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Got
Trees?
Forestry 101 Conference for
Active and Absentee Landowners and Investors
November 8
Atlanta, Georgia
Crowne Plaza Ravinia
Brochure and Registration Form
Registration Deadline: October 29
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Sponsor & Exhibitor Information and Form
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Hotel Information
Crowne Plaza Ravinia
$99 per night for attendees
Reservations can be made by calling 1-800-554-0055
Refer to the Forestry 101 room block
Objective
This meeting
will help landowners of all types to better manage their forests
by providing insight into income opportunities, forest
management techniques, and forest health and risk concerns.
Sessions will give an introduction to forest industry and forest
management in Georgia that would be particularly helpful to
absentee landowners as well as first time active landowners.
Who Should
Attend? - Forestland owners
- Forestry consultants
- Forest investors
- Attorneys, accountants, and other professionals that support forestry-related clients
- Anyone interested in learning about forestry
What You Will
Learn - Understand forestland ownership trends and wood market structure in Georgia.
- Learn about opportunities to increase profitability of forestland through traditional and alternative income opportunities.
- Discuss forest regeneration options and explore common timber harvesting techniques.
- Identify forest health concerns and risk management strategies for forestland owners.
What You Should
Bring-
Willingness to learn and good attitude
CFE Information
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Four (4) CFE Hours will be available at
the Forestry 101 meeting.
Course Directors
Georgia Forestry Association,
founded in 1907, encourages stewardship of Georgia's forest
resources by supporting education and research, promoting sound
environmental practices, and by fostering a healthy business and
political climate for the Georgia forestry community. GFA works
with landowners to protect their property rights and to adopt
sound land management practices. GFA also educates community
members including business, environmental and political leaders
about responsible forest management practices, reforestation,
and benefits derived from forestry and landowner rights. The
association keeps members informed of legislative and regulatory
issues that can affect the long-term health and value of
forested land.
Forisk Consulting
is a forest
industry, bioenergy and timber market research firm. Forisk
provides analytical, educational, and data services that help
investors, forestry professionals, landowners, and executives
make decisions associated with timber, timberlands, wood-using
facilities, bioenergy investments, and forest operations.
Founded in 2004, Forisk has worked with clients and partners in
over a dozen U.S. states and half a dozen countries to answer
questions and support decisions associated with forest industry
and timber market research. Visit Forisk at
www.forisk.com.
Meeting Agenda
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8:30
am |
Coffee and
pastries; exhibitor set-up |
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9:00
am |
Kickoff
meeting; GFA overview and introductions; housekeeping |
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9:30 am |
Education 1: Forest Industry and Timber Markets in GA
(Mendell)-
Uses
of wood and markets for wood
- Land and forestland ownership
- Demographic trends and how they affect forest ownership
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10:00 am |
Break and
networking |
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10:15 am |
Education 2:
Forestland Income Opportunities (Sydor)-
Introduction: how trees grow and increase in value
- Traditional income: forest products (and harvest/ management implications)
- Alternative income: hunting, recreation, pine straw
- Developing: biomass/bioenergy, carbon credits
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11:30 am |
Lunch and
Exhibitor Visits |
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12:45
pm |
Education 3:
Timberland Values in Georgia (Foil)
- Timberland values
- Rural land values
- Timber prices
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2:00 pm |
Break and networking |
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2:15 pm |
Education 4:
Forest Management and Operations (Hamsley/Mendell)
- How Georgia compares to the South and other parts of the world
- Harvesting technology
- Seedling technology
- BMPs
- Sources of advice/support: consulting foresters, GFC
- Major risk management concerns: perception versus reality
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3:30
pm |
Conference
summery and closing remarks |
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4:00 pm |
Adjourn |
***4 CFE Credit Hours Available***
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