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Northeastern Forest Soils Conference History

Meetings of the Northeastern Forest Soils Conference
Year Location Dates Host or Chairman
1939 Petersham, MA June 5-8 Harvard Forest
1940 ? ? ?
1941 Newcomb, NY June 23-24 Robert F. Chandler
1942 ? ? ?
1943-1947  No meetings     
1948 Petersham, MA June 23-24 Harvard Forest / H. A. Lunt
1949 Warrensburg, NY September 7-8 S. O. Heiberg
1950 Durham, NH September 6-7 R. F. Chandler
1951 State College, PA 2 August 30-31 Arthur Bevan
1952 Elkins, WV September 3-4 Sidney Weitzman / G. R. Trimble
1953 Orono, Me 3 July 27-28 Harold E. Young / Walter H. Lyford
1954 Warrensburg / Paul Smith's, NY4 August 25-26 Donald P White
1955 Dorset / Chalk River, ON August 1-4 G. Angus Hills
1956 Burlington, VT August 14-16 Motague Howard, Jr. / Robert Farrington 
1957 Fredericton, NB August 19-22 Henning Aalund / George Brown
1958 Amherst, MA August 26-28 Donald L. Mader
1959 Davis, WV July 27-29 George R. Trimble
1960 Glassboro, NJ June 27-29 Silas Little
1961 Quebec City, QC August 28-30 André Linteau
1962 Stroudsburg, PA June 19-21 Peter Fletcher
1963 Ithaca, NY June 23-25 Earl L. Stone, Jr.
1964 Princeton, ME August 9-11 H. E. Young / L. O. Safford
1965 Barrie, ON July 11-13 G. A. Hills / J. R. M. Williams / G. Pierpoint
1966 Conway, NH August 8-10 Merrill Hoyle / S. A. L. Pilgirm
1967 Antigonish, NS July 11-14 W. D. Holland
1968 Salisbury, MD July 31-August 2 Harry Wm. Dengler
1969 Burlington, VT August 24-26 Raymond T Foulds, Jr. / Boyd W. Post
1970 Amherst, MA July 19-21 Walter Lyford / Don Mader
1971 Fredericton, NB July 25-28 Ken K. Langmaid
19725 Davis, WV July 9-11 David L. Wenzel G. Trimble
1973 St. Foy, QC6 7 August 20-25 B. Bernier / M. Jurdant / J. Belaire
1974 Potter & Tioga Co., PA August 4-7 John B. Carey / R. Pennock
1975 Slade, KY August 20-22 Robert Wittwer / John Sencindiver
1976 Paul Smith's, NY August 11-13 A. L. Leaf / P. J. Craul
1977 Squaw Mountain, ME August 14-17 John Ferwerda / Miro Czapowskyj
1978 Mt. Washington Valley, NH August 20-23 S. A. L. Pilgrim / L. O. Safford
1979 New Brunswick, NJ August 20-22 Charles Holdsworth
1980 Hamden, CT August 10-13 Michael Pochan
1981 Waitsfield, VT July 12-14 D. Yost / H. Yawney / P. Hannah
1982 Cochrane, ON August 27-29 8 R. Keith Jones / Geoffrey Pierpoint
1983 Warren, PA July 24-26 Lew R. Auchmoody
1984 Davis, WV July 22-24 Linton Wright / W. A. van Eck 
1985 Pack Forest, NY 9 August 4-6 Edwin H. White
1986 North Adams, MA10 July 27-29 D. L. Mader
1987 Frostburg, MD August 10-12 Berman Hudson
1988 Fredericton, NB August 14-16 Helmut Krause
1989 Burlington, VT July 30-August 1 Harry Yawney / David Van Houten
1990 Orono, ME August 12-14 Russell D. Briggs
1991 Guelph, ON August 11-14 Peter Williams / Andrew Gordon
1992 Truro, NS August 16-19 R. E. Bailey / Peter Neily
1993 Pinkham Notch, NH August 1-4 L. O. Safford
1994 Jackson's Mill, WV June 19-22 Mary Beth Adams
1995 Pomona, NJ June 25-28 Thornton Hole / Lenore Matula
1996 Dorset / Algonquin, ON 11 12 July 7-9 Alan G. Gordon / Neil Foster
1997 Dover, DE June 23-25 Lyle Jones
1998 Quebec City, QC13 14 August 3-7 R. Ouimet / C. Camire / W. Hendershot
1999 Fredericton, NB15 July 25-27 Sherif Fahmy
2000 Campton, NH16 August 6-8 L. O. Safford / J. W. Hornbeck
2001 Syracuse, NY17 August 22-24 R. D. Briggs
2002 Amherst, MA18 August 25-27 Bruce Thompson / Shawn Finn
2003 Sault Ste. Marie, ON 19 July 20-24 Mary Beth Adams / Neil Foster / Vic Timmer
2004 No meeting    
2005 Chapmansville, West Virginia20 July 18-21 Mary Beth Adams / Stephanie Connelly
2006 No meeting    
2007 Ontario 2007 Dave Morris


1. Referred to as Northeastern Soils Group or Northeastern Forest Soils Group until 1954 and again in 1957.
2. Joint meeting with Soil Science Society of America national meeting.
3. First participation by Canadian delegates.
4. Theme: "Interpretation of Soils for Forest Management"
5. Forest Fertilization Symposium at Pack Forest, Warrensburg, NY was also held this year.
6. Joint Meeting with 4th North American Forest Soils Conference.
7. Theme: "Forest Soils and Forest Land Management."
8. Days: Friday, Saturday, Sunday
9. Theme: "Adirondacks Revisited"
10. Theme: "Forest Soils and Forest Health / Vigor in the Beautiful Berkshires."
11. Joint Meeting with the Great Lakes Forest Soils Conference.
12. Theme: "Right Stuff or the Future."
13. Joint meeting with the Association Québécoise de Spécialists en Science du Sol.
14. Theme: "Soil science for a sustainable development in forestry and agriculture."
15. Theme: "Forest, Pulp and Forest Waste Utilization."
16. Theme: "Soils + Trees."
17. Theme: "Soils in Natural Resources Management."
18. Theme: "Soils in Forest Resource Management. "
19. Joint meeting with 10th North American Forest Soils Conference.

20. Join meeting with West Virginia Association of Professional Soil Scientists Annual Meeting.


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