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Meeting Exhibitors
 Providing
solutions based on the end-users' needs allows Alligare to
specifically target new product development and/or re-introduce
post-patent chemistry for better value.
Alligare personnel with more than 30 years of experience work
with manufacturers from around the world to provide the highest
level of product quality and service.
Alligare LLC
 ArborGen,
headquartered in Summerville, South Carolina, is a world leader
in the research, development and commercialization of
technologies that produce purposegrown trees for the forest
products industry.
 BASF Professional Vegetation Management
(ProVM) programs and products support professional, ethical and
responsible forestland management, ProVM also recognizes
environmental standards and provides habitat-oriented solutions,
such as low-volume herbicides that safely and effectively
eliminate unwanted vegetation and reduce the potential risk to
habitat associated with other methods.
The Ben Meadows Company
specialized in tools, equipment, and gear for outdoor pros of
every discipline. Our catalog offers a huge selection of
quality, innovative products to help you remain on the cutting
edge of your profession. Stop by and find out how you can get a
FREE copy of our latest catalog!
 Located in Madison, FL, Blanton's Longleaf Container Nursery
produces millions of premier 6" containerized pine seedlings
annually. We specialize in top quality improved & natural stand
longleaf as well as improved generation slash & loblolly. We
ship seedlings throughout the Southeast with large numbers of
our seedlings going to landowners & foresters in Georgia.
CellFor is the world's
first commercial-scale supplier of high yielding, varietal
seedlings for reforestation. CellFor has extended decades of
traditional tree improvement work to produce fast-growing trees
having highly desirable characteristics. CellFor uses a proven
and patented propagation technology based on high volume, tissue
culture techniques.
 Davis-Garvin Companies is a full service insurance
organization that provides business insurance coverage for the
forest products industry and the group of companies includes
Capital City Insurance Company, Safeco Products, Southeastern
Claims Company, and Charter Premium Audits. Davis-Garvin
Companies have been providing commercial insurance coverages for
logging contractors, sawmills, chipmills, pallet mills, trucking
companies, professional foresters, hunt clubs, and landowners
for the past 20 years. We also provide personal lines coverages,
health insurance, estate planning, long term care coverages with
large number of carriers including Hartford, Jefferson Pilot,
AIG, Zurich, and Travelers to name a few. The main office is in
Columbia, SC with branch offices in Georgia, Tennessee,
Mississippi, Virginia, Florida, North Carolina, Arkansas, and
Louisiana.
 Steve Pickard, a registered forester in the state of Georgia,
splits his time between managing his forestry business,
Ogeechee Forest Service Trust, and promoting DeLorme's
products as a Value Added Reseller (VAR). Steve promotes
DeLorme's products through demonstrations to timber companies,
collecting his own aerial imagery and by delivering XMap
training programs to groups of his fellow foresters. DeLorme
has been developing advances mapping, GIS and GPS products for
both consumers and professionals for over 30 years. Delmore's
highly acclaimed XMap 5.0 GIS suite offers access to powerful
spatial tools that fit the technical and financial constraints
of all companies, agencies and organizations, regardless of
size.
 Ecological Solutions, Inc.
is a natural resources consulting firm offering a wide range of
services designed to provide our clients with solutions to
environmental concerns and guidance in the regulatory permitting
process. We are able to provide our clients with unparalleled
services covering both biotic (plants and animals) and abiotic
(land and water) resources.
 The Georgia Farm
Credit Associations have been loaning money to farmers and
rural homeowners throughout Georgia for more than 85 years. All
types of loans for agriculture-real estate, equipment,
livestock, timber, operating needs, crop production, home
construction, mortgages, refinances...and a whole lot more!
 The Georgia Forestry Commission provides leadership,
service, and education in the protection and conservation of
Georgia's forest resources so that healthy, sustainable forests
will produce clean air, clean water and abundant products.
Georgia Forestry Today
Magazine is published bi-monthly by the Georgia Contractor,
LLC, for the Georgia Forestry Association. It is provided
free-of-charge to the members or the association. Other
recipients include owners, and subscribers of the Georgia
Forestry Commission, as well as suppliers and manufacturers of
forest-related products and services.
