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Healthy Forests: Managing for Bugs, Wildlife, and Big Trees

Flinchum's Phoenix, 650 Phoenix Road, Athens, GA

Date: Nov 09, 2021 07:30 AM to Nov 10, 2021 12:30 PM

Registration is closed. This course has reached its maximum.

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Purpose

Course content will center on landscape-scale forest management issues related to silviculture, wildlife management, forest health, and water quality.

Topics include:
  • Silvicultural tactics from site prep to final harvest
  • Forest insect management tactics
  • Forest management strategies to enhance wildlife populations and water quality
  • 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 $350.00, which includes lunch, refreshment breaks, and instructional materials. There is a $50.00 discount for fees paid and postmarked by October 19, 2021.

 
Cancellation

Please notify Ingvar Elle at 706-583-0566 by October 22, 2021 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. Dan Johnson is an Associate Professor, Tree Physiology and Forest Ecology in the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources.
Holly Campbell is an Urban Forestry Public Service faculty and member of the Tree Health Care and Community Forestry Lab at 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.
Sharon Swaggeris 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.

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)


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If you have any questions please contact James T. Johnson at 706-308-6396 or james.johnson26@uga.edu.
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