Keynote Address:

The Map is the Business: Enterprise GIS for a State Forestry Agency
John Scrivani, Virginia Department of Forestry

Technical Session Presentations:

GIS Applications for Management and Planning at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex, US Fish and Wildlife Service
Frederic W. Adrian, and Cheri Ehrhardt, Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Department of the Interior, Titusville, FL

Geospatial Modeling of Forest Road Networks and Their Impacts on Stream Macroinvertebrate Communities
Aaron M. Bernard, Stephen P. Prisley, and W. Michael Aust, Department of Forestry, Blacksburg, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061
Conrad D. Heatwole, Biological Systems Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061

Analysis Of Fiber Supply Sustainability In Different Procurement Areas In Georgia
Chris J. Cieszewski, Roger Lowe, and Shangbin Liu, Warnell School of Forest Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602

Assessing GPS Accuracies in a Southern Hardwood Forest Scott D. Danskin and Pete Bettinger, Warnell School of Forest Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602

Spatial Analysis of Potential Impacts of Local Forestry Ordinances
Dave Daversa, Steve Prisley, and Mike Mortimer, Virginia Tech Forestry Department, Blacksburg, VA 24061

Evaluating Population-Habitat Relationships of Forest Breeding Birds at Multiple Scales Using Forest Inventory and Analysis Data
Todd M. Fearer, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
Stephen P. Prisley, Department of Forestry, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
Dean F. Stauffer, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
Patrick D. Keyser, Forestry Division, MeadWestvaco, Rupert, WV

Time Series Spatial Analysis of the Change in Land Cover and Human Well-being in the Black-belt Counties of Alabama
Buddhi Gyawali and Rory Fraser, Center for Forestry and Ecology, Alabama A&M University, Normal, AL 35716
John Schelhas, Southern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Tuskegee, AL 36088

Above Ground Biomass Estimation in Forested Land Using Landsat Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus Image with Supervised Regression Analysis
Rei Hayashi and Pete Bettinger, Warnell School of Forest Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30605

The Columbia Regional Geospatial Service Center System: A Model for Rural Geospatial Support for the Nation
James C. Kroll, Darrel McDonald, and P.R. Blackwell, Columbia Geospatial Service Center, Forest Resources Institute, College of Forestry and Agriculture, Stephen Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX 75962

An Overview of Methodologies for Mapping Ecological Systems Vegetation Classes for the Piedmont Region of the Southeastern US
Jason Lee, Kevin Samples, and Liz Kramer, Natural Resources Spatial Analysis Laboratory, College of Environment and Design, University of Georgia, Institute of Ecology, Athens, GA 30602

A GIS Sampling Assistant Program for Forest Inventory Point/Plot Schemes
Donald J. Lipscomb and Chris Post, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634
David J. Nowak and Jeffrey T. Walton, USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station, Syracuse, NY 13210

GIS Tool for Evaluating the Impact of Proposed Cuts on Red-cockaded Woodpecker Habitat
Donald J. Lipscomb, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634
Thomas M. Williams, Baruch Institute of Coastal Ecology and Forest Science, Clemson University, Georgetown, SC 29442

Estimation of Southern Pine and Hardwood Forest Canopy Structure Using Small Footprint Lidar
Claudia Listopad and Jason Drake, Dept. of Biology, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
Ron Masters and Joe Noble, Tall Timbers Research Station, Tallahassee, FL

Increased Precision in Forest Inventory Parameters Based on Canopy Sampling
Kerry Livengood, Compass Point Systems, 1022 Schilling Dr., Alexandria, LA 71303

Temporal Analysis of Landsat Satellite Imagery for Land Cover Change Tracking in Southeastern Georgia
Roger Lowe and Chris Cieszewski, Warnell School of Forest Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602

Status of GIS Databases and Analyses for the Chattahoochee National Forest
Erika Mavity, Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests, Gainesville, GA 30501

A Spatial Analysis of 20th Century East Texas Sawmills: From Trams to Electrons
Darrel McDonald, and David L. Kulhavy, College of Forestry and Agriculture, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX 75962

Evaluation of Ikonos Satellite Imagery for Detecting and Mapping Ice-Storm Damage to Oak Forests in Eastern Kentucky
W. Henry McNab, Tracy Roof, Jeffrey F. Lewis, and David L. Loftis, USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station

Using Geo-Spatial Methods for Derivation of Fine-Resolution Forest Inventory in Georgia from Ground Inventory Data and Landsat Imagery
Qingmin Meng, Chris J. Cieszewski, and Roger Lowe, Warnell School of Forest Resources, University of Georgia, GA 30602

Managing Hurricane Impacts on Wild Fire Fuel Loads in Southern US Forests
Jennifer Moore Myers, Steven McNulty, and Sara Strickland, USDA Forest Service, Southern Global Change Program, Raleigh, NC 27606

The Google API - A Forestry GIS Data Distribution Platform
Clarence Neese, Orbis GIS, Charlotte, NC

Mapping Forest Hurricane Damage Using Automated Feature Extraction
Justin Shedd and Hugh Devine, Center for Earth Observation, College of Natural Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh NC 27695-7106
Daniel Hulbert, Shenandoah National Park, National Park Service

Comparison of Spatial Distributions of Pollen and Vegetation in North America Using Geographic Information Systems
Peter P. Siska, School of Agriculture & Geosciences, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN 37044
I-Kuai Hung, College of Forestry and Agriculture, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX 75962
M. Vaughn Bryant, Department of Anthropology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-4352

The Personal Geodatabase as a BMP for Stormwater Management
Charlynne T. Smith, Center for Earth Observation, College of Natural Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7632

LANDFIRE: What Is It; Where Is It; Is It Different; How Might It Be Used?
James L. Smith, The Nature Conservancy, Jacksonville, FL

Adding Value to Historical Research - Developing a GIS Database of Aquatic Species
Larry Teeter and Maksym Polyakov, School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849
Stanley Glover, USDA Forest Service, National Forests in Alabama

Accuracy of Various GPS Antennas under Forested Conditions
Darian Yawn and Brian Holley, LandMark Systems, Warner Robins, GA 31088

Forest Land Classification Using Isoclustering and Rule-based Approaches: An Exploratory Analysis
Yong Wang, Shanta Prajuli, Xiongwen Chen, and Dawn Lemke, Center for Forestry and Ecology, Alabama A&M University
Callie Schweitzer and Glendon Smally, Southern Research Station, USDA Forest Service
Wubeshit Tedasse, Center for Hydrology, Soil Climatology and Remote Sensing, Alabama A&M University