 International Forest Company is a family owned business
started in 1971 with locations in Moultrie, GA and Odenville,
AL. The company produces containerized loblolly, slash,
shortleaf, and longleaf pine as well as hardwood tree seedlings.
The company sells seedlings to landowners throughout the
southeast.
 We at International Paper's SuperTree Seedling Group go
the extra mile to add value to our customers' reforestation
programs. Our success is built upon providing superior,
genetically improved seedlings and unsurpassed customer
service. The Bellville and Shellman SuperTree nurseries in
Georgia will be happy to supply you with quality pine, hardwood,
and lespedeza regeneration stock.
LandMark Systems is a forest resource-consulting firm,
which provides technical and management solutions to the forest
industry. We have solidified our position as the leader in
providing technical forestry solutions, mapping services, and
advanced technical consulting to our clients throughout the U.S.
Our patented product, Real Time Inventory, combines the power of
Windows Mobile with Field Inventory and GPS Data
Collection/Verification on the same data collector.
 Meek's Farms &
Nursery, Inc.
is a primary producer of containerized pine seedlings. Improved
Longleaf, Advanced Generation Loblolly and Slash Pines are
produced using state of the art growing systems and a family
oriented commitment to quality and customer satisfaction. We
operate the largest family owned container pine nursery in the
South with annual production approaching ten million trees.
 Mossy Oak
Properties
(MOP)
is a full service real estate brokerage specializing in land
investments as well as commercial properties. MOP can assist
clients with buying, selling, leasing, and management of their
timber and commercial real estate portfolios. With our partner
company, Quality Timber and Wildlife Management, we have in
house timber and wildlife specialists that can maximize the
financial return and recreational value of your land
investments. And our brokers with decades of commercial
expertise can guide investors through the world of "income
producing properties." MOP strives to maintain an in-depth
knowledge of the market trends as well as the cutting-edge tax
advantages for current or potential real estate investors. For
example, we are currently exploring innovative ways to invest
IRA funds into timberland as well as seeking licensure to
use property for security exchanges with stocks, bonds, or
mutual funds.
 The Nature Conservancy
is a leading non-profit conservation organization working around
the world to protect ecologically important lands and waters for
nature and people. The mission of The Nature Conservancy is to
preserve the plants, animals and natural communities that
represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands
and waters they need to survive.
 Orbis Inc. is a leading
provider of GIS, aerial imagery, software development, remote
sensing, and mapping in the forest industry. Orbis provides
cutting-edge technology solutions to investors, forest product
companies, landowners, and land managers. From inventory
database management, growth and yield integration, land
investment, to recreational lease management and web based data
distribution, Orbis is able to satisfy all of your technical
needs. Moreover, Orbis offers a suite of consulting services to
complement our array of progressive data products that aid in
the implementation of the most cost effective and technically
appropriate solutions. Orbis has the resources and the
expertise to develop and implement the best solution to meet
your individual needs.
 Plantation
Creation LLC is a full service land and aquatic vegetation
management company. We offer mobile machinery with
mulching and grinding heads that will tame any vegetation.
Follow this with a herbicide application to complete the land
vegetation solution. We also offer lake and pond spraying
for aquatic weed control. Let us help you create the
plantation look on your land. Contact us at 229-300-9050
 Plum Creek is the largest and most geographically diverse
private landowner in the nation with more than 8 million acres
of timberlands in 18 states. Plum Creek owns over 850,000 acres
of timberland in Georgia. We practice sustainable forestry; all
of our lands have been third party certified under the
Sustainable Forestry Initiative. Plum Creek is publicly traded
on the NYSE under the ticker symbol PCL.
 Red River Specialties, Inc. distributes herbicides in the
forestry, rights-of-way, range & pasture and industrial markets,
with salespeople and warehouses located throughout the United
States. We are an authorized distributor for every major
herbicide manufacturer. We offer professional, site-specific,
herbicide prescriptions. We are known throughout the industry
for providing exceptional air and ground turnkey application
services.
 Superior Forestry Service, Inc. is the largest
reforestation contractor working through out the year - in the
eastern United States. We provide planting, herbicide
application, ROW maintenance, pre-commercial thinning, boundary
marking, and other labor services. SFS can provide crews for
all your labor needs; we are fully insured and in compliance
with MSPA and all DOL, INS and IRS regulations. References
available. Visit our website!
