Improving Forestland for White-tailed Deer; Forestry BMPs
Location: Flinchum’s Phoenix, 650 Phoenix Road, Athens, GA
Sponsored By: Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources
Date: 06/08/2022 from 01:00 pm to 05:30 pm
Brochure
Brochure with agenda and hard copy registration
Forestry professionals and landowners (private and industrial) in the Southeast are increasingly interested in managing forestland to enhance habitats for white-tailed deer. This short course aims to provide technical information on specific techniques, including forestry best management practices (BMPs), used to enhance and preserve wildlife habitat on forested land. Topics will include forestry BMPs, white-tailed deer ecology and management, food plot management, and activities with UGA’s captive deer herd.
Private and state foresters, loggers, members of forestry associations, forestry professionals (consultants and managers), forest landowners interested in wildlife management on their lands, and wildlife biologists.
Dr. James Johnson is an Outreach Program Assistant with the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources. His research while at the Warnell School focused on developing a survey method for monitoring white-tailed deer populations using trail cameras. James has spent most of his life on his family’s farm in North Georgia engaging in numerous land management activities and has been a member and advocate of the hunting community for over 20 years.
Scott Thackston is a Staff Forester and the Water Quality Program Coordinator with the Georgia Forestry Commission. Scott is an avid outdoorsman with decades of experience living, working, and hunting in the Southeast.
David Osborn is the Research Coordinator for the Deer Lab in the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources. David oversees research at the Whitehall Deer Research Facility, teaching students skills related to working with captive deer.
In the event that you need to cancel, in order to receive a refund please contact Ingvar Elle (706-583-0566 or ingvar@uga.edu) by May 24, 2022.
Continuing Education Credits
4.0 Cat.1 Continuing Forestry Ed. (CFE) hours – (approved)
1.0 Cat A; 3.0 Cat B Continuing Logger Ed. (CLE) hours – (approved)
If you have any questions please contact James T. Johnson at 706-308-6396 or james.johnson26@uga.edu.
