Extension Communications
3614 Administrative Services Building
Ames, Iowa 50011-3614
(515) 294-9915
1/12/01
- Contacts:
- Paul Wray, Forestry Extension, (515) 294-1168, phw@iastate.edu
- Elaine Edwards, Continuing Education and Communication Services,(515) 294-5168, eedwards@iastate.edu
Tri-State Forestry Conference Scheduled in Wisconsin
AMES, Iowa -- Forest landowners interested in learning how to better manage their forested land are encouraged to attend the Annual Tri-State Forest Steward Conference scheduled for Saturday, March 10 at the Sinsinawa Mound Center in Sinsinawa, Wis. This conference is one of the largest of its type in the country.
"Forests and woodlands enrich our lives greatly in the midwest. They provide a variety of products and benefits including wood products, quality water and air, wildlife habitat and provide sites for personal recreation," said Paul Wray, Iowa State University Extension forester.
For landowners interested in growing timber as a crop, the conference will focus on management aspects to improve the woodland resource and the economic returns from products harvested from the woodland. Topics include directional felling techniques, price trends for timber, woodland inventory, timber taxation and using soil resources for forest management.
For landowners with non-timber interests, the conference includes presentations on managing wetlands and fens, birds and fragmented forests, how to take nature photographs, understanding stream dynamics, stream bank stabilization and creatures we love to hate-snakes and bats.
Programs of interest to both groups include presentations on organizing basic woodland information, fire and the evolution of the landscape, collecting of tree seed for profit, economically important diseases of forests and plantations and the importance of bio-diversity and what it is.
The conference registration fee is $35 per person or two for $65 and includes a continental breakfast and a luncheon. Landowners interested in attending the conference must register by Feb.16. The conference brochure includes a registration form and is available at county Extension offices, Natural Resource and Conservation Service offices, state Department of Natural Resources forester's offices or by writing or calling Paul H. Wray, extension forester, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50010, Phone (515) 294-1168 or e-mail at phw@iastate.edu.
The conference is co-sponsored by the Cooperative Extension Services and the Departments of Natural Resources in Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin; the Departments of Forestry at Iowa State University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison; the University of Illinois Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, and the Natural Resource and Conservation Services of Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin.
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