 SUPERTRAK, Inc.
is a Florida based corporation that has supported and supplied
the forest industry with custom reforestation machinery for 20
years. SUPERTRAK, Inc. has been a major contributor in the
forestry arena not only in the state of Florida, but throughout
the world, stretching as far as Venezuela in South America and
all the way down under to Australia. In recent years SUPERTRAK,
Inc. has specialized its custom manufacturing to supply brush
cutting machinery for the fuel reduction side of the forestry
industry in efforts to keep in close proximity with the changing
regulations in the industry as well as blending with market,
development, and forestry trends. SUPERTRAK, Inc. offers a
variety of multi-purpose custom manufactured carriers equipped
with brush cutters to support a clientele base that ranges from
government entities and municipalities, to heavy equipment
dealers, to the average person looking to start a business in
vegetation and forestry management. Our products combine state
of the art technology and engineering with custom design and
manufacturing to offer the most efficient means of vegetation
management for the fuel reduction and forestry industries.
Please feel free to visit our web site at
www.SUPERTRAK.com.
 The Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) program is a
comprehensive system of principles, objectives, and performance
measures that integrates the perpetual growing and harvesting of
trees with the protection of wildlife, plants, soils, and water
quality. SFI is based on the premise that responsible
environmental practices can be integrated to the benefit of
landowners, shareholders, customers, and the people they serve.
For more information, call Donna Galleher at 706-542-7691 or
visit
www.sfi-georgia.org
 The American Tree Farm System
(ATFS) is a program of the American Forest Foundation, a
501(c)(3) non-profit organization that promotes sustainable
management of forests through education and outreach to private
forest landowners. Founded in 1941, ATFS is the oldest and
largest forest certification, conservation, and advocacy program
in the United States. ATFS has 80,000 members who own 26 million
acres of private forestland. America's Tree Farmers are
committed to excellence in forest stewardship.
Georgia's Tree Farm Program
has grown to encompass 1606 Certified Tree Farms on nearly 2
million acres. In 2006, Georgia's Tree Farm Program
restructured under the leadership of a 12 member Executive
Committee (9 Volunteer Inspectors and 3 Tree Farmers). Twenty
District and Region Chairs across the state play a critical role
in accomplishing Georgia's Tree Farm program goals. The 2007
Chairman is Mr. Ed Withrow with West Fraser Timber Company in
Warm Springs, GA.
 The University of Georgia's Engineering Outreach Service
provides practical solutions to Georgia industries, communities,
and agencies to achieve profitability, sustainable development,
and conservation.
 UAP is the largest
Herbicide Distributor in North America. We supply a complete
list of Herbicides and Turnkey Operations for the Forestry
market including: Aerial application, Skidder application, and
Backpack application. We also supply both Hand and Mechanical
Tree Planting. Let us take the headache out of reforestation for
you. Visit us at
www.uap.com.
 The Daniel B. Warnell School of Forestry and
Natural Resources, established in 1906, is the oldest
existing forest resources program in the South. Our graduates
occupy major leadership positions with private and public forest
resource organizations and our research and service programs
contribute to the enviable advancement of forest resources of
Georgia, the region, nation, and world.
 Weyerhaeuser's Quail Ridge Nursery, established in Aiken,
SC in 1986 serves the reforestation and land enhancement needs
of landowners, forestry consultants, and
 tree planting vendors
in Georgia, South Carolina, and Florida. Along with unmatched
customer service, "Faster, Straighter, Stronger" are tree
qualities you can expect when you buy Premium Seedlings from
Weyerhaeuser.
 Since
1939, WIX Filtration has been an innovator in filtration
products. WIX designs, manufactures and distributes products for
automotive, diesel, agricultural, industrial and specialty
filter markets. WIX, a member of the Affinia family of brands,
is the number one filter in NASCAR and an exclusive NASCAR
Performance Product.
We are
the leader in aftermarket and original equipment filter design.
The product line includes oil, air, cabin interior, fuel,
coolant, transmission and hydraulic filters for automobiles,
trucks and off-road equipment. We not only design and test our
filters for superior, long-lasting performance, but we also
drive filter technology through our relentless commitment to
product innovation
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