Extension Communications Extension 4-H Youth Building Ames, Iowa 50011-3630 (515) 294-9915

2/3/04

Contacts:
Paul Wray, Forestry Extension, (515) 294-1168, phw@iastate.edu
Jean McGuire, Continuing Education and Communication Services, (515) 294-7033, jmcguire@iastate.edu

Tri-State Forestry Conference Scheduled in Keokuk

Ames, IA -- Forest landowners from southeast Iowa, northeast Missouri and eastern Illinois interested in learning how to better manage their forested land are encouraged to attend the Fourth Annual Tri-State Forest Stewardship Conference scheduled for Saturday, March 27, 2004, at the Grand Theatre in Keokuk, Iowa. The conference runs from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

"People are recognizing that woodlands are becoming more valuable for many reasons and products," said Paul H. Wray, Iowa State University (ISU) Extension forester. "Woodlands provide a host of benefits including aesthetics, alternative crops, wood products, wildlife habitat, woodland edibles and alternative crops."

This stewardship conference offers landowners four concurrent workshops and is built around four themes: wildlife and forest health, forestry beginnings, working trees and forest management. Among the 20 topics to be addressed are:

* Migrant neotropicals
* Prescribed burning
* Weed control in tree plantings
* Integrating edible mushroom production and forest management
* Tree identification
* Marketing trees
* Pruning forest trees

The conference registration fee is $35 per person or $60 for couples and includes a continental breakfast and lunch. Landowners interested in attending the conference should register by March 19, 2004; after March 19, a $5 late fee will be assessed.

A conference brochure, which includes a registration form, is available at ISU Extension county offices, Soil & Water Conservation District offices, and Natural Resource Conservation Service offices, District Foresters, Iowa Department of Natural Resources offices or by contacting Paul H. Wray, Extension Forester, 253 Bessey Hall, ISU, Ames, IA 50011, (515) 294-1168, phw@iastate.edu or a registration form can be printed from the Web site:
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 Departments 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 Science.

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