Fox River Valley Area Woodland Owners Conference

Winter Woodland Owners' Conference
Oshkosh, Wisconsin
February 9, 2008

Dear Woodland Owner,

Join us for the 2008 Fox River Valley Area Woodland Owners Conference at La Sure’s Banquet Hall in Oshkosh. This year’s agenda will cover a wide range of topics pertinent to all woodland owners.Session topics include:

• Good and bad logging practices and how to identify them
• Timber theft
• Tax considerations for woodland owners
• Working with land trusts
• Deer biology
• Impacts of deer to woodlands
• Protecting water quality
• A landowner’s perspective

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn the latest about woodland management from Wisconsin’s most experienced public and private professionals.

Visit our websites:
basineducation.uwex.edu/woodland
www.dnr.wi.gov/forestry
www.wisconsinwoodlands.org

If you have any questions, contact:
Chad Cook at (920) 232-1990
chad.cook@ces.uwex.edu

 

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8:00 Registration and Exhibits

8:45 Welcome

8:50 Logging Practices:The Good and the Bad –Tony Deininger, Forestry and Outdoor Recreation Instructor, Fox Valley Technical College

9:30 Timber Theft – John Weber, Retired DNR Conservation Warden

10:30 Break and Exhibits

10:55 Tax Considerations for Woodland Owners – Carol Scott, Department of Revenue Field Auditor

11:55 Preserving your Land with Land Trusts – Jim Klinkert, Director of Land Protection, Northeast Wisconsin Land Trust

12:15 Lunch and Exhibits

1:15 Impacts of Deer to Forests – Joe Kovach, DNR Forest Ecologist

1:55 Population Dynamics of Deer – John Huff, DNR Wildlife Biologist

2:35 Break and Exhibits

3:00 Protecting Water Quality – Carmen Wagner, DNR Forest Hydrologist

3:30 Landowner Perspective – Richard Wagner, Waupaca County

4:00 Adjourn

Registration Fee (no cash):
Adult: $28 Couple: $50
On-site adult: $35 Couple: $60
Check made payable to:
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Fee includes break food, lunch and reference materials.

Please return form by mail no later than February 1, 2008 to:
Winter Woodland Owners Conference
Winnebago County UW-Extension Office
625 East County Road Y, Suite 600
Oshkosh, WI 54901

This program is sponsored by:
University of Wisconsin – Extension
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Wisconsin Woodland Owners Association

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