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2009 Landowner Conference and IFWOA Annual Meeting
October 30-31, Jasper Inn, Jasper, IN
This year we'll be offering a full day
of field tours on Friday and the popular evening
social. On Saturday we'll have a keynote speaker and breakout
sessions on a variety of topics on issues of concern to landowners,
from financial to fun. Following the Saturday program we'll have our traditional Awards Banquet and live auction
supporting Indiana Forestry Educational Foundation.
Field Day Brochure
(pdf)
Full
Meeting Brochure (pdf)
Agenda (pdf) or see
agenda below.
Registration
Please fill out the registration form and mail it with a check made
out to IFWOA. Late fees apply after October 16. Sorry, no credit cards.
Registration Form (pdf).
Hotel information
The Jasper Inn is providing a special room group
rate of $75.95 plus tax guaranteed until October 19th,
so get your reservations in now! To reserve your room call
800-872-3176 and give them group code INWOFO. For more inn
information, go to
Jasper Inn website.
Link to Google Map to Jasper Inn
Additional travel and
tourism information
Our meeting is sponsored by the following generous
supporters: Dubois County SWCD Forestry Committee, Lincoln Hills
RC&D Forestry Committee
IFWOA Annual Meeting Agenda
(subject to change)
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Friday October
30th |
| 8:30 AM |
Meet at Jasper Inn for coffee and to
carpool to tour of Jasper Desk |
| 9 AM -
11:30 AM |
Field Day Tours – Sponsored by
IFWOA and Dubois County SWCD Forestry Committee |
| 9:15 -
11:30 |
Tour of Jasper Desk Company
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9 AM to Noon |
IFWOA Board of Directors Meeting (guests welcome)-
Jasper Inn |
| 11:30 -
1:00 |
Lunch Cookout |
| 1:30 -
4:30 |
Field Tour of Mike Braun property north of Jasper |
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Topics of discussion will include:
1) history of property
2)TSI for release of desired species
3) ecology and soils
4) successful tree planting in
high-graded woodlands
5) wildlife and bird management
6) invasive species
7) recreational management
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4:30 |
Registration Desk opens |
| 3:30 -
5:00 |
Exhibitor Set-up time |
| 4:30 -
6:00 |
Friends & Exhibitors Social –
Meet exhibitors and fellow woodland owners while enjoying snacks and the silent auction
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6:00 |
Dinner on your own |
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7:30 to 9:30 |
IFEF Board Meeting (guests welcome) |
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Saturday October 31st |
| 8:00 AM |
Registration Desk and Silent Auction opens |
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9:00 to 9:15 |
Welcome - Robert Woodling, IFWOA President
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9:15 - 10:00 |
Keynote: Dan Meisberger, Consulting
Forester - "Should I Sell Timber Now or Hold Onto It?" |
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10:00 to 10:15 |
Break |
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10:15 to 11:00 |
Woodland Owner University
Concurrent Session A
(see topics below) |
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11:00 to 11:45 |
Concurrent Session B
(see topics below) |
| 11:45
to 1:15 PM |
Lunch |
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1:15 |
Exhibits closed |
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1:15 to 2:00 |
Woodland Owner U. – Concurrent Session C
(see topics below) |
| 2:00 to
2:15 |
Break |
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2:15 to 3:00 |
New Resources for Woodland Owners: The Forestry Exchange and
Call B4U Cut,
Phil Wagner and Dan Ernst, IN Division of Forestry |
| 3:00 to
3:30 |
IFWOA and IFEF Business Meeting |
| 3:30 |
Silent auction closes |
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3:30 to 4:15 |
Landowner Panel - Open Q&A with three
landowners (Richard Newton, Ted Troyer, Mark Dunn) - bring your questions and topics for discussion |
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4:15 to 4:30 |
Silent auction winners announced |
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5:45 to 6:30 |
Social hour with cash bar,
Live auction items displayed |
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6:30 to 9:00 |
IFWOA Awards Banquet and IFEF Live Auction |
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Woodland
Owner University Topics
A Consultant's Perspective - Mike
Warner, ArborTerra Consulting
Birdwatching Basics -
Dr. Ron Weiss, Executive Director, Chipper Woods Bird Observatory
Natural Resource
Enterprises - Brian MacGowan, Purdue Extension Forester and Robert
Woodling, Landowner
Wildlife Impacts in
Your Woods - Dan McGuckin, Consulting Forester
Forestry in the Farm
Bill - Lenny Farlee, Purdue/HTIRC Extension Forester
Hardwood Ecosystem
Experiment - Rebecca Kalb, Project Coordinator
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