-stand
treatments, automation, incorporation of artificial intelligence, climate-smart
reforestation
5. Post-natural disturbance silviculture: Natural and artificial regeneration methods,
climate-informed management
Further details can be found directly on the IUFRO page
https://www.iufro.org/events/iufro-international-conference-on-reforestatio….
Additional details and the portal to submit abstracts can be found here:
https://www.westernforestry.org/events/iufro-international-conference-on-re…
ANDREW S. NELSON, Ph.D.
Tom A. Alberg & Judith Beck Endowed Chair of Native Plant Regeneration
Director, Center for Forest Nursery & Seedling Research and Pitkin Forest Nursery
College of Natural Resources
Forest, Rangeland, and Fire Sciences
Office: CNR 102C
asnelson@uidaho.edu<mailto:asnelson@uidaho.edu>
208-885-1004
875 Perimeter Dr. MS 1133 | Moscow ID 83844-1133 | United States
[University of Idaho]