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Healthy Forests: Managing for bugs, wildlife, and big trees
Flinchum's Phoenix, 650 Phoenix Road, Athens, GA 30605
Sponsored by: Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources
Date: Oct 25, 2023 08:00 AM to Oct 26, 2023 12:15 AM
Purpose
Course content will center on landscape-scale forest management issues related to silviculture, wildlife management, forest health, and water quality.
This course has a maximum capacity of 35 participants.
Topics include:
- Silvicultural tactics from site prep to final harvest
- Forest insect management tactics
- Forest management strategies to enhance wildlife populations and water quality
- Forest taxation
- Prescribed fires
- Hands-on training in forest insects, water quality monitoring, and wildlife management
How one will benefit
Participants should be better equipped to manage forest stands in the Southeastern US upon completion of this course.
Who Should Attend?
This course is appropriate for land managers, foresters, extension agents, and other related professions.
Registration Fee
The course fee is $360.00, which includes lunch, refreshment breaks, and instructional materials. There is a $50.00 discount for fees paid and postmarked by October 11, 2023.
Cancellation
Please notify Dr. James Johnson at 706-308-6396 by October 18, 2023 if you need to cancel your registration for this course.
Instructors
Dr. Elizabeth McCarty is a Forest Health Extension faculty in the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources. She specializes in insecticide use for forest pest management and environmental risk assessment.
Dr. Michel Kohl is a Wildlife Management and Extension faculty in the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources. His work primarily focuses on the application of GPS technology to address management and conservation questions that pertain to wildlife distributions.
Dr. James Johnson is the Continuing Education Program Director and an Outreach faculty member with the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources. He is a Certified Wildlife Biologist and has been a member of the UGA Deer Lab for the past 10 years, specializing in wildlife management in the Southeast.
Dr. Dan Johnson is an Associate Professor, Tree Physiology and Forest Ecology in the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources.
Dr. Jay Shelton is a Fisheries and Extension faculty at the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources.
Dr. Yanshu Li is an Associate Professor of Timber Taxation and Forest Economics at the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia. Her areas of research include federal and state forest taxation, economic issues related to forest investment and management, forest products market analysis, economic benefits of forests.
Dr. David Clabo has been Assistant Professor of Silviculture Outreach with the University of Georgia (UGA) Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources since December 2018. David’s outreach focuses on relaying current scientific information to landowners, practitioners, and natural resource extension agents on a wide variety of forest management and silviculture topics.
Sharon Swagger is the State Easement Specialist for the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service in Georgia. She specializes in land protection with conservation easements and other financial incentives for landowners, with special emphasize on wildlife habitat, wetlands, and working farm and forest lands.
Agenda
Wednesday, October 25, 2023
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 7:30 AM | Registration |
| 8:00 | What are the most pressing issues in SE US forestry? (Dan Johnson) |
| 8:30 | Silvicultural systems for Georgia forest types (David Clabo) |
| 9:30 | Break |
| 9:45 | Introduction to wildlife management (Michel Kohl) |
| 10:45 | Outdoor activity: Different silviculture regimes and wildlife management (David Clabo and Michel Kohl) |
| 11:30 | The role of prescribed fire in wildlife management (James Johnson) |
| 12:30 PM | Lunch |
| 1:00 | Forest taxation (Yanshu Li) |
| 2:00 | Insects and diseases affecting forests (Elizabeth McCarty) |
| 2:45 | Break |
| 3:00 | Outdoor activity: Improving forestland for wildlife (Michel Kohl and James Johnson) |
| 4:00 | North Georgia Invasive Plant ID and Management (David Clabo) |
| 5:00 | Adjourn |
Thursday, October 26, 2023
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 8:00 AM | Beetles and pines: A natural response with negative effects (Elizabeth McCarty) |
| 9:00 | Ecological benefits of water quality BMPS and watershed management (Jay Shelton) |
| 10:00 | Outdoor activity: Water resources and Whitehall Dam (Jay Shelton) |
| 11:00 | Break |
| 11:15 | 2018 Farm Bill, incentive programs for forest landowners (Sharon Swagger) |
| 12:15 | Course evaluation and adjourn (Elizabeth McCarty) |
Registration
The last day for early registration is 10/11/2023
The last day for registration is 10/20/2023
Register Now!Early registration cost..................................$310.00
After 10/11/2023, Registration
Regular registration cost................................$360.00
Continuing Education Credits
- 12.0 Cat. 1 SAF Continuing Forestry Education hours (approved)
- 2.0 MTH Cat. A; 10.0 MTH Cat. B (CLE) hours - (approved)
- 3.0 hours GA pesticide applicator credit – Category 23 and 1.0 hour Category 10 (approved)
- International Society of Arboriculture CEUs:
Certified Arborist: 2.75
BCMA - Science: 2.75
Municipal Specialist: 2.75
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