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From: "Contreras, Marco" <marco.contreras@uky.edu>
To: "div3@lists.iufro.org" <div3@lists.iufro.org>
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Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2014 18:27:31 +0000
Subject: COFE 2015 meeting "call for abstracts"

IUFRO Division 3 members,

I am pleased to invite submission of abstracts for the 38th COFE annual meeting to be held in Kentucky July 19-22, 2015. The theme of the meeting is “Engineering Solutions for Non-Industrial Private Forest Operations”. Technical presentations addressing the following topics are sought:

· Forest operations as a mean to restore and improve forest health

· Biomass utilization for energy production

· Best management practices to reduce site disturbances and maintain stream water quality

· Transition to mechanized operations in hardwood forests

· Small-scale forest operations for non-industrial private landowners

Presentations related to other applied forest engineering and operations topics may also be accepted.

Abstracts are due February 13th. Please visit the meeting website for more details www.ukcofemtg2015.com

Happy holidays!!

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Marco A. Contreras, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Forest Management

Department of Forestry