Extension Communications
3614 Administrative Services Building
Ames, Iowa 50011-3614
(515) 294-9915
2/13/03
NEWS RELEASE
Contacts:
Paul Wray, Forestry Extension, (515) 294-1168, phw@iastate.edu
Jean McGuire, Continuing Education and Communication Services, (515) 294-7033,
jmcguire@iastate.edu
Regional Forestry Conference Scheduled
Ames, IA - Forest landowners from southeast Iowa, northeast Missouri and eastern Illinois are invited to attend the 3rd Annual Tri-State Forest Stewardship Conference on Saturday, March 22 at Grand Theatre in Keokuk, Iowa.
"People are recognizing that woodlands are becoming more valuable for many reasons and products," says Paul H. Wray, extension forester, Iowa State University. "Woodlands provide a host of benefits including aesthetics, alternative crops, wood products, wildlife habitat, woodland edibles, alternative crops and many others."
This stewardship conference offers landowners four concurrent workshop series to choose from: wildlife and forest health, forestry beginnings, working trees and forest management. The keynote speaker is Steve Bratkovich of the USDA Forest Service in St. Paul, Minn. The topic for the keynote address is "Small Woodlots, Big Appetites."
Some of the other workshops are
"Enhancing Habitat for Wildlife on Your Farm"
"Bottomland Hardwood Management"
"Wildlife Damage Management"
"Introduction of Tree Identification"
"Advanced Nature Photography"
"Weed Control in Tree Plantings"
"Forest Health Update"
"Exotics Coming to Your Woodland."
The conference registration fee is $35 per person or $60 for couples and includes a continental breakfast and lunch. The cost increases by $5 for registrations after March 16.
A conference brochure, which includes a registration form, is available through county extension office, Soil & Water Conservation District and Natural Resource Conservation Service offices, district foresters, Iowa DNR offices or by contacting Wray, at 253 Bessey Hall, ISU, Ames, IA 50011, 515-294-1168, phw@iastate.edu. A registration form also can be downloaded at http://www.ag.iastate.edu/departments/forestry/ext/fep.html.
The conference is co-sponsored by the Illinois, Iowa, and Missouri Extension Services, the Illinois and Iowa Department of Natural Resources, the Missouri Department of Conservation, the Natural Resources Conservation Service in Illinois, Iowa and Missouri, the Department of Forestry at Iowa State University, the University of Missouri School of Natural Resources, and the University of Illinois Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences.
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Extension programs are available to all without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, or disability.