West Central Woodland Owners Conference

March 7, 2009
Campus Holiday Inn
Eau Claire, Wisconsin

Dear Woodland Owner,

WELCOME, You are invited to the Eau Claire/West Central Area Woodland Owners Conference, where you can learn new ways to enjoy benefits of owning woodlands. Join us for a day of presentations on new markets, climate change and your woodlands, the good - the bad - the ugly- assessing wounds on northern hardwoods, changing economy's impact on landowners, co-existing with the emerald ash borer, and invasive plant impacts on wildlife. There will be informational booths on landowner organizations, forest management and forest industry representatives. We know you will find value in this conference.

Hope to see you on March 7th!

Sincerely,
The Eau Claire/West Central Area Woodland Owners Conference Planning Committee

If you have any questions about the workshop, feel free to contact
Chris Widstrand, Eau Claire Co. DNR Forester, 715-839-3782
christopher.widstrand@wisconsin.gov

Click here to view the conference brochure (please note this file is large, 2 megabytes)

-- SEE AGENDA BELOW --

“Changes – From Global to Local Woodland”

8:00   Registration-Exhibits                                

8:30   MODERATOR COMMENTS –          Jack Kenefick                  

8:35   FORESTRY ISSUES UPDATE      
            Insect & Disease                                Todd Lanigan              
            DNR (budget impacts)                       Bob Mather                        
            WWOA                                              Nancy Bozek           
            Flambeau River BioFuels                  Jere Hamel
           
9:35     Emerging Markets                              Doug Denfeld             

10:05 BREAK-EXHIBITS                                                                               

10:30   Climate Change & Your Woodlands   Dr. David Mladenoff  

11:15    The Good, The Bad, The Ugly             Jane Cummings Carlson
                             
12:00   LUNCH – EXHIBITS

1:00    MODERATORS REMARKS -            Steve Raether      

1:05   Changing Economy’s Impact On Landowners   Scott Bowe

1:35    Co-Existing With EAB                         Jim Skorczewski

2:05   BREAK – EXHIBITS

2:25   Invasive Plant Impacts On Wildlife      Kelly Kearns

3:00   MODERATORS WRAP-UP & ADJOURN

This program is sponsored by:

Eau Claire County UW-Extension
University of Wisconsin – Extension
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Wisconsin Woodland Owners Association